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Deanna A. Thompsonemail: dthompson@hamline.edu

Hamline University1536 Hewitt Ave.

St. Paul, MN 55104-1284651-523-2313

651-523-3170 fax

Education

Ph.D., 1998 Theology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

M.A.R., 1992 Yale University Divinity School, New Haven, CT, summa cum laude

B.A., 1989 St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN; major: Religion; Paracollege Concentration: Religion and Politics in Post-war America

1987 Universität Paderborn, Germany; semester abroad

Employment

2014-2016 Administrative Head of Religion, History, and Modern Languages

2008-present Professor of ReligionHamline University, St. Paul, MN

2003-09, 2015 Chair, Religion Department, Hamline University

2002-2008 Associate Professor of ReligionHamline University, St. Paul, MN

1996-2002 Assistant Professor of ReligionHamline University, St. Paul, MN

1992-5 Director, After School Program, United Methodist UrbanMinistries, Nashville, TN

1991-2 Assistant Lutheran Campus Minister, Yale University, New Haven, CT

1989-90 Lutheran Volunteer Corps: Director, Discovery After School Program andSummer Day Camp, Augustana Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD

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Books

The Virtual Body of Christ in a Suffering World (Abingdon Press, 2016)

On the Apocalyptic and Human Agency: Conversations with Augustine of Hippo and MartinLuther, co-edited with Kirsi Stjerna (London: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2014)

Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible: Deuteronomy (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2014).

Hoping for More: On Having Cancer, Talking Faith and Accepting Grace, (Cascade Books,2012).

Crossing the Divide: Luther, Feminism, and the Cross (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004).

Book Chapters

“The Virtual Body of Christ and the Embrace of the Traumatized,” in Post-Traumatic Public Theology, Shelly Rambo, ed. (Palgrave, 2016)

“Lent [Third-Fifth Sunday],” “Holy Week,” “Easter [First-Second Sunday],” co-author with David Lose six articles in Abingdon Theological Companion to the Lectionary: Preaching Year C, Paul Scott Wilson, ed. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2012), pp.81-111.

“Hoping for More: How Eschatology Matters for Lutheran Feminist Theologies,” in Transformative Lutheran Theologies: Feminist, Womanist, and Mujerista Voices, ed. Mary Streufert (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2010).

“Letting the Word Run Free: Luther, Romans, and the Call to Reform,” in Reformation Readings of Romans, ed. Kathy Ehrensperger and R. Ward Holder, volume IV inRomans Through History Series. (New York: T & T Clark International, 2008).

“The Cross, Friendship, and Empire,” in Being the Church in the Midst of Empire: TrinitarianReflections, Karen Bloomquist, ed. (Minneapolis: Lutheran University Press, 2007).

“Martin Luther and the Freedom to Resist,” in Empire and the Christian Tradition: NewReadings of Classical Theologians, Kwok Pui Lan, Don Compier, and Joerg Rieger, eds. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007).

“Jesus Loved Her More Than the Rest: Mary Magdalene, the Sacred Feminine, and What’s

Really Been Covered Up,” in The DaVinci Code in the Academy, Bradley Bowers, ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007), pp. 21-30

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“Becoming a Feminist Theologian of the Cross,” in Cross Examinations: Readings on theMeaning of the Cross Today, Marit Trelstad, ed. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006).

Articles, Blog Posts

“I thought Digital Presence was a Poor Substitute for Embodied Presence. Then I Got Cancer,” Duke Divinity School, Faith & Leadership, 12 July 2016, https://www.faithandleadership.com/deanna-thompson-i-thought-digital-presence-was-poor-substitute-embodied-presence-then-i-got-cancer

“Social Media, Virtual Presence and Racial Justice,” Ministry Matters, 11 July 2016, http://www.ministrymatters.com/all/entry/7135/social-media-virtual-presence-and-racial-justice

“Cancer and Good News,” Review of J. Todd Billings’ Rejoicing in Lament, The Christian Century, September 4, 2015, http://www.christiancentury.org/reviews/2015-08/cancer-and-good-news

“Live with Dying,” Gather Magazine for Faith and Action, March 1, 2015 (print and online), http://www.womenoftheelca.org/gather---living-with-dying--march-2015-news-307.php

“How to Live Like We’re Dying,” Duke University’s Faith and Leadership Website, July 15, 2014, http://www.faithandleadership.com/content/deanna-thompson-how-live-we’re-dying

“Embraced by the Virtual Body of Christ,” Huffington Post, April 8, 2014, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deanna-a-thompson/embraced-by-the-virtual-b_b_5111778.html

“Calling a Thing What It Is: A Lutheran Approach to Whiteness,” Dialog:A Journal in Theology,

(Spring 2014).

