Academic Resources - Faculty - Claremont School of Theology

ramesbury @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Richard Amesbury Associate Professor of Ethics; Associate Professor of Religion, Claremont Graduate University
	Office: Craig 213 Phone: (909) 447-2581 A.B., Harvard University Diploma in Theology, Oxford University Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University Dr. Amesbury works at the intersection of ethics, political theory, and philosophy of religion. His current research and teaching interests include the relation between religion and human rights; the place of religion in liberal democracies; and the implications of religious plurality. Dr. Amesbury is the author of Morality and Social Criticism: The Force of Reasons in Discursive Practice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) and co-author of Faith and Human Rights: Christianity and the Global Struggle for Human Dignity (Fortress, 2008).

kblack @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Kathleen M. Black Gerald Kennedy Professor of Homiletics & Liturgics
	Office: Craig 104 Phone: (909) 447-2527 B.A., Glassboro State College M.Div., Wesley Theological Seminary Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union Dr. Black is author of Culturally-Conscious Worship, Worship Across Cultures, A Healing Homiletic: Preaching and Disabilities, and Signs of Solidarity: Ministry with Persons who are Deaf, Deafened and Hard of Hearing. An ordained United Methodist minister, she has served as college chaplain, associate pastor and the founding pastor of a deaf church. She also brings a strong interest in feminist liturgy and the use of arts in worship.

jcampbell @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Jerry D. Campbell President; Professor of Theological Bibliography
	Office of the President, Colwell Building Phone: (909) 447-2552 B.A. , McMurray College M.Div., The Divinity School, Duke University M.S.L.S., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Ph.D., University of Denver Rev. Dr. Jerry D. Campbell is an ordained Elder of The United Methodist Church who has a long career in the administration in theological schools and higher education. He has served as head librarian for both University of Southern California and Duke University, as well as Perkins School of Theology and The Iliff School of Theology in Denver. Campbell has served on accreditation review teams for the Association of Theological Schools, and serves as a commissioner of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Campbell has published nearly 40 articles and book chapters and has given over 70 invited addresses on educational, administrative and theological topics.

echungkim @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Esther Chung-Kim Assistant Professor of History of Christianity
	B.A. Drew University M.Div., Th.M. Princeton Theological Seminary Ph.D. Duke University Dr. Chung-Kim teaches and researches the Reformation and the Early Modern Period. Her broad research interests include the problem of religious authority during the European Reformation, history of the sacraments, history of biblical interpretation and sixteenth-century use of the early church fathers. She offers courses on The Christian Tradition, The Protestant Reformation in medieval context, Women in the Early Modern Era, and United Methodist History. She is an ordained Elder of the Greater New Jersey Conference in the United Methodist Church.

pclayton @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Philip Clayton Ingraham Professor of Theology
	Office: Craig 209 Phone: (909) 447-2570 Academic Website: http://clayton.ctr4process.org B.A., Westmont College M.A., Fuller Theological Seminary M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University Dr. Clayton develops a constructive Christian theology in dialogue with metaphysics, modern philosophy, and science. The demands of this task have led to his work and publications in the theory of knowledge; the history of philosophy and theology; the philosophy of science; physics, evolutionary biology and the neurosciences; comparative theology; and constructive metaphysics. A panentheist, he defends a form of process theology that is hypothetical, dialogical and pluralistic.

wclements @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	William M. Clements Edna and Lowell Craig Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling
	Office: Craig 219 Phone: (909) 447-2528 B.A., University of Alabama B.D., Union Theological Seminary Ph.D., Claremont School of Theology Dr. Clements has a long-standing special interest and expertise in ministry with the aging. He has many years of experience in medical education, specifically the clinical teaching of behavioral science and the practice of individual and relational psychotherapy. His current interests include depression, alcoholism, couple and individual counseling, and empirical research, as well as the teaching and practice of pastoral care and counseling.

ecfrazier @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Elizabeth Conde-Frazier Associate Professor of Religious Education
	Office: Craig 211 Phone: (909) 447-2530 B.A., Brooklyn College M.Div., Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary Ph.D., Boston College On Sabbatical Leave: Fall 2007-Spring 2008 Dr. Elizabeth Conde-Frazier is a religious educator who integrates the discipline of religious education with theology, spirituality and the social sciences. She has written on multicultural issues, Hispanic theological education, and the spirituality of the scholar. She also teaches at the Latin American Bible Institute in La Puente, Calif., and has taught in Kazakhstan. Her scholarly passions involve her in doing participatory action research with communities working on justice issues, such as immigration and ecumenism as they relate to religious education. She is an ordained American Baptist minister with more than 10 years experience in the local church. She is author of Hispanic Bible Institutes and co-author of A Many Colored Kingdom: Multicultural Dynamics for Spiritual Formation.

