Influential Books and Authors: Mariam Kamell discusses Brother Lawrence

Each week in Influential Books and Authors we hear from a noted scholar on the author(s) and book(s) that have been most important to them for spiritual and intellectual growth. This week, we feature Mariam Kamell.

 

Mariam Kamell on Brother Lawrence and spiritual discipline @ Yahoo! Video

 

Mariam Kamell is a PhD candidate in New Testament studies at the University of St. Andrews under the direction of Richard Bauckham and Grant MacAskill. She has published several articles on James; her dissertation will focus on soteriology in James in comparison with earlier Jewish wisdom literature and the Gospel of Matthew. She is co-author of James in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series. Before beginning her PhD, Mariam served as educational director at Scum of the Earth Church in Denver, Colorado.