CURRICULUM VITAE
THOMAS E. PHILLIPS
3431 Larga Circle
San Diego, CA 92110
H: (619) 523-0751
O: (619) 849-2290
H:
enctom@yahoo.com
O: thomasphillips@pointloma.edu
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy (1998)
Master of Divinity (1991)
Master of Arts (1988)
Bachelor in Arts (1987)
AREAS OF
SPECIALIZATION
New Testament (particularly Luke-Acts)
Modern Literary Analyses of the Bible
Social and Economic Issues in Early Christianity
AREAS OF COMPETENCE
Old Testament
Faith & Film Studies
Science & Religion
RESEARCH LANGUAGES
German, Spanish (Modern)
Greek, Hebrew (Ancient)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society of Biblical Literature (1991- )
Catholic Biblical Association (1991- )
Wesleyan Theological Society (1985- )
Wesleyans in Theological Dialogue (1995- )
American Assoc. of University Professors (2000- )
Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology (2002- )
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY
* Professor of New Testament & Early Christian Studies (2007-
)
* Associate Professor of New Testament & Early
Christian Studies (2006-07)
* Visiting Associate Professor of Religion
(2005-06)
* Associate Professor of New Testament (2003-05)
* Assistant Professor of New Testament (2001-03)
* Assistant Professor of New Testament (1998-2001)
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
Institute for Research on Unlimited Love (2004)
* Highly Competitive, Peer-Reviewed Course Competition
* Course: “Love
in Earliest & Contemporary Christianity”
* Prize: $6,000
Nominated: Outstanding Faculty of the Year (2001-02 & 2004-05)
* Colorado Christian University
* Student Nominated Award
“Apple Award” (2003-04 & 2004-2005)
* Colorado Christian University
* Student Government Award for Teaching Excellence
Clifton Fowler Library Academic Award (2004)
* Colorado Christian University
* Professional Achievement for Academic Excellence
ENC Professional Achievement Award (1999-2000 & 2000-01)
* Cash Award in recognition of scholarly work
* Awarded to 2-4 professors per year
Research and Special Project (RASP) Grant (2007)
* Point Loma Nazarene University
* $1,500 Grant toward a publication project
Wesleyan Center Summer Grant (2007)
* Point Loma Nazarene University
* $3,000 Grant for summer research
*
BIB 697 Introduction to New Testament & Early Christianity
* BIB 695
Legacies of Paul
* BIB 495 Cities of Paul’s World (Travel Seminar in Greece)
*
BIB 403 Johannine Literature
* BIB 302 Christianity in the Pauline Communities
* BIB 301 Jesus & the Synoptic Gospels
* CHU 395 Christian Tradition
* BIB 101 Old Testament Literature & Religion* GRE 202 Intermediate Greek
* GRE 301 Greek Syntax
* GRE 302 Greek Exegesis
* BIB 114 Early Christian Literature
* BIB 113 History & Literature of Ancient Israel
* BIB 490
Senior Thesis Research
* BIB 491 Senior Thesis Writing
* BIB 493 Travel Seminar: Jordan, Israel & Palestine
* BL 110 Biblical History & Literature
* BL 343 New Testament I (John & Paul)
* BL 344 New Testament II (Synoptics, Acts & Hebrews)
* BL 341 Old Testament I (Hebrew Narratives)
* BL 342 Old Testament II (Hebrew Prophets & Wisdom)
* GK 201 Greek Exegesis
* GK 212 Reading Koine Greek
* PH 295 Philosophical Quest
* TH 420 Issues in Science & Religion
* TH 441 Church History II (Reformation to Present)
* IN 210 International Travel: Israel, Jordan, & Egypt
RECENT LECTURES, ADDRESSES & RETREATS
“Gould Holiness
Lectures”
* Eastern Nazarene College
* Quincy, MA (March 2007)
“Holiness and Leviticus"
*
Revisioning Holiness Conference
* Northwest
Nazarene University (Feb. 2007)
"The Apocalypse &
The Environment”
* Joint meeting of the Sierra Club & American Scientific Affiliation
* Golden, CO
(Feb. 2005)
“Women & Ministry in Early Christianity”
