Education Curriculum Vitae Thomas William Martin Associate Professor of Religion Susquehanna University 609 Orange Street, Selinsgrove, PA 17870 (h) (570) 374-0721 (h) martintw@susqu.edu D.Phil.: Oxford University, 1986 M.A.: Oral Roberts University, 1979 B.A.: Oral Roberts University, 1976 New Testament, Luke-Acts, Social Science methods & theory; supervised by Robert Morgan & E.P. Sanders with High Honors; Biblical Literature, Old & New Testaments, Greek & Hebrew summa cum laude, majors: History & Theological Studies D.Phil. Thesis: Eschatology, History and Mission in the Social Experience of Lucan Christians: A Sociological Study of the Relationship between Ideas and Social Realities in Luke-Acts Publications Articles and Entries: 2009 The City as Salvific Space: Heterotopic Place and Environmental Ethics in the New Jerusalem, SBL FORUM, Society of Biblical Literature, March 2009. sbl-site.org. 2008 Faith in the Classroom: The Perspective of a Pastor Called to College Teaching, Teaching Theology and Religion, (Oct.) vol. 11/no. 4, pp. 213-221. 2006 What Makes Glory Glorious? Reading Luke s Account of the Transfiguration Over Against Triumphalism, Journal for the Study of the New Testament, September 2006: 3-26. 2005 Inductive Discovery of the Synoptic Problem, OR Catching the Plagiarist, pages 256-257. Women s Ordination, The New Testament and the Politics of Interpretation, pages 347-349. Teaching the Book of Revelation as a Screen Play, pages 394-395. Creating Comfort with Ambiguity about Jesus, pages 284-286. All in: Teaching the Bible: Practical Strategies for Classroom Instruction, eds. Mark Roncace and Patrick Gray, (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature). 2004 Reflections on Lutheran Identity on Reformation Sunday, Intersections, 19/Summer, pp. 24-28. 2000 The Study of Religion and the Liberal Arts, Observations 31/1, pages 9, 18. 1992 entries for: Elymas; Hellenists; Matthias; Nicolaus; Niger; Paulus, Sergius; Pyrrhus; and Tertullus in The Anchor Bible Dictionary, (New York: Doubleday). Book Reviews: 2009 Dreams of Glory: The Sources of Apocalyptic Terror, by Richard K. Fenn. Burlington, VT and Aldershot, Hampshire, UK: Ashgate, 2006. Dialog 48/1, March 2009, pp. 104-106. The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins, Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, Dialog: A Journal of Theology, 48/2, pp. 209-211.
The Weakness of God: A Theology of the Event, by John D. Caputo. Forthcoming in Dialog. Scripture as Communication: Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics, by Jeannine K. Brown, Forthcoming in Dialog. 2006 Science and the Trinity: The Christian Encounter with Reality, by John Polkinghorne. New Haven and London: Yale Univ. Press, 2004; Theology and Science, March 2006 4/1, pages 105-07. 2002 Jesus After 2000 Years: what he really said and did, by Gerd Ludemann, Dialog 41/3, pp. 253-4. The Triumph of Sociobiology, by John Alcock, Journal of the American Academy of Religion (70/2), pp. 397ff. 2001 Finding Darwin s God: A Scientist s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution, by Kenneth R. Miller; Dialog 40/1, pp. 79-80. 2000 God, Humanity and the Cosmos: A Textbook in Science and Religion by Christopher Southgate; et.al., Dialog 39/4, pp. 313-15. 1996 Luke 1:1-9:51, Vol. 3A, Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, by Darrell Bock; Themelios 2/21, p. 25. 1991 The Economy of the Kingdom: Social Conflict and Economic Relations in Luke s Gospel, by Halvor Moxnes; Themelios 3/16, p. 25. Papers, Lectures (academic, denominational, & community) A. Academic Papers 2008 The City as Salvific Space: The Promise and Peril of John s Vision of the New Jerusalem for Contemporary Environmental Ethics, The Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Boston, November. 2006 Called to the Ministry of Word in the Classroom, SBL Forum Session: Faith in the Classroom; AAR/SBL Annual Meeting, November, Washington, DC. 2005 Angels Run Amok: Inverting the Problem of God s Violence against the Earth in Revelation, Ecological Hermeneutics Section, AAR/SBL Annual Meeting (11/19), Philadelphia. Angels Run Amok, Cities Gone Astray, research presentation to the faculty of the School of Arts, Humanities and Communication, Susquehanna University (10/25). 2003 Lutheran and Other: A Story of American Religious Identity, The Lutheran Academy of Scholars in Higher Education, St. Olaf College. Ecological Semiotics of Destruction or Renewal: An Environmental Ethics Reading of the Apocalypse, AAR/SBL Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Regional Meeting, Denver. (Also presented at Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA.) The Nebraska Pennsylvania Dutch Colony as a Religious Legacy: An Autocritographic Account Religion on the Great Plains Symposium, The Center for Great Plains Studies, The University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 2001 The Relevance of Interpretive Anthropology to the Science-Religion Debate: The Work of Clifford Geertz and the Evolution of Human Behavior, AAR/SBL Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Regional Meeting, Denver.