jcoogan @ cst.edu; jack.coogan @ cgu.edu (remove spaces)	Jack Coogan Professor of Communication Arts
	Office: Craig 210 / Mudd Theater Phone: (909) 447-2531 On Leave: Spring 2008 Semester B.A., Pepperdine College M.A., San Fernando Valley State College Th.M., Th.D., Claremont School of Theology Dr. Coogan has special interest in the role of worship and the arts in the life of the Church, and in the unique contribution which these make to the understanding and proclamation of the Christian faith. He has extensive experience in film, music and drama and in the production of educational media.

kdalton @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Karen Dalton Dean of Extension Programs and Ministry Resources; Director of Field Education
	Dean\'s Office, Craig Building Phone: (909) 447-2534 B.A. Wellesley College M.A. Whitworth College M.Div. Claremont School of Theology D.Min. Claremont School of Theology Dr. Dalton is a United Methodist minister who has served established churches and was the founding pastor of a congregation in southern California. She has a passion for connecting theory and practice, a commitment that shapes her teaching. Her strongest interests are in leadership and spiritual formation, and she teaches in these areas along with directing the field education program. Before beginning theological study she was on the faculty at Whitworth College teaching communication. She has also done consulting work in the areas of communication, team-building, and organization development.

kdetroyer @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Kristin De Troyer Professor of Hebrew Bible
	Office: Craig 202 Phone: (909) 447-2536 STB (Philosophy), STB (Theology), M.A., S.T.L., Catholic University (Louvain, Belgium) Ph.D., Leiden University, The Netherlands Dr. De Troyer focuses on the Second Temple Period and has developed a special interest in the history of the Biblical Text, its translations and their hermeneutical aspects. She is author of Rewriting the Sacred Text: What the Old Greek Texts Tell Us About the Growth of the Bible (SBL-Brill, 2003) and Wholly Woman-Holy Blood: A Feminist Critique of Purity and Impurity (TPI-2003). De Troyer also has published books and articles on the different texts of the Book of Esther. She is also working on the texts of the books of Ezra-Nehemiah and 1Esdras. Her interests also include hermeneutics and gender studies.

jdickason @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	John Dickason Director of Library and Information Technology
	Office: Library Phone: (909) 447-2512 B.R.E., Canadian Bible College M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary M.S.L.S., Rutgers University John Dickason in insterested in the integration of technology with research and the changing roles of academic libraries. He has broad experience in collection development, theological bibliography, and regional library networks. An active participant in the programs of the American Theological Library Association, he serves as an accreditation visitor of the Association of Theological Schools, and is on the Board of the Ancient Biblical Manuscript Center.

adreitcer @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Andrew Dreitcer Director of Spiritual Formation, Associate Professor of Spirituality
	Office: Craig 102 Phone: (909) 447-2537 B.A., Wabash College M.Div., Yale Divinity School Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union Dr. Dreitcer has been a Presbyterian pastor, seminary instructor, director of seminary programs in spiritual formation and spiritual direction, retreat leader, and spiritual director. His teaching interests include the role of scripture in spiritual life, congregational spiritual formation, and the place of spiritual formation in theological studies. Dr. Dreitcer\'s spiritual life was significantly shaped by a year spent in the French community of Taizé. He is co-author of Beyond the Ordinary: Spirituality for Church Leaders (Eerdmans).

rfaber @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Roland Faber Professor of Process Theology; Professor of Religion and Philosophy (CGU)
	Office: Craig 215 Phone: (909) 447-2541 MA, University of Vienna (Catholics-Theological Faculty) PhD, University of Vienna (Catholics-Theological Faculty) Roland Faber is co-director of the Center for Process Studies and executive director of the Whitehead Research Project (founded in 2007). His fields of research and publication include poststructuralism (Gilles Deleuze); process thought and process theology; comparative philosophy of religion; interreligious discourse (epistemological conditions, ontology), especially regarding Christianity/Buddhism; philosophy, systematic theology (doctrine of God and creation, Christology and eschatology); cosmology, theology and spirituality of the Renaissance; and mysticism (Meister Eckhart, Nicolas of Cusa, Giordano Bruno) with an accent on multiplicity, infinite becoming and theopoetics.

