Todd H. Speidell
Todd H. Speidell The Rev. Dr. Todd Henry Speidell (born 31 July 1957) is a professional theologian, independent scholar, and private tutor. He is currently Lecturer in Theology at Montreat College (in Montreat, NC), Editor of Participatio: The Journal of the Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship, and General Editor of The Ray S. Anderson Collection (Wipf and Stock Pub. Co.). His most recent jobs were as Director of Education at The Village Academy of Village Behavioral Health (in Louisville, TN), and Director of College Prep Academy of West Knoxville (in Knoxville, Tennessee).
Born in Chicago, Illinois, he is the second child of Rev. Henry and Ruth Speidell, who raised him in Paterson, New Jersey, and is a relative of Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel. He earned his B.A. in Psychology from Gordon College in 1975, and his M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary in 1983 and 1986 respectively. His theological mentors were Ray S. Anderson, Geoffrey W. Bromiley, and J.B. and T.F. Torrance.
He has served as professor, chaplain, or administrator at University of California at Los Angeles, American Baptist Seminary of the West, Fuller Theological Seminary, Knoxville College, Webb School of Knoxville, Tennessee Wesleyan College, College Prep Academy of West Knoxville, The Village Academy, and Montreat College.
Bibliography
From Conduct to Character: A Primer in Ethical Theory. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 1998.
Confessions of a Lapsed Skeptic: Acknowledging the Mystery and Manner of God. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 1999.
On Hearing the Truth: An Epistemology of the Ear in a Postmodern World. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2006.
Editor and Contributor, Incarnational Ministry: The Presence of Christ in Church, Society, and Family. Colorado Springs, Colorado: Helmers & Howard, 1990.
Editor and Contributor, On Being Christian... and Human. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2002.
Editor, On Being a Person: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Personality Theories. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, 2002.
"The Incarnation as the Hermeneutical Criterion for Liberation and Reconciliation." Scottish Journal of Theology 40 No. 2 (1987): 249-258.
"A Trinitarian Ontology of Persons in Society." Scottish Journal of Theology 47 No. 3 (1994): 283-300.
"God, Woody Allen, and Job." Christian Scholar's Review XXIX:3 (Spring. 2000): 551-561. Guest Editor, Edification: Journal of the Society for Christian Psychology. 1 (2007)