Sally Matless

Sally received her ThD at Harvard Divinity School. Her focus was a philosophical approach to theological questions focused primarily on metaphysics and ethics. Her dissertation, “Jonathan Edwards’ Relational Metaphysics of Love” was overseen by Richard R. Niebuhr. As a graduate student and a post graduate student, she was a Teaching Fellow in the Core Curriculum at Harvard University in Moral Reasoning. After leaving academia she is now a garden designer in the Upper Valley.

Encounter as Revelation of Presence in Martin Buber's "I and Thou" (Winter Term 2025)

Participant Testimonials:

One of the best courses I have experienced at Osher.

Sally's weekly emails provided enough focus to stimulate robust discussions.

“The Sense of the Infinite”: Religion as Spiritual Responsiveness (Fall Term 2023) 

Participant Testimonials:

While the text was fairly dense, Sally's ability to lead and engage the group in meaningful discussions was excellent.

I loved the enticement of the course description and found it to be on target with the content, flow and deep sharing by participants.

Edwards and Niebuhr Theological Resonances (Winter Term 2023) 

Participant Testimonials:

Sally encouraged thoughtful and honest class discussions. 

Sally assigned challenging and interesting readings. Richard Niebuhr's thinking provided good compare-and-contrast on their views of nature and divinity.