Paul Dafydd Jones
Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia PO Box 400126, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4126 434/982-2283 (office) | [email protected]
EMPLOYMENT Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Co-Director of ‘Religion and its Publics’ University of Virginia. 2011 to present; 2015 to present
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies. University of Virginia. 2006-11
EDUCATION Harvard University Committee on the Study of Religion Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Cambridge, MA 02138 A.M., Ph.D., 2006
Dissertation: ‘The Humanity of Christ in Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics’ Director: Professor Ronald Thiemann Readers: Professors Sarah Coakley and David Lamberth
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Wissenschaftlich-Theologisches Seminar 69117 Heidelberg, Germany DAAD Graduate Research Scholar, 2004-5
The Divinity School, Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 Master of Divinity, 1999
Oriel College Oxford University Oxford, OX1 4EW B.A., First Class Honours (Theology), 1995 M.A. conferred 2006
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SCHOLARSHIP
RESEARCH INTERESTS Christian theology and western philosophy of religion. Particular interests in Christology, atonement, the doctrine of God, and theological method; Protestant thought (particularly Karl Barth); political, liberationist, and constructive theology
IN PROGRESS & INVITED Patience: A Theological Exploration (two-book project). First volume under contract with T&T Clark; manuscript to be submitted summer 2020.
Paul Dafydd Jones and Kait Dugan (eds), Karl Barth and the Future of Liberation Theology
‘Schleiermacher, Dialectical Theology, and Neo-orthodoxy’, in Andrew Dole, Shelli Poe, and Kevin Vander Schel (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Friedrich Schleiermacher. Chapter of ~7000 words. Invited: due summer 2020.
‘Karl Barth and Sexuality: A (somewhat) Indecent Proposal’ (article; drafted)
‘“This Dark Road”: Karl Barth’s Sermons at the Outset of the Great War’ (article; drafted)
BOOKS The Humanity of Christ: Christology in Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics. London: Continuum/T&T Clark, 2008. Paperback published 2011. xiii + 290 pp. Award: Templeton Award for Theological Promise, 2010
Paul Dafydd Jones and Paul T. Nimmo (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Karl Barth. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. xxiv + 710 pp.
ARTICLES & CHAPTERS 1. ‘Karl Barth,’ in Shaun Casey and Michael Kessler (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Political Theology (Oxford University Press, in press)
2. ‘Karl Barth’s The Christian Life and the task of political theology,’ in Markus Höfner (ed.), Theo-Politics? Conversing with Barth in Western and Asian Contexts (Lexington Books-Fortress Academic, forthcoming)
3. ‘Person and Work: The Dogmatic Relation of Christology and Soteriology’ in Darren O. Sumner and Chris Tilling (eds), T&T Clark Companion to Christology (forthcoming, pending revisions after editorial feedback) 2 Paul Dafydd Jones, curriculum vitae
4. ‘Barth and Anselm,’ in George Hunsinger and Keith Johnson (eds), Wiley Blackwell Companion to Karl Barth, volume 2: Major Figures and Themes (Malden, Mass.: Wiley- Blackwell, 2020), 435-438
5. (with Paul T. Nimmo), ‘Introduction,’ in Paul Dafydd Jones and Paul Nimmo (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Karl Barth (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019), 1-9
6. ‘Human being,’ in Paul Dafydd Jones and Paul Nimmo (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Karl Barth (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019), 389-406
7. ‘The Patience of God the Creator: Reflections on Genesis 1:1-2:4a,’ International Journal of Systematic Theology, 21.4 (2019): 361-387
8. (with Charles T. Mathewes) ‘Futures for Public Theology,’ Political Theology. For the symposium, ‘Reconsidering Public Theology.’ Available at https://politicaltheology.com/a-response-to-reconsidering-public-theology/. December 2018.
