Paul R. Shockley, PhD

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1 Paul R. Shockley, PhD 303 Dukes Bend Stafford, Texas (cell) CURRICULUM VITA EDUCATION: Ph.D. Philosophy, Texas A&M University, College, Station, Texas, 2010 Areas of Specialization: Aesthetics, History of Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, & Philosophy of Religion. Areas of Interest: Hermeneutics, Existentialism, Philosophy of Visual Media; Aesthetics of John Dewey. M.A. History of Ideas-Humanities, University of Texas-Dallas, Richardson, Texas, 2003 Areas of Specialization: The European Holocaust: History & Literature. Areas of Interest: American Pragmatism, Art, & Postmodernism. Th.M. Bible Exposition & Systematic Theology, Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas, 2002 Areas of Specialization: Bible Exposition & Systematic Theology Areas of Interest: Hermeneutics, Philosophy of Religion, and Worldview Thinking. B.A. History, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, 1994 Areas of Interest: Recent European History & Sociological Theory Minor: English with interest in Medieval Literature. SCHOLARLY INTERESTS GIVEN INTERDISCIPLINARY BACKGROUND: Critiques of reductionism and fact/value splits in thought and life; The dynamic interplay between the arts, everyday living, aesthetic experiences, philosophy, religion, and the well-being of community (s); The examination of the existential issues of the human condition; The corresponding thesis between virtue and deontological ethics; The pursuit, problems, perils, and promises of pleasure; Philosophy of Pop Culture; Relationships between aesthetics and philosophy of religion. 1

2 PERSONAL VALUES: Self-Discipline Humility Integrity Team player: Strength in Diversity Servant-Virtue Leadership Anti-Reductionism in thought and life Legacy builder: Enable Others to Succeed with a Passion for Excellence EXPERIENCE: College of Biblical Studies, Houston, Texas Professor of Bible, Philosophy, Literature, Speech, and Theology, 2003-present: Focus: Worldview Thinking; Ethics; Philosophy; Systematic Theology; Philosophical and Theological Aesthetics. Courses taught include: All survey courses in biblical literature; Introduction to Philosophy; Ethics; Film Studies; Literary Traditions; All Systematic Theology survey courses; Worldview; Critical Thinking; Introduction to Philosophy; Fundamentals of Speech; Philosophy and Theology of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien; Philosophy of Art; Cultural Apologetics; Introduction to Theological Method. 2002: Adjunct faculty at CBS. Elected unto Academic Advisory Committee, ; Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas Lecturer of Philosophy (full-time) for the Division of Multidisciplinary Studies: Fall 2017-present: Introduction to Ethics (one section, Spring 2017) Introduction to Philosophy (two sections, Fall 2017) Introduction to Ethics (two sections, Fall 2017) Introduction to Philosophy (two sections, Spring 2018) Introduction to Ethics (three sections, Spring 2018) Adjunct faculty for the Division of Multicultural Studies (Philosophy): September ; Fall 2015-Spring 2016: Introduction to Philosophy (two sections, Fall 2011) Introduction to Philosophy (two sections, Spring 2012) Introduction to Philosophy (two sections, Fall 2012) Introduction to Philosophy (two sections, Spring 2013) Introduction to Ethics (one section, Spring 2013) Introduction to Philosophy (three sections, Fall 2013) Introduction to Ethics (one section, Fall 2013) 2

3 Introduction to Philosophy (two sections, Spring 2014) Introduction to Ethics (one section, Spring 2014) Introduction to Philosophy (two sections, Fall 2015). Introduction to Philosophy (four sections, Spring 2016) Introduction to Philosophy (two sections, Fall 2016) Introduction to Philosophy (one section, Spring 2017) Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Lecturer of Philosophy, September 2011-May 2012 (in cooperation with Religious Studies Program): Philosophy of Art, Philosophy of Visual Media, & Hebrew Scriptures (Fall 2011) Near Eastern World Religions, New Testament Literature, & Philosophy of Visual Media (Spring 2012) Houston Baptist University Adjunct faculty, Philosophy: 2012; 2014; Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View Texas Adjunct Instructor, 2010 (Bridge Program in cooperation with Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas); Courses: Introduction to Philosophy; Introduction to Ethics. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary-J. Havard School for Theological Studies Adjunct faculty, 2009-present: Courses in Ethics, Social Issues, Philosophy, and Worldview Thinking. Houston Community College Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy. Course: Introduction to Ethics, Spring 2009; Fall 2009; Fall Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Assistant Lecturer Course: New Testament Literature, Spring 2008; Spring Teaching Assistant with Professor Richard Stadelmann: Courses: Indian & Oriental Religions; Old Testament Literature, Fall Guest lecturer in graduate seminar on Aesthetics on 5 February 2008 for Dr. Gregory Fernando Pappas. SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES AND SKILLS: United States Naval Reserves. Honorable Discharge, Languages Studied: French, Greek, & Hebrew. 3

