God’s Anatomy is a dramatic story about a group of new MDiv students fighting it out and figuring it out in one of the country’s most competitive Graduate Theological Programs. The cohort of five all battle classes, spiritual warfare and temptation on a daily basis. Despite the rigorous atmosphere and relentless stress the five manage to form friendships and grow in the Lord together. They are all young, sexually repressed and spiritually motivated…leading to a deep passionate story.
Despite their common desire to spread the gospel, all five students have unique vocational callings. Mary, a quietly ambitious musician is the daughter of the famous professor emeritus of Worship and the Arts. She hides the fact that her mother is struggling with atheism and it eats her up. Jezebel is the definition of ‘idolatrous’ and ‘manipulative’, constantly vying for the top spot in preaching and homiletics. Esther is a self-conscious immigrant, grew up poor, and is paying for her schooling by collecting recycling. Her ‘good steward’ theology extends to all creation and becomes a source of contention with her less ecologically sensitive classmates. Peter is the goofy evangelical next door who desperately wants to find a Godly wife to share his life and ministry with, but is always putting his foot in his mouth around the opposite sex. Judas, although handsome, is as arrogant and ‘two-faced’ as they come. He doesn’t believe women should be ordained pastors and is constantly sabotaging his female classmates’ work.
The professors who mentor this group are just as diverse as their students. Dr. John Paul is the university’s new super-star professor of Christian Ministries. He finds out on the first day of class that one of his eharmony matches, Mary, is one of his new students. Despite the university’s policy he decides to continue his relationship with Mary. Paul’s academic success threatens Dr. Moses Isaiah, who views the hotshot professor as an obstacle in his climb to the Dean seat. Isaiah is an amazing professor of Christian Scriptures that seems to thrive on contradiction. He’s ruthless with his students but in the end wants them to develop informed, Christ-centered theologies. The students get a good dose of tough love from their third year tutor, Solomon Kings, AKA “King Saul”. He has a love for riddles and for making rational, wise judgements regarding conflicts between his 1st year mentees. All report to the Dean, Dr. Jovey Jirah, who has cautioned the students that some may not make it to graduation. At times, it is difficult for her to treat Mary as ‘another student’ considering she knew her as her mother’s daughter, the world renowned professor of Worship and the Arts.
