An Iowa College in the Liberal Arts Tradition
Faculty and Staff
The department's faculty are active in a number of professional scholarly organizations, including the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature. Also productive scholars themselves, faculty present papers, chair conference sessions, and write for publication. Work published by members of the department in recent years includes a considerable number of books and many articles on a wide variety of subjects.
Kristin Swanson
Professor of Religion
- Office: Main 303
- Phone: 563-387-1346
- E-mail: [email protected]
Department Head
Education: Ph.D., Religion, Vanderbilt; M.T.S., Trinity Lutheran Seminary; B.A., summa cum laude, California Lutheran University
Research Interests: Judah at the end of the 8th century BCE, Book of Judges
Sean Burke
Associate Provost
- Office: Dahl Centennial Union 262B
- Phone: 563-387-2110
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph.D., Biblical Studies, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California; M.Div., Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; B.A., Judeo-Christian Heritage, Concordia College, Bronxville, New York
Research Interests: Sex in Sacred Texts; Queer Theory; Sacred Texts & Religious Diversity
Wanda Deifelt
Professor of Religion
- Office: Main 203A
- Phone: 563-387-2147
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph.D., Joint Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Northwestern University Doctoral Program; M.T.S., Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary; B.A., Faculdade de Teologia, Escola Superior de Teologia
Research Interests: Contextual Christian Theologies (particularly feminism and liberation), Reformation, Ecumenism, Interdisciplinary Studies on Embodiment, and Interfaith Dialogue
Todd Green
Associate Professor of Religion
- Office: Main 203
- Phone: 563-387-1791
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph.D., Vanderbilt University; M. Div., Columbia Theological Seminary; M.A., Vanderbilt University; B.A., Birmingham-Southern College
Research Interests: Secularization and Islamophobia in the West, Interreligious Dialogue
James Hoke
Assistant Professor of Religion
- Office: Main 302
- Phone: 563-387-1326
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph.D., New Testament and Early Christianity, Drew University: Graduate Division of Religion; M.Div., University of Chicago; B.A., Religion; Women’s and Gender Studies, Furman University
Research Interests: Feminist and Queer Theories; Intersectionality, Assemblages, and Affect; Wo/men in and around Paul’s Letters; Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Sexuality in the Roman Empire; Ancient Greek and the Politics of Translation
Gereon Kopf
Professor of Religion
- Office: Ockham House 15
- Phone: 563-387-1497
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph.D., Religious Studies, Temple University; M.A., Temple University
Research Interests: Religions of East Asia, Zen Buddhist philosophy, global-critical philosophy of religion, global-critical philosophy of mind, ethics, critical theory
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Guy Nave
Professor of Religion
- Office: Main 202
- Phone: 563-387-2143
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph.D., New Testament Studies, Social History of Early Christianity, Yale University; M.Phil., New Testament Studies, Biblical Interpretation, Yale University; M.A., New Testament Studies, Greco-Roman Milieu, Yale University; M.Div., Biblical Studies, New Testament Exegesis, Princeton Theological Seminary; B.A., Psychology, Oral Roberts University
Research Interests: Origins and social history of early Christianity, social implications of biblical interpretation, the relationship between Christianity and empire, the relationship between scripture and faith
Robert Shedinger
Professor of Religion
- Office: Main 301
- Phone: 563-387-1276
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph.D., Religious Studies (with distinction), Temple University; M.A., Religious Studies, Temple University; M.Div., Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary; B.S., magna cum laude, Civil Engineering Tech, Temple University
Research Interests: The Syriac versional tradition of the New Testament, theoretical approaches to the study of religion, Christian-Muslim relations in the contemporary world
Bonnie Johnson
Academic Administrative Assistant
- Office: Main 215
- Phone: 563-387-1153
- E-mail: [email protected]
Jim Martin-Schramm
Emeritus
- E-mail: [email protected]
Education: Ph.D., Christian Ethics, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York; M. Phil., Christian Ethics, Union Theological Seminary in New York City; M. Div., Parish Ministry, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary; B.A., Doctrines of Human Nature, Pacific Lutheran University
Research Interests: Ethics, Energy, and Climate Policy; Theological Ethics and Duties to Future Generations; Christian Social Ethics; Campus Renewable Sustainability Initiatives