9. ‘Patience and the Trinity,’ Modern Theology, 34.3 (2018): 386-402
10. ‘A Cheerful Unease: Theology and Religious Studies,’ in Elizabeth Shanks Alexander and Beth A. Berkowitz (eds), Religious Studies and Rabbinics: A Conversation (Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2017), 69-81
11. ‘The Fury of Love: Calvin on the Atonement,’ in Adam J. Johnson (ed.), T&T Clark Companion to the Atonement (London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017), 213-235
12. ‘The Riddle of Gethsemane: Barth on Jesus’s Agony in the Garden,’ in Daniel L. Migliore (ed.), Reading the Gospels with Karl Barth (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2017), 124-154
13. ‘On the “loving mutations” of God, Sexuality, and the Self,’ Syndicate Theology, November/December 2015: 50-59. Also available at https://syndicate.network/symposia/theology/sarah-coakley-god-sexuality-and-the- self/#paul-dafydd-jones
14. ‘On Patience: Thinking with and beyond Karl Barth,’ Scottish Journal of Theology, 68.3 (2015): 273-298
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15. ‘Patience: A Theological Exploration,’ in William Schweiker and Günter Thomas (eds), The Enhancing Life Project: Scholars and Research Projects, 179-192
16. ‘Patience: A Theological Experiment,’ Theology Today, 72.1 (2015): 15-20
17. ‘Ronald Thiemann’s theologia crucis and the Task of Public Theology,’ Toronto Journal of Theology, 30.1 (2014): 19-32
18. (with Mara Willard) ‘Conclusion’ to Ronald F. Thiemann, The Humble Sublime: Secularity and the Politics of Belief, co-written with Mara Willard (London: I. B. Tauris, 2014), 189-201 and 234-236
19. ‘On the “Monstrosity of Christ”: Karl Barth in conversation with Slavoj Žižek and John Milbank,’ The Other Journal, 22 (2013): 87-103. Also available online: http://theotherjournal.com/2013/07/08/on-the-monstrosity-of-christ-karl-barth-in- conversation-with-slavoj-zizek-and-john-milbank/. A somewhat different version of this essay is published in W. Travis McMaken and David W. Congdon (eds), Karl Barth in Conversation (Eugene, Oreg.: Pickwick, 2014), 171-89
20. ‘Book Review Essay: David Kelsey, Eccentric Existence: A Theological Anthropology,’ Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 80.3 (2012): 787-800
21. ‘A Hopeful Universalism,’ The Christian Century, 129.13 (2012): 22-27 (cover story). Award: Associated Church Press, ‘Honorable Mention’ in the ‘Critical Review’ category, 2013
22. ‘The Heart of the Matter: Karl Barth’s Christological Exegesis,’ in George Hunsinger (ed.), Thy Word is Truth: Barth on Scripture (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012), 173-195
23. ‘Obedience, Trinity, and Election: Thinking with and beyond the Church Dogmatics,’ in Michael T. Dempsey (ed.), Trinity and Election in Contemporary Theology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011), 138-161
24. ‘The Rhetoric of War in Karl Barth’s Epistle to the Romans: A Theological Analysis,’ Journal for the History of Modern Theology / Zeitschrift für Neuere Theologiegeschichte, 17.1 (2010): 90-111. An earlier version of this piece is included in Russell Kleckley and Arthur McCalla (eds), Papers of the Nineteenth-Century Theology Group, vol. XL (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2009)
25. ‘Barth and Anselm: God, Christ, and the Atonement,’ International Journal of Systematic Theology, 12.3 (2010): 257-282
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26. ‘The Atonement: God’s Love in Action,’ in Tom Greggs (ed.), New Perspectives for Evangelical Theology: Engaging with God, Scripture, and the World (London: Routledge, 2010), 44-62
27. ‘Liberation Theology and “Democratic Futures” (by way of Karl Barth and Friedrich Schleiermacher),’ Political Theology, 10.1 (2009): 261-285
28. ‘Karl Barth,’ in Graham Oppy and Nick Trakakis (eds), The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, vol. 5, Twentieth-Century Philosophy of Religion (Durham, U.K.: Acumen, 2009), 145-159
29. ‘Karl Barth on Gethsemane,’ International Journal of Systematic Theology, 9.2 (2007): 148-171
30. ‘Jesus Christ and the Transformation of English Society: The “Subversive Conservatism” of Frederick Denison Maurice,’ Harvard Theological Review, 96.3 (2003): 205-228
REVIEWS 1. ‘Francesca Aran Murphy (ed.) and Troy Stefano (asst. ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Christology,’ International Journal of Systematic Theology, 19.2 (2017): 237-241
2. ‘John Webster, The Domain of the Word: Scripture and Theological Reason,’ Modern Theology, 30.1 (2014): 174-176