lgalloway @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Lincoln Galloway Associate Professor of Homiletics
	Office: Craig 205 Phone: (909) 447-2574 B.Ed., University of West Indies M.Div., Candler School of Theology Ph.D., Emory University Dr. Galloway is from the Caribbean island of Montserrat and the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas (MCCA). His academic specialty is New Testament Studies and Homiletics. His interests include socio-rhetorical approaches to biblical texts and critical engagement of liberative theologies for exegetical and homiletical tasks.

kgreider @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Kathleen J. Greider Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling
	Office: Craig 212 Phone: (909) 447-2540 A.B., Wilson College M.Div., Harvard Divinity School M.Phil., Ph.D., Union Theological Seminary Dr. Greider\'s researches and teaches about the interrelationship of personality and culture. Her teaching, research and writing are in the areas of pastoral theology, care and counseling, psychology and religion, and feminist and cultural analysis. Ordained by The United Methodist Church, she has clinical pastoral experience in the practice of parish ministry, pastoral psychotherapy, spiritual direction, in-patient mental health, and hospital chaplaincy. In addition to articles and essays, she is the author of Reckoning with Aggression: Theology, Violence, and Vitality (Westminster/John Knox Press, 1997).

Patrick.Horn @ cgu.edu (remove spaces)	Patrick N. Horn Claremont Graduate University: Associate Dean of Religion, Assistant Professor of Religion
	Office: Institute for Antiquity and Christianity (CGU) Phone: (909) 607-8411 M.Div., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary M.A. (Philosophy), Ph.D. (Religion), Claremont Graduate University Patrick Horn researches and teaches about epistemology, cultural theory, and philosophy of religion. He teaches courses on the interpretation of religion and epistemological issues in cultural analysis. He is the author of Gadamer and Wittgenstein on the Unity of Language (Ashgate 2005). In this work, Horn is critical of the notion that the unity of language is a metaphysical unity, arguing instead that it is a unity between what people say and how they live.

stkim @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Stephen S. Kim E. Stanley Jones Associate Professor of Evangelism and Mission
	Office: Craig 204 Phone: (909) 447-2592 B.A., Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea M.Div., Dubuque Theological Seminary Ph.D., Drew University On Leave: Fall 2007 Semester Dr. Kim has research interests in cross-cultural evangelism and global mission, theory of cross-cultural hermeneutics, as well as theology of religion and culture. Having done his graduate work in the area of religion and culture, he is also interested in the issues of pluralism and interfaith dialogue.

slee @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	K. Samuel Lee Associate Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling; Executive Director of The Clinebell Institute
	Office: Craig 217 Phone: (909) 447-6331 B.A., Westmar College M.Div., Yale University Ph.D., Arizona State University Dr. Lee’s scholarly interests include multicultural pastoral practice, pastoral care and counseling with culturally diverse clients, and multiculturalism in theological education. Ordained by the United Methodist Church, Dr. Lee served as a local church pastor for more than ten years. Trained as a counseling psychologist, Dr. Lee brings empirical research expertise and the psychotherapy competence. In recent years, Dr. Lee contributed to development and adoption of multicultural competencies for the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education. He also serves as the Executive Director of The Clinebell Institute for Pastoral Counseling and Psychotherapy, a clinical training center for students which also provides pastoral care and counseling service for the wider community in Los Angeles.

dmacdon @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Dennis R. MacDonald John Wesley Professor of New Testament
	Office: Craig 201 Phone: (909) 447-2594 Academic Website: http://iac.cgu.edu/drm/index.html A.B., Bob Jones University M.Div., McCormick Theological Seminary Ph.D., Harvard University Dr. MacDonald taught at Iliff School of Theology, Harvard Divinity School, and Union Theological Seminary (N.Y.) before joining the Claremont School of Theology faculty in 1998. He has authored numerous books, including The Legend and the Apostle, Christianizing Homer, The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark, and Does the New Testament Imitate Homer? His present interests include the relationship of Q to the Gospel of Mark, Luke-Acts, Christian apocrypha, and the role of literary imitation in the composition of ancient religious narratives. He is Co-Director of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity at Claremont Graduate University.

