Jennifer M. Buck Curriculum Vitae
Azusa Pacific University Office Phone: 626.815.6117 Department of Practical Theology Email: [email protected] 901 E. Alosta Ave Azusa, CA 91702 Updated: July 2020
EDUCATION Ph.D., Philosophy of Religion and Theology, 2015 Claremont Graduate University Claremont, CA
Qualifying Exams: Augustine of Hippo, Martin Luther, 19th and 20th Century Philosophical, Religious & Theological Thought, Third World Feminist Theology
Dissertation Title: “Reframing the House: Aspects of Constructive Global Feminist Ecclesiology for the Western Evangelical Church”
Dissertation Committee: Rosemary Ruether, Chair; Anselm Min; Tammi Schneider
Masters of Divinity, Theology & Intercultural Studies, 2010 Fuller Theological Seminary Pasadena, CA
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, 2007 Bachelor of Arts, Theology Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Azusa Pacific University Assistant Professor, Department of Practical Theology, School of Theology, 2016- Present
BOOKS Reframing the House: Constructive Global Feminist Theology for the Western Evangelical Church (Pickwick, 2016) Distinct: Quaker Holiness in Everyday Life (Barclay Press, forthcoming 2020) Bad and Boujee: Towards a Trap Feminist Theology (Lexington/Fortress Academic, 2020) Theology of Fashion (in contract negotiations with Baker, forthcoming 2021)
BOOK CHAPTERS “Richard Foster” and “Evangelical Friends” in The Quaker World (Routledge, forthcoming 2021). Essay included in The Grandparenting Effect (Wipf & Stock, 2020) “Quaker Women & Suffrage” in Quakers, Social Work and Justice Concerns: Quakers and the Disciplines Volume 7. (Friends Association for Higher Education, 2020). “Ruth Esther Smith (1870-1947): Foremother to Friends in Central America” in Gender and Quakerism in Transition, 1800-1920: Interdisciplinary Studies of Women Engaging a Changing Landscape. (Penn State University Press, forthcoming 2021) “Herstory: Reclaiming Feminist Voices in the Evangelical Tradition” in To Be Welcomed as Christ: Essays Honoring Dennis Okholm (Wipf & Stock, forthcoming 2020) “Exodus 1-3” in Illuminate: Exodus. (Barclay Press, 2019) “Galatians 1-3” in Illuminate: Galatians. (Barclay Press, 2019)
EDITED VOLUMES Exploring a Radical Strand: Mennonite and Quaker Perspectives on Theology, Ethics and Intersectionality. Jennifer M. Buck and Andrew C. Wright, eds. (Wipf & Stock, forthcoming 2021) Quakers, Social Work and Justice Concerns: Quakers and the Disciplines Volume 7. Max Carter, Daniel Rhodes, Jennifer Buck, Erin Johnson, eds. (Friends Association for Higher Education, 2020)
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES “Grace in the Theology of Jürgen Moltmann and Karl Rahner” in Philosophy & Theology Vol 28, Issue 2 (2016): 439-453 “Multi-denominational Belonging and Quakers in Evangelical Friends Church Southwest” in Quaker Religious Thought 129, Sept (2017): 12-17 “Response from Author to Reviews by Cherice Bock and Grace Ji-Sun Kim of Reframing the House: Constructive Feminist Global Ecclesiology for the Western Evangelical Church by Jennifer Buck” in Quaker Religious Thought 132, March (2019): 17-19 “Feminist Philosophical Theology of the Atonement” in Feminist Theology Vol 28, Issue 3 (2020): 239-250. “A Renewed Vision of Personhood: A Theological Response to Globalization” in London Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences Vol 20 Issue 11 (2020). “God’s HIV Status: Theological Reflections in the Batswana Context” in Studies in World Christianity. (out for peer review, forthcoming).
