CURRICULUM VITAE

Rev. Dr. Anthony Hawthorne Jones 7217 Monardo Lane Edina, MN 55435 612-208-6695 [email protected] http://tonyj.net

Formal Education Princeton Theological Seminary, Ph.D., 2011 (Practical Theology) Dissertation: The Relational Ecclesiology of the Emerging Church Movement in Practical Theological Perspective Fuller Theological Seminary, M.Div., 1993 (Concentration in Systematic Theology and Postmodern Philosophy) Dartmouth College, A.B., 1990 (Classics)

Faculty Positions Andover Newton Theological School, adjunct professor, 2009-2012 Rochester College, visiting lecturer, 2010-2011 Fuller Theological Seminary, adjunct professor, 2011-present St. Cloud State University, adjunct professor, 2013-14 United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, professor in the practice of theology, 2012-present Luther Seminary, senior fellow, Science and Youth Ministry Project, a grant of the John Templeton Foundation, 2015-2018

Job Experience 1993-1997: Executive Director, YouthWorks Missions 1997-2003: Minister to Youth & Young Adults, Colonial Church of Edina (MN) 1999-2008: Police Chaplain, Edina Police Department (Edina, MN) 2005-2008: National Coordinator, Emergent Village 2010-2011: Consultant, Augsburg-Fortress Press 2008-2015: Theologian-in-Residence, Solomon’s Porch (Minneapolis, MN) 2012-present: Senior Acquisitions Editor, Fortress Press

Ordination Colonial Church of Edina, September 7, 1997 – National Association of Congregational Christian Churches

Publications Books Postmodern Youth Ministry: Exploring Cultural Shift, Cultivating Authentic Community, Creating Holistic Connections (Grand Rapids: Youth Specialties/Zondervan, May, 2001). Soul Shaper: Exploring Spirituality and Contemplative Practices in Youth Ministry (Grand Rapids: Youth Specialties/Zondervan, May, 2003). Pray (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2003). Read.Think.Pray.Live (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2003). The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life (Grand Rapids: Zondervan: 2005). You Converted Me: The Confessions of St. Augustine, editor (Brewster, Mass.: Paraclete Press, 2006). Divine Intervention: Encountering God through the Ancient Practice of Lectio Divina (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2006) (revision of Read.Think.Pray.Live, 2003). The Most Difficult Journey You’ll Ever Make: The Pilgrim’s Progress, editor (Brewster, Mass.: Paraclete Press, 2006). The Practice of the Presence of God, editor (Brewster, Mass.: Paraclete Press, 2007). An Emergent Manifesto of Hope, co-editor, (Grand Rapids: Baker Publishing House, 2007). Ask Seek Knock: Prayers to Change Your Life (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2008) (revision of Pray, 2003). The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2008). The Teaching of the Twelve: Believing and Practicing the Primitive Christianity of the Ancient Didache Community (Brewster, Mass.: Paraclete Press, 2009) The Church Is Flat: The Relational Ecclesiology of the Emerging Church Movement (Minneapolis: The JoPa Group, 2011). Jones 1 A Better Atonement: Beyond the Depraved Doctrine of Original Sin (Minneapolis: The JoPa Group, 2012). Questions That Haunt Christianity: Volume 1 (Minneapolis: The JoPa Group, 2013). Phyllis Tickle: Evangelist of the Future, editor (Brewster, Mass.: Paraclete Press, 2014). Did God Kill Jesus? Searching for Love in History’s Most Famous Execution (San Francisco: HarperOne, 2015).

Periodicals and Chapters “Liberated by Reality,” Books & Culture, September/October, 1999. “The Postdenominational Church,” Youthworker, January/February, 2000. “Post-Evangelicalism,” Books & Culture, May/June, 2001. “On Sabbatical,” Youthworker, November/December, 2002. “Toward a Missional Ministry,” in Stories of Emergence: Moving from Absolute to Authentic, Mike Yaconelli, ed. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003). “Postmodernism Revisited,” Youthworker, November/December, 2003. “Inhabiting the Biblical Narrative,” Youthworker, May/June, 2004. “Choosing Church,” book review, The Christian Century, June, 2004. “Renaissance Man,” Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, May/June, 2006. “Sparks Column,” The Journal of Student Ministries, bi-monthly, 2006-2009. “Ambivalences and Ambiguities: Making Room for Hope in Youth’s Experience of Globalization” in Youth, Religion, and Globalization: New Research in Practical Theology, Richard R. Osmer, Kenda Creasy Dean, and Freidrich Schweitzer, eds. (Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2008). “(De)constructing Justice: What Does the Postmodern Turn Contribute to the Christian Passion for Justice?” in An Emergent Manifesto of Justice (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2009). “Modernism,” “Postmodernism,” “Ecology,” in Dictionary of Everyday Theology and Culture, Bruce Demerest and Keith J. Matthews, eds. (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2010). “What Is Practical Theology?” Immerse Journal, November/December, 2010. “Youth Ministry as the Site of Relational Ecclesiology,” Immerse Journal, November/December, 2011. “What the Church Can Learn from Facebook” in ReNew 52: Advice for the Church from Leaders Under 50, David Lose, ed. (St. Paul: Luther Seminary, 2012). “Stop Fighting Cancer,” in Cancer & Theology, Jake Bouma and Erik Ullestad, eds. (Des Moines: Elbow Co., 2014). “Evangelical and Gay,” The Christian Century, July 23, 2014. “How to Be Hauerwas: It Ain’t Easy,” Books & Culture (November/December, 2015). “Spiritual Formation: It’s a Matter of Time,” in Adoptive Youth Ministry: Integrating Emerging Generations into the Family of Faith, Chap Clark, ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2016). “Church Refugees,” book review, The Christian Century, April, 2016. “Light’s Remaining Mysteries,” book review, The Christian Century, June, 2016. “Rev. Hunter: Afield to Hunt and Preach in Gackle, ND,” Minneapolis StarTribune, October 19, 2016.