4 Given lectures in various places & institutions in Indonesia, Ghana, Israel, Liberia, Mexico, and Scotland. Traveled extensively throughout Israel twice (May-June 1998; Dec-2010-January 2011); co-host of student tour of Israel in May 2011 and December 2012-January 2013; co-host with Dr. H. Wayne House for June 2014; organizer and co-hosted tour in February-March Co-host of tour planned for Spring 2018 in Israel and Jordan (28 February-18 March). Have been involved in humanitarian water projects with Living Water International in Africa (Ghana; Liberia) and Indonesia. Received an invitation to collaborate on the relationships between philosophical aesthetics and philosophy of religion for Dr. Hugh Ross Reasons to Believe non-profit organization as a visiting scholar for 2018 academic year in California. PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: John F. Walvoord Award in Eschatology, 2 May 1997 for submitting the best paper in the study of Eschatology at Dallas Theological Seminary. Received Robert & Rosemary Cromwell Scholarship Award ($5,400.00) for academic field study in Israel and Jordan, Received Robert P. Lightner Scholarship for Tuition at Dallas Theological Seminary, 1999, 2001, Who s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges, Dallas Theological Seminary, Received C. Fred Lincoln Award in Bible Exposition, 3 May This award is given to the graduating student by the department of Bible Exposition at Dallas Theological Seminary who has done outstanding work in this discipline of study. Who s Who Among Teachers in American Universities & Colleges, : Passed Doctoral Comprehensive Examination in the areas of Aesthetics, Ethics, and Social and Political theory (May). Who s Who Among Students in Students in American University & Colleges, Texas A&M University, Only sixty students were selected by committee to receive this award. Received a $2, scholarship to do an eight day Scholar s Tour of the Grand Canyon with Answers in Genesis, July : Passed Doctoral Comprehensive Examination in History of Philosophy (Ancient, Medieval, Modern; Philosophy of John Dewey) in August at Texas A&M University. Historical focus on both metaphysics and epistemology (August). 2010: Unanimous Approval of Dissertation Defense, Texas A&M University (August). 4

5 2010: Elected to Associate Professor at College of Biblical Studies-Houston (July). 2010: Admitted to candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Philosophy at Texas A&M University (May). 2010: Received unanimous approval in view of oral and written preliminary examination by Dissertation Committee at Texas A&M University (May). 2011: Elected to Full Professor at College of Biblical Studies-Houston (July). Created and serve as chairperson for the Theological Aesthetics Consultation Group (study group) within the Evangelical Theological Society ( ). DISSERTATION, SELECTED PAPERS, & PUBLICATIONS: Paul R. Shockley, The Lampion Glossary of Philosophy (Silverton, OR: Lampion Press, 2018). Under contract. Life: When It s More Than You Can Handle in James E. Towns, Single Adults: Lives Well Lived (Nacogdoches, TX: Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2018). Save the Honeybee, Save the World in Pollinators of the World by David Kulhavy and Charles Jones (Nacogdoches, TX: Lanana Creek Press, 2018). Experience as Worship: An Inquiry into John Dewey s Aesthetics, the Community, and the Local Church (Nacogdoches, TX: Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2018). A Way of Seeing War and Peace: Methodologies of Michel Foucault chapter 17 in Philosophers on War, edited by Timothy Demy and Eric Patterson (Newport, RI: Stone Tower Books, 2017) with forward by James Turner Johnson. Target audience centers on military command and college level students at military colleges. Co-editor of Evangelical America: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Religious Culture (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Publishers, 2017) with Dr. Timothy Demy of Naval War College. Articles written for encyclopedia include: Emerging and Emergent Environmentalism Ethics Fine Arts L Abri Fellowship Ryrie, Charles C. (co-author with Matias Perez) Schaeffer, Francis and Edith Science Theological Controversies Walvoord, John F. Dictionary of Heresies and the Early Church, co-author (TBA) along with H. Wayne House, Timothy Demy, and Dennis Jowers. I have contributed significant articles for this dictionary all under two specific topics within the first seven centuries of the Christian Church: (1) Heretics (persons); (2) Heretics (groups). It is a work in historical theology. 5

