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Jennifer Aileen Quigley JENNIFER AILEEN QUIGLEY Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies & Louisville Institute Scholar Drew University Theological School 36 Madison Ave, Madison, NJ 07940 [email protected] | (631) 338-0381 ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies & Louisville Institute Scholar, Drew University Theological School 2020 – Present & Louisville Postdoctoral Fellow, Drew University Theological School 2018 – 2020 EDUCATION ThD – New Testament and Early Christianity, Harvard Divinity School 2018 Dissertation: “Divine Accounting: Theo-Economics in the Letter to the Philippians” Advisor: Laura Nasrallah; Committee Members: Karen King, Giovanni Bazzana STM – Biblical and Historical Studies, Boston University School of Theology 2011 MDiv magna cum laude – Theological Studies, Boston University School of Theology 2011 BA summa cum laude – Literature and Theology, Boston University 2008 Thesis: “Narrative Space in the Gospel of John” BOOK Under contract. Divine Accounting: Theo-Economics in Early Christianity. Synkrisis (L.L. Welborn, series editor). New Haven: Yale University Press, anticipated 2021. ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS (*PEER REVIEWED) *Accepted. “Gods and Markets: New Materialism, Divine-Human Economies, and the Letter to the Philippians.” The Bible and Critical Theory 16, anticipated 2020. With the editor. “Class-ifying the Gods: The Christ Commodity in Philippians 3.” In The Struggle Over Class: Socioeconomic Analysis of Ancient Jewish and Christian Texts. Writings from the Graeco-Roman World Supplement Series. Edited by Steven J. Friesen, G. Anthony Keddie, and Michael Flexsenhar III. Atlanta: SBL Press, anticipated 2021. With the editor. and Laura S. Nasrallah. “Cost and Abundance in Roman Philippi: The Letter to the Philippians in its Context.” In Philippi, From colonia augusta to communitas christiana: Religion and Society in Transition. Edited by Steven J. Friesen, Daniel N. Schowalter, and Michalis Lychounas. Leiden: E. J. Brill, anticipated 2021. Under contract. “Money and the New Testament.” In The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Money, Vol. 1: Ancient and Medieval Thought. Edited by Joseph J. Tinguely. London: Palgrave Macmillan, anticipated 2023. “Assembling New Possibilities from the Christ Collectives in Philippi.” In “Whose Face is on the Coin? Political Theology and Economics Symposium,” Political Theology Network, Aug 6, 2020. [online] et al., “Teaching in Times of Crisis: Practices and Promises of Liberative Pedagogies.” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 36.1 (2020). Jennifer Quigley 2 *and Laura S. Nasrallah. “HarvardX’s Early ChristianityX: The Letters of Paul: A Retrospective on Online Teaching and Learning.” Pages 217-240 in Ancient Manuscripts in Digital Culture: Visualisation, Data Mining, Communication. Digital Biblical Studies 3. Edited by Claire Clivaz, David Hamidović, and Sarah Savant. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2019. “Dissertation Spotlight-Divine Accounting: Theo-Economics in the Letter to the Philippians.” Ancient Jew Review, Jun 26, 2019. [online] “Philippi.” The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology: Oxford Biblical Studies Online. Edited by Philip Johnston and Katherine Shaner. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Jun 2018. with Laura S. Nasrallah and Zachary Davis. “Course Report: Early Christianity: The Letters of Paul, Launched January – February 2014.” HarvardX White Paper, Mar 20, 2015. REVIEWS Review of Paul: The Pagans’ Apostle, by Paula Fredriksen. Ancient Jew Review, Dec 2, 2019. Review of A Spiritual Economy: Gift Exchange in the Letters of Paul of Tarsus, by Thomas R. Blanton, IV. Ancient Jew Review, Nov 5, 2018. Review of The People beside Paul: The Philippian Assembly and History from Below, edited by Joseph A. Marchal. Ancient Jew Review, Jan 25, 2017. ECCLESIAL PUBLICATIONS “January 3, 2021: The Second Sunday after Christmas Day.” In Abingdon Preaching Annual 2021. Edited by Tanya Linn Bennett. Nashville: Abingdon Press, anticipated 2020. “March 28, 2021: The Sixth Sunday in Lent.” In Abingdon Preaching Annual 2021. Edited by Tanya Linn Bennett. Nashville: Abingdon Press, anticipated 2020. CONFERENCE CONVENED “Assembling Futures: Economy, Ecology, Democracy.” Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquium at Drew University. Co-convened with Catherine Keller. Mar 13-15, 2020. [postponed due to COVID-19] PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS (*INVITED) *“The Price of Community: Deadly Divine Collections in Acts 5:1-11.” Co-sponsored by Gospel of Luke, Book of Acts, and Economics in the Biblical World program units. To be presented at Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov 2020 [postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19] “The Costs of Citizenship: Politeuma in the Letter to the Philippians.” Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquium at Drew University, Madison, NJ, Mar 2020. [postponed due to COVID-19] “Gods and Markets: New Materialism, Divine-Human Economies, and the Letter to the Philippians.” Reading, Theory, and the Bible program unit of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Nov 2019. Jennifer Quigley 3 *Response to Claire Clivaz. Ecritures digitales: Digital Writing, Digital Scriptures. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2019. Digital Humanities unit of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Nov 2019. “Teaching in Times of Crisis: Practices and Promises of Liberative Pedagogies.” Session on the 50th anniversary of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, co-sponsored by the Ethics; Latina/o Religion, Culture, and Society; Liberation Theologies; and Transformative Scholarship and Pedagogies units of the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Nov 2019. “Teaching about Gender and Sexuality in the Bible: Lessons from Classrooms for Congregations.” United Methodist Scholars for an Inclusive Church Gathering, Dallas, TX, Aug 2019. “The Down-Payment of Righteousness: An Economy of Suffering in Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians.” Presented at the Inventing Early Christianity: Apostolic Fathers, Apologists, and Martyrs program unit of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, Nov 2018. *“Class-ifying the Gods: The Christ Commodity in Philippians 3.” Presented at the joint session of the Paul and Politics and the Poverty in the Biblical World program units of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov 2017. “Towards a Theo-Economy: Divine-Human Financial Interactions in the Roman Empire.” Presented at the Early Christianity and the Ancient Economy program unit of the Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting, Berlin, Germany, Aug 2017. *“Theo-Economics in New Testament and early Christian texts: Philippians.” Humboldt- Universität, Berlin, Germany, Dec 2016. “The Venture of the Gospel: Reading Theo-Economic Rhetoric in Paul’s Letter to the Philippians.” Presented at the Paul and Politics program unit of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Nov 2016. *Nasrallah, Laura S., Chan Sok Park, and Jennifer Quigley. “HarvardX’s Early Christianity: The Letters of Paul: a retrospective on online teaching and learning.” Presented at the Digital Humanities in Biblical, Early Jewish, and Christian Studies program unit of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Nov 2016. “Investing in Salvation: Cyprian’s Assertion of Spiritual and Financial Authority in De Habitu Virginum.” Presented at the joint session of the Rhetoric and the New Testament and the Speech and Talk in the Ancient Mediterranean World program units of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Nov 2015. *and Laura S. Nasrallah, “Cost and Abundance in Roman Philippi: The Letter to the Philippians in its Context.” Presented at the Philippi: From colonia augusta to communitas christania: Religion and Society in Transition Conference, Kavala, Greece, Jul 2015. “An Ethic of Giving in Phil 4:10-20.” Presented at the Paul Section of the New England Regional Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Newton, MA, Apr 2010. BLOGS (*INVITED) *“Teaching about Gender and Sexuality in the Bible: Reflections from a Seminary Classroom for Congregations,” Justice Blog, Social Justice Leadership Project, Drew University, Sep 2019. Jennifer Quigley 4 *“The Costs of Our Theologies,” Justice Blog, Social Justice Leadership Project, Drew University, Aug 2019. * “Why Names Matter, or, It’s Not All About Paul,” Justice Blog, Social Justice Leadership Project, Drew University, Jul 2019. TEACHING EXPERIENCE DREW UNIVERSITY THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL The Bible and Economic Justice (hybrid) Fall 2020 New Testament Narratives (hybrid) Fall 2020 Archaeology and Biblical Studies Travel Seminar Spring 2020 Gospel Living and Social Transformation (hybrid) Spring 2020 Leadership Seminar Fall 2019, Spring 2020 The Letters of Paul Fall 2018, Fall 2019 Case Studies in Chaplaincy Fall 2019 Economy and the Bible (doctoral seminar) Spring 2019 Gender and Sexuality in Early Christianity Spring 2019 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harvard College Program in General Education Teaching Fellow 2014 – 2017 Culture and Belief: The Hebrew Bible (Shaye Cohen) Culture and Belief: From the Hebrew Bible to Judaism, From the Old Testament to Christianity (Shaye Cohen) HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL Teaching Fellow 2013 – 2016 Archaeology and the World of the New Testament Travel Seminar (Laura Nasrallah) Introduction to Ministry Studies (Dudley Rose and Matthew Potts) Martyrdom: Bodies, Death, and Life in Ancient Christianity (Karen
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