* CCU Chapel (Oct. 2004)
“Encountering God
in the Wilderness”
* Interdenominational Men’s
Retreat
* Flaming Gorge, UT (July 2003)
“How to Avoid Ministry Burn-out”
* Tri-Lakes Chapel
*
Monument, Co (Jan. 2003)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Society of Biblical Literature
* Co-Chair (with F. Scott Spencer) Consultation on Acts
* SBL Consultation on Acts (National Meeting, 2003-011)
* Additional Steering Committee Members:
Loveday Alexander (Sheffield University)
Pamela Hedrick (Wheeling Jesuit University)
Mikeal Parsons (Baylor University)
F. Scott Spencer (Baptist Theological Seminary; co-chair)
Steve Walton (London School of Theology)
Society of Biblical Literature
* Program Committee (Rocky Mountain Region, 2002-05)
Society of Biblical Literature
* Copy editor (2004-06)
Religious and Theological Abstracts
* Abstracter since 1988, currently abstracting:
Expository Times
Horizons in Biblical Theology
Irish Biblical Studies
Proceedings of the Irish Biblical Association
Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
Research News & Opportunities in Science and Religion
* Copy editor (2002-03)
Edwin Mellen Press
* Consultant for New Testament
Publications (2005- )
American Association of University Professors
* Executive Committee (CO Convention, 2003-05)
* Academic
Policy Committee (CO Convention, 2003-05)
* State Web Designer & Coordinator (www.aaup-co.org)
Wesleyans in Theological Dialogue
* Scholarly Internet Discussion Group
* Moderator since 1995
MINISTERIAL CREDENTIALS
MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL (Church of the Nazarene)
CHURCH SERVICE
SAN DIEGO FIRST
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
*
Sunday School Co-teacher "Crosswalk" (2006- )
DENVER FIRST CHURCH (NAZARENE)
* Sunday School Teacher “Common Ground” (2003-05)
* Large Bible study class for young married couples
WOLLASTON CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
* Children’s Sunday School Teacher (1999-2001)
DALLAS CENTRAL CHURCH
* Sunday School Teacher (1994-98)
* Sunday School Superintendent (1995-98)
* Caravan Director (1996-98)
* Church Board Member (1995-98)
* Nursery Director & Attendant (1992-95)
CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS
Amnesty International
Audubon Society
Human Rights Watch
National Wildlife Federation
Nature Conservancy
Sierra Club
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Acts and Ethics, editor. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2005.
Acts in Diverse Frames of Reference. Macon: Mercer University Press, forthcoming (2008).
Contemporary Studies in Acts, editor. Macon: Mercer
University Press, forthcoming (under contract).
Literary Studies in Luke-Acts: Festschrift for Joseph B. Tyson, co-editor (with Richard P.
Thompson). Macon: Mercer University Press, 1998.
Paul, Letters and Acts, Library of Pauline Studies. Peabody: Hendrickson, forthcoming
(under contract).
SCHOLARLY ARTICLES
“Creation, Sin and Its Curse, and the People of God: An Intertextual Reading of Genesis
1-12 and Acts 1-7.” Horizons in Biblical Theology 25.2 (2003): 146-60.
“Finding the Wesleyan
Needle in the Cinematic Haystack: Seeking Sanctification in
Contemporary
Films.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 41.2 (Fall 2006): 242-51.
“The Genre of Acts: Moving Toward a Consensus?” Currents in Biblical Research 4.3
(2006): 365-96.
“The Mission of the Church in Acts: Inclusive or Exclusive?” Wesleyan Theological
Journal 38.1 (Spring 2003): 125-37.
“Narrative Characterizations of Peter and Paul in Early Christianity.” ARC: Journal of
the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University 30 (2002): 139-57.
“Palestinian Life and Politics as Feature Length Cinema.” Holy Land Studies 2.1 (2003):
109-14.