3. ‘Jan-Olav Henriksen, Desire, Gift, and Recognition: Christology and Postmodern Philosophy,’ Modern Theology, 26.4 (2010): pp. 677-679
4. ‘Karl Barth: God’s Word in Action by Paul S. Chung,’ Scottish Journal of Theology, 63.4 (2010): 474-477
5. ‘The New Measures: A Theological History of Democratic Practice by Ted. A. Smith,’ Practical Matters Journal, issue 1 (2009). Available at http://practicalmattersjournal.org/2009/04/01/new-measures/
6. ‘Liberal Theology: A Radical Vision by Peter Hodgson,’ Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 76.1 (2008): 213-216
7. ‘Job and the Disruption of Identity: Reading Beyond Barth by Susannah Ticciati,’ Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, 26.3 (2008): 219-222
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8. ‘Protestant Theology and the Making of the Modern German University by Thomas Albert Howard,’ Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 75.4 (2007): 1006-1009
EDITED BOOK SERIES T&T Clark Explorations in Reformed Theology, co-edited with Paul Nimmo (University of Aberdeen). Current titles:
1. Faye Bodley Dangelo, Sexual Difference, Gender, and Agency in Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics. London: T&T Clark/Bloomsbury, 2019
2. Shelli Poe, Essential Trinitarianism: Schleiermacher as Trinitarian Theologian. London: T&T Clark/Bloomsbury, 2017
3. Christina N. Larsen, The Glory of the Son in Jonathan Edwards’ Christology. Under contract with T&T Clark/Bloomsbury.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES 1. ‘Karl Barth,’ in Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Religion (forthcoming)
2. ‘Golgotha, Calvary (Christianity in Modern Europe and America),’ in Dale C. Allison, Jr., et al (eds), Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception, vol. 10, Genocide – Hamutal (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2015). Currently only available online.
3. ‘Christology,’ in Richard Burnett (ed.), The Westminster Handbook to Karl Barth (Louisville, Ky.: WJKP, 2013), 30-34
OCCASIONAL PIECES/JOURNALISM 1. (With Ruth Jackson Ravenscroft) ‘A Conversation about The Veiled God: Friedrich Schleiermacher’s Theology of Finitude, by Ruth Jackson Ravenscroft (Brill, 2019).’ Written interview for the Religion and its Publics Blog, December 18, 2019. http://relpubs.as.virginia.edu/a-conversation-about-the-veiled-god-friedrich- schleiermachers-theology-of-finitude-by-ruth-jackson-ravenscroft/
2. ‘The Climate Emergency and the Rhetoric of Protest.’ Article for the Religion and its Publics Blog. September 20, 2019. http://relpubs.as.virginia.edu/the-climate- emergency-and-the-rhetoric-of-protest-by-paul-dafydd-jones/
3. ‘Taking on the alt-right: theological considerations.’ Article for Christianity and the Alt-Right in America blog series by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World 6 Paul Dafydd Jones, curriculum vitae
Affairs at Georgetown University. November 5, 2018. Available at https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/responses/taking-on-the-alt-right-theological- considerations. Also posted on the Religion and its Publics Blog. November 7, 2018. http://relpubs.as.virginia.edu/taking-on-the-alt-right-theological-considerations-by- paul-dafydd-jones/
4. ‘After Christendom, Christian weirdness?’ Note for Religion and its Publics Blog. March 23, 2018. http://relpubs.as.virginia.edu/after-christendom-christian-weirdness/
5. ‘Picking Sides.’ Article for Firsthand Reflections on Charlottesville, a blog series by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs at Georgetown University. August 24, 2017. https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/responses/picking-sides
6. ‘Patience, Impatience, and Political Life Today.’ Article for The Enhancing Life Project Blog. January 12, 2017. http://enhancinglife.uchicago.edu/blog/patience-impatience- and-political-life-toda. Republished for the Religion and its Publics Blog. March 17, 2017. http://relpubs.as.virginia.edu/sedcontra/patience-impatience-and-political-life- today/
7. ‘The Virtues of Patience and Impatience: A Q&A with Paul Dafydd Jones.’ Interview/essay for The Enhancing Life Project Blog. January 10, 2017. http://enhancinglife.uchicago.edu/blog/the-virtues-of-patience-and-impatience-a-q- and-a-with-paul-dafydd-jones
8. ‘Patience, Christian theology, and Enhancing Life.’ Article for The Enhancing Life Project Blog. February 11, 2016. http://enhancinglife.uchicago.edu/blog/patience- christian-theology-and-enhancing-life.
