Curriculum Vitae Updated June 2017

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1 Curriculum Vitae Updated June 2017 Demian Marc Wheeler, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Philosophical Theology and Religious Studies United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities 3000 Fifth Street NW New Brighton, Minnesota (Office) (Mobile) EDUCATION Ph.D. M.Phil. M.A. B.S. Dissertation: Pragmatic Historicism and Its Problems: A Theological Engagement Advisor: Gary Dorrien Grade Point Average: 3.9 (Distinction) University of Valley Forge Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Grade Point Average: 3.6 (Magna Cum Laude) ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Beginning July 2017 Assistant Professor of Philosophical Theology and Religious Studies Louisville Institute Postdoctoral Fellow PUBLICATIONS Books Religion within the Limits of History Alone: Pragmatic Historicism and the Future of Theology Under Review with State University of New York Press.

2 Edited Volumes Conceiving an Alternative: Philosophical Resources for an Ecological Civilization, co-edited with David E. Conner (Claremont, California: Process Century Press, Forthcoming). Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Is a Process Form of Ecstatic Naturalism Possible? A Reading of Donald Crosby American Journal of Theology and Philosophy 37, No. 1 (January 2016): American Religious Empiricism and the Possibility of an Ecstatic Naturalist Process Metaphysics Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture 8, No. 2 (June 2014): Big History and the Size of God: Holistic Historicism as a Pathway to Religious Naturalism American Journal of Theology and Philosophy 34, No. 3 (September 2013): Book Chapters Deus sive Natura: Pantheism as a Variety of Religious Naturalism In Routledge Handbook of Religious Naturalism, edited by Donald A. Crosby and Jerome A. Stone (New York, New York: Taylor & Francis, Forthcoming). Seizing a Whiteheadian Alternative: A Retrieval of the Empirical Option in Process Thought In Conceiving an Alternative: Philosophical Resources for an Ecological Civilization, edited by Demian Wheeler and David E. Conner (Claremont, California: Process Century Press, Forthcoming). Introduction In Conceiving an Alternative: Philosophical Resources for an Ecological Civilization, edited by Demian Wheeler and David E. Conner (Claremont, California: Process Century Press, Forthcoming). Encyclopedia Entries Anthropomorphism In The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology, edited by Dawn DeVries, B.A. Gerrish, and Paul E. Capetz (Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, In Progress). Projection Theory In The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology, edited by Dawn DeVries, B.A. Gerrish, and Paul E. Capetz (Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, In Progress). Empirical Theology In The Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, edited by George Thomas Kurian and Mark A. Lamport (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2016). Curriculum Vitae Page 2 Demian Wheeler

3 Mathews, Shailer In The Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, edited by George Thomas Kurian and Mark A. Lamport (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2016). Smith, Gerald Birney In The Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, edited by George Thomas Kurian and Mark A. Lamport (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2016). Lyman, Eugene William In The Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, edited by John R. Shook (Bristol, England: Thoemmes Continuum, 2005). Book Reviews Review of Deep Pantheism: Toward a New Transcendentalism, by Robert S. Corrington The Journal of Religion (In Progress). Review of Pluralism: The Future of Religion, by Kenneth Rose American Journal of Theology and Philosophy 38, No. 2 (May 2017). Review of Process-Relational Philosophy: An Introduction to Alfred North Whitehead, by C. Robert Mesle American Journal of Theology and Philosophy 30, No. 3 (September 2009): AWARDS AND HONORS Postdoctoral Fellowship The Louisville Institute Louisville, Kentucky 2014 The Robert Wood Lynn Fellowship (awarded for promise of excellence in teaching) Auburn Theological Seminary New York, New York Graduate Fellowship 2009 Armour/Lewis Family Foundation Scholarship 2008 Atherton Sinclair Burlingham Scholarship Curriculum Vitae Page 3 Demian Wheeler

4 2002 Dean s Award for Academic Excellence The Master of Arts Scholarship 2001 The Gift of Hope Scholarship 1998 Biblical Studies Achievement Award in Greek 1997 Biblical Studies Achievement Award in Hebrew 1997 Award for Excellence in Preaching 1996 National Dean s List Dean s List CONFERENCE PAPERS November 2017 The Ground of Becoming: Bernard Loomer as a Bridge between Whitehead and Tillich Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion Boston, Massachusetts June 2015 Seizing a Whiteheadian Alternative: A Retrieval of the Empirical Option in Process Thought Tenth International Whitehead Conference Pomona College Claremont, California Curriculum Vitae Page 4 Demian Wheeler

