CURRICULUM VITAE
MICHAEL P. JIMENEZ
PERSONAL
Address: 17701 S. Avalon Blvd SPC 327 Carson, Ca. 90746 Mobile phone: 310-989-2665 Email: [email protected] Birth: 14 September 1976
EDUCATION
Biola University, B.A., Summa cum laude (History), 2006.
Fuller Theological Seminary, M.A. (Theology), 2008.
Fuller Theological Seminary, PhD (Church History), 2014.
Advisors: Dr. Howard Loewen (626-584-5304) and Dr. James Bradley (626-584-5242) Dissertation: “Encountering the Task of History: Karl Barth’s Study of the Religious Enlightenment.”
LANGUAGES
Reading knowledge in Spanish, Latin, German and French.
HONORS & AWARDS
Member of Phi Alpha Theta (2005)
PAPERS PRESENTED
“The Christianity of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky,” Biola University, History Dept., Nominated by Dr. Evanson Wamagatta for J. O. Henry Prize Competition, Spring 2005.
“Karl Barth’s View of History: Christ Our Only Hope,” Biola University, History Dept., Nominated by Dr. Judith Rood for J. O. Henry Prize Competition, Spring 2006.
“R.A. Torrey and the Tension of Faith and History,” Biola University, Biola Centennial History Colloquium, Fall 2007.
“Barth and Derrida on Hospitality,” Bluffton University, Conference on Faith and History, Fall 2008.
“Following Barth and Said: The Christian Historian Against the Stream,” Azusa Pacific University, Conference on Faith and History, Fall 2009.
“Barth and Badiou Read St. Paul or Mark Lilla’s Worst Nightmare,” Pepperdine University, Conference on Faith and History, Fall 2011.
“Teaching History and Balancing the Secular,” Biola University, Justice, Spirituality, and Education Conference, Spring 2012.
“Engaging the Text: Loudly with Žižek, Silently with Coakley,” Azusa Pacific University, Conference on Christianity and Literature, Spring 2013.
“Closing the Borders: A Post-colonial Theological Interpretation of the Virtual World,” Ecclesia and Ethics II Conference, Spring 2014.
“The Return of the Trinity: Challenging the Secularization Paradigm,” Providence Christian College, ETS West Conference, Spring 2014.
“Barth’s Other: Post-colonial Suspicion of the Eurocentric Secularization Paradigm,” Westmont College, Conference on Christianity and Literature, Spring 2014.
“Barth's Far and Near Neighbor at the Borderlands,” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Fall 2014.
PUBLICATIONS
“Haunted by the Darkened Other: Reading the Sacrifice of Isaac with Slavoj Žižek and Sarah Coakley” (in process).
Review of Slavery and the Culture of Taste by Simon Gikandi, Fides et Historia (submitted).
Review of Kantian Reason and Hegelian Spirit: The Idealistic Logic of Modern Theology by Gary Dorrien, Fides et Historia (submitted).
Review of Karl Barth’s Emergency Homiletic by Angela Dienhart Hancock, Political Theology (in process).
“Freeing the Disciplines: Barth and Rancière on Aesthetics,” Analecta Hermeneutica (Summer 2014).
“Being a Dad of Faith: One Dirty Diaper at a Time” in Father Factor: American Christian Men on Fatherhood and Faith (White Cloud Press, 2014).
Review of The Lesson of Carl Schmitt: Four Chapters on the Distinction Between Political Theology and Political Philosophy, Expanded Edition, by Heinrich Meier, Political Theology 15:2 (2014).
Review of In Defense of the Terror: Liberty or Death in the French Revolution, by Sophie Wahnich and Robespierre: A Revolutionary Life, by Peter McPhee, Fides et Historia 45:2 (2013).
Review of What Does A Jew Want? by Udi Aloni et al. Political Theology 14: 2 (2013).
“Barth and Žižek: Defending Radical Politics against the Totalitarian Concept,” The Bible and Critical Theory 9:2 (2013).
“Barth and Žižek: Dialectical Theologians,” International Journal of Žižek Studies 6:1 (2012).
Review of Democracy in What State? by Giorgio Agamben et al. Political Theology 13: 1 (2012).
“A Supervisor’s Dream to Become a Professor,” “The Ideal College Student,” “My Past, Present and Future,” and “The Beliefs of Henry James” in Joy Zhao, Star Student Essays: A Motivating Reader (2003).
EXPERIENCE
Spring 2014 & Present Azusa Pacific University • Adjunct Professor in Theology
Fall 2008-Present Biola University • Adjunct Professor in History
Spring 2011 & Spring 2012 Vanguard University • Adjunct Professor in History
Fall 2006-Fall 2007 Biola University • Teacher’s Assistant in History
Winter 2004- Present Canyon Composites • Work Planner/ Procurement • Composites Technician
Summer 2003- Winter 2004 1:2:3 Tutoring • English Tutor
Spring 2003-Winter 2004 El Camino College Tutoring Center • History Tutor
Fall 1996-Spring 2003 Hydro Abrasive Machining Inc. • Composites Technician
MEMBERSHIPS
The Conference on Faith and History, Karl Barth Society of North America, The Conference on Christianity and Literature, American Academy of Religion, American Society of Church History.
INTERESTS
Historiography, The Enlightenment, Secularism, Existentialism, Karl Barth, Postmodernism, Neo-Paul readings, political theology, Postcolonialism, and Post- Holocaust thought.
COURSES TAUGHT
World Civilizations 1 and 2, Church History, Historiography, Early Modern European History, Theology and the Christian Life.
REFERENCES
The following have written references on my behalf, on file at Fuller Theological Seminary (562) 584-5400.
Dr. Judith Rood, Associate Professor of History and Middle Eastern Studies Dr. Jon Lunde, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology Dr. Daniel Christensen, Chair, Professor of World History