“Paul as a Role Model in Acts: The ‘We’-Passages in Acts 16 and Beyond.” Acts and
Ethics, 60-89. Sheffield: Sheffield
Phoenix Press, 2005.
“Prophets, Priests and
Godfearing Readers: The Priestly and Prophetic Traditions in
Luke-Acts.” Contemporary Studies in Acts. Macon: Mercer University Press, forthcoming.
“Reading Recent Readings of Wealth and Poverty in Luke and Acts.” Currents in
Biblical Research 1.2 (April 2003): 231-69.
“Revisiting Philo: Discussions of Wealth and Poverty in Philo’s Ethical Discourse.”
Journal for the Study of the New Testament 83 (2001): 111-21.
“Subtlety as a Literary Technique in Luke’s Characterization of Jews and Judaism.”
Literary Studies in Luke-Acts, 313-26. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1998.
“‘The Third Fifth Day?’ John 2:1 in Context.” Expository Times 115.10 (2004): 328-31.
“‘Will the Wise Person Get Drunk?’ The Background of the Human Wisdom in Luke 7:
35
and Matthew 11:19.” Journal of Biblical Literature (forthcoming).
Encyclopedia of Protestantism, s.v., “Coke,
Thomas.” “Mathews, Shailer.” “Sanctification.”
“WWJD.” Hans Hillerbrand,
ed. New York: Routledge Press, 2003.
Encyclopedia of Religion and Film, s.v., “Representations of
Protestants
(Denominational).” Eric Mazur, ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press,
forthcoming).
New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, s.v., “Captain.” Katharine Sakenfeld, ed.
Nashville: Abingdon, 2006.
“The AAUP’s Statement on Contingent Faculty and the Future of Biblical Studies.” SBL
Forum (Nov. 2003): http://www.sbl-site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleId=196.
“A Brief History of Benevolence.” Science and Spirit 14.3 (Sept.-Oct. 2003): 12-13.
“A Call to Humility: Reflections on the Events of September 11, 2001.” Research News
and Opportunities in Science and Theology
2.4 (Dec. 2001): 5; partially reprinted
in the Christian Science Sentinel.
Dec. 24, 2001, 5.
“Cosmologists: Scientific
Tools Can Lead to Christian Revelations.” Research News and
Opportunities in Science and Theology 4.2 (Oct. 2003): 11.
“Debunking the Idea of Race: New PBS Series Affirms Idea of Common Humanity.”
Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology 3.9 (May 2003): 16,
32.
“Global Poverty: Beyond Utopian Visions.” Christian Reflection 24 (2007): 11-18.
“Green in Golden.” Science and Theology News 5.7 (March 2005): 12.
“Harry Potter: A Myth for Our Times.” Science and Spirit 15.4 (July-August, 2004): 66-69.
“John Scopes, Black Hero?” Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology
3.8 (April 2003): 10.
“Study Notes on Luke.” Wesley Study Bible, ed. Joel Green. Nashville:
Abingdon,
forthcoming.
“Pray It Ain’t So.” Driftwood: Creative Arts Magazine 26 (2006): 43-52.
“Preaching the Bible …and
doing it Biblically: The Form and Function of Biblical
Texts (Parts I & II).” Preacher’s Magazine (Lent/Easter,
2004): 39-41; (Pentecost 2004): 48-51.
“‘Project Steve’ has Evolutionists Laughing: Tongue-in-Cheek List Mocks ID and
Remembers Gould.” Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology 3.8 (April 2003): 10.
“Researchers: The Brain Loses Plasticity as it Matures.” Research News and
Opportunities in Science and Theology 3.8 (April 2003): 1, 32.
“Was the Historical Jesus a Bad Stoic?” SBL Forum (Nov. 2004): http://www.sbl-site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleId=334.
“Wesleyan Perspectives on the Creation.” Research News and Opportunities in Science
and Theology 2.11/12 (July/August 2002): 12.
“What Did Jesus Do?” Living Christ: Paul’s Advice for Everyday Life, 19-27. Kansas
City: Beacon Hill, 2006.
