CURRICULUM VITAE Kenneth Oakes 430 Malloy Hall University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 koakes@nd.edu 574.631.3654 PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 2016 Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., Department of Theology 2013 16 Postdoctoral Scholar. University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind. Department of Theology 2011 13 Postdoctoral Fellow. University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany Institut für Hermeneutik und Dialog der Kulturen EDUCATION 2009 PhD Divinity and Religious Studies. University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK Advisor: Prof. John Webster 2004 MTS Theology & Ethics. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Ill. 2002 BS Biology-Chemistry. Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, Calif. 2002 BA Philosophy & Theology. Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, Calif. PUBLICATIONS I Books and Monographs Illuminating Faith: An Invitation to Theology, with Francesca Murphy and Balázs Mezei London: T&T Clark/Bloomsbury Academic, 2015 Karl Barth on Theology and Philosophy Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012 Reading Karl Barth: A Companion to Karl Barth s Epistle to the Romans Eugene, Ore.: Cascade Books, 2011 II Peer-reviewed Journal Articles Gathering Many Likenesses: Trinity and Kenosis Nova et Vetera (English edition), forthcoming Theology, Economy, and Christology in John Webster s God Without Measure and Some Earlier Works International Journal of Systematic Theology 19:4 (October 2017): 491 504 Three Themes in Przywara s Earlier Thought The Thomist 74 (April 2010): 283 310 1
The Question of Nature and Grace in Karl Barth: Humanity as Creature and as Covenant- Partner Modern Theology 23:4 (October 2007): 595 616 Temporality as Rupture and Remainder: Wesley, Pinnock and St. Thomas Wesleyan Theological Journal 39:2 (Fall 2004): 39 52 Two Functional O-polysaccharide polymerase wzy (rfc) genes are present in the rfb gene cluster of Group E1 Salmonella enterica serovar Anatum Dr. M. McConnell, K. Oakes, A. Patrick, D. Mills. FEMS Microbiology Letters 199:2 (May 2001): 235 40 III Edited Volumes Christian Wisdom Meets Modernity London: T&T Clark/Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 Captive to Christ, Open to the World: On Doing Christian Ethics in Public Eugene, Ore., Cascade Books, 2014 IV Chapters in Books A Protestant Consideration of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger on Love, in Matthew Levering and Emery de Gaál (eds), Joseph Ratzinger and the Healing of the Reformation-Era Divisions (Washington, DC: Catholic University Press of America), forthcoming Jonathan Edwards and Karl Barth on Theology and Philosophy, in Uche Anzior and Kyle Strobel (eds), Jonathan Edwards and Karl Barth: Innovations and Dialogue in the Reformed Tradition (Minneapolis: Fortress Press), forthcoming Karl Barth s Reception of Thomas Aquinas, in Matthew Levering and Marcus Plested (eds), The Oxford Handbook of the Reception of Thomas Aquinas (Oxford: Oxford University Press), forthcoming The Paradoxes of Love: Some Theological Remarks on the Work of Harry Frankfurt, in Balázs M. Mezei (ed.), Philosophies of Christianity: New Approaches to Perennial Problems (Szent István Társulat), forthcoming Karl Barth on Revelation and Scripture, in Paul Nimmo and Paul Dafydd Jones (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Karl Barth (Oxford: Oxford University Press), forthcoming Karl Barth, in Darren Sarisky (ed.), Theologies of Retrieval: An Exploration and Appraisal (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017), 117-34 Henri de Lubac and Protestantism, in Jordan Hillebert (ed.), The T&T Clark Companion to Henri de Lubac (London: T&T Clark/Bloomsbury Academic, 2017), 373-92 Barth and Modernity, with Special Reference to Nietzsche, in Kenneth Oakes (ed.), Christian Wisdom Meets Modernity (London: T&T Clark/Bloomsbury Academic, 2016), 93 109 2
Normative Protestant Christology, in Francesca Murphy (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Christology (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015), 569 81 The Divine Perfections and the Economy: the Atonement, in R. David Nelson, Darren Sarisky, and Justin Stratis (eds), Theological Theology: Essays in Honor of John B. Webster (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015), 237 46 The Cross and the Analogia Entis in Erich Przywara in Thomas Joseph White, O.P. (ed.), The Analogy of Being: Invention of the Anti-Christ or the Wisdom of God? (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans Press, 2011), 147 71 V Translations From French: Gilbert Narcisse, O.P., What makes a Christology Catholic?, in Francesca Murphy (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Christology (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015), 582 95 From German: Gottlieb Söhngen, The Analogy of Faith: Likeness to God from Faith Alone? Pro Ecclesia 21:1 (Winter 2012): 56 76 Gottlieb Söhngen, The Analogy of Faith: Unity in the Science of Faith Pro Ecclesia 21:2 (Spring 2012): 169 94 Co-translator: Benjamin Dahlke, Karl Barth, Catholic Renewal and Vatican II (London: T&T Clark, 2012) The following articles for The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014): Anthropology, Contra Cresconium, Contra Maximinum, De Sancta Virginitate, Devotional Literature, Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim (1729 1781), Rahner, Karl (1904 1984), Walch, Johann Georg (1693 1775) VI Review Essay Some Lingering Doubts regarding von Balthasar on Barth, for a symposium on D. Stephen Long, Saving Karl Barth: Hans