author
Elizabeth Miller Lobingier
1889–1973
A writer and educator with an imaginative approach to teaching, she is best remembered for books that brought Bible stories to life through drama and classroom activity. Her work also points to a wider creative life that included teaching art and making paintings of her own.
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The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children
by Elizabeth Miller Lobingier
About the author
Born in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 1889, Elizabeth Erwin Miller Lobingier studied in Athens, Georgia, and later at the University of Chicago. Early records connect her with teaching and educational work, and her published name appears in several books on religious instruction for children.
Her best-known book, The Dramatization of Bible Stories (1918), explores how performance and storytelling could help children engage more deeply with religious education. She also wrote other practical teaching books, including Dramatization in the Church School and Activities in Child Education for the Church School Teacher, showing a lasting interest in creative, hands-on learning.
Sources from biographical and art-reference records also identify her as a teacher of art and as an artist whose paintings later appeared at auction. She died in 1973, leaving behind a body of work that blends education, faith, and the arts.