9. ‘The Patience to Face the Future: A Q&A with Dr. Paul Dafydd Jones.’ Interview/essay for The Enhancing Life Project Blog. February 9, 2016 http://enhancinglife.uchicago.edu/blog/the-patience-to-face-the-future-a-q-und-a- with-dr-paul-dafydd-jones.
10. Paul Dafydd Jones and Charles Mathewes, ‘A New Religious Narrative for Obama.’ Article for PBS Religion and Ethics Newsweekly. August 23, 2010. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/by-topic/politics/paul-dafydd- jones-and-charles-mathewes-a-new-religious-narrative-for-obama/6870/
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SELECTED TALKS, LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS 1. ‘The Impatience of the Risen Christ: On Paul Tillich’s The Socialist Decision and James Cone’s Black Theology and Black Power.’ Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture Unit. American Academy of Religion. San Diego, CA. November 2019
2. Respondent to papers for ‘Karl Barth and Comparative Theology: An Unexpected Dialogue.’ Karl Barth Society of North America, American Academy of Religion. San Diego, CA. November 2019
3. ‘“Give it to us yesterday, and that’s not fast enough”: On Black Theology and Black Power.’ Lecture for Spirit in the Dark Symposium. Religion, Race and Democracy Lab; University of Virginia. March 2019
4. ‘Understanding, Evaluating, and Contesting the Alt-Right.’ Presentation and moderator for the conference, ‘Christianity and the Alt-Right: Exploring the Relationship.’ Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University. Washington, D.C. October 2018.
5. ‘Liberation Theology after Charlottesville.’ Plenary lecture for ‘Karl Barth and the Future of Liberation Theology’ at Princeton Theological Seminary. Princeton, NJ. June 2018.
6. ‘God, Grace, and History: New Scholarship on Schleiermacher.’ Schleiermacher group, American Academy of Religion. Boston, MA. November 2017.
7. ‘The Reformation, Past and Present.’ Public lecture. New Monmouth Presbyterian Church. Lexington, Virginia. October 2017.
8. ‘Patience: God, World and Counter-Worlds.’ Presentation for ‘Enhancing Life! A Public Interdisciplinary Conference,’ hosted by The University of Chicago, Ruhr- Universität Bochum, and the John Templeton Foundation. Chicago, IL. August 2017
9. Moderator and Panelist for Research Laboratory on ‘Transcending Limits of Spaces and Times’ at ‘Enhancing Life! A Public Interdisciplinary Conference,’ hosted by The University of Chicago, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, and the John Templeton Foundation. Chicago, IL. August 2017
10. ‘Patience and the Trinity.’ Plenary lecture for the international conference, ‘Nommer Dieu aujourd’hui. Approches contemporaines des attributs divins.’ University of Geneva, Switzerland. June 2017.
