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Biography
“The gospel is not the mystery of incomprehensible darkness but the mystery of incomprehensible light. It is not that we see so little of what God has done that we are puzzled, but that in the light of God’s revelation in Christ we see so much of what God has done that we are dazzled.” —Robert McAfee Brown
The more I study and teach theology, the more I see that theology must be practiced with love, gratitude, joy, and wonder. This lesson is something that I strive to instill in students as I assist them in the ongoing pursuit of thinking and living in a Christian way in the contemporary world. My teaching and research focuses on Christian doctrine and ethics. Other interests include traditional and contemporary understandings of divine attributes, the interrelationship between systematic and pastoral theology, and teaching theology within the setting of the liberal arts.
Education
Princeton Theological Seminary
Ph.D., Systemic Theology, 1999
Yale Divinity School
M.A.R., Theology, 1992
Wheaton College
B.A., Philosophy, 1989
Areas of Expertise
- Divine Attributes
- Modern and Contemporary Theology
- Divine and Human Love
- The Person and Work of Christ
- Suffering
Professional Affiliations
- American Academy of Religion
- Karl Barth Society of North America
Research
- Modern and contemporary theology
- Divine and human love
- Divine and human patience
- The person and work of Christ
Courses
- BITH 315 Christian Thought
- BITH 372 Historical Theology
- BITH 374 Systematic Theology
- BITH 375 Christian Ethics
- BITH 377 The Love of God
- BITH 382 Theology of the Church
- BITH 388 Christology
- BITH 391 Doctrine of Salvation
- BITH 396 Roman Catholic Theology
- BITH 485 Theology of Martin Luther
- BITH 488 Theology of Karl Barth
- BITH 489 Black Theologies
- BITH 494 Senior Seminar
- BITH 565 Christian Theology
- CORE 101 First Year Seminar
Books
- (co-edited with Gary M. Burge)
- Theology Questions Everyone Asks: Christian Faith in Plain Language (co-edited with Gary M. Burge)
- T&T Clark Companion to the Doctrine of Sin (Bloomsbury Companion) (co-edited with Keith L. Johnson)
- The People's Book: The Reformation and the Bible (co-edited with Jennifer Powell McNutt)
- Trinitarian Theology for the Church: Scripture, Community, Worship (co-edited with Daniel J. Treier)
- Barth on the Descent into Hell: God, Atonement, and the Christian Life (Barth Studies)
Media