“Confessing Faith in the Toughest of Times,” Insights: The Faculty Journal of Austin Seminary,(Fall 2013), 19-21.

“Cloud of Witnesses,” Gather Magazine for Faith and Action, (v.26, n.3, April 2013), pp. 26-9.

“Virtually There: Martin Marty, Cyberspace, and Cultures of Trust in the 21st Century,” Journal of Lutheran Ethics (Fall 2012, print and online)

“Having Cancer, Talking Cancer,” The Lutheran Magazine (November 2012, print and online), http://www.thelutheran.org/article/article.cfm?article_id=11072

“How do you have cancer?” Minnesota Women’s Press (October 2012, print and online), http://www.womenspress.com/main.asp?

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“Suffering Through Lent,” Christian Century, March 22, 2011, 12-13 (print and online),http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2011-03/suffering-through-lent

“The Vast Virtual Body of Christ,” on Beliefnet, (January, 2011, online), http://blog.beliefnet.com/flunkingsainthood/2011/01/the-vast-virtual-body-of-christ-cancer-patient-deanna-thompson-on-the-beauty-of-the-interfaith-inter.html/

“Hoping for More,” on Duke University’s Faith and Leadership website, a national resource forclergy and lay people (September 2010),

“The Fullness of God Dwells Bodily—Even in the Virtual Body of Christ,” Working Preacher,an online resource for clergy (July 2010).

“Word Wrangling,” Working Preacher website, (October 2010).

“The Trouble with Miracles,” Working Preacher website (November 2010).

“Having Cancer, Talking Cancer,” in “Women” (national magazine on women’s health andwellness), Fall 2010.

“Luther, Feminism, Friendship and the Future,” in Dialog: A Journal of Theology, v.49(September 2010), 222-230.

“Jesus Loved Her More Than the Rest: Mary Magdalene, the Early Church, and What’s Really Been Covered Up,” Hamline Review (v.29, 2005), pp. 1-8.

“What a Trend We Have in Jesus,” Disciples World (July 2005), pp. 8-11.

“Jesus Christ,” chapter editor in Constructive Theology: A Contemporary Approach to Classical Themes (Fortress Press, 2005).

“As If Religion Matters: Teaching the Introductory Course as if it Does,” Teaching Theology and Religion, v. 6, n. 2, (April, 2003): 85-92.

“Transforming Connections: Service Learning as a Practice of Solidarity in the Feminist/Womanist Ethics Course,” The Hamline Review, v.26, Spring 2002.

Various book reviews in Religious Studies Review, 2001-present.

“Faculty Opinion,” Hamline Magazine. v. 97, n. 3, (Summer/Fall 2001): 18, 20.

“Teaching What I’m Not: Embodiment, Race, and Theological Conversation in the Classroom,”

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Teaching Theology and Religion, October 2000.

“Women’s Reality,” and “Relativism,” in The Dictionary of Feminist Theologies. Letty Russell and Shannon Clarkson, ed. (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1996) 235, 239-40.

“Self- Directed Learning Pays Off: About the Paracollege at St. Olaf College,” in Voices of Youth: An Intergenerational Dialogue on Education, Self, and Civic Values. v. 1, no. 4 (Spring 1989): 24-6.

Academic Presentations

“The Virtual Body of Christ in a Suffering World,” presented at the Upper Midwest Regional American Academy of Religion meeting, St. Paul, MN, April 4, 2016

“Theology of the Cross as Wild Space for Rejection of Whiteness as Normative Framework for Christianity: Problems, Possibilities, Signs of Hope,” presentation at the “Alternative Luther” conference, Sandbjerg, Denmark, October 30, 2015

“Civil Conversations and Presidential Politics: A Response to Randall Balmer,” United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, October 10, 2015

“Embracing My Calling as a Lutheran Theologian: Crossing the Divide in Church, the Academyand Society,” Concordia University Honor Student Banquet, St. Paul, MN, August 23, 2015

“The Virtual Body of Christ and the Embrace of the Traumatized,” delivered at the “Traumaand Lived Religion” International Conference at VU University of Amsterdam, theNetherlands, June 3, 2015

“Whiteness and Christianity,” presented as part of the “Ferguson and Beyond” January series atHamline University, January 15, 2015

“The Vocation of a Lutheran Feminist Theologian: Crossing the Divide in Academy, the Church,

and Society,” at the Lutheran Women in Religious and Theological Education pre-conference meeting in San Diego, CA, November 21, 2014

“Faith Formed by the Virtual Body of Christ: Christian Identity in a Wired World,” keynotelecture at the Rethinking Faith Formation Conference at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN, July 23-5, 2014

“Ecclesiology beyond the Institutional Church: Virtual Reality and the Embrace of the

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Traumatized,” presentation at Boston University School of Theology, April 11, 2014

“Deuteronomy’s God and My Theology,” present for the panel on Westminster/John Knox Belief: A Theological Commentary, at the Annual Meeting of the American Academyof Religion, Chicago, IL, Nov. 17, 2012.

“Anticipating 2017,” panel respondent on the 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther’s 95 Thesis, Martin Luther and Global Lutheran Traditions Panel, Annual Meeting of the AmericanAcademy of Religion, Chicago, IL, Nov. 17, 2012.

“Feminist Theology Goes Confessional: Transformative Trajectories in the Tradition of MartinLuther,” panel presentation, Upper Midwest Regional American Academy of ReligionMeeting, March 30, 2012, St. Paul, MN

"What Difference Does My Neighbor’s Faith Make for Mine?: How the AAR/LuceSummer Seminars on Theologies of Religious Pluralism and ComparativeTheology are Expanding the Scope of Theological Teaching and Scholarship," panel organizer and participant, Upper Midwest Regional AAR, 1 April, 2011,St. Paul, MN

“Luther, Feminism, Friendship and the Future,” the Annual Kenneth Sauer SymposiumLecture, Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, October 26, 2009

“More than Miracles: Hope in Light of the Cross,” Luther Lecture, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 2008

“Luther’s Radical Theology of the Cross,” and “Crossing the Divide: Luther and Feminists in Dialogue,” two key-note addresses at the Northeast Ohio ELCA Synod Retreat, 13-14February 2006

“Beyond The DaVinci Code,” panel presenter with Elaine Pagels, Bruce Forbes, and DavidLandry, Hamline University, 27 October, 2005

“Becoming a Feminist Theologian of the Cross,” keynote speaker with Vitor Westhelle and Douglas John Hall at the Luther Colloquy, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, 26 October 2005

“Beyond The DaVinci Code: Religion and Popular Culture in the 21st Century,” panel Presenter with David Landry and Susan Hill, Upper Midwest Region’s Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, St. Paul, MN, 2 April 2005

“Jesus Loved Her More Than the Rest: Mary Magdalene, the Early Church, and What’s Been Covered Up,” at “Women and Religion” Section of the American Academy of ReligionAnnual Meeting, 18 November 2004, San Antonio, TX

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“As if Religion Matters: Teaching the Introductory Course as if it Does,” Academic Teaching and the Study of Religion Section, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, November 20, 2000

“Calling a Thing What It Is: A Lutheran Approach to Whiteness,” Lutheran Women in Theological Studies, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, November 17,2000

“Models of McFague: Inessential Theology for a Postmodern Age,” Theology and Religious Reflection Group, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, November 19, 2000

“Teaching What I’m Not: Embodiment, Race, and Theological Conversation in the Classroom,”Lutheran Women in Theological Studies Session I, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, November 20, 1998

“Theological Proximity to the Cross: A Conversation Between Luther and FeministTheologians,” Systematic Theology Group of the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, November, 1995

Public Presentations/Speaking Engagements

“Christianity in an Age of Religious Diversity,” at Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Maple Grove,MN, 14 April 2016

“Does the Bible Really Say That? Deuteronomy Part I and II,” Word of Peace Lutheran ChurchRogers, MN, 6 & 13 March, 2016

“Deuteronomy: Why Clergy Should Care about the World’s Most Underrated Book,” Academy of Parish Clergy Annual Conference, Oviedo, FL, February 23-25, 2016

“The Virtual Body of Christ in a Suffering World,” keynote address at the Hope LeadershipConference at Lutheran Church of Hope, West Des Moines, IA, October 22-23, 2015

“Luther and Feminists on Sin, Suffering, and the Cross,” St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, October 11, 2-15

“Living Close to the Cross: Faithfulness and Sinfulness in the Life and Thought of Martin Luther,” Word of Peace Lutheran Church, Rogers, MN, September 20, 2015

Speaker in the “Hope and Loss: The Art of Dying in the Christian Tradition” Series, St. John theEvangelist Episcopal Church, St. Paul, MN, May 10, 2015