“What Would You Do With a Million Dollars? Christian Priorities and Nuclear
Weapons.” Herald of Holiness. Feb. 1, 1989, 15.
ADULT BIBLE STUDY CIRRICULUM (All from Illustrated Bible Life)
“Commentary on 1 Corinthians.” IBL. Forthcoming.
“Commentary on 2 Timothy.” IBL. 31.1 (Sep.-Oct. 2007): 31-33, 35-37, 39-41, 43-45,
47-49, 51-53.
“Favorite Psalms…of the New Testament.” IBL. 25.2 (Dec.-Feb. 2001-02): 17-19.
“The Promise of the Holy Spirit: The Holy Spirit’s Guiding in the Gospel of Luke.” IBL 28.2 (Dec.-Feb. 2004-05): 17-19.
“The Sermon on the Plain.” IBL 30.2 (Dec.-Feb. 2006-07): 22-23.
BOOK REVIEWS
Review of Acts and the Isaianic New Exodus by David W. Pao. Horizons in Biblical
Theology 24.1 (2002): 137-38.
Review of The Book of
Acts as Church History—Apostelgeschichte als Kirchengeschichte
by
Tobias Nicklas and Michael Tilly, eds. Catholic Biblical Quarterly
67.1 (Jan. 2005): 189-91.
Review of The Brother of
Jesus: The Dramatic Story and Significance of the First
Archaeological Link to Jesus and His Family by Hershel Shanks
and Ben
Witherington, III. Research News
and Opportunities in Science and Theology 4.3 (Nov. 2003): 17.
Review of The Canonical Function of Acts: A Comparative Analysis by David E. Smith.
Catholic Biblical Quarterly 65 (2003): 300-01.
Review of Encyclopedia of
Religion and Nature, by Bron R. Taylor, ed. Science and
Theology News 5.11/12 (July/August 2005): 66.
Review of An Examined
Faith: The Grace of Self-Doubt by James M. Gustafson. Science
and Theology
News 4.1 (Sept. 2004): 27.
Review of Indiana Quakers Meet the Civil War by Jacquelyn S. Nelson. Newsletter of the
Indiana Genealogical Society 5 (Feb. 1993): 5.
Review of La Infancia de Jesus segun Lucas by Jose Miguel Garcia Perez and Mariano
Herranz Marco. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 64 (2002): 373-74.
Review of Introducing the New Testament by John Drane and of Introducing the New
Testament
by Paul J. Achtemeier, Joel B. Green, and Marianne Meye Thompson.
Wesleyan Theological Journal 37.2 (2002): 234-36.
Review of The Jesus Movement: A Social History of its First Century by Ekkehard W.
Stegemann and Wolfgang Stegemann. Wesleyan Theological Journal 37.1 (2002): 221-23.
Review of Oracles of Science: Celebrity Scientists versus God and Religion by Karl
Giberson and Mariano Artigas. Wesleyan Theological Journal forthcoming.
Review of Palestine & Palestinians: Guidebook by Sabri Giroud. Wesleyan Theological
Journal 41.2 (Fall 2006): 255-57.
Review of Past as Legacy: Luke-Acts and Ancient Epic by Marianne Palmer Bonz.
Wesleyan Theological Journal 37.2 (2002): 250-51.
Review of The Resurrection of the Son of God by N. T. Wright. Science and Theology News 4.6 (Feb. 2004): 27.
Review of “También a los Greigos (Hch 11,20): Factores del inicio de la missiona los
gentiles en Antioquía de Siria by Enrique Mena Salas. Catholic Biblical Quarterly forthcoming.
Review of They Came and They Saw: Western Christian Experiences in the Holy Land
by Michael Prior, ed. Wesleyan Theological Journal 37.2 (2002): 244-47.
Review of They Came and They Saw: Western Christian Experiences in the Holy Land
by Michael Prior, ed. Holy Land Studies: A Multidisciplinary Journal 2.2 (2004): 259-61.
Review of Variety in Religion and Science: Daily Reflections by Varadaraja V. Raman.
