Elizabeth Drescher

Elizabeth Drescher, PhD, has emerged as a thought leader on the relationship between religious tradition and contemporary, digitally-integrated religious practice. A writer, educator, and public speaker who focuses on the spiritual lives of ordinary believers and seekers today and in the past, Dr. Drescher completed her doctoral work in Christian Spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union, and holds an MA in systematic theology from Duquesne University. She is a senior contributor to the highly regarded magazine Religion Dispatches, where she covers new media, popular culture, and religion. She has also written for the San Francisco Chronicle, the Washington Post, and the San Jose Mercury News. Her work has been featured in the Atlantic Monthly, the Utne Reader, the BBC, Radio Australia’s Radio National, and other national and international outlets.

Dr. Drescher has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards for her work in education, new media, and contemporary spirituality. She is the author of Tweet If You ♥ Jesus: Practicing Church in the Digital Reformation and, with Keith Anderson, of Click 2 Save: The Digital Ministry Bible, and is currently working on a new book, Choosing Our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of America's Nones. Dr. Drescher teaches in the religious studies and pastoral ministries programs at Santa Clara University. A native of Pennsylvania, Dr. Drescher now lives with her family in California’s Silicon Valley.