Brad Johnson

Education
Ph.D., 2006, University of Glasgow; Literature, Theology & the Arts

• Thesis: “The Character of Theology: Herman Melville and the Masquerade of Faith” (Examiners: Donald MacKenzie [Univ. of Glasgow] & Christopher Norris [Cardiff Univ.])

M.A., 1999, Cincinnati Christian University & Xavier University; Theological Studies / Philosophy of Religion

• Specialization: exclusivism and truth claims; non-Western religion
• Subsequently repudiated MA thesis  on salvific exclusivism that refuses to die amongst some missionary groups who insist on emailing me.

B.S., 1997, Cincinnati Christian University; Biblical Studies & Christian Ministry

• Summa cum laude

Books
The Characteristic Theology of Herman Melville: Aesthetics, Politics and Duplicity (in the final stages of peer-review with Northwestern UP).

Journal Articles

“Doing Justice to Justice: Reassessing Deconstructive Justice,” Political Theology (forthcoming)

“Making All Things New: The Aesthetics of Intentional Practice,” in After the Postsecular and Postmodern: New Essays in Continental Philosophy of Religion, eds. Daniel Whistler and Anthony Paul Smith (forthcoming, Cambridge Scholar’s Press)

Original Voice, Original Sin: Friedrich Schelling, Self-Becoming, and the Implications for Radical Theology,” Journal of Religion vol. 89 no. 2 (April 2009) [link (PDF)]

“Currency of a Calling,” Postscripts: The Journal of Sacred Texts and Contemporary Worlds vol. 2 no. 1 (2006) [abstract link]

“Poker With Pascal: Theology in the American Casino,” The Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory vol. 6 no. 1 (December, 2004). [link]

Book Reviews
Pardes, I. Melville’s Bibles (University of California Press, 2008), in Literature and Theology: An International Journal of Religion, Theory and Culture (forthcoming)

Mehtonen, P., Illuminating Darkness: Approaches to Obscurity and Nothingness in Literature (Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 2007), in Literature and Theology: An International Journal of Religion, Theory and Culture (forthcoming)

Crockett, C., ed., Religion and Violence in a Secular World: Toward a New Political Theology (University of Virginia Press, 2006) in Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities vol. 12 no. 1 (April 2007): 157-59

Altizer, T. Living the Death of God: A Theological Memoir (State University of New York Press, 2006), in Reviews in Religion and Theology vol. 14 no. 2 (2007): 279-81

Žižek, S. and Daly, G., Conversations with Žižek (Polity Press, 2003) in Literature and Theology: An International Journal of Religion, Theory and Culture vol. 19. no. 2 (June 2005): 184-86

Rayment-Pickard, H. Impossible God: Derrida’s Theology (Ashgate Press, 2003) in Reviews in Religion and Theology vol. 11 no. 3 (June 2004): 369-72

Clark, L. S. From Angels to Aliens: Teenagers, the Media, and the Supernatural (Oxford University Press, 2003) in Reviews in Religion and Theology vol. 11 no. 2 (April, 2004): 276-79

Kearney, R. Strangers, Gods and Monsters: Interpreting Otherness (Routledge, 2003) in Literature and Theology: An International Journal of Religion, Theory and Culture vol. 18. no. 2 (June 2004): 229-31

Gold, D. Aesthetics and Analysis in Writing on Religion: Modern Fascinations (University of California Press, 2003) in Literature and Theology: An International Journal of Religion, Theory and Culture vol. 18 no. 2 (June, 2004): 227-29

Conference Presentations and Panel Participation
“Friedrich Schelling’s Creation Myth,” Movement in Nothingness Conference, University of Houston, April 2008

Chair, “Theology and the Political: Reassessing Recent Turns,” Philosophy of Religion Group, American Academy of Religion National Conference, San Diego, CA. November 2007

“On Theodore Jennings’ Reading Paul/Thinking Derrida: On Justice,” Semiotics & Exegesis, Society of Biblical Literature / American Academy of Religion National Conference, Washington, D.C., November 2006

“Fidelity, Repression, and the Messianic: A Dialogue with the Pauline Secret,” Reading Theory & the Bible, Society of Biblical Literature / American Academy of Religion National Conference, Washington, D.C., November 2006

“Currency of a Calling,” Reading Theory & The Bible, Society of Biblical Literature / American Academy of Religion National Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 2005

Respondent, “Theological Humanism” panel, The International Society for Religion, Literature, and Culture, Uppsala University (Uppsala, Sweden), October 2004

“Strange Contagions: Original Voice, Original Sin,” First Annual Scottish Conference on Creative Writing, University of Glasgow, June 2004

“Poker With Pascal: Theology in the American Casino,” Centre for the Study of Literature, Theology, and the Arts, University of Glasgow, May 2003

“‘See! thou art not double now, Nor only one!’: The Corresponding Character of Herman Melville,” Nineteenth-Century Letters Seminar, Centre for Whistler Studies, University of Glasgow, May 2003

“Being in and Out of Character: The Theological Significance of Herman Melville,” Characterizing Religion Conference, University of Glasgow, April 2003

“Naguib Mahfouz and Islamic Literature,” Centre for the Study of Literature, Theology, and the Arts, University of Glasgow, February 2003

“The Characterization of Melville and Theology,” Loughborough University, October 2002

“Theological Emergence: Complex-Adaptive Networks and the Evolution of the Modern Subject,” The International Society for Religion, Literature, and Culture, College of York, St. John, September 2002

“Learning How to Lose Pascal’s Wager,” Magic Conference, Faculty of Arts, University of Glasgow, June 2002

“Theological Endings: An Apocalyptic Romance,” University of Edinburgh, June 2002

“Gambling in the Desert,” Desert and Theology Conference, Glasgow School of Art, Nov. 2001

Fellowships and Awards
Heritage Scholarship, Cincinnati Christianity University
Barclay Fellowship, University of Glasgow
Lindlater Prize, University of Glasgow

Teaching
Lecturer, Hermeneutics, Cincinnati Christian University, 1999-2000, 2005

Lecturer, Religious Education Review: Buddhism, University of Glasgow, 2004-05

Lecturer, Introduction to Hermeneutics, University of Glasgow, 2003

Graduate Teaching Assistant, World Religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, and Chinese Religions, University of Glasgow, 2004

Graduate Teaching Assistant, World Religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam, University of Glasgow, 2003

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Biblical Studies (Hebrew Bible), University of Glasgow, 2003

Administration
Postgraduate Coordinator for the Centre for the Study of Literature, Theology, and the Arts, University of Glasgow, 2002-04

Co-Coordinator, “Being Religious: Cross-Currents in Phenomenology, Technology, Science and Religious Studies Conference,” University of Glasgow, May 2004

Coordinator, “Characterising Religion: Herman Melville and Religion Conference,” University of Glasgow, April 2003

Languages
French, German, Koinē Greek (reading).
Dutch/Flemish (developing speaking/reading fluency)

Professional Associations
American Academy of Religion
Society of Biblical Literature
International Society for Religion, Literature and Culture

References
Yvonne Sherwood, Senior Lecturer in Jewish Studies, University of Glasgow (Y.Sherwood@arts.gla.ac.uk)
David Jasper, Professor in Literature and Theology, University of Glasgow (D.Jasper@arts.gla.ac.uk)
Thomas J. J. Altizer, Professor Emeritus, State University of New York-Stony Brook (tjja@verizon.net)
Jon A. Weatherly, Academic Dean, Cincinnati Christian University (jon.weatherly@ccuniversity.edu)
Jason Wirth, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Seattle University (wirthj@seattleu.edu)