“Sustaining Hope in the Toughest of Times,” Two speaking engagements at Lake RegionsCancer Care Center, Fergus Falls, MN, February 24, 2015

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“Anticipating 2017: The Legacy of Martin Luther,” adult forum at Lord of Life LutheranChurch, Plymouth, MN, February 15, 2015

2014 Sanctuary Series Speaker, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Tennessee,November 8-9, 2014

“Faith Formation and the Expansive Virtual Body of Christ,” 2 part keynote address at theWinnipeg Gathering of First Call Pastor of the Lutheran Church of Canada, October 16, 2014

Guest Lecture, Professor Leonard Hummel’s “Pastoral Theology: The Case of Cancer,” LutherSeminary, St. Paul, October 13, 2014

Wright Lecturer (An Endowed Lectureship in Christian Thought), Morningside College, SiouxCity, IA, October 9, 2014

Guest Lecture via skype for Professor John Hoffmeyer’s “Contemporary Lutheran Theologies”class, Philadelphia Lutheran Seminary, September 30, 2014

“What Difference Does My Neighbor’s Faith Make for Mine?” two part adult forum, St.Michael’s Lutheran Church, Roseville, MN, September 21, 28, 2014

“The Trouble with Miracles,” Adult Forum, Pilgrim Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN, May 11, 2014

“Hoping for More: Talking Faith in the Toughest of Times,” and “Hoping for More: Being theChurch in the Toughest of Times,” Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Apple Valley, MN, April 6 and 13, 2014

“Talking Faith in the Tough Times,” Diamond Lake Lutheran Church Sunday Forum, 19 January

2014

“The Virtual Body of Christ and the Real-Life Church,” Short Course for the Bishop’s Theological Conference, Heartwood Retreat Center, Trego, Wisconsin, October 27, 2013

“Praying in the Tough Times: Right Words, Wrong Words, Words of Hope,” Keynote Addressat the Fall Conference of the Women of the ELCA, French River, MN, October 12, 2013

Consultant on “Chance, Necessity, Love: An Evolutionary Theology of Cancer,” with authorsLenard Hummel and Steve James, and a group of scientists and theologians, GettysburgTheological Seminary, Gettysburg, PA, June 6-7, 2013

“Taking Faith in the Tough Times,” sermon at Northeast United Methodist Church,

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Minneapolis, MN, June 2, 2013

“Hoping for More,” two-day speaking engagement at the Cancer Care and Research Center,Fergus Falls, MN (one address to patients and staff; one to physicians; one to area clergy)May 13-14, 2013

“Speaking Faith in the Tough Times,” Adult Forum, Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Hopkins,MN, April 21, 2013

“Praying in the Tough Times,” Evening forum, Olivet Congregational Church, St. Paul, April 10, 2013

“Hoping for More,” Evening forum, Olivet Congregational Church, April 3, 2013

“Thy Kingdom Come: Praying the Lord’s Prayer During Tough Times,” Adult forum speaker,Bethel Lutheran Church, March 17, 2013.

“Talking through the Tough Times: Right Words, Wrong Words, Words of Hope,” First FridayForum keynote speaker, Hamline University, March 1, 2013.

“The Trouble with Miracles,” and “Hoping for More,” Adult Forum Speaker, St. Michael’sLutheran Church, Roseville, MN, Feb. 24, March 3, 2013.

“Hoping for More,” Adult Forum Speaker, Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Paul, Feb. 3, 2013

“Taking Faith in the Tough Times,” Adult Forum Speaker, Edina Community Lutheran Church,Nov. 11, 2012.

“Hoping for More,” Adult Forum Speaker, Christ Church Lutheran, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 42012.

“Being the Church in Times of Lament and Joy,” keynote speaker at the ELCA Parish NurseFall Conference, October 22, 2012, Luther Seminary, Saint Paul.

“Talking Faith in the Tough Times,” keynote speaker at Self-Care Conference at Gloria DeiLutheran Church, St. Paul, MN, Oct. 28, 2012

“From a Theology without Footnotes to a Theology with Footnotes,” Hamline CLA ScholarshipColloquium, March 30, 2012

“Hoping for More: Cancer, Faith, and God’s Future,” Augburg College Vocatio Lecture Series,February 15, 2012, Minneapolis, MN

“Hoping for More: Being the Church in Times of Lament and Times of Joy,” St. Paul Area

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Conference Assembly, Saturday, February 11, 2012, St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church,Mahtomedi, MN