1999 Is There a Religious Definition of Sentience?: Religious Parameters for Dialogue with Neuro-Science Developments Regarding the Problem of Consciousness, AAR/SBL Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Regional Meeting, Colorado Springs. 1998 American Express, Gendarmes and the Advantages of Being a Tourist: The Audacity and Promise of Teaching an Interdisciplinary Course Alone, The Association of Lutheran College Faculties Conference, Dana College. Social Boundaries and the Motivation to Engage in Proselytism: Luke-Acts as a Case Study in the Formation of Early Christian Mission, AAR/SBL Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Regional Meeting, Omaha. Frames of Reference, Methodological Atheism, and Scientific Theory: A Sociology of Knowledge Approach to the Problem of Scientific Reductionism, Guest Lecture at the University of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, SD. 1997 Participant, Templeton Foundation Advanced Workshop for Teaching Science and Religion, Chicago. 1996 Discussion Leader for: Ethics: Connecting Congregations and Colleges Conference, Dana College. 1993 Anti-Judaism in Luke-Acts?, AAR/SBL Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Regional Meeting, Omaha. 1988 The Social Stratification of the Community of Luke-Acts: A Wissenssoziologie Approach, AAR/SBL Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Regional Meeting, Denver. B. Applied Scholarship in Denominational and Community Papers 2009 Our Biblical Mission to Brother Sun and Sister Moon: Theology, Bible, Culture and the Environment, Plenary Bible Study, Upper Susquehanna Synod Assembly (ELCA). 2008 Dealing with Intelligent Design, a workshop for the Upper Susquehanna Synod Assembly, June. New Testament 2: The Letters, Authorized Lay Worship Leader Training Session for the Upper Susquehanna Synod of the ELCA. 2005 New Testament 2: the Letters, Authorized Lay Worship Leader Training Session for the Upper Susquehanna Synod of the ELCA. 2001 Gene Therapy and Medicine as Social Practice: Ethical Issues, lecture, Fremont Area Medical Center, 11/15/01. The Church and Culture a four-week educational event at St. Paul s Lutheran Church (ELCA), Omaha. 2000 Where Are We Going? Lessons from the 20 th Century for the 21 st, educational series at St. Paul s Lutheran Church, Omaha. Ethics 101, lecture for the Fremont Area Medical Center Ethics Committee. 1998 A Practical Explanation of Postmodernism for Church Professionals, Fremont Area Ministerial Association. 1995 Anti-Judaism in the New Testament: Understanding Early Christian Attitudes towards Judaism Against the Background of Late Second Temple Judaisms.
