- About Us
- Our Faculty
- Faculty
- W.H. Bellinger, Jr., Ph.D.
- James Nogalski, Ph.D.
- Doug Weaver, Ph.D.
- Dennis Horton, Ph.D.
- Mandy McMichael, Ph.D
- Rosalie Beck, Ph.D.
- Blake Burleson, Ph.D.
- Joel Burnett, Ph.D.
- Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi, Ph.D.
- Natalie Carnes, Ph.D.
- Joe Coker, Ph.D.
- Derek Dodson, Ph.D.
- Elise Edwards, Ph.D.
- Noel Forlini Burt, Ph.D.
- Deirdre Fulton, Ph.D.
- Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Ph.D.
- Barry Harvey, Ph.D.
- Eric Holleyman, Ph.D.
- Kelly Iverson, Ph.D.
- James Kennedy, Ph.D.
- Bruce Longenecker, Ph.D.
- Paul Martens, Ph.D.
- David Moseman, Ph.D.
- Lidija Novakovic, Ph.D.
- Mikeal Parsons, Ph.D.
- Scott Ryan, Ph.D.
- Steve Sadler, Ph.D.
- Jonathan Tran, Ph.D.
- Christian van Gorder, Ph.D.
- David Whitford, Ph.D.
- D. H. Williams, Ph.D.
- Books by Our Faculty
- Faculty
- Undergraduate
- Graduate
- Ministry Guidance
- Affiliated Programs
Our Faculty
Department Chair, Professor
Dr. Bellinger is known for his research on worship texts in the Old Testament. Much of his work explores the book of Psalms, Leviticus, and prophetic texts as well as Old Testament Theology.
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Tidwell 109A
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Director of Graduate Studies, Professor
Dr. Nogalski's primary area of research is the Book of the Twelve (Minor Prophets) and prophetic books (especially redaction criticism and form criticism).
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Tidwell 110A
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor
Dr. Weaver's research focuses on Baptist history and also Pentecostalism.
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Tidwell 104A
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Associate Professor, Director of Ministry Guidance
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Tidwell 106B
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Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Ministry Guidance
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Tidwell 106A
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Associate Professor
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Tidwell 411
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Senior Lecturer
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Burleson 100
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Professor
Dr. Burnett's research interests and expertise include the ancient Near East, history of Israelite religion, the book of Psalms, biblical Elohim, the religion of Iron Age Transjordan, and divine presence and absence in the Hebrew Bible.
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Tidwell B21B
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Professor
Dr. Cardoza-Orlandi's research interests include historical and missiological research in world Christianity studies with emphasis in cross-cultural and inter-religious methodologies.
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Tidwell B21A
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Associate Professor
Dr. Carnes' research interests include systematic theology, Christology, theological anthropology, theological knowledge, theological aesthetics, images, iconoclasms, children, childhood, feminist theology, and patristic theology.
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Tidwell 502
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Senior Lecturer
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Tidwell 302
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Senior Lecturer
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Tidwell 501C
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Lecturer
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Tidwell B13B
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Tidwell 220 A
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Assistant Professor
Dr. Fulton's work focuses on Exilic and Post-Exilic literature--specifically Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah--and Levantine archaeology, specifically issues connected to diet, economy, and sacrifice (Zooarchaeology).
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Tidwell B13A
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Distinguished Professor
Dr. Gaventa's research interests include interpretation of the letters of Paul, literary analysis of Luke-Acts, and feminist biblical interpretation.
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Tidwell 307
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Professor, Theology
Dr. Harvey's does research in the areas of Christian Theology (Systematic and Philosophical Theology, Theological Ethics), philosophy, hermeneutics, and social theory.
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Brooks College 156
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Senior Lecturer
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Tidwell 501B
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Associate Professor
Dr. Iverson's research focuses on the dynamics of biblical interpretation, in particular how the oral cultures that produced the Jesus tradition impacted the transmission and reception of the gospels.
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Tidwell 603B
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Associate Professor
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Tidwell 308
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Professor of Religion and W. W. Melton Chair
Dr. Longenecker's research interests include Jews and Christians in Pompeii and Herculaneum, Christianity and poverty, contemporary novels of Jesus and his followers, and the life and literature of Rolf Gompertz.
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Tidwell 405
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Associate Professor
Dr. Martens' research focuses on Soren Kierkegaard, Anabaptist theology and ethics, and issues surrounding Christian articulations of pacifism and just war.
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Senior Lecturer
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Tidwell 305
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Associate Professor
Dr. Novakovic focuses her research on the Gospels of Matthew and John, early Jewish and Christian hermeneutics, early Christology, the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Jewish writings from the Second Temple period; and resurrection belief in Judaism and Christianity.
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Tidwell 304
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Professor and Macon Chair in Religion
Dr. Parsons' expertise includes the New Testament Gospels and Acts, ancient rhetoric, and literary criticism.
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Tidwell 602A
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Post-Doc Fellow for the Wabash Teaching Initiative
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Draper 246.23
Senior Lecturer
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Tidwell 306
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Associate Professor
Dr. Tran's research examines the theological and political implications of human life in language.
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Tidwell 503
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Associate Professor
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Tidwell B26B
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Professor
Dr. Whitford's research and writing explores the social, cultural, and political impact of the European Reformations of the sixteenth century.
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Tidwell 303
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Professor
Dr. Williams' area of expertise includes Patristics and Historical Theology.
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Tidwell 603A
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