“Beyond Disagreement: Lutheran Theology and Feminist Theology,” adult forum at GustavusLutheran Church, St. Paul, 19 February, 2012

“Beyond Disagreement: Luther’s Theology and Feminist Theology,” two-part adult forum atIncarnation Lutheran Church, Shoreview, MN, 30 October and 6 November, 2011

“Popular Reads as Pathways Back to Scripture,” adult forum at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church,St. Paul, MN, 15 May, 2011

“The Bible, Church and Popular Culture,” a two part adult forum at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, Roseville, MN, April 3 and 10, 2011

“Good Books as Pathways to the Good Book,” adult forum at Gustavus Adolphus LutheranChurch, St. Paul, MN, Feburary 20, 2011

“Popular Reads as Pathways back to Scripture,” Two part adult forum series at IncarnationLutheran Church, Shoreview, MN, November 7 and 14, 2010

“Transformative Lutheran Theologies,” Adult Forum, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN

29 September, 2010

Four-part Adult Forum Series on Deuteronomy, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Saint Paul, Minnesota, September 27, December 5, 2009, and February 7, April 11, 2010

“Faith and Friendship,” Adult Forum, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 25 October, 2009

“Relationships, Bodies, and Faith,” Adult Forum, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, March 7, 2010

“College Composition,” Faculty Speech to new Hamline students, Hamline University,September 6, 2009

“Good (or Merely Popular) Books as Pathways into the Good Book,” keynote address atthe Book of Faith Conference, Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, MN, August 2009

“From Lament to Hope,” Hamline Baccalaureate sermon, 15 May, 2009

“Luther and Empire,” and “The Contemporary Church and Empire,” a two-part education Series, Thursday evenings, Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN, October-November, 2007

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“Religion in the Global Context,” co-facilitated with Dr. Mark Berkson for Hamline alumniduring Hamline University Homecoming, October 2007

Dean’s Tour “Jesus and Popular Culture” session with Dr. Tim Polk, Hamline University, April 2007

“Pedagogy and Identity: The Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching as a Religious Outsider,” co-facilitated 3 hour workshop with Mark Berkson, at the AAR Upper Midwest Region conference, March 2007

“Gender and Sin,” “Gender and Jesus,” “Gender and the Cross,” three part adult education series at Presbyterian Church of the Way, Shoreview, MN, January-February 2007

“Luther’s Radical Theology of the Cross” and “Luther and Feminists in Conversation,”two week adult forum, St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, Roseville, 29 October and 4 November, 2006

“Beyond Disagreement: Luther, Feminism, and the Cross of Christ,” the Ankeny Forum,Ankeny Iowa, 15 October 2006

“Luther and Empire,” adult forum, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1 October 2006

“Beyond The DaVinci Code,” 3 part session, Wednesday nights in June, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 2006

“Mary Magdalene and the Sacred Feminine,” joint leader of 3-hour workshop with Dr. JoanMitchell, College of St. Catherine, 23 April 2006

“The Bible as the Word of God,” adult forum, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN,16 October 2005

“Moving Beyond The DaVinci Code,” adult forum, St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, Roseville, MN, 11 September 2005

“Luther, Feminism, and the Cross,” two-part adult forum, Pilgrim Lutheran Church, St. PaulMN, 9 & 16 January, 2005

Workshop on Atonement for Clergy Participants in the Center for Theological Inquiry Project14 October 2004

“Luther’s Theology of the Cross and Feminist Theology,” a two-part adult forum, Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN, 7 & 14 March 2004

“The Feminist Theologies of Elizabeth Johnson and Sallie McFague,” Adult Forum at Plymouth

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Congregational Church, April 2003

“The Cross and the Flag: How Christians Talk About War,” Afternoon Forum, Immanuel Lutheran Church, March 16, 2003

“What Language Shall We Borrow to Talk About God?” Two-part Adult Forum, April 2001 Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN

“To Speak the Word to Women: The Marriage of Christianity and Feminism in a Global Context,” International Women’s Day lecture given at Bethesda Lutheran Church, Mpls.,MN, 1 March, 2001

“Women in Ministry: Early Church, Reformation, and Contemporary Period,” in honor of the 30th Anniversary of Lutherans ordaining women, 3-week Adult Forum, October 2000,Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN

“Women in the Old Testament,” “Death and Resurrection,” Adult Forums, Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN, February, April 2000

“Black Christianity and the Protest Movements of the 1960's,” Adult Forum, St. Paul’s UnitedMethodist Church, Mendota Heights, MN, February 1, 1998