emarshall @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Ellen Ott Marshall Associate Professor of Ethics
	Office: Craig 206 Phone: (909) 447-2524 B.A., Davidson College M.A., University of Notre Dame M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Dr. Marshall focuses on contemporary Christian ethics. She is particularly interested in issues of violence and peacemaking, ethical questions in literature and film, and the dynamic relationship between faith, history and ethics. She is the contributing editor of a volume of essays written by Claremont faculty, entitled Choosing Peace through Daily Practices (Pilgrim Press 2005). Her second book, Though the Fig Tree Does Not Blossom (Abingdon Press, 2006) addresses the virtue of hope in the Christian Tradition. She has also published essays on welfare reform, the use of film to teach ethics, and the United Methodist response to war. Dr. Marshall worked with the refugee resettlement programs of Church World Service and the United Methodist Committee on Relief.

mmata @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Michael A. Mata Adjunct Assistant Professor of Urban Ministries
	B.A., Point Loma Nazarene College M.A., Point Loma Nazarene College M.Div., Nazarene Theological Seminary; M.C.P., University of California, Berkeley Rev. Mata has extensive experience in urban-related programs on the congregational level, as well as ecumenical and interfaith levels. His skills and expertise lie in developing practical approaches to faith-based community development, congregational redevelopment, transcultural ministry, and community conflict transformation. His research interests include social-cultural analysis of the urban landscape and assessing the social ecology of religious institutions in urban communities.

hamid.mavani @ cgu.edu (remove spaces)	Hamid Mavani Claremont Graduate University: Assistant Professor of Religion
	Office: Institute for Antiquity and Christianity (CGU) Phone: (909) 621-8085 M.A., Ph.D., McGill University, Institute of Islamic Studies Hamid Mavani has been active at the academic and community level in promoting interfaith dialogue, inter- and intra-Muslim dialogue, religious pluralism, civil society, democratic governance, reform in the Islamic legal tradition, gender and religion, and environmental ethics. His primary fields of interest include Islamic legal reform, Muslims in America, Twelver Shi’ism, Qur’anic studies and Contemporary developments in the Muslim world. In his studies, he has collaborated with institutions and organizations such as Graduate Theological Union, University of California, San Francisco, United Religions Initiative (URI), San Francisco Interfaith Council, Oakland Coalition of Congregations (OCC), The Northern California Interreligious Council (NCIC), International Diplomacy Council (IDC) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Mavani has translated three booklets: from Arabic to English by Ayatullah Seestani titled Contemporary Legal Rulings in Shi’i Law (OAIK: Montreal, 1996) and on maqtal literature by Abu Mikhnaf (London, 2001); from Persian to English titled A Guide to Islamic Medical Ethics (OAIK: Montreal, 1998). He authored an article titled “Analysis of Khomeini’s Proofs for al-Wilaya al-Mutlaqa” in the book The Most Learned of the Shi’a (Oxford University Press, 2001) and is the author of Titles and Themes of the Qur’an (Thornhill: Islamic Education Board, 2004).

anselm.min @ cgu.edu (remove spaces)	Anselm Kyongsuk Min Claremont Graduate University: Professor of Religion
	Office: Institute for Antiquity and Christianity (CGU) Phone: (909) 621-8085 Ph.D. (theology), Vanderbilt University Ph.D. (philosophy), Fordham University Anselm Kyongsuk Min teaches and researches in contemporary constructive theology (trinity, christology), theological method, theologies of liberation, Aquinas, religious pluralism, and Asian theologies. His philosophical interests include Hegel, Marx, Heidegger, Derrida, classical American philosophy, and political philosophy. He has published on liberation theology, Hegel, pluralism, christology, pneumatology, ecclesiology, and Asian theologies. He is the author of, among others, Dialectic of Salvation: Issues in Theology of Liberation; The Solidarity of Others in a Divided World: A Postmodern Theology after Postmodernism; and Paths to the Triune God: An Encounter between Aquinas and Recent Theologies. He is now working on a systematic theology for the age of globalization, a theology that will respond to the challenges of liberation, pluralism, ecology, and human solidarity on the global scale.

snelson @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Susan L. Nelson Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean; Professor of Theology and Culture
	Dean\'s Office, Craig Building Phone: (909) 447-2520 B.A., University of Rochester M.Div., Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School Dr. Nelson is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) who has researched, written, and taught in the areas of constructive theology, women\'s studies and culture. She is author of the books Beyond Servanthood: Christianity and the Liberation of Women and Healing the Broken Heart: Sin, Alienation, and the Gift of Grace. Most recently, she is co-editor of The Other Side of Sin: Woundedness From the Perspective of the Sinned Against (State University 2001).

