Dana Trent

Dana Trent (née Lewman / lumən / ; born April 11, 1981), known professionally as J. Dana Trent, is an American author, teacher, and minister .[1] Trent is a full-time Humanities faculty member at Wake Tech Community College in Raleigh, North Carolina.[2] She is the author of four books: Saffron Cross: The Unlikely Story of How a Christian Minister Married a Hindu Monk (2013),[3] For Sabbath's Sake: Embracing Your Need for Rest, Worship, and Community (2017),[4] One Breath at a Time: A Skeptic's Guide to Christian Meditation (2019),[5] and Dessert First: Preparing for Death While Savoring Life (2019).[6]

Early life

Trent was born in Los Angeles, and moved to Dana, Indiana as an infant. She lived in Dana until age six, when her parents divorced and she moved with her mother to North Carolina.[1] Trent attended Reidsville High School in Reidsville, North Carolina, and won a Rockingham Community College sponsored speech contest for high schoolers in 1996.[7] She was the 1998 winner of the “I Dare You Leadership Award.”[8]

Career

Trent is one of the few female ordained Southern Baptist ministers in the United States. She graduated from Duke Divinity School with a Master of Divinity in 2006.[9] After graduating from Duke at the age of 25, she served as a UNC Health intensive care resident chaplain where she worked with terminal patients and bore witness to 200 deaths in one year.[10] Publishers Weekly called Trent's fourth book, Dessert First, “hilarious and poignant.”[10]

Trent is a community college instructor who helps young adults process death and grief in using the context of World Religions. In her college classroom, she helps students understand the meaning of life and grief from the perspective of religion and spirituality.[11] During the pandemic, Trent, who is active in the Death-Positive Movement, told ABC News that Americans should consider having more candid conversations about death, loss, and grief, saying that COVID had "awakened" society to the reality of death.[12]

Trent was often featured as a Wake Tech Community College faculty expert for CBS 17 in the areas of coping with anxiety, stress, and pandemic re-entry.[13] She is an advocate for technology sabbaths.[14]

Controversy

Trent is one of only 2,500 women total ordained in the Southern Baptist tradition.[15]

Personal life

Trent married Fred Eaker in July 2010 after meeting him on eHarmony.[16]

Works
  • Trent, J. Dana (2013). Saffron Cross: The Unlikely Story of How a Christian Minister Married a Hindu Monk. Fresh Air Books. ISBN 978-1-935205-16-6.
  • Trent, J. Dana (2017-10-01). For Sabbath's Sake: Embracing Your Need for Rest, Worship, and Community. Upper Room Books. ISBN 978-0-8358-1721-9.
  • Trent, J. Dana (2019-01-01). One Breath at a Time: A Skeptic's Guide to Christian Meditation. Upper Room Books. ISBN 978-0-8358-1857-5.
  • Trent, J. Dana (2019-09-10). Dessert First: Preparing for Death While Savoring Life. Chalice Press. ISBN 978-0-8272-0669-4.

References
  1. Bennett, Mark. "'Breaking Good' in rural America". Terre Haute Tribune-Star. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  2. "Wake Tech Humanities Faculty". 29 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Dana Trent – Saffron Cross [Review]". Englewood Review of Books. 15 November 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "For Sabbath's Sake: Embracing Your Need for Rest, Worship, and Community". The Presbyterian Outlook. 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  5. "One Breath at a Time: A Skeptic's Guide to Christian Meditation". The Presbyterian Outlook. 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  6. Trent, J. Dana (2019). Dessert first : preparing for death while savoring life. St. Louis, Missouri. ISBN 978-0-8272-0669-4. OCLC 1089904694.
  7. "HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS VIE IN SPEECH CONTEST". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  8. "STUDENTS HONORED FOR ACHIEVEMENTS". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  9. "Baptist minister Dana Trent details marriage to Hindu monk in just-released 'Saffron Cross'". Baptist News Global. 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  10. "Religion Book Review: Dessert First: Preparing for Death while Savoring Life by J. Dana Trent. Chalice, $16.99 trade paper (160p) ISBN 978-0-8272-0669-4". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  11. "J. Dana Trent is on a mission to discuss death with the post-Millennial generation". Religion News Service. 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  12. "Death Cafes help ease grief, loss in the time of coronavirus". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  13. "Experts say mental health impact of COVID-19 must be studied". CBS17.com. 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  14. "The science of 'Technology Shabbat'". National Catholic Reporter. 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  15. Shaw, Susan M. (June 1, 2021). "How women in the Southern Baptist Convention have fought for decades to be ordained". The Conversation.
  16. "Baptist minister Dana Trent details marriage to Hindu monk in just-released 'Saffron Cross'". Religion News Service. 2013-10-25. Retrieved 2021-06-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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