Science and Theology News 6.8 (April 2006): 37.
BOOK NOTES (All from Religious Studies Review)
Funk on Parables by Robert W. Funk. RSR (forthcoming).
James, Brother of Jesus by Pierre-Antoine Bernheim. RSR 27.1 (2001): 75.
Jesus & the Rise of Early Christianity by Paul Barnett. RSR 27.1 (2001): 75-76.
Preaching the Gospel of Luke: by Keith F. Nickle. RSR 27.2 (2001): 169.
Reading Biblical Narrative by J. P. Fokkelman. RSR 27.1 (2001): 70.
The Voice of Jesus in the Social Rhetoric of James by Wesley Hiram Wachob. RSR 27.1
(2001): 80.
The Word of God and the World of the Bible: An Introduction to the Cultural
Background of the New Testament by Peter J. Miano. RSR 28.3 (2002): 266.
MOVIE REVIEWS
Review of “Windtalkers” directed by John Woo, Journal of Religion and Film 6.2 (Oct.
2002): http://www.unomaha.edu/~wwwjrf/windtalkers.htm.
Review of “Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie” produced by Big Ideas Productions, Journal of
Religion and Film 6.2 (Oct. 2002): http://www.unomaha.edu/~wwwjrf/jonah.htm.
Review of “James’ Journey to Jerusalem” directed by Ra’anan Alexandrowicz, Journal of
Religion and Film 8.1 (April 2004): http://cid.unomaha.edu/~wwwjrf/Vol8No1/Reviews/JamesJourneyJerusalem.htm
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
“The Church in Acts: A New (and Fallen?) Creation” (paper presented at Conference for
Wesleyan Perspectives on the Creation, Center for Theology and the Natural
Sciences,
Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA, 12 April, 2002).
“Creation Themes in Acts and Genesis” (paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Rocky Mountain Region of the Society of Biblical Literature, Boulder, CO, 4 April 2003).
“Is Lady Wisdom Separated
from her Children or was Jesus just not Wise?” (Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the
Rocky Mountain Region of the Society of
Biblical
Literature, Denver, CO, 8 April 2005).
“Looking for a Wesleyan
Needle in a Cinematic Hay Stack: Seeking a Wesleyan Critique
of the Church in Contemporary Cinema” (Paper presented at the
annual meeting
of the Wesleyan Theological Society, Seattle Pacific University,
Seattle, WA, 5 March, 2005).
“Love as Self-Assertion: An Important Corrective to Wesleyan/holiness Theology”
(Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society,
Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN, 2 March 2001).
“The Mission of the Church in Acts: Inclusive or Exclusive?” (Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Wesleyan Theological
Society, Hobe Sound Bible College,
Hobe Sound, FL, 2 March 2002).
“Paul as Role Model in Acts”
(Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of
Biblical Literature,
San Antonio, TX, 21 Nov. 2004)
“The Problem with Miracles: Response to Jon Ruthven’s ‘Jesus as Rabbi’” (Paper
presented at the joint meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies and the
Wesleyan Theological Society, Lee University, Cleveland, TN, 13 March 1998).
“Rich Man, Poor Man: Paul and Peter in the Canonical and Non-Canonical Acts” (Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Region of the Society of
Biblical Literature,
Dallas, TX, 16 March, 1997).
“The Temporal Location of the Narrator of Acts” (Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Denver, CO, 18 Nov. 2001).
“Was Jesus Unwise?” (paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical
Literature,
Philadelphia, PA, 20 Nov. 2005).
“What One Must Do In Order To Inherit Eternal Life: Judaism and the Transformation
of
Worship in Luke’s Gospel” (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Wesleyan
Theological Society, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C., 6 Nov.
1996).
“What’s a Nice God Doing in World like This: A Trinitarian Theodicy” (Paper presented
at the annual meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, 4 March 2000).
“Wolfgang Iser: A Man with a Reading Strategy for Post-Modern Wesleyans?” (Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society, Southern
Nazarene
University, Bethany, OK, 6 March 1999).
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