Biblical Studies & Early Christianity
 Danna Nolan Fewell-Professor of Hebrew Bible -Ph.D., Emory University Professor Fewell’s teaching and research focus on biblical narrative with special attention to constructions of gender, ethnicity, social roles, social trauma, and communal identity; on the ethics of reading; on the Bible and artistic imagination; and on post-Holocaust biblical interpretation. Sem. 24 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3543 |
 Herbert B. Huffmon-Professor of Old Testament -Ph.D., University of Michigan Professor Huffmon’s Focus is on introducing students to the people of ancient Israel. This involves listening to the people (reading texts and seeking to understand what they sought to convey), meeting them at work and in their homes (archaeology), and interviewing their neighbors (the nearby peoples of the ancient Near East). In this process, special attention is given to social-scientific processes. Sem. 11 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3265 |
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 Melanie Johnson-DeBaufre-Associate Professor of New Testament -Th.D., Harvard Divinity School Professor Johnson-DeBaufre’s teaching and research interests include: traditions of the earliest “Christianities” (historical Jesus, Q, Pauline communities) in the context of the Roman empire with interest in both the ethics and practices of historiography and contemporary reconstructions of Christian origins; feminist and liberationist hermeneutics; and rhetorical analysis of biblical texts and their histories of interpretation. Sem. 21 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3823 |
 Kah-Jin Jeffrey Kuan-Dean of Drew Theological School -Professor of Hebrew Bible -Ph.D., Emory University Dean Kuan is a scholar of ancient Israelite and Near Eastern history. His work addresses Asian and Asian American hermeneutics, as well as approaches to biblical instruction for the churches. Sem. 102 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973.408.3258 |
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 Stephen D. Moore-Professor of New Testament -Ph.D., University of Dublin, Ireland Professor Moore’s Teaching and research center primarily on the narrative books of the New Testament. He has long been engrossed with the challenge of bringing biblical studies into deeper dialogue with broad intellectual currents in the humanities, such as postructuralism, gender and sexuality studies (including masculinity studies and queer theory, cultural studies, and postcolonial studies. Sem. 106 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3313 |
 Kenneth Ngwa-Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible -Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary Professor Ngwa’s teaching and research interests are in the Hebrew Bible and African literature, including Israelite and African wisdom literature, oral traditions, history of interpretation/receptions, and narrative ethics. Sem. 23 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3780 |
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 Althea Spencer-Miller-Assistant Professor of New Testament -Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University Prof. Althea Spencer-Miller’s teaching interests include the Gospels, Acts, the Pauline corpus, New Testament Apocrypha, Biblical languages, and ancient and contemporary mythologies. Her research interests include the cross-cultural politics of writing, comparative cultural studies, reconstruction of early Christianities within the Greco-Roman Empire using gendered and post-colonial perspectives, comparative mythology, and contextual, feminist, and post-colonial hermeneutics and the implications of all these for textual criticism and historical reconstruction. To both her teaching and research Prof. Spencer-Miller brings post-colonial, liberationist, feminist, and subaltern perspectives. Sem. 29 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3281 |
Note: Professor Virginia Burrus, who offers courses on ancient Christianity in the Historical Studies Area, is also an important resource for students in New Testament and Early Christianity. |
Historical Studies
 Virginia Burrus-Professor of Early Church History -Chair of the Graduate Division of Religion -Ph.D, Graduate Theological Union Professor Burrus’ teaching and research interests in the field of ancient Christianity include gender, sexuality, and the body; martyrdom and asceticism; ancient novels and hagiography; constructions of orthodoxy and heresy; and histories of theology and historical theologies. Sem. 112 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3099 |
 Morris L. Davis-Associate Dean for Academic Affairs -Associate Professor of the History of Christianity and Wesleyan/Methodist Studies -Ph.D., Drew University Dean Davis’s teaching and research is in the broader field of Christianity in the Americas including race, nationalism, and the history of missions; slavery and racial segregation among Christians; Wesleyan and Methodist movements; and Christians and war. Sem. 28 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3647 |
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 Catherine Peyroux-Associate Professor of the History of Christianity -Ph.D., Princeton University Catherine Peyroux is a scholar of the cultural and social history of medieval Christianity, especially the history of Christianization, the history of women in Christianity, and the role of religious thought in social life. Sem. 17 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3622 |
 Leonard Sweet-E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism -Ph.D., University of Rochester Professor Sweet’s research and professional interests include church culture and culture issues; evangelism and missiology; the history of religion in America, especially 19th- and 20th-century evangelicalism; the emerging postmodern church; leadership issues; new forms of evangelism in the 21st-century church; and relationship theology. Sem. 103 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3861 |
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 J. Terry Todd-Associate Professor of American Religious Studies -Ph.D., Columbia University Professor Todd’s research and teaching focus on how religious ideas, practices, and institutions in the United States develop within 20th-century urban contexts, and how forms of popular media shape the way we think about ourselves in relation to religion, spirituality, and the American nation. Sem. 114 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3847 |