“Luther and Feminism,” three week Adult Forum, Bethesda Lutheran Church, New Haven, CT, January, 1996

“Naming God,” four week series at Glendale Baptist Church, Nashville, TN, January, 1994

Courses Taught

Introduction to Theology, Introduction to Christian Ethics, Introduction to Religion, Reformers & Revolutionaries in the Ancient and Medieval World, Reformers & Revolutionaries in the Modern World, Contemporary African American Religious Thought, Contemporary Issues in Christian Ethics, Feminist/Womanist Approaches to Christian Ethics, Religion, Gender, and Power in Contemporary Literature, Christianity in an Age of Religious Diversity, Seminar in Martin Luther, First Year Seminars: Fulfillment of the Dream? MLK’s Vision and Obama’s Presidency, What’s Love Got to do With It?, Deciphering The DaVinci Code.

Teaching/Research Grants

Participant, “Writing the Spiritual Life,” a 9-day writing workshop at the Collegeville Institute with Lauren Winner, Collegeville, MN, 17-26 July, 2016

Recipient, 2016-2017 Louisville Institute Sabbatical Grant for “Glimpsing Resurrection: A Post-Traumatic Theology of Cancer”

Recipient, Hamline University Dean’s Grant, on behalf of the Religion Department, to “Reimagining Religion” at Hamline, Summer 2013

Recipient, Hamline University Humanities Scholarship Grant, Summer 2011

Selected Participant in the AAR/Luce Foundation Theologies of Religious Pluralism Cohort 2, June2010-June 2011.

Recipient with AAR Upper Midwest Region President Bruce Forbes, “Native American Religions inthe Upper Midwest: Making Connections,” a $2300 grant from the American Academyof Religion for work in our region on Native American traditions, November 2007.

Departmental Recipient, Hamline University Grant for “Vocation and Interviewing in the Majors,” December, 2004.

Recipient, Hamline University Dean’s Grant for “Expanding the Base for Literary and Artistic Analysis for Religion Scholarship and Teaching,” May 2004.

Recipient, Wabash Small Projects Grant for a Workshop for Religion Scholars on Service Learning entitled, “Teaching that Matters: Service, Vocation, and Civic Engagement,”March, 2001.

Recipient, Bush Faculty Development Grant, Hamline University 2000-1.

Recipient, AAR./Lilly Teaching Workshop Grant for the Upper Midwest Region, 1998-99.

Academic Service

Hamline University

Administrative Head for History, Modern Languages, and Religion (appointed), 2014-Divisional Coordinator for the Humanities and member of Planning and Development

Committee (appointed), 2012-2014Co-Chair, Cultural Breadth Revision Task Force, 2012-13Grievance Mediation Committee (appointed), Chair, 2012-2015Diversity Integration Standing Committee (appointed), CLA representative, 2011-13Affirmative Action Officer (appointed), CLA, 2011-12Chair, Hamline Diversity Integration Standing Committee (appointed), 2008-2009Chair, Hamline Religion Department (appointed), 2003-2009Faculty Council (elected) 2007-8Faculty Personnel Committee (elected) 2004-2006Faculty Institutional Review Committee (elected) 1998-01, co-chair, 2000-1Chair, Hamline Association of Junior Faculty, 1998-2000Associated New American Colleges Task Force, 1998-2000

Professional Societies and Service

American Academy of ReligionNominations Committee (appointed), 2011-2014Co-Chair, Martin Luther and Global Lutheranisms Consultation (appointed), 2007-2013Chair, Job Placement Task Force (appointed) 2007-8Member of Executive Committee (elected) 2006-2008Member of Executive Director Search Committee (appointed), 2005-2006Regional Director, Upper Midwest Region (elected) 2003-2009Member, Board of Directors (by virtue of regional office) 2003-2008Member, Selection Committee for Academic Teaching and the Study of Religion,

2003-2008Vice President, Upper Midwest Region (elected) 2001-2003Program Coordinator, Upper Midwest Region (elected) 1999-2001Board of Directors (elected Student Director), 1995-97

Society for Values in Higher Education Editorial Board, Soundings, 1996-2000Phi Beta KappaBlue Key Honor Fraternity

Awards

Academy of Parish Clergy 2014 Resource Book of the Year Award for Deuteronomy Burton and Ruth Grimes Teacher of the Year Award, May 2009

Hamline University Student Congress Faculty of the Year, May 2009Faculty Advisor of the Year for the First Year Seminar Program, May 2007

Agnes Hulburd Conger Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Work in the Humanities, May, 2004