Adam C. English
Adam C. English
Department of Religion and Philosophy
Campbell University
P.O. Box 1029
Buies Creek, NC 27506
(910) 893-1679
This past year our department applied for and was granted a charter to start a new chapter of Theta Alpha Kappa, the National Religious Studies Honor Society. In the spring of 2007, we inducted the inaugural class of sixteen students who have achieved the necessary requirements. You must complete a minimum of 12 semester hours in Religion courses, attained a GPA of 3.5 in those courses, and attained a 3.0 overall GPA while at Campbell. So, congratulations to those who were inducted, it is a huge honor.
For more information, come by my office or check out the TAK website: http://www-hl.syr.edu/admin/tak/default.html
Also, keep your eyes and ears open for information about a Campbell University Study Abroad trip to Italy. Dr. Waldron is putting together a trip for summer 2008, led by Danny Rogers and myself. I will teach Introduction to Philosophy, a GCC humanities course and a required religion course, and an upper level Religion course on Roman Catholic theology and monastic community.
http://www.campbell.edu/academics/specprog/frgn.html
Academic Specialization: Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Theology,
Postmodern Thought, History of Christian Thought
Teaching Competence: Constructive Theology, Historical Theology, Philosophy, Ethics
Denominational Affiliation: Licensed and Ordained Baptist Minister
Education:
Baylor University, Waco, Texas 1999-2003
Major: Systematic Theology Ph.D.
Full Outside Minor: Philosophy
Dissertation: Structure, Mystery, Power:
The Christian Ontology of Maurice Blondel
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth 1996-1999
Major: Theology with emphasis in Christian Ethics M.A.
Minor: Pastoral Ministry
Thesis: The Gift of the Silent Akedah:
Interpreting the Silences of Genesis 22
Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene 1993-1996
Double Major: Applied Theology and English B.A.
Recent Positions Held:
Assistant Professor of Theology and Philosophy, Campbell University, 2003-
present
Teach upper-level systematic and historical theology, philosophy, Christian ethics, and a general core curriculum class on Introduction to Christianity
Advise approximately twenty-five undergraduate religion majors
Serve on multiple university committees, including the Honors Program, Internal Review Board and the Student Judiciary Committee. I currently chair the Faculty Development and Research Committee.
Adjunct Instructor, Baylor University, 2002-2003
Taught New Testament Survey
Graduate Assistant, Baylor University, 1999-2002
Assisted Bob Patterson, Jeff Hensley, and Bill Pitts at various times
Youth and Children's Minister, Garden Acres Baptist Church, 1996-1999
Led Bible studies, organized activities, performed administrative tasks
Honors and Awards:
Selected to attend Young Scholars in the Baptist Academy, Regents Park, Oxford
University, U.K., August 3-7, 2005
Selected to attend Young Scholars in the Baptist Academy week-long seminar,
Georgetown, KY, June 9-13, 2004
Scholar in residence at the Hong and Hong Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College,
Minnesota, 2000
Albert Venting Jr. Memorial Award, 1999
Curtis Vaughan New Testament Greek Award, 1997
All-American Scholar Collegiate Award, 1996
Second Annual Follett Research Contest first place award, 1996
Derek Bennett Memorial Award, 1996
Publications:
Review of Violence, Hospitality and the Cross, by Hans Boersma, Review and Expositor,
forthcoming.
Review of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Theological Aesthetics: A Model for Post-Critical
Biblical Interpretation, by W. T. Dickens and The Ethical Thought of Hans Urs von Balthasar. By Christopher Steck, Perspectives in Religious Studies, forthcoming.
The Possibility of Christian Philosophy: Maurice Blondel at the Intersection of
Philosophy and Theology, Routledge Radical Orthodoxy Series. New York: Routledge Press, 2007.
“A War of Words: Misdirected Christian Arguments in the Current Debate on War,”
Christian Ethics Today 12.5 (Christmas 2006), 12-15.
Roger Olson and Adam English, Pocket History of Theology, InterVarsity Press, 2005.
Review of the new Fortress edition of Ethics, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Christian Ethics
Today (Fall 2005), 29-30.
Review of Speech and Theology by James K. A. Smith, Review and Expositor 102.2
(Spring 2005), 335-6.
“A Conspiracy to Rival the Da Vinci Code,” Christian Ethics Today (May-June 2005),
27-8.
Review of Being Reconciled by John Milbank, Review and Expositor 101.4 (Fall 2004),
780-2.
