JTB CV

Jennifer Jeanine Thweatt-Bates
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy (Theology & Philosophy), 2010
summa cum laude
Princeton Theological Seminary – Princeton, New Jersey
Dissertation: The Cyborg Christ:Theological Anthropology, Christology and the Posthuman

Master of Arts (History & Theology), May 2002
Abilene Christian University – Abilene, Texas
Thesis: “Chaos Theory and the Problem of Evil”

Bachelor of Arts (English Literature), May 1998
Harding University – Searcy, Arkansas


EXPERIENCE


Assistant Professor of Theology, fall 2011-spring 2012
New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, NJ 
  • Responsible for constructing syllabi and teaching Foundations of Theology I & II, on St. Johns (Queens) and New Brunswick campuses

Instructor, January 2010 - present
Science for Ministry Institute
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey

  • Co-taught full-length (5 day) core course, "Questions in Theology and Science," in January and April
  • Developed curriculum for and taught one elective course entitled "The Human Person in a Technological Age" in August
  • Moderator for SFM online community
  • Currently developing online course format and content for "Human Person in Technological Age" elective, and instructional process for online conversion for future courses
Adjunct Instructor, spring 2010
New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, NJ
  • Taught two sections of required course TH402 (Foundations of Theology II), on New Brunswick and St. Johns University (Queens) campuses.

Preceptor, Spring 2005 – Spring 2007
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey
  • Taught three precept sections of “Science Fiction, Eschatology and Social Criticism” (ED 325) for Dr. Richard Osmer
  • Taught three precept sections of “Systematic Theology I” (TH 221) for Drs. William Stacy Johnson and Mark Lewis Taylor, Fall 2006
  • Assisted as part-time preceptor for “Theology and Film” for Drs. Ellen Charry and Joe Kickasola in Spring 2006
  • Taught three precept sections of “Systematic Theology II” (TH 222) for Drs. Ellen T. Charry and George Hunsinger in Fall 2005
  • Taught three precept sections of “Systematic Theology I” (TH 221) for Drs. William Stacy Johnson and Mark Lewis Taylor in Spring 2005
Research Assistant, Spring 2004 – Spring 2005
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey
Dr. J. Wentzel van Huyssteen
  • Research, proofreading, and editing of Dr. van Huyssteen’s 2004 Gifford Lectures and book manuscript, Alone in the World? Human Uniqueness in Science and Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2006).
  • Guest lectures for “Theology in an Age of Science” (TH415) on February 2 and March 17 
Adjunct Instructor, Summers of 2004, 2005
Abilene Christian University Abilene, Texas
  • Taught one online section of “Message of the Old Testament” (Summer 2005)
  • Taught two sections of “Christianity in Culture” (Summer 2004)  
Graduate Assistant, January 2000 – May 2002
Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas
  • Assisted in the research, proofreading, and editing of Dr. Frederick Aquino’s Ph.D. dissertation from August 2000 to May 2002
  • Organized Stone-Campbell historical documents in the Center for Restoration Studies for Dr. Doug Foster from January to May 2000
Adjunct Instructor, Fall 1999
Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas
  • Taught two sections each of freshmen and sophomore composition
Foreign Teacher/Foreign Expert, 1998-99; 2002-2003
Wuhan, Hubei Province; Changsha, Hunan Province, P.R. China
  • Taught conversational English and composition (EFL) to all levels and ages

BOOKS

ARTICLES
  • Response to Meredith Minister, "Flesh and Eternal Flesh: A Response to Meredith Minister," Koinonia Journal 20 (2009).
  • "Too Much Faith in Progress?: Alexander Campbell and the Transhumanists," Leaven 17.2 (2009): 89-92.
  • "How to Talk Theology and Science...Rationally." Stone-Campbell Journal, 12.1 (2009): 31-38.
  • “Creation and New Creation in 1 Corinthians 11.” Leaven 16.2 (2008).
  • “Perfect Righteousness.” Leaven 16.1 (2008): 41-44.
  • “Chaos and the Problem of Evil.” Stone-Campbell Journal 6 (Spring 2003): 53–70.



CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDITED VOLUMES
  • Contributions to The New Interpreter's Theological Companion to the Lectionary, co-authored with Stephen Johnson. edited by Paul Scott Wilson. Nashville: Abingdon Press, forthcoming.
  • "Feminism, Religion and Science," in The Routledge Companion to Religion and Science, edited by James Haag, Gregory Peterson and Michael Spezio. New York: Routledge, 2011.
  • "Artificial Wombs and Cyborg Births: Postgenderism and Theology," Transhumanism and Transcendence: Christian Perspectives on the Growing Power of Technology to Change What it Means to Be Human, edited by Ron Cole-Turner, Georgetown University Press, 2011.
  • "The Posthuman Self," in In Search of Self: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Personhood, edited by J. Wentzel van Huyssteen and Erik Wiebe, 2011.
  • “Religion and Science.” In The Transforming Word: A One Volume Bible Commentary, edited by Mark Hamilton, et al. Abilene, TX: Abilene Christian University Press, 2009.
  • "Bound in the Spiral Dance: spirituality and technology in the third wave." Co-authored with Anna Mercedes. In Feminist Spirituality: The Next Generation, edited by Chris Klassen. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009.