mparsons @ dsf.edu (remove spaces)	Mark David Parsons Assistant Professor of Church Music; Assistant Dean of Disciples Seminary Foundation
	Office: Craig 100 Phone: (909) 624-0712 B.S., Northwest Christian College B.S.M., Northwest Christian College M.A.R. American Baptist Seminary of the West Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union. Dr. Parsons combines musicology and liturgical theology to explore the various dimensions of music as a theologically saturated artistic practice. He especially enjoys teaching in the seminary context where the study of music can draw together cultural experience, the practice of ministry, and theological reflection. His recent publications include numerous articles on the role of music in theology and the life of the church. Dr. Parsons is an experienced church musician, having served as a music director in Disciples of Christ and Methodist churches for over 10 years.

griley @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Gregory J. Riley Professor of New Testament
	Office: Craig 218 Phone: (909) 447-2568 B.A., M.A., University of California, Los Angeles M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University Dr. Riley has expertise in the culture and religions of the Greco-Roman world and the ancient Near East. His main interests are the relationships between the diverse expressions of Christianity and their cultural context. His most recent book The River of God: A New History of Christian Origins was chosen by the History Book Club as an alternate selection. His book One Jesus, Many Christs was selected by the Book of the Month Club and the British Book of the Month Club as a first choice in Religion.

frogers @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Frank Rogers, Jr. Muriel Bernice Roberts Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation and Narrative Pedagogy Director of Liberative Spiritual Formation Project
	Office: Craig 221 Phone: (909) 447-2569 B.A., Anderson College M.Div., Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary Dr. Rogers’ research and teaching focus is on spiritual formation that is contemplative, creative, and socially liberative. A trained spiritual director and experienced retreat leader, he has written several articles on the interconnection between spirituality and religious education. He has also explored the role of the narrative arts (storytelling, drama, creative writing, and autobiography) in the spiritual formation of youth and abused and marginalized children. He has completed his first novel and is currently working on a manuscript entitled Finding God in the Graffiti: Narrative Pedagogy with Young People.

	Rosemary Radford Ruether Visiting Professor of Feminist Theology
	B.A., Scripps College M.S., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School Rosemary Radford Ruether is the Carpenter Emerita Professor of Feminist Theology at Pacific School of Religion and the GTU, as well as the Georgia Harkness Emerita Professor of Applied Theology at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary. She has enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a scholar, teacher, and activist in the Roman Catholic Church, and is well known as a groundbreaking figure in Christian feminist theology. Ruether has published numerous books, including Sexism and God-Talk, In Our Own Voices: Four Centuries of American Women’s Religious Writing (ed. with Rosemary Skinner Keller), and The Wrath of Jonah: The Crisis of Religious Nationalism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Her most recent books include Goddesses and the Divine Feminine: A Western Religious History (May 2005), Integrating Ecofeminism, Globalization, and World Religions (Nature\'s Meaning 2005) and Mountain Sisters: From Convent To Community In Appalachia. Most recently, she collaborated on a multi-volume Encyclopedia of Women in American Religion, with Rosemary Skinner Keller (2006).

Tammi.Schneider @ cgu.edu (remove spaces)	Tammi J. Schneider Claremont Graduate University: Professor of Religion
	Office: Institute for Antiquity and Christianity (CGU) Phone: (909) 607-3217 Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Tammi J. Schneider teaches ancient history (covering Mesopotamia, Syria-Palestine, Egypt, Anatolia and the Aegean from the third millennium to the end of the first), ancient Near-Eastern languages and literature, and archaeology, primarily of Israel. Her research draws together the fields of archaeology, Assyriology, and biblical studies in an effort to understand the ancient Near East, especially the interactions among various peoples. She is also interested in the role of women in the Hebrew Bible. Schneider has worked on numerous archaeological excavations including Miqne/Ekron, Tel es-Safi, and Tel Herasim, and currently co-directs excavations at Tell el-Far\'ah (South) in Israel. She is also a project director of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity. Her publications include Rethinking Jehu: Form and Context in the Royal Inscriptions of Shalmaneser III, and a commentary on the book of Judges for the Liturgical Press Berit Olam series. Her latest work is Sarah: Mother of Nations

