The CATS Faculty

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Full Faculty

David W. Augsburger, Professor of Pastoral Counseling. Research areas:
pastoral counseling, cross-cultural counseling, conflict studies, pastoral care, reconciliation, forgiveness, anger, prejudice, and hatred. 

James E. Bradley, Geoffrey W. Bromiley Professor of Church History. Research areas: church and state in the modern era, the English enlightenment, American evangelicals, and spirituality in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Colin Brown, Professor of Systematic Theology. Research areas: Christology and the quest of the historical Jesus, theological method.

William A Dyrness,  Dean emeritus and Professor of Theology and Culture.  Research areas: cross-cultural theology, theology of culture and the visual arts.

John Goldingay, David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament. Research areas: Old Testament theology and ethics, Old Testament hermeneutics, Pentateuch, Isaiah.

Donald A. Hagner, George Eldon Ladd Professor of New Testament. Research areas: Matthew, Hebrews, first-century Judaism, Pauline theology, the Apostolic Fathers.

Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Professor of Systematic Theology. Research areas: pneumatology, ecclesiology, ecumenical theology, W. Pannenberg's Theology, theology of mission.

Seyoon Kim, Associate Dean for the Korean Doctor of Ministry Program and Professor of New Testament. Research areas: Paul, synoptic Gospels, Jesus, New Testament Christology.

Nancey Murphy, Professor of Christian Philosophy. Research areas: modern and contemporary philosophy, integration of theology and science, theological methodology, and the philosophy of religion.

Richard V. Peace, Robert Boyd Munger Professor of Evangelism and Spiritual Formation.  Research areas: evangelism, spiritual formation.

Cecil M. Robeck, Jr., Director of the David du Plessis Center for Christian Spirituality and Professor of Church History and Ecumenics. Research areas: ecumenics, origins and development of global Pente-costalism.

David M. Scholer, Associate Dean for the Center for Advanced Theological Studies and Professor of New Testament. Research areas: Paul and Judaism, the separation of the church and Judaism, women in the early church, Gnosticism, Revelation, Galatians, second-century church history and literature.

Glen H. Stassen, Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics. Research areas: method for concreteness in Christian ethics, theological ethics, biblical ethics, justice, peacemaking.

Marianne Meye Thompson, Professor of New Testament Interpretation. Research areas: Jesus and the Gospels, Johannine literature and theology.

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Associate Members

Richard Beaton, Associate Professor of New Testament.  Research areas: ancient Judaism and early Christianity, New Testament, Parables, the Gospels, the Hebrew Bible in Judaism and Christianity.

Mark Lau Branson, Homer L. Goddard Associate Professor of Ministry of the Laity.  Research areas: Intercultural life and congregations, urban church redevelopment, practical theology.

Chapman R. Clark, Professor of Youth, Family, and Culture.  Research areas: youth culture, youth and family ministry, parenting, leadership and teamwork, spiritual formation.

Scott Cormode (no picture available), Hugh De Pree Associate Professor of Leadership Development. Research areas: leadership and leadership development, organizational administration, the use of technology.

Todd E Johnson,  William K. and Dolores S. Brehm Associate Professor of Worship, Theology, and the Arts. Research areas: liturgical and sacramental theology, liturgical history, ritual studies, and spirituality.

Robert K. Johnston, Professor of Theology and Culture.  Research areas: theology and film/literature, contemporary evangelicalism.

Richard J. Mouw, President of Fuller seminary and Professor of Christian Philosophy.  Research areas: social ethics, the philosophy of culture, and theological higher education.

Clayton J. Schmit, Arthur DeKruyter/Christ Church Oak Brook Associate Professor of Preaching.  Research areas: preaching, worship, liturgy, composing, conducting liturgical music.

John L. Thompson, Professor of Historical Theology and Gaylen and Susan Byker Professor of Reformed Theology.  Research areas: history of exegesis, Calvin, early modern gender studies.

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Contributing Members

Leslie C. Allen, Senior Professor of Old Testament. Research areas: prophets and writings, especially from the perspectives of textual criticism, redaction criticism, and rhetorical criticism.
 

Ray S. Anderson, Senior Professor of Theology and Ministry.  Research areas: integration of theology and psychology, hermeneutics, Christology, ecclesiology, and ministry.

Grayson Carter, Associate Professor of Church History.  Research areas: modern European church history, modern English history, history of evangelicalism, C.S. Lewis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and history of Christian spirituality.

Mignon R. Jacobs, Associate Professor of Old Testament. Research areas: Old Testament theology of hope, Old Testament ethics, minor prophets, Pentateuch.

Howard J. Loewen, Dean of the School of Theology and Professor of Theology and Ethics.  Research areas: Spiritual and ecumenical formation, Anabaptist-Mennonite theology, Karl Barth Studies.

Yea Sun Eum Kim, Professor of Family Counseling and Korean Family Studies. Research areas: family ministry with Asian families, culture and family therapy, supervision.

Ralph P. Martin (no picture available), Distinguished Scholar in Residence (New Testament). Research areas: liturgical interests in the New Testament and beyond.

Juan F. Martinez, Assistant Dean for the Hispanic Church Studies Department and Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Pastoral Leadership. Research areas: Latino Protestantism, Anabaptism in Latin America, pastoral ministry in multicultural settings, and leadership development.

Charles J. Scalise, Professor of Church History. Research areas: early church history, theological hermeneutics, history of doctrine, pastoral theology.

Pamela J. Scalise, Associate Professor of Old Testament. Research areas: prophets, Old Testament theology.

Russell P. Spittler, Provost Emeritus and Senior Professor of New Testament.  Research areas: anatomy of sectarian piety, particularly in the charismatic Corinthian church

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