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11. ‘“This Dark Road”: Karl Barth’s Sermons at the Outset of the Great War.’ Lecture for ‘The Book and the Sword, Workshop 3: The Bible in the Legacy and Memory of the Great War.’ University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. April 2017
12. ‘Karl Barth on Race, Gender, and Sexuality: Is There More to be Said?’ Panel co- organizer and co-presider. American Academy of Religion. San Antonio, TX. November 2016
13. ‘Karl Barth and Sexuality: A (somewhat) Indecent Proposal.’ Lecture at the American Academy of Religion. San Antonio, TX. November 2016
14. ‘Driven Towards Freedom: Karl Barth’s Theological Anthropology.’ Senior Scholar lecture at the Karl Barth Graduate Conference. Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton NJ. August 2016
15. ‘Patience: An Interim Report.’ Talk for The Enhancing Life Project Residency Seminar. Liebenberg, Germany. August 2016
16. ‘Patience: God, Self, and the Future.’ Public lecture at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Charlottesville, Virginia. April 2016
17. ‘The promise and problems of patience.’ Presentation for The Enhancing Life Project Residency Seminar. Banff, Canada. August 2015
18. ‘The Riddle of Gethsemane.’ Plenary lecture for ‘Karl Barth as Interpreter of the Gospels.’ Princeton Theological Seminary. Princeton, New Jersey. June 2015
19. ‘Letting Be, Letting Go, Saying No: A Theology of Patience.’ Lecture at Union Presbyterian Seminary. Richmond, Virginia. April 2015
20. ‘Patience: A theological exploration.’ Lecture for Theological Horizons. Charlottesville, Virginia. November 2014
21. ‘Karl Barth’s The Christian Life and the task of political theology.’ Paper for ‘Theo- Politics? Conversing with Barth in Western and Asian Conferences.’ Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. October 2014
22. ‘Desire in Theology: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.’ Panelist for ‘Contests of Desire: God, Goods, and the Good.’ Virginia Graduate Colloquium. University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA. March 2014
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23. ‘Response to Martin Wendte, “Kaiserschnitt und Hausbau Gottes: Sozialethische Überlegungen zu einem gesundheitspolitischen Thema am Kreuzungspunkt von Barmen II und einer lutherischen Ständlehre.”’ Paper for ‘Theopolitics? Conversing with Barth in Western and Asian Contexts.’ Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. March 2014
24. ‘Ronald Thiemann’s theologia crucis: Between Martin Luther, Karl Barth, and Hans Frei.’ Lecture for the Karl Barth Society of North America, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD. November 2013
25. ‘Karl Barth’s The Christian Life and the task of political theology.’ Paper for ‘Theo- Politics? Conversing with Barth in Western and Asian Conferences.’ Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. June 2013
26. ‘Patience: A Theological Experiment.’ Lecture for ‘Look Hoos Talking’ at the University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA. March 2013
27. ‘“A Cheerful Unease”: Theology and Religious Studies.’ Paper for ‘Religious Studies and Rabbinics’ conference at the University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA. February 2013
28. ‘Divine and human patience in the Church Dogmatics and beyond.’ Lecture for the Karl Barth Society of North America, American Academy of Religion. Chicago, IL. November 2012
29. ‘Patience and Passion: Christian Theology after Karl Barth.’ Lecture at United Theological College/Charles Sturt University School of Theology. North Parramatta, Sydney, Australia. July 2012
30. ‘Patience and Passion: Christian Theology after Karl Barth.’ Paper for the Faculty and Postgraduate Seminar at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Charles Sturt University. Canberra, Australia. July 2012
31. ‘Patience and Passion: Constructive Theology after Karl Barth.’ Lecture at the Australian Catholic University. Melbourne, Australia. July 2012
32. ‘God’s patience, God’s passion: Christian Theology after Karl Barth.’ Lecture at Universität-Ruhr Bochum, Germany. May 2012