 L. Dale Patterson-Adjunct Professor of American Religious History -Ph.D., Drew University Professor Dale Patterson’s teaching and research interests include archival studies, history of archives and Methodist history. This involves the social place and function of archives in history; modern issues of access and privacy concerns; the history of Methodist theology; and the place of religion in the Progressive Era, with a special interest of the interaction of religion and social policy during the Prohibition Movement. United Methodist Archives Center | E-mail |
Religion and Society
 Laurel Kearns-Associate Professor of the Sociology of Religion and Environmental Studies -Ph.D., Emory University Professor Kearns’s teaching interests, beyond general sociology of religion, include the interplay of religion(s) in social change, globalization, and non-violent and ecological social movements; the religious landscape of the U.S., with particular interest in the religious expressions of women, new immigrant groups and people of color; and religion and ecology, with a particular interest in eco-justice. Her research is focused on religious, particularly Christian, involvement in environmental issues and movements and nature spirituality. Sem. 108 :: E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-4009 |
 Otto Maduro-Professor of World Christianity -Ph.D., Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Professor Maduro is a Venezuelan sociologist and philosopher of religion. His publications, research and teaching span, among other areas, U.S. Latina/o religions; liberation theologies in world Christianity; critical approaches in epistemology; sociological theories of religion; globalization and religion; U.S./Latin America relations; and Pierre Bourdieu. Since 1999, his research has been concentrated on U.S. Hispanic Pentecostalism, especially in the city of Newark (NJ). 12 Campus Dr.206 :: E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3041 |
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 Elias Ortega-Aponte-Assistant Professor of Afro-Latina/o Religions and Cultural Studies -Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary 12 Campus Drive | E-mail Tel: 973.408.3305 |
 Kate M. Ott-Assistant Professor of Christian Social Ethics -Ph.D., Union Theological Seminary Professor Ott’s teaching and research interests include children and youth; feminist and liberation ethics with attention to conversations in moral theology; medical and healthcare ethics including sexual and reproductive health issues; and intersections between justice-based activist and academic communities. Sem. 28 | E-mail | Tel: 973.408.3298 |
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 Arthur L. Pressley-Associate Professor of Psychology and Religion -Ph.D., NorthwesternUniversity Professor Pressley’s teaching and research center on cross-cultural studies focusing on culture and personality, pastoral care and counseling, and psychology of trauma and recovery. Sem. 208 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3594 |
 Angella M. Pak Son-Associate Professor of Psychology and Religion -Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary Professor Son’s teaching and research include psychology of religion; psychology of the self; theology of atonement; theological anthropology; practical theology; issues of grace, shame, and depression; and issues of family, women, and race. Sem. 25 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3260 |
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 Traci C. West-Professor of Ethics and African American Studies -Ph.D., Union Theological Seminary Professor West’s teaching and research focus on liberative Christian social ethics related to issues of race, gender, and sexuality; African-American social thought; and social justice issues in church and society with an emphasis on violence against women, welfare policy, clergy ethics, and racism. Sem. 203 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3082 |
 Nancy Lynne Westfield-Associate Professor of Religious Education-Ph.D., The Union Institute Professor Westfield’s teaching and research interests include pedagogy, engaged pedagogy, African-American women’s studies, womanist studies, spirituality, creativity, mysticism, and theological education. Sem. 15 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3063 |
Theological and Philosophical Studies
 S. Wesley Ariarajah-Professor of Ecumenical Theology -Ph.D., University of London, U.K. Professor Ariarajah offers courses in the areas of ecumenism, world religions, Asian theology, theology of religions, pluralism, and interfaith dialogue. His research interests are in the theology of religions and the interpretation of the Christian faith in the context of religious plurality. Sem. 105 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3979 |
 Christopher Jon Boesel-Associate Professor of Christian Theology -Ph.D., Emory University Professor Boesel’s teaching and research interests include kerygmatic and narrative approaches to Christian doctrine; Soren Kierkegaard, Karl Barth, Jacques Derrida and the relation of Christian theology to philosophy and postmodern discourse; post-Holocaust theology and Jewish-Christian dialogue; feminist, womanist, and liberation theologies; and the relation of faith to ethical responsibility. Sem. 107 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3789 |
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 Robert Corrington-Professor of Philosophical Theology -Ph.D., Drew University Professor Corrington’s teaching and research interests include philosophical cosmology; Protestant Liberalism; semiotics; depth-psychology; American Naturalism; and South Asian philosophy. In particular he is interested in the prospects of a world theology as grounded in a metaphysics of nature. Davies House 203 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3682 |
 Catherine Keller-Professor of Constructive Theology -Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School Professor Keller pursues constructive theology as a cultural practice. She uses process, poststructuralist, eco-feminist and postcolonial perspectives to develop the theopoetic spectrum of ancient Jewish and Christian themes in contemporary contexts. Sem. 110 E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3268 |
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 Hyo-Dong Lee-Associate Professor of Comparative Theology -Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Professor Lee’s teaching and research interests lie in the area broadly defined as theology of religions and comparative theology, and more specifically, dialogue between the Christian/Western theological tradition and Northeast Asian religious thought, including Confucianism Daoism, Tonghak, etc. His interests extend also to postcolonial theories and European postmodern thought. Sem. 22 | E-mail | Web | Tel: 973-408-3129 |