5 April 2015 Is a Process Form of Ecstatic Naturalism Possible? A Reading of Donald Crosby Fifth International Congress on Ecstatic Naturalism Drew University Madison, New Jersey April 2013 American Religious Empiricism and the Possibility of an Ecstatic Naturalist Process Metaphysics Third International Congress on Ecstatic Naturalism Drew University Madison, New Jersey June 2012 Big History and the Size of God: Holistic Historicism as a Pathway to Religious Naturalism Annual Meeting of the Highlands Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought Manitou Springs, Colorado August 2008 The Theological Historicism of Reinhold Niebuhr and the Sustainability of Democratic Ideals International Meeting of the Highlands Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought Assisi, Italy TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS August 2017 Why Go Wieman? Interview with Tripp Fuller for Homebrewed Christianity homebrewedchristianity.com July 2017 Religious Naturalism: A Unitarian Universalist Theology for the Twenty-First Century Sunday Assembly First Unitarian Society Minneapolis, Minnesota May 2016 Progressive Theology Amid the Spiritual Revolution Presentation to the Board of Trustees April 2016 Spiritual but not Supernatural: An Introduction to Religious Naturalism Adult Enrichment Program The House of Hope Presbyterian Church Saint Paul, Minnesota Curriculum Vitae Page 5 Demian Wheeler

6 April 2016 Earth Day Reflection Community Chapel September 2015 Life is More Than Pizza: A Vision for Progressive Theology Convocation Address April 2009 Why the Doctoral Program Matters: A Personal Statement from a Union Ph.D. Student Presentation to Board of Trustees Educational Policy Committee TEACHING EXPERIENCE United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities (Graduate Courses) Introduction to Theology (Summer 2018) Jesus (Spring 2018) What is Religion? (Fall 2017) God (Spring 2017) Unitarian and Universalist Theologies (Fall 2016) Varieties of Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism (Fall 2016) World Religions (Spring 2016) Historical Theology I (Spring 2016 and Fall 2017) Constructive Theology (Fall 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018) The Sacredness of Nature: Varieties of Religious Naturalism (Fall 2015) Radical Theologies and the Challenge of Atheism (Fall 2015) Union Theological Seminary (Graduate Courses) Atheisms and A/theologies (Spring 2015) Marymount Manhattan College (Undergraduate Courses) Faith and Doubt (Spring 2015) Introduction to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Fall 2014) Union Theological Seminary (Teaching Fellowships) Loosening Canon (Fall 2014) American Theological Liberalism, (Spring 2013) Curriculum Vitae Page 6 Demian Wheeler

7 Process Theology (Fall 2012) Foundations in Christian Theology I (Fall 2010 and Fall 2009) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2003 Research Assistant for William Dean 2002 Research Assistant for Delwin Brown 2001 Research Assistant for Edward Antonio and Donald Messer INSTITUTIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Chair of Educational Planning Committee Chair of Student Review and Policy Committee Faculty Facilitator of Theology Lunch 2014-Present Board of Directors and Secretary The Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought Charlotte, North Carolina 2014-Present Webmaster (iarpt.org) The Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought Charlotte, North Carolina Systematic Theology Search Committee Curriculum Vitae Page 7 Demian Wheeler

8 OTHER ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE 2001 Tutor Tutor LANGUAGES English (Native Language) German (Reading Proficiency with Dictionary) French (Reading Proficiency with Dictionary) Greek (Reading Proficiency with Dictionary) Hebrew (Reading Proficiency with Dictionary) PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS The Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought The American Academy of Religion Religious Naturalist Association RELEVANT NON-ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE Education and Youth Director All Saints Episcopal Church Loveland, CO Pastoral Assistant First United Methodist Church Pottstown, PA REFERENCES Gary Dorrien Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics Union Theological Seminary 3041 Broadway New York, NY Curriculum Vitae Page 8 Demian Wheeler

9 Paul Knitter Emeritus Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World Religions and Culture Union Theological Seminary 711 South Few Street Madison, WI Sheila Greeve Davaney Visiting Senior Fellow Center for American Progress 1333 H Street, NW, 10 th Floor Washington, DC sdavaney@gmail.com William Dean Professor Emeritus of Constructive Theology Iliff School of Theology 4565 East Mexico Avenue #9 Denver, CO wdean@iliff.edu Robert Corrington Professor of Philosophical Theology Drew University 36 Madison Avenue, Davies House 203 Madison, NJ corring@optonline.net Donald A. Crosby Professor Emeritus of Philosophy Colorado State University 1120 Old Fort Drive Tallahassee, FL donald.crosby@att.net Curriculum Vitae Page 9 Demian Wheeler