33. ‘R. Kendall Soulen: The Divine Name(s) and the Holy Trinity: Distinguishing the Voices.’ Respondent and panellist. Virginia Center for the Study of Religion, University of Virginia. April 2012
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34. ‘Karl Barth and the Struggle Against Fascism.’ Lecture for The Project on Lived Theology Spring Speaker Series at the University of Virginia. February 2012
35. ‘The Patient God: Rethinking the Relationship Between God and World.’ Lecture at the Centre of Religion and Biosciences. University of Chester, United Kingdom. December 2011
36. ‘Karl Barth in Conversation with Slavoj Žižek and John Milbank.’ Paper and talk for the postgraduate and staff research seminar. University of Chester, United Kingdom. December 2011
37. ‘Liberation Theology and “Democratic Futures” (by way of Karl Barth and Friedrich Schleiermacher).’ Paper for the U.Va. / Yale Political Theology Group. University of Virginia. December 2011
38. ‘Research on the Atonement.’ Paper and talk for the John Templeton Award for Theological Promise prizewinners’ colloquium. Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany. May 2010
39. ‘Rethinking Atonement.’ Paper and talk for Resident Members’ Colloquium. Center of Theological Inquiry. Princeton, New Jersey. March 2010
40. ‘Exploring the Atonement.’ Adult Education lecture. Nassau Presbyterian Church. Princeton, New Jersey. March 2010
41. ‘The Rhetoric of War in Karl Barth’s Epistle to the Romans: A Theological Analysis.’ Paper and talk for the Nineteenth-Century Theology Group, American Academy of Religion. Montréal, Canada. November 2009
42. ‘Barth and Anselm on the Atonement.’ Lecture at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. March 2009
43. Seminar series on my work at the University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom. March 2009 a. Seminar discussion: ‘Barth and Anselm on the Atonement’ b. Lecture: ‘The Atonement: God’s Love in Action’ c. Seminar discussion: The Humanity of Christ, chapter 2
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44. ‘Friedrich Schleiermacher and Postliberalism: Rereading the “Introduction” of The Christian Faith.’ Paper and talk for the Schleiermacher Group, American Academy of Religion. San Diego, California. November 2007
45. ‘Living in Sin? A Forum on Faith and Sexuality.’ Panelist. University of Virginia. March 2007
46. ‘F. D. Maurice.’ Adult Education lecture, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Charlottesville, Virginia. February 2007
47. ‘The Heart of the Matter: Karl Barth’s Christological Exegesis.’ Lecture for the Karl Barth Conference at Princeton Theological Seminary. May 2006
48. ‘Karl Barth on Gethsemane.’ Lecture for the Karl Barth Society of North America, American Academy of Religion. San Antonio, Texas. November 2004
MAJOR AWARDS, GRANTS, CONFERENCES 1. ‘Christianity and the Alt-Right: Exploring the Relationship.’ Conference. Co-sponsored and co-funded by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and Religion and its Publics. Co-organizer with Charles Mathewes (U.Va.), Sean Casey (Georgetown), and Michael Kessler Georgetown). October 2018
2. ‘Karl Barth Conference 2018: Karl Barth and the Future of Liberation Theology.’ Conference. Funded by Princeton Theological Seminary. Co-Chair with Kait Dugan (Curator, Center for Barth Studies). June 2018
3. Co-Director (with Professor Charles Mathewes): ‘Religion and its Publics.’ Research project. $1,000,000 grant from Henry Luce Foundation. Fall 2016 to Spring 2019. http://relpubs.as.virginia.edu
4. Early Career Scholar, ‘The Enhancing Life Project,’ dir. William Schweiker (University of Chicago) and Günter Thomas (Ruhr-Universität Bochum). Research project. $50,000 award. Summer 2015 to Summer 2017. http://enhancinglife.uchicago.edu
5. ‘Teaching Theology and Religion in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges, Prospects, and the PhD.’ Workshop. Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology. $20,000 grant. Co-Coordinator with Charles Mathewes (U.Va.). June 2015