Urs von Balthasar s Preoccupation (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014), Pro Ecclesia 24:2 (Spring 2015): 148 53 V Reviews Review of Martin Westerholm, The Ordering of the Christian Mind: Karl Barth and Theological Rationality (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015), in The Journal of Theological Studies 67:2 (Oct 2016): 868 870 Review of John Drury, The Resurrected God: Karl Barth s Trinitarian Theology of Easter (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014), in Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 70:2 (April 2016): 229 30 Review of Amy Marga, Karl Barth s Dialogue with Catholicism in Göttingen and Münster: Its Significance for His Doctrine of God (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010), in International Journal of Systematic Theology 15:1 (Jan 2013): 101 4 3
Review of Laurence Paul Hemming, Postmodernity s Transcending. Devaluing God (London: SCM Press, 2005), in International Journal of Systematic Theology 10:3 (July 2008): 350 3 LECTURES AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Creation Without Covenant, Providence Without Wisdom: The Example of Cormac McCarthy Creation and the Problem of Evil colloquium, Wheaton College, 23 March, 2018 Joseph Ratzinger on Divine Love Joseph Ratzinger and the Healing of Reformation-Era Divisions, Mundelein Seminary, 21 Oct 2017 Speaking for Karl Barth Christian Wisdom Meets Modernity, University of Notre Dame, 14 Dec 2013 Karl Barth and Erich Przywara on Faith University of Notre Dame, 15 Feb 2013 Augustine, Luther, and the Time of Creation American Academy of Religion Annual Conference, 17 Nov 2012 Respondent to Prof. David Kelsey, God s Power in Two Registers Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 19 June 2012 Philosophy and Ethics in Barth s Romans Commentaries Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 2 June 2012 Praising the Lord, the Giver of Life: Life as a Doxological Program What is Life? Theology, Science, and Philosophy (Centre of Theology and Philosophy) Kraków, Poland. 24 28 June 2011 Deus Semper Maior, Or a Brief Introduction to the Analogia Entis John Wesley Honors College, Indiana Wesleyan University, 20 March 2009 A More Real Philosophy : Barth on Theology and Philosophy University of Edinburgh, 28 Feb 2005 SERVICE TO THE ACADEMY Co-editor of the book series Illuminating Modernity (Bloomsbury Academic) Co-editors: Francesca Murphy (University of Notre Dame) Balazs Mezei (Pázmány Péter Catholic University) Series under contract with thirteen volumes currently planned http://www.illuminatingmodernity.com/ Past Section editor for Systematic Theology for Syndicate, an online and print publication www.syndicatetheology.com Book symposia curated and introduced: Adrian Pabst, Metaphysics: The Creation of Hierarchy 4
Orlando Espín, Idol and Grace Catherine Keller, The Cloud of the Impossible Johannes Hoff, An Alternative Modernity: Nicholas of Cusa Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Worlds without End: Multiverse Paul Griffiths, Decreation: The End of All Things I have served as an external reader for Oxford University Press, T&T Clark (Bloomsbury Academic), Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Baker Academic, Modern Theology, and The International Journal of Systematic Theology. COURSES TAUGHT OR ASSISTED Foundations of Theology University Seminar Contemporary Protestant Theology (PhD Seminar) Residential Foundations of Theology Survey of Modern Protestant Thought (Master s Course) God, Suffering, Evil Christianity: Its Critics and Defenders God, Christ, and Salvation Metaphysics Introduction to Moral Philosophy Moral Philosophy Philosophy of Knowledge and Mind The Theology of Karl Barth GRANTS $60,000 Faculty Research Support Grant, University of Notre Dame For the production of a translation of the works of Olivier-Thomas Venard $25,000 from the Earhart Foundation For the production of an anthology entitled Begetting the Secular $5,000 from the Henkels Fund, University of Notre Dame For hosting a visiting scholar at the University of Notre Dame for collaborative research $15,000 from the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, University of Notre Dame For research carried out in Summer 2014 for an anthology entitled Begetting the Secular $30,000 from the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, University of Notre Dame For planning and research related to the book series Illuminating Modernity AWARDS AND PRIZES The University of Aberdeen Sixth-Century Scholarship: Home Fees plus 12000 per annum stipend; and the Overseas Research Scholarship: roughly 6000 per annum (2005 8). The Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Presidential Scholarship: Tuition Fees, roughly $13,000 per annum (2002 2004). 5
The Point Loma Nazarene University Honors Scholarship (1998 2002), Student Leadership Award (2001), Research Associates Endowed Scholarship (1998 2000), Department of Philosophy and Religion Academic Achievement Award (2002), Department of Philosophy and Religion Scholarship (2002), Department of Biology Scholarship (2000), Smoot Science Scholarship (1998-2000), Marvin Young Scholarship (1998), M.E. Haney Scholarship (1999), and the Elva J. Jorgenson Scholarship (2000). LANGUAGES Research Languages (in order of competence): Spanish: advanced speaking, reading, and writing German: advanced reading, proficient speaking and writing French: advanced reading Italian: proficient reading Latin: proficient reading Koiné Greek: basic reading MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American Academy of Religion Karl Barth Society of North America ----Last updated June 2018 6