"Christian Reconstructionism after Y2K: Gary North, the New Millennium, and Religious Freedom." New Religious Movements and Religious Liberty in America. Edited by Derek Davis and Barry Hankins. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2002, 2nd edition 2003.
"A Ketchup Bottle, Saint Paul, and a Good Joke: The Surprising Moral Value of Humor." Christian Ethics Today (October 2002), 26-7.
"Feeding Imagery in the Gospel of John." Perspectives in Religious Studies 28.3 (Fall
2001), 203-214.
Review of Introduction to Christian Theology edited by Roger Badham, The Twentieth Century: A Theological Overview edited by Gregory Baum, and Theology and Critical Theory 2nd ed.,Graham Ward. Perspectives in Religious Studies 28.2 (Summer 2001), 195-7.
Review of Deconstructing Jesus by Robert Price. Journal of Church and State 43.2
(Spring 2001), 347-8.
Review of What in the World is God Doing? by Lee Snook. Journal of Church and State 42.2 (Spring 2000), 369-70.
Professional Presentations:
“Response to John Bartlett on Ecology and Moral Responsibility,” Campbell University Faculty Orientation, August 18, 2006.
“The New Academic Freedom and the Changing Face of Baptist Higher Education.” Presented at Young Scholars in the Baptist Academy, Regents Park, Oxford University, August 4, 2005.
“Response to Curtis Freeman on Baptists and the Trinity,” NABPR Meeting at Large, June 2005.
“A War of Words: Misdirected Christian Arguments in the Current Debate on War.” Presented at Southwest Conference on Religious Studies, Dallas, March 2005.
"Maurice Blondel's Synthesis of the Natural Sciences and a Theistic Philosophy of Action." Presented at the Nineteenth Century Theology Group, AAR, in Toronto, Canada, November, 2002. Also published in Papers of the Nineteenth Century Theology Group 33 (Colorado Springs: Colorado College, 2002), 92-109.
"The Gift of Anxiety: At the Social Root of the Uneasy Practice of Giving in America." Presented with Nancy Spears at regional meeting of ASSR in Irving, TX, and published in their proceedings, March 2002.
"Christian Reconstructionism after Y2K." Presented at conference on New Religious Movements and Religious Liberty, Waco, March 2001 and at national annual meeting AAR in Denver, November 2001.
"Kierkegaard's Cartesian Dolls/Devils/Divers: A Reading of the Fragments." Presented at Baylor University Scholar's Day in Waco, February 2001.
"Feeding Imagery in the Gospel of John." Presented at national annual meeting SBL in Nashville, November 2000.
"An Unwanted Resource? Scriptural Stories in Jewish-Christian-Muslim Dialogues." Presented at regional meeting Society of Christian Philosophers in Waco, April 2000.
"The Gift of the Silent Akedah." Presented at roundtable session at national annual meeting AAR in Boston, November 1999.
Professional Memberships:
American Academy of Religion, 1995-present
Nineteenth Century Theology Working Group, 2002-present
National Association of Baptist Professors, 2001-present
Baptist Association of Philosophy Teachers, 2004-present
Christian Theological Research Fellowship, 2004-present
Professional Activities:
Applied for and was granted a local chapter of Theta Alpha Kappa, the National
Honor Society for Religious Studies. I also serve as the moderator and advisor for this student honor society.
Invited Attendee at Shaw University Workshop on Teaching Political
Engagement, April 2006
Attended the NABPR Meeting at Large, June 2-5, 2005, Spring Hill College.
Presided over Philosophy of Religion & Theology session at Southwest
Conference of Religious Studies, Dallas, March 2005
Paid consultant for Acumen Publishing, Limited. Provided reader’s report on a
five volume set on the History of Western Philosophy of Religion.
Researcher at the Maurice Blondel Archives in Louvain-la-Nouve, Belgium,
Summer 2002
President of Graduate Theological Fellowship, Baylor, 2000-2
Initiated and led Graduate Theological Colloquium, Baylor, 2001-2
Founder and president of Theological Ethics Association, SWBTS, 1998
Community Service:
Currently serve as interim minister at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Willow
Springs, NC, Feb 2006-present
Serve as faculty advisor for student-led Uncovered Bible Study, 2004-present
Member of the Ekklesia Project, 2003-present
Royal Ambassador leader for 1-3 graders, Memorial Baptist Church, Buies Creek,
NC, 2003-2006