Plenary address and course sessions for The Fellowship of Learning, an annual education event for clergy of the Nebraska Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. 1989 Updating Biblical Studies Skills for the 21 st Century, a continuing education seminar for clergy, sponsored by the East District of the Nebraska Conference of the United Methodist Church and the Fremont Area Ministerial Association. 1987 Updating Biblical Studies Skills for the 21 st Century, continuing education event for clergy, sponsored by the Northwest District the Nebraska UMC. Awards and Honors Lutheran Academy of Scholars in Higher Education, Harvard Univ., 2000-01. John Templeton Foundation/American Scientific Affiliation, 1998-99. Local Chair for the 98/99 National Lecture Series on Science and Religion. Organized two lectures featuring Dr. Philip Hefner, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Between Evolution and Faith: A Proposal for Shuttle Diplomacy and Dr. David Lindberg, Univ. of Wisconsin, Galileo, the Church and Cosmology. John Templeton Foundation Course Development Award for Teaching Science and Religion, 1997. New Testament Introduction Old Testament Introduction Development of Christian Thought Introduction to World Religions Comparative Religions Introduction to Philosophy Portfolio of Courses New Courses developed for various institutional curriculums: The Social World of Early Christianity Theology and Philosophy in the Fiction of C. S. Lewis Introduction to Religious Studies Science and Religion Church History Jesus and Gospels Greek Critical Thinking Philosophical Ethics Professional Experience Applied Christian Ethics Paul Reading the Bible Susquehanna University Assistant Professor of Religion Department of Philosophy, Religion and Classical Studies 9/03 to present Committee Service: Committee for the Central Curriculum 2009- Chair: 2009- Arlin Adams Center Steering Committee 2007- Curriculum Committee 2004-2009 Religious Life Committee 2004-2007 Community Service: Board of Directors, Friends of Joseph Priestly House 2008 The University of Nebraska at Omaha 9/01 to 6/03 Instructor/Visiting Professor Department of Philosophy and Religion 6001 West Dodge, Omaha, NE Midland Lutheran College 8/96 to 8/02
Assistant Professor of Religion Department of Religion and Philosophy 900 N. Clarkson, Fremont, NE 68025 Committee service: Assessment Council 1996-2001 Steering Committee North Central Site Visitation 1997-99 Long Range Planning Committee 1998-2002 Religion Search Committee 1999 & 2001 Chair: Dept. of Religion and Philosophy 1999-2002; Social Sciences Division 1999-2002 Founding Sponsor for the student club: The Socratic Society Community Service: Fremont Area Medical Center Ethics Committee, 1999-2003 Adjunct Professor University of Nebraska at Omaha 8/90-5/96 Midland Lutheran College 8/93-8/96 Metropolitan Community College periodically from 12/94-5/03 Doctoral Study References Revd. R. C. Morgan Revd. J. K. Riches Prof. E. P. Sanders Linacre College Dept. of Biblical Studies Dept. of Religion Oxford OX1 3AJ The University Duke University England Glasgow, Scotland G12 8QQ Box 90964 Durham, NC 27708 Academic and Teaching References Dr. Alcyone Scott Dr. Henry Krusiewcz Ms. Mary Win Boyle Chair, English Dept. English Dept. Odyssey Director Midland Lutheran College Midland Lutheran College Midland College (402) 941-6342 (402) 941-6340 (402) 941-6244 scott@campus.mlc.edu krusiewcz@campus.mlc.edu mwboyle@campus.mlc.edu Dr. Ronald Burke Dr. Dale Stover Dr. Paul Williams Philosophy & Religion Dept. Philosophy & Religion Philosophy & Religion Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha Univ. of Nebr. at Omaha Univ. of Nebr. at Omaha (deceased) (402) 554-3379 (402) 554-3929 dstover@mail.unomaha.edu powens@mail.unomaha.edu Memberships The American Academy of Religion The Society of Biblical Literature The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences The Chicago Center for Religion and Science (Zygon) Association of Teaching Theologians (ELCA) Related Experience Director, Adult Education First Lutheran Church 1/95-9/00 11 th & Lincoln. Fremont, NE 68025 402-721-2959
Pastor 8/86-6/94 The Nebraska Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church Received and Installed as a Pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 10/10/07 Call: Associate Professor of Religion, Susquehanna University.