HSlessarevJamir @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Helene Slessarev-Jamir Mildred M. Hutchinson Professor of Urban Ministries
	Office: Craig 101 Phone: (909) 447-2542 B.A. (economics), University of California, Berkeley M.A. (public policy analysis), University of Illinois, Chicago Ph.D. (political science), University of Chicago Dr. Slessarev-Jamir teaches and researches on issues related to faith-based social engagement, including community organizing, ministry among immigrant communities, and urban poverty in a global economy. Her books include Job Training under the New Federalism and The Betrayal of the Urban Poor. She also has authored two reports for the Annie E. Casey Foundation on the role of faith-based institutions in strengthening the families of poor and disadvantaged Asian and Hispanic immigrants. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Sojourners Magazine and the National Hispanic/Latino Ministry Plan committee of the UMC, and is a member of First United Methodist and Grand Avenue United Methodist in Santa Ana, CA.

msweeney @ cst.edu (remove spaces)	Marvin Sweeney Professor of Hebrew Bible
	Office: Craig 203 Phone: (909) 447-2571 A.B., University of Illinois M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School On Leave: Spring 2008 Semester Dr. Sweeney specializes in Hebrew Bible studies with a particular focus on prophetic literature. He is especially interested in biblical theology, literary-critical methodologies, ancient exegesis of biblical texts, and the interrelationship between religion and politics in both the ancient and modern worlds. In addition, he teaches courses in the history of Judaism and Jewish thought. His recent publications include a study of King Josiah (Oxford University Press) and commentaries on Isaiah 1-39 (Forms of the Old Testament Literature); The Twelve Prophets (Berit Olam); and Zephaniah (Hermeneia). He is currently working in the area of Jewish biblical theology and writing a commentary on 1-2 Kings (Old Testament Library).

Karen.Torjesen @ cgu.edu (remove spaces)	Karen Jo Torjesen Claremont Graduate University: Margo L. Goldsmith Professor of Women\'s Studies in Religion, Dean of CGU School of Religion
	Office: Institute for Antiquity and Christianity (CGU) Phone: (909) 621-8085 Professor Torjesen has scholarly interests in the constructions of gender and sexuality in early Christianity, authority and institutionalization in the eTarly churches, hermeneutics and rhetoric in late antiquity, and comparative study of Greek and Latin patristic traditions. During her tenure as assistant professor of patristic theology at the University of Goettingen (Germany), her book Hermeneutical Procedure and Theological Structure in Origen\'s Exegesiswas published by de Gruyter. Her most recent book is When Women Were Priests: Women\'s Leadership in the Early Church and the Scandal of their Subordination in the Rise of Christianity.

Vincent.Wimbush @ cgu.edu (remove spaces)	Vincent L. Wimbush Claremont Graduate University: Professor of Religion
	Office: Institute for Signifying Scriptures (CGU) Phone: (909)621-8504 Ph.D., Harvard University Vincent L. Wimbush currently teaches and researches the New Testament and early Christianity as ancient and modern world literary-rhetorical-ideological and socio-cultural-political formations; the expressive forms, politics and ideologies of ancient and modern constructions of ascetic pieties and world renunciations; and the ancient and modern socio-cultural phenomenon (and political consequences) of the making and engagement of “scriptures.” For eight years Wimbush directed the New York City-based collaborative and inter-disciplinary research project on African Americans and the Bible: Social-Cultural Formation and Sacred Texts. In Claremont he is expanding on this project through the CGU-based Institute for Signifying Scriptures that facilitates research into the phenomenon of “scripturalizing” across communities world wide, especially among historically dominated peoples. Some of his more recent publications include: The Bible and African Americans: A Brief History (2003); Editor, African Americans and the Bible: Sacred Texts and Social Textures (2000, 2001); Co-editor, with Richard Valantasis, Asceticism (1995, 2003); Co-editor, with Leif Vaage, Asceticism and the New Testament (1999); Editor, The Bible and the American Myth(1999); Editor, Ascetic Behavior in Greco-Roman Antiquity (1994).

Richard Amesbury

Kathleen M. Black

Jerry D. Campbell

Esther Chung-Kim

Philip Clayton

William M. Clements

Elizabeth Conde-Frazier

Jack Coogan

Karen Dalton

Kristin De Troyer

John Dickason

Andrew Dreitcer

Roland Faber

Lincoln Galloway

Kathleen J. Greider

Patrick N. Horn

Stephen S. Kim

K. Samuel Lee

Dennis R. MacDonald

Ellen Ott Marshall

Michael A. Mata

Hamid Mavani

Anselm Kyongsuk Min

Susan L. Nelson

Mark David Parsons

Gregory J. Riley

Frank Rogers, Jr.

Rosemary Radford Ruether

Tammi J. Schneider

Helene Slessarev-Jamir

Marvin Sweeney

Karen Jo Torjesen

Vincent L. Wimbush