REVIEWS
  • Review of The Religion and Science Debate: Why Does It Continue?, edited by Harold W. Attridge. Restoration Quarterly, 2011.
  • Review of A Science and Religion Primer, edited by Heidi A. Campbell and Heather Looy. Stone-Campbell Journal, forthcoming.
  • Review of How to Relate Science and Religion: A Multidimensional Model, by Mikael Stenmark. Theology Today 63 (April 2006): 135-6.
  • Review of The Problem of Evil in the Western Tradition: From the Book of Job to Modern Genetics, by Joseph A. Kelly. Stone-Campbell Journal 7 (2004).



PRESENTATIONS
  • "Prosthetic Beauty: Posthuman Bodies, Technology and Theology," "A Review of Susan Campbell's Dating Jesus," and "Theology and Science Together Again?: A Prelude to Christian Scholars’ Conference 2011.”Christian Scholars Conference, June 3-5 2010, Lipscomb University, Nashville TN.
  • Invited Lecture, for TH 3464 (Theological Anthropology: Created in the Image of God), Princeton Theological Seminary, December 1, 2009.
  • Invited Lecture, “Theological Post/anthropology,” for TH 2100 (Introduction to Systematic Theology), Princeton Theological Seminary, October 22, 2009.
  • Response to Meredith Minister, "Divine Embodiment and Human Embodiment in Mechthild's Account of Creation and Re-creation." Koinonia Journal Forum, March 4, 2009.
  • "The Glorified Body?: Transhumanist Dualism and Theological Anthropology." Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Chicago, November 2008.
  • "Olive Trees and Cyborgs: Christian Identities." ACU Lectureship, Abilene, TX, September 2008.
  • “How to Talk Theology and Science…Rationally.” Christian Scholars Conference, Rochester, MI, June 2007.
  • “Particularity and the Evolution of Morality.” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, TX, November 2004.
  • “Chaos and the Problem of Evil.” Stone-Campbell Journal Conference, St. Louis, MO, March 2002.

MEDIA APPEARANCES



CHURCH/PARACHURCH INVOLVEMENT
  • Guest speaker, "Olive Trees and Cyborgs," Calvary Episcopal Church, February 22, 2009.
  • Speaker, "Christian Vocation within a Priesthood of All Believers," Women in Ministry Conference, Manhattan Church of Christ, New York NY, May 2008.
  • Occasional preaching/teaching for Christ's Church for Brooklyn, New York, NY, September 2007-present.
  • Guest Speaker, “Stem Cell Research and Christian Ethics,” Pluckemin Presbyterian Church, Pluckemin, NJ (May 6, 2007)
  • Guest Speaker for Theology and Science Workshop, Collingswood Presbyterian Church, Collingswood, NJ (November 5, 2006)
  • Guest Preacher at West Islip Church of Christ, West Islip, New York (September 19, 2004; May 29,
  • 2005; July 24, 2005; August 14, 2005).
  • “It’s Getting Better All the Time: Technology, Progress and the End of the World,” 87th Annual Bible Lectureship, Abilene Christian University, February 2005.
  • Steering Committee Member, Gender Justice and Churches of Christ (http://www.gal328.org/), 2005 – Present.
  • Leadership Team Member, Christ’s Church for Brooklyn, New York, NY, January - June 2006; October 2007-present.
  • House Church Mission; Wuhan, P. R. China (1998–99); Changsha, P. R. China (2002–03).



HONORS
Outstanding Thesis Award, Abilene Christian University, 2002
Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Harding University, 1998
Outstanding English Major, Harding University, 1997–98
Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1998
National Dean’s List, 1998



SCHOLARSHIPS
Christian Scholarship Foundation Award, 2007-08
Judith Dudley Folk Templeton Memorial Scholarship, Princeton Theological Seminary, 2003–07
Graduate School of Theology Scholarship, Abilene Christian University, 2000–02
National Merit Scholarship, Harding University, 1994–98


ORGANIZATIONS
 
American Academy of Religion (2004 – present)
Postcolonial Theology Network (2009 - present)
World Convention (Christian Churches, Churches of Christ, Disciples of Christ) board member (2010-present)
 DONA International (2010 - present) 
Co-moderator of Koinonia Fellowship, Princeton Theological Seminary (2004 – 2006)


TEACHING COMPETENCIES
 
systematic, philosophical and constructive theology
philosophy of religion
Christian ethics and bioethics
religion and science
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