6 Forthcoming work, Finding Fulfillment in an Age of Captivity. Currently being edited. It is a work exploring the existential struggles of the human condition (e.g., meaning; purpose; identity; hope; love; fulfillment). Three articles will be published in Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, editors George Thomas Kurian & Mark A. Lamport (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2016): Christianity in American Life Dogmatic Theology Trinitarian Theology Human Limitations, The Hermeneutics of Suspicion, and the Holy Spirit s Ministry of Illumination, in The Theory & Practice of Biblical Hermeneutics: Essays in honor of Elliott E. Johnson (Silverton, OR: Lampion Press, 2015). Chair and participant in panel discussion for Theological Aesthetics Consultation Group, Evangelical Theological Society in Houston, Texas (November 2016): Panel Discussion over Modern Art and the life of a Culture: The Religious Impulses of Modernism with authors Jonathan A. Anderson and William A. Dryness. Chair and participant in panel discussion for Theological Aesthetics Consultation Group, Evangelical Theological Society in Atlanta, George (November 2015): Sacred Space: Creation, Creation, and the Human Body. Panel discussion: Human Bodies as Vehicles for Art & Artfulness: An Interplay of Vision, Space, and Person. Chair for Theological Aesthetics Consultation Group, Evangelical Theological Society in San Diego, California (November 2014): The Arts, Aesthetics, and Ecclesiology. Chaired and delivered paper for Theological Aesthetics Consultation Group, Evangelical Theological Society in Baltimore, Maryland (November 2013): The Loss of Identity: The Search for Significance and Value in an Image-Driven Age. Similar paper to March Delivered paper for Regional Southwest Meeting (March 2013): "Lost in Obscurity: The Search for Significance and Value in an Image-Driven Age." Thirteen articles written for The House Visual Study Bible (Olive Tree Bible Software) edited by H. Wayne House: Mark 8:34, John 14:27; Rom. 6:5; Colossians 3:5 & 8:12-13; 2 Cor. 5:9-10; 2 Cor. 12:7-10; Philippians 2:12-13; 3:12-13; 4:13; Hebrews 4:16; 1 John 3:1; Jude 1-2; Revelation 2:1. Study Bible to be published in Chaired and delivered paper for Theological Aesthetics Consultation Group, Evangelical Theological Society in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (November 2012): The Aesthetic Value of Nature in Everyday living. Chaired and delivered paper for Theological Aesthetics Consultation Group, Evangelical Theological Society in San Francisco, California (November 2011): What do the Arts Have to do with Theology? Second reader for Justin Racca s Th.M Master s Thesis, Teaching Systematic Theology to the Emerging Generation. Dallas Theological Seminary (December 2011). 6

7 Dissertation: Bridging the Culture Gap: How John Dewey s Aesthetics May Benefit the Local Church. Dissertation Chair: Gregory Fernando Pappas (2010). Received unanimous approval (August 2010). No revisions needed. Chaired Pragmatism and Argentina (Ingenerios, Emerson, Borges and James) session on 19 February 2010 for First International Conference on Pragmatism and the Hispanic/Latino World, February 18-20, 2010 Chaired Pragmatism and Moral-Political Philosophy in the Americas session on 20 February 2010 for First International Conference on Pragmatism and the Hispanic/Latino World, February 18-20, 2010 Delivered Paper at the regional Evangelical Theological Society in Dallas, Texas at Criswell College, How Graded Absolutism May Be Virtuous (March 2009). Delivered paper at the Evangelical Theological Society in San Diego, California, Teaching them To Obey With Style: How Graded Absolutism Can Be Virtuous (November). Delivered paper, A Divided Community: The Postmodern Impact on Conservative Evangelicalism at the International Institute for Christian Studies in Kansas, City, Missouri (July 2007). Delivered paper at Evangelical Theological Society in Atlanta, Georgia, The Artistic Development of the Theanthropic Nature of Jesus Christ in Renaissance Italy: Cimabue-Dolci (November 2003). The Postmodern Theory of Probability on Evangelical Hermeneutics Conservative Theological Journal: CTJ 04:11 (April 2000). Appendix article published, Postmodernism as a Basis for Society? in God of the Bible and Other Gods by Robert P. Lightner (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1998), Ethics of a Concierge in Where Magazine of Dallas (October 1997). A few joint book reviews with Elliott E. Johnson and Robert Lightner in Bibliotheca Sacra and multiple various article and book reviews in Conservative Theological Journal. HOBBIES & INTERESTS: Gardening Hiking Scuba Diving Weight Lifting Oil painting Beekeeping (registered apiary). Exploring the geography, history, people-groups, ancient sites, and crusader sites of Israel Collecting World War II Memorabilia. FAMILY: Married to SFASU sweetheart Jill on 23 May

8 Born and raised in Lufkin, Texas Four Children: o Schaeffer Wesley Shockley (1994). Schaeffer is currently a full-time SFA student major in forestry. o Spencer Paul Shockley (1996) o Seth Michael Shockley (1998) o Julianna Grace Shockley (2001) REFERENCES: Dr. Ronald B. Allen, Senior Professor of Bible Exposition at Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas. (214) Drronballen@hotmail.com. Department of Bible Exposition, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2409 Swiss Avenue, Dallas, Texas Dr. Stephen Bramer, Chairman of Bible Exposition at Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas. (214) SBramer@dts.edu. Department of Bible Exposition, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2409 Swiss Avenue, Dallas, Texas Dr. Daniel Conway, Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. (979) conway@philosophy.tamu.edu. Department of Philosophy, Texas A&M University, 301 YMCA Building, 4237 TAMU, College Station, TX Voice: (979) Fax: (979) Dr. Steve R. Halla, Assistant Professor of Art at Union University, Jackson, Tennessee Voice: (731) Shalla@uu.edu. Department of Art, Union University, 1050 Union University Drive, AC A-15, Box 3008, Jackson, Tennessee, Dr. Marvin McNeese, Chairman of General Education, College of Biblical Studies. (713) Marvin.McNeese@cbshouston.edu. Department of General Education, College of Biblical Studies, 7000 Regency Square Blvd., Houston, Texas, Other references available upon request. 8