6. ‘Political Economy, Comparative Ethics, and Human Flourishing.’ AHSS Grant, University of Virginia. Co-PI with Charles Mathewes and Willis Jenkins. 2015 to 2017. 12 Paul Dafydd Jones, curriculum vitae
7. ‘Theo-Politics? Conversing with Barth in Western and Asian Contexts.’ Research Project funded by the Volkswagen Stiftung. Organized by Dr. Markus Höfner (Ruhr- Universität, Bochum), in cooperation with Dr. Paul Dafydd Jones and Dr. Stephen Lakkis (Taiwan Theological College and Seminary). Spring 2013 to Fall 2014
8. The John Templeton Award for Theological Promise. $10,000 prize money; $10,000 stipend for lectures at academic institutions. Spring 2010
9. Residential Member of the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, New Jersey, Spring 2010
MISCELLANEOUS U.Va./Yale Political Theology Group. Faculty member. Fall 2011 to present
Wesley Theological Seminary/University of Virginia Political Theology Group. Member. Summer 2010 to present
‘Secularism in the late Modern Age.’ Member, research group. Project funded by the Metanexus Institute; directed by Slavica Jakelić (Valparaiso University), Fall 2009 to Spring 2011
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TEACHING
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES COLA 1500: The Meaning of Love RELG 1500: Religion and Protest RELC 2057: Christian Theologies of Liberation RELC 2360: Elements of Christian Thought RELC 309: Christianity and Protest RELC 3009: Protestant Theology RELC 3685: Christianity, Gender, and Sexuality RELC 363: Political Theology RELC 444: Christian Views of Atonement
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GRADUATE COURSES RELC 5141: The Theology of John Calvin RELC 546/5976/748: The Theology of Friedrich Schleiermacher RELC 5445: The Atonement in Christian Thought RELC 553: The Identity of Jesus Christ RELG 5805: Hegel, Materialism, and Theology RELC 5559: Freedom: Theological and Philosophical Perspectives RELC 5559: Schleiermacher and Tillich: Theology and Culture RELC 5980: The Theology of Karl Barth RELG 7360: Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion (co-taught) RELC 7515: Themes and Topics in Christian Thought: From the Reformation to the Present Day RELG 7460: Religion, Theory, Theology, & Modernity (co-taught with Charles Mathewes) RELC 762: Liberal Theology in Europe and North America RELG 808: TEC Pro-seminar (with Charles Mathewes)
OTHER Creation and Providence. Tutorial in Christian theology. Fall 2019 Karl Barth. Tutorial in Christian Theology. Spring 2019 Liberation theology. Independent study. Fall 2018 Protestant Theology. Independent study. Spring 2018 Faith and History. Independent study. Spring 2014 The Writings of C. S. Lewis. Independent study. Spring 2014 Theological Anthropologies. Independent study. Spring 2013 Gay, lesbian, and queer theologies. Independent study. Fall 2010 Theology, Ethics, and Culture colloquium convener. Fall 2009 and Fall 2010 Theology and materialism/religion and materialism. Independent studies. Spring 2009 Religion, society, and violence. Independent study. Spring 2009 14 Paul Dafydd Jones, curriculum vitae
Rudolf Bultmann reading group. Spring 2008 Karl Barth reading group. Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 Wolfhart Pannenberg reading group. Summer 2007 The Radical Reformation. Independent study. Fall 2006
DOCTORAL ADVISING Director or Co-Director Keith Starkenburg (Oct. 2011) Oscar Tovar-Argueta (May 2019) Shelli Poe (June 2013) Jeremy Fisher (Oct. 2019) Timothy Hartman (April 2014) Christopher Scott Bailey (ongoing) Christina McRorie (July 2016) William Boyce (ongoing) E. Ross Kane (Dec. 2016) Elizabeth Cable (ongoing) Gillian Breckenridge (April 2017) Caleb Hendrickson (ongoing) Ashleigh Elser (May 2017) Petra Turner (ongoing) Joseph Lenow (May 2017)
