DOSSIER ROBERT KENT JOHNSTON PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY AND CULTURE FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY PASADENA, CA 91182 (626) 584-5607 tel. Personal Data Born: 1945, California Address: 730 S. Oak Knoll Ave. Pasadena, CA 91106 Telephone: (626) 568-1536 e-mail:
[email protected] Family: Wife, Catherine M. Barsotti; Children, Elizabeth Johnston and Margaret Browne Education A.B. Stanford University, 1967, History (Honors Thesis in Humanities: “The Spiritual World of T.S. Eliot as Seen in His Plays”) B.D. Fuller Theological Seminary, 1970 North Park Theological Seminary, 1970-71 Ph.D. Duke University, 1974 (Thesis: “Theology and Play”) Honors, Awards, Grants and Fellowships Phi Beta Kappa Graduated with Great Distinction and with Honors in Humanities, Stanford University, 1967 Middler Preaching Prize, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1969 James B. Duke Fellow, Duke University, 1971-74 Faculty Research Grants, Western Kentucky University, Summer, 1977, Summer, 1978 Listed Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 17th Edition, 1980-81; Directory of American Scholars, 7th Edition, 1978; Contemporary Authors, 1982; Who’s Who in the Midwest, 20th, 22nd, 24th Editions, 1985, 1989, 1994; Who’s Who in Religion, 4th Edition, 1991; Who’s Who Among Human Services Professionals, 3rd Edition, 1991; Who’s Who in the World, 12th Edition, 1994. Who’s Who in the West, 26th Edition, 1998. Who’s Who in American Education, 5th Edition. Dictionary of International Biography, 25th Edition; 26th Edition, 1998; Who’s Who among America’s Teachers, 11th Edition The 2002 Spiritus Award (for outstanding writing in the field of theology and film), presented at the City of Angels Film Festival, Hollywood, CA, November 1, 2002 President, The American Theological Society, 2003-2004 Grant, The Henry Luce Foundation, Research in Theology and Film, 2004-2006 Grant, The Henry Luce Foundation, Research in “The Role of God’s Spirit in Religious Expressions of Worship and the Arts,” 2009-2010 Grant, $50,000 Rivendell Stewards’ Trust, for start-up costs for my leadership in beginning a new Ph.D.