Silvia Brynjolfson, DML, MDiv

Over her life of Christian service, Silvia Brynjolfson has lived on three continents. She earned four graduate degrees culminating in a Doctor of Modern Languages. She has provided leadership to several international networks including WakeUp Deborah a prayer network in Spanish-speaking countries, and the WEA Women’s Commission where she served as the representative for Latin America. Silvia is the co-founder of the Latino Antihuman Trafficking Forum a network of evangelical leaders from 19 countries in Latin America addressing the concerns relating to human trafficking in the region. Originally from Argentina, Silvia enjoys cooking, gardening, and sailing and resides in Langley City with her husband and three adult children.

• Doctorate in Modern Languages - Spanish / Italian (Middlebury College, Vermont, USA; 2017)
• MA in Hispanic Studies (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; 2007)
• Máster Universitario en Lengua y Cultura Española (MULCE) (Universidad de Salamanca, Spain; 2004)
• Master of Divinity (M.Div.) (Regent College, Vancouver, Canada; 1985)
• BA In Religious Studies (Instituto Bíblico Buenos Aires, Argentina;1979)

Expertise

Spanish language instruction years one through four, and the writings of Jerónimo Gracián, in particular the Ten lamentations of the miserable state of the atheists of our times (1611).

Jerónimo Gracián (1545- 1614) was a Spanish Carmelite and writer who was also the spiritual director of St. Teresa of Ávila a renowned Spanish mystic. At the end of his life, while serving as preacher and confessor of the Spanish Ambassador in Brussels, he wrote a controversial book entitled: Ten lamentations of the miserable state of the atheists of our times (1611). He was concerned about the advancement of the protestant faith and the decline – in his eyes- of some sectors of Catholicism – and tried to warn the Spanish General Inquisitor of his day and other ecclesiastical authorities of this situation. My doctoral dissertation analyzes the rhetoric and theological content of this text in the historical, political, and religious context of its time.

• SPAN 101 Introduction to Spanish I
• SPAN 102 Introduction to Spanish II
• SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I
• SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II
• SPAN 301 Literature, Grammar and Composition I
• SPAN 302 Literature, Grammar and Composition I
• SPAN 320 Spain. Civilization and Culture
• SPAN 405 Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture I
• SPAN 406 Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture II
• SPAN 410 Hispanic Latin American Literature and Culture I
• SPAN 411 Hispanic Latin American Literature and Culture II
• SPAN 498 Special Topics in Spanish Literature (Directed Studies)