Reader Nathan Jennings (Nov. 2006) Kendall Cox (June 2014) Sarah Azaransky (June 2007) Matthew Puffer (July 2014) Brian Sholl (Oct. 2007) Scott Yakimow (Nov. 2014) Jeffrey Vogel (Dec. 2007) John Cunningham (March 2015) Jennifer McBride (March 2008) Laura Hawthorne (April 2015) Richard Bishop (April 2009) Carrie Frost (April 2015) Timothy McConnell (April 2009) Laura Alexander (July 2015) Sung Il-Yoo (April 2009) Larry Perry (Oct. 2016) Ronald Bentley (April 2009) Kristopher Norris (April 2017) Karen Guth (Sept. 2010) Travis Pickell (April 2017) Christopher Hackett (May 2011) Nelson Reveley (Nov. 2017) Adam Wells (May 2012) Paul Hoehner (April 2018) Emily Gravett (May 2013) Charles Dan Wright (April 2018) Jennifer Phillips (May 2013) Nathan Walton (May 2018) Geoffrey Barstow (May 2013) Aurelius Wilson (ongoing) Hi-Jae Peter Kang (Nov. 2013) Scott Giles (April 2014)
Outside Reader/External Examiner Ashley Faulkner, U.Va. Department of English (May 2012) Patrick Patterson, Toronto School of Theology (Nov 2012) Faye Bodley-Dangelo, Harvard Divinity School (January 2016) 15 Paul Dafydd Jones, curriculum vitae
Edward Fong, University of Otago, New Zealand (Dec. 2016 to Jan. 2017: written report) Sarah Smith, U.Va. Department of English (April 2018) TBA, University of Aberdeen (Spring 2020)
SERVICE (recent and selected) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Within the Department of Religious Studies Communications committee. Chair. Late Fall/Spring 2020 forwards Religious Thought in Africa. Search committee. Member. Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 Religion and its Publics. Postdoctoral search committee. Co-Chair. Spring 2017 and Spring 2018 Graduate restructuring committee. Member. Spring 2017 to Fall 2018 Religious Ethics Search Committee. Member. Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 Virginia Center for the Study of Religion. Co-Director. Fall 2012 to Summer 2015 Director of Graduate Studies. Fall 2011 to Summer 2012 Committee on Graduate Studies. Chair. Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 Committee on Environmental Humanities. Member. Spring 2012 Curriculum Committee. Member. Fall 2011 and Spring 2012
University-wide Advisory Committee to Advance the Research Mission of Arts and Sciences. Member, then Chair of the Arts and Humanities subcommittee. Spring 2018 to Fall 2018 Committee to Implement the Future of Graduate Education. Member. Spring 2018 to Fall 2018 Page-Barbour and Richards Lectures Committee. Member. Fall 2010 to present
SERVICE TO THE ACADEMY Center for Barth Studies, Princeton Theological Seminary. Consulting Member to the Advisory Board. 2016 to present Karl Barth Society of North America. Steering Committee. Member. Fall 2008 to present
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Peer reviews for International Journal of Systematic Theology, Modern Theology, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Horizons, Irish Theological Quarterly, The Review of Politics, Journal of Reformed Theology Reviewer for Oxford University Press, T&T Clark/Bloomsbury, Cascade Books/Wipf & Stock
MISCELLANEOUS HONOURS (recent and selected) PROFESSIONAL ‘Teaching Race at U.Va.’ Participant in Faculty Development Seminar. Summer 2018 Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Residential Fellow, Spring and Fall 2016 University of Virginia, Sesquicentennial Leave Award. Spring 2010, Spring and Fall 2016 The Enhancing Life Project. Early Career Scholar. Summer 2015 to Summer 2017 John Casteen III Fellowship in Ethics. Awarded by the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life at the University of Virginia. Summer 2013 Associated Church Press, 2013 Awards. Reporting and Writing section; ‘Critical Review’ category. Honorable mention for ‘A Hopeful Universalism,’ in Christian Century Mead Honored Faculty member, University of Virginia, 2010/2011
SCHOLASTIC Harvard University Graduate Society Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2005-2006 DAAD Graduate Research Scholar, Universität Heidelberg, 2004-2005 Harvard Graduate Society Fellowship, Spring 2004 Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, 2003-2004 Horace Cecil Fisher Scholarship, Harvard University, 1996-1998 First Class Honours (Theology), Oxford University, June 1995 Awards for scholarly distinction, Oriel College, Oxford University, 1993 and 1994 Scholar, Oriel College, Oxford University, 1993-1995 Exhibitioner, Worshipful Company of Ironmongers, Oxford University, 1992-1995
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