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2019 Dissertation Scholarship Announcement
NABPR is now accepting applications for the 2019 Dissertation Scholarship. Some recent recipients of the scholarship are: João Chaves (2017), Kathryn H. House (2018), Andrew Gardner (2018). The deadline is January 15.
Job: James and Marilyn Dunn Chair of Baptist Studies, Wake Forest University School of Divinity
Wake Forest University
School of Divinity
James and Marilyn Dunn Chair of Baptist Studies
October 2018
Job Description Summary
The Wake Forest University School of Divinity invites applications for the James and Marilyn Dunn Chair
of Baptist Studies. Teaching responsibilities will include courses in the area of Baptist studies with
particular emphasis on the role of ethics in the public sector. Related research and teaching interests in
the areas of theology or the history of Christianity are especially welcome.
Job Description
This is a full-time, open rank, tenure-track/tenured position beginning July 1, 2019. Qualifications
include completed PhD or equivalent, a strong commitment to teaching excellence, and demonstrated
promise for creative research and publication. Applications must include a cover letter (with description
of teaching and research), transcript of highest completed degree, and a CV. Candidates must also
supply three confidential letters of reference to be sent separately by their authors to Janice Huesman
at (pdf preferred, Word documents accepted).
Wake Forest University seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce to maintain the excellence of the
University, and to offer students richly varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and
learning.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, but the committee will begin reviewing
applications on December 1, 2018. Only online applications will be accepted (www.wfu.careers).
Specific questions about the position may be addressed to the search committee through Janice
Huesman at Technical questions regarding the application process may be
addressed to
CFP: College Theology Society and NABPR Region-at-Large
The College Theology Society holds its Sixty-Fifth Annual Convention from Thursday evening, May 30 through Sunday noon, June 2, 2019, at Holy Cross College at Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
NABPR Region at Large Call for Papers:
Can Christians Practices Deform Christians?
Can Christian practices damage Christian faith and life? Can Christian practices extend harm and violence rather than promoting healing? In her recent book, The Dangers of Christian Practice: On Wayward Gifts, Characteristic Damage, and Sin (Yale University Press, 2018), historian Lauren Winner challenges the assumption that the church possesses a set of immaculate practices that will train Christians in virtue. This session invites papers from various methodological or disciplinary perspectives that address Winner’s argument that, while being gifts from God, practices are also blighted by sin.
Engagements with Pope Francis’ Theological and Moral Vision
This session invites papers that engage Pope Frances’ theological and moral vision from a baptist/free church perspective. Particular attention will be given to papers that consider (1) Pope Francis’ call for a church of and for the poor, (2) his vision of a dialogical church, (3) his particular vision of social justice, and (4) his encyclical Laudato Si’.
After Charlottesville: Christian Theology and White Supremacy
White supremacy is an enduring problem in America and its churches and theology. The alt-right Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, VA, in 2017, once again, horrifically exposed the persistence of this racialized evil. This session invites papers that: (1) discuss and engage the voices in black and womanist theologies as well as African American religious studies that are contributing to prophetic advocacy and movement building and to a political, moral, and spiritual revolution after Charlottesville; and (2) what does it mean historically, theologically, and morally for white Christians to witness against white supremacy in light of the rise of the alt-right?
Hidden Figures and Missing Voices in Baptist/Free Church Life
The rise of “global Christianity” has not only seen the emergence of international figures – such as the late Billy Graham – but also the opening of space for theological personalities and perspectives from outside traditional enclaves. This session invites proposals that engage such hidden, missing, forgotten, or little-known theological personalities and perspectives from among the baptist/free church traditions. Papers focused on figures from outside of Europe and North America are especially encouraged.
Proposals should be 250-500 words in length and must include name, current email address, and current institutional affiliation. Please submit proposals of Jason Hentschel () and Mark Medley () by December 31, 2018. Scholars will be notified of the status of their proposal by January 28, 2019.
Save the Date For NABPR in Denver at the #SBLAAR18
Dear NABPR and AAR/SBL Attendees,
Please save the date for the NABPR annual meeting in Denver. Tentative Schedule thus far:
National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion
2018 Annual Meeting at AAR/SBL in Denver, Colorado
17 November 2018, 9:00-11:30 AM Hilton Denver City Center, Penrose 2
- 9:40 President’s Address Steve Harmon, Gardner-Webb University NABPR President
- Dr. Harmon is Associate Professor of Historical Theology in the School of Divinity at Gardner-Webb University.
“Engaging James Wm. McClendon, Jr.’s Ecumenical Theology: Fifty Years after ‘What Is a Southern Baptist Ecumenism?’”
- 10:25 Keynote Address Paul Harvey, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
- Dr. Harvey is Professor and Presidential Teaching Scholar in the Department of history at UCCS.
“Howard Thurman, the Baptist Tradition, and Humanist Cosmopolitanism”
AAR Program Book Information:
“Howard Thurman, the Baptist Tradition, and Humanist Cosmopolitanism”
Paul Harvey
Hilton Denver City Center, Penrose 2
17 Nov 9:00am
M17-101
2019 NABPR Call for Papers
Call for Papers
National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion
Annual Meeting
Campbell University School of Law
Raleigh, NC
May 20 – 22, 2019
The National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion (NABPR) invites paper proposals in any area pertaining to scholarship in Religion. In an effort to develop innovative conversations among scholars, papers that create integration between traditional disciplines or broaden the margins of disciplinary conversations are encouraged. Although many NABPR members work primarily in the traditional disciplines of Biblical Studies, Church History, Theology, etc., proposals are encouraged from any field, including Ministry Studies.
Paper or panel proposals on any aspect of pedagogy related to the teaching of Religion are encouraged.
The 2019 Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with the Baptist History and Heritage Society (BHHS) and the Association of Ministry Guidance Professionals (AMGP). We encourage proposals on topics that would appeal to the overlapping interests of NABPR, BHHS and AMGP.
Please note: Members of AMGP should send paper proposals through NABPR. BHHS will issue a separate Call for Papers with instructions specific to BHHS members.
Graduate students are encouraged to submit proposals. Graduate students must register for the meeting, but the cost is waived, regardless of whether a paper is proposed.
Proposals must be received by January 15, 2019. Send a 300-word abstract electronically to:
Dr. Steven R. Harmon
Papers will be scheduled into a 30 minute time period, including discussion.
Proposals will be accepted or denied by March 1, 2019.
NABPR Membership Requirements
Authors of accepted proposals must be members of NABPR in good standing by May 1. Authors must pay dues for the current year and be registered for the Annual Meeting. Accepted papers that have not met these criteria will be removed from the program. Inquiries about dues and membership status should be directed to Joyce Swoveland:
