Elaine Robinson is Associate Professor of Theology and Methodist Studies at Brite Divinity School. She joined the faculty in 2000, after completing her Ph.D. at Emory University. Dr. Robinson is an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church and has served churches in North Georgia and Fort Worth. She is the author of These Three: The Theological Virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love (The Pilgrim Press, 2004) and Godbearing: Evangelism Reconceived (The Pilgrim Press, 2006), and the co-editor of Considering the Great Commission (Abingdon Press, 2005). Dr. Robinson serves on the Board of Directors of the United Community Centers in Fort Worth, on the Executive Committee of the Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies, and as the Program Director for the Charles Wesley Society. In 2006, she received the Louise Clark Brittan award for excellence in teaching.