BOOK REVIEWS Radical Friendship: The Politics of Communal Discernment by Ryan Newsom [Peer commentary for Syndicate Theology], February 2018
PAPER PRESENTATIONS “A Theological Case Against Fast Fashion” at Crossing the Lines: Interdisciplinary Christian Conversations About Difference, Point Loma Nazarene University, 2019 “Trap Feminist Theology and Working-Class Resistance” in the Class, Religion and Theology Unit and the Critical Approaches to Hip-Hop and Religion Unit, American Academy of Religion, Denver, CO, 2018 “Bad and Boujee: Towards a Trap Feminist Theology” in Feminist Theory and Religious Reflection Unit and Queer Studies in Religion Unit and Religion and Sexuality Unit and Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society Unit, American Academy of Religion, Boston, MA, 2017 “Multi-denominational Belonging and Quakers in Evangelical Friends Church Southwest” in Hybridity and Multi-Religions Belonging Among Quakers, Quaker Theological Discussion Group, American Academy of Religion, San Antonio TX, 2016 “The Adjunctification of Christian Higher Education” in the Liberation Theologies section of the 2015 National American Academy of Religion Conference, Atlanta, GA “Quaker Pedagogy: Encounters with Truth” at the 2015 Friends in Higher Education Conference "And Hope Does Not Disappoint Us: Pauline Hope and the Lamb's War” at 2014 Pacific Coast Regional Society of Biblical Literature at Hope International University “Quakers and Human Flourishing” at 2013 Philosophy Conference at California Baptist University
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY Presiding, “Power Dynamics, Authority, and Leadership in Quaker Institutions, Meetings, and Churches,” Quaker Studies Unit, American Academy of Religion, Denver, CO, 2018 Respondent, Book Review Session: Reframing the House & John Woolman and the Government of Christ, Quaker Theological Discussion Group, American Academy of Religion, Denver, CO, 2018
GRANTS SECURED 2020-2021 Fellowship for Scholarly Work with Ethics and Culture, Azusa Pacific University 2018-2019 Junior Faculty Mini-Sabbatical Grant, Yale Center for Faith and Culture’s Joy and Human Flourishing Project, John Templeton Foundation, $10,000 2018 Science for Youth Ministry, John Templeton Foundation, $5,000 2019 Angeles Worship Initiative, Collaborative Worship Project, Lily Foundation, $8,000 2019 Scholarly Undergraduate Research Experience Award Winner, Azusa Pacific University 2018 Junior Faculty Mentoring Grant Award Winner, Azusa Pacific University 2017 Center for Research on Ethics and Values Faculty Fellow, Azusa Pacific University Fellowship on Gender, Leadership and the Christian Church in Southern Africa, University of Botswana, 2012 Friedman Grant for Dissertation Research, 2014 Doctoral Fellowship, Claremont Graduate University, 2014
INVITED TALKS Christ and the Church public lectureship, “Christian Faith, Feminism, and the Global Church,” December 2018, Point Loma Nazarene University
CAMPUS TALKS Faith Matters public lectureship, “Faith, Feminism & Beyoncé,” January 2018, Azusa Pacific University
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Christian Life, Faith and Ministry; Contemporary Christian Ministry; Principles of Preaching; Women in Ministry; Writing for Christian Practice; Science for Youth Ministers; Theology and Sexuality; Critical Theology & Christian Behavior; Art of Leadership; Theology and Practice of Ministry; Intercultural Ministry; Cross-Cultural Ministry; Interdisciplinary Studies Internship; Liturgical Creation & Theological Formation; Vocational Capstone
UNIVERSITY AWARDS Student-Athlete Faculty Recognition Award, 2018
SERVICE TO PROFESSION Program Chair, Quaker Studies Program Unit, American Academy of Religion, 2020- 2025 Steering Committee Member, Quaker Theological Discussion Group, American Academy of Religion, 2019-present Nominating Committee Member, Friends in Higher Education, 2018-present
UNIVERSITY SERVICE Program Director, Bachelors of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2019-present Creation Care Committee, 2018-present Faculty Senate, 2018-present, Adjunct Liaison to Senate Practical Theology Search Committee, 2020 School of Theology Curriculum Committee, 2018-2019 Communications Search Committee, 2016-2017
COMMUNITY OUTREACH Immigration Reform Activist, Solidarity Non-Profit Organization Moderator & Workshop Presenter, Level Ground Film Festival and Organization
ADDITIONAL MINISTRY INFORMATION Evangelical Friends Church Licensed Minister (recording in process with SCYMF) Board Member, Evangelical Friends Mission Program Chair, Evangelical Friends Mission’s Global Ministry Training Initiative
NON-ACADEMIC WORK Director of Community, Northland Village Church, 2018-present Vocational Formation Group Leader, Fuller Seminary, 2017-2018 Reader, Huntington Library and Gardens, 2017-present Writer, Fruit of the Vine, Quaker Devotional Publication Global Outreach Blogger and Book Reviewer for Barclay Press Book Reviewer for the Hillhurst Review Blogger, American Bible Society, The Junia Project (Egalitarian Blog) & Meetinghouse (Quaker Blog) Associate Pastor, Rose Drive Friends Church, 2003-2010
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American Academy of Religion Society of Biblical Literature Quaker Religious Thought Karl Barth Society of North America Association of Practical Theology Friends Association for Higher Education Wesleyan Theological Society Society for Christian Ethics
LANGUAGES Spanish: Conversational Hebrew: Reading Greek: Reading German: Reading