Theodore Jennings

For the American football player, see Ted Jennings.

Theodore W. Jennings (Ted Jennings) is an American scholar, theologian and author. He is Professor of Biblical and Constructive Theology at the United Church of Christ's Chicago Theological Seminary, where he has previously served as Acting Academic Dean.[1] Jennings has gained a notoriety for his work on Ritual Studies,[2] the Messianic politics of Pauline discourse, and theological engagement with the work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer [3] and Jacques Derrida.

Biography

Jennings received his A.B. from Duke University in 1964, B.D. and Ph.D. from Emory University in 1967. He taught for three years at Seminario Metodista (Methodist Seminary) in Mexico City and is an ordained Methodist minister. His scholarly work and publications have focused on a broad array of topics, such as Methodism, ritual studies,[4] biblical hermeneutics, liberation theology, LGBT rights and queer theology, the politics of Pauline Messianism, and the work of Jacques Derrida.[5]

Works by Jennings

References

  1. faculty website, Chicago Theological Seminary
  2. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1203176 "On Ritual Knowledge," Theodore W. Jennings, The Journal of Religion , Vol. 62, No. 2 (Apr., 1982)
  3. "On Ritual Knowledge," Theodore W. Jennings, The Journal of Religion , Vol. 62, No. 2 (Apr., 1982), pp. 111-127
  4. faculty website, Chicago Theological Seminary

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