Lectures and Academic Papers “Communicating the Gospel in a Postmodern Context,” Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN (2000-2003). “Discipling Postmodern Students,” Bethel Seminary, St. Paul, MN (2000-2003). “Bridging the Ancient and Postmodern Worlds: What the Desert Fathers and Mothers Have to Say about Youth Ministry,” Princeton Forum on Youth Ministry (2003). “Teaching Vocational Discernment to Young Adults,” Princeton Theological Seminary (2003). “Postmodern Youth Ministry,” Topics Course, North Park College, Chicago, IL (2004). “The Emerging Church: Initial Research Questions,” International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry, London (2005). “Youth Ministry, Adolescence, and the Postmodern Life Cycle,” Princeton Theological Seminary (2005). “Youth Ministry in the Context of Practical Theology,” Bethel Seminary (2005). “Empirical Research and the Tasks of Practical Theology,” Association of Youth Ministry Educators (2005). “The Relational Ecclesiology of the Emerging Church,” Princeton Conference on Faith Practices (2006). “Whence Hermeneutic Authority?” Wheaton College Theology Conference (2007). “Emerging Spiritualities: What Pentecostalism and the Emerging Church Have to Learn from One Another,” Society for Pentecostal Studies (2010). “Youth Ministry as the Site of Relational Ecclesiology,” Association of Youth Ministry Educators (2011). “Re:Designing Youth Ministry,” Princeton Forum on Youth Ministry (2012). “A Chastened Ecclesiology: Putting Ethnographic Research and Systematic Theology in Mutually Critical Conversation,” Ecclesiology and Ethnography Project, Luther Seminary (2012). “The Christian Evasion of Popular Culture,” Dordt College (2012). Jones 2 “Preaching as Midrash,” Celebration of Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary (2013). “Using the Past to Mitigate the Present: Setting the Historical Context of the Religion-and-Science Debate with Twenty-First Century Adolescents,” International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry, Sydney, Australia (2017).

Courses Taught “Postmodern Youth Ministry,” Southeastern Baptist College, Masters Program (Winter, 2005). “Postmodern Youth Ministry,” Olivet Nazarene University, Masters Program (Winter, 2007). “Postmoderns and the Emerging Church,” Alliance Theological Seminary (Spring, 2008). “Hospitality as a Theological Virtue,” Rochester College, Masters in Missional Leadership (Fall, 2010; Fall, 2011). “Churchy Uses of Social Media,” Andover-Newton Theological School (Fall, 2010). “Youth Ministry in a Postmodern Context,” Andover-Newton Theological School (Fall, 2011). “History and Theology of Christian Spirituality,” Fuller Theological Seminary (Summer, 2011). “The Relational Ecclesiology of Jürgen Moltmann,” Truett Evangelical Seminary (Spring, 2012). “Christian Spirituality and the Doctrine of Creation,” Fuller Theological Seminary (Summer, 2012). “Introduction to Christian Scriptures,” St. Cloud State University (Spring, 2013; Spring, 2014). “Christian Spirituality in Fiction and Film,” Fuller Theological Seminary (Summer, 2013). “Worship of the Church,” United Theological Seminary (Spring, 2014). “Theologies of Atonement,” United Theological Seminary (Spring, 2014). “Introduction to Theology,” United Theological Seminary (Fall, 2014; Spring, 2016; Fall, 2016).

Speaking and Teaching National Youth Workers Convention; Leadership Network; Youth Leadership; Emergent Village; Princeton Forum on Youth Ministry, National Pastors Convention; Luther Seminary, Bethel Theological Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, Hesston College, Pepperdine University, Campbell University, Mt. Vernon Nazarene University, Bethel University, Wheaton College, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Baylor University, Mid-America Nazarene University, Sewanee University of the South Divinity School, Claremont School of Theology, Houghton College, Claremont School of Theology, Truett Evangelical Seminary, Fuller Theological Seminary, St. Cloud State University, United Theological Seminary.

Continuing Education Speaking National Youth Workers Convention (2000-2005); Leadership Network Fora (1998-2001); Youth Leadership Seminars (1999-2000); Emergent Village events (2000-2009), National Pastors Convention (2006-2008).

Consulting Peachtree Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, GA), Christ Community Church (Kansas City, MO), Bon Air Baptist Church (Richmond, VA), YouthFront (Kansas City, MO), Episcopal Dioceses of Central Florida and Massachusetts, World Vision, Brethren in Christ Churches (Lancaster County, PA), Azusa Pacific University, Chattanooga Resource Foundation, Indianapolis Center for Congregations, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wheaton College, North Park University and Seminary, Evangelical Free Church in America Central District, Church Divinity School of the Pacific.

Boards and Affiliations Emergent Village, national coordinating group member and board of directors (2001-2008); Emergent/Abingdon Publishing partnership, series editor (2005-2009); Faith as a Way of Life, National Working Group, Yale Center for Faith and Culture (2005-2008); Journal of Student Ministries, contributing editor and columnist (2003- 2008); Connecting With Kids positional leaders group, Edina, Minnesota (1998-2003); Highlands Elementary School PTA, executive committee (2006-2007); Jewish Jumpstart, Board of Advisors (2008-present); Science for Youth Ministry Project, senior fellow (2013-2018); Eagle Lake Association, director (2016-2019).

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