Karen B. Westerfield Tucker

Karen Westerfield Tucker has studied and taught about worship around the world. She is Professor of Worship at Boston University School of Theology, but  has also lectured in academic institutions and churches on six continents. She has been a member of the World Methodist Council since 1996: from 1996-2006 she chaired the Council’s Committee on Worship and Liturgy; and since 2006 she has been a member of the Ecumenics and Dialogue Committee. She has also been a member of the World Methodist/Roman Catholic International Commission for dialogue for two quinquennia, and was the Methodist Co-Secretary for the 2011-2016 round. She consults for the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches in the area of worship and sacraments, and was involved in drafting and editing of the Faith and Order teaching document released in 2011 on the mutual recognition of baptism. Email: kbwt@bu.edu