Jeanine Thweatt-Bates
Curriculum Vitae
January 2014
EDUCATION
2010 Ph.D.,
Theology and Science, Princeton Theological
Seminary
2002 M.A.,
History & Theology, Abilene
Christian University
1998 B.A.,
English Literature, Harding
University
PROFESSIONAL
APPOINTMENTS
2014 Princeton Theological Seminary, Adjunct Instructor
2013-2014 The College of New Jersey, Adjunct Instructor
2011-12New Brunswick
Theological Seminary, Assistant Professor of Theology
2013-2014 The College of New Jersey, Adjunct Instructor
2011-12
2010 New Brunswick
Theological Seminary, Adjunct Instructor
2004, 2005 Abilene Christian University
1999 Harding University
PUBLICATIONS
Books
2012 Cyborg Selves: A Theological Anthropology of
the Posthuman. Ashgate Religion
and Science
Series. Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing.
Refereed Journal
Articles
2009 “Flesh
and Eternal Flesh: Response to Meredith Minister,” Koinonia 20.
2009 “Too
Much Faith in Progress?: Alexander Campbell and the Transhumanists,”
Leaven, 17.2: 89-92.
2009 “How
to Talk Theology & Science, Rationally,”Stone-Campbell
Journal 12: 31-8.
2008 “Creation
and New Creation in 1 Corinthians 11,” Leaven 16.2.
2003 “Chaos
and the Problem of Evil,” Stone-Campbell Journal 6: 53-70.
Book Chapters
2011 “Feminism,
Religion and Science.” In Routledge
Companion to Religion and
Science, edited by James Haag, Michael Spezio and Gregory Peterson,
New York :
Routledge.
2011 “Artificial Wombs and Cyborg
Births: Postgenderism and Theology.” In Transhumanism
and Transcendence: Christian Hope in an Age of Technological Enhancement,
edited by Ron Cole-Turner, Georgetown University Press.
2011 “Posthuman Selves: Bodies,
Cognitive Processes, and Technologies.” In In
Search of Self: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Personhood, edited by J.
Wentzel van Huyssteen and Erik Wiebe, Grand
Rapids : Eerdmans.
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, Lexington Books.
Book Reviews
2011 The Religion and Science Debate: Why Does It Continue? edited by
Harold W. Attridge. Restoration Quarterly
53.3: 185-7.
2010 A Science and Religion Primer, edited by Heidi A. Campbell and
Heather Looy. Stone-Campbell Journal
13.2: 251.
2006 How to Relate Science and Religion: A Multidimensional Model, by
Mikael Stenmark. Theology Today 63:
135-6.
2004 The Problem of Evil in the Western Tradition: From the Book of Job to
Modern Genetics, by Joseph A. Kelly. Stone-Campbell Journal 7.
Other
Publications
2009 “Religion and Science.” In The Transforming Word: A One Volume Bible
Commentary, edited by Mark Hamilton, et al. Abilene , TX
2008 “Perfect
Righteousness.” Leaven, 16.1: 41-44.
Forthcoming
Publications
Theological commentary in Abingdon Theological Companion to the
Lectionary, edited by Paul Scott Wilson, Nashville : Abingdon Press.
Review of The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say About Human
Origins, by Peter Ennis. Restoration
Quarterly.
Review of The Eighth Day: Why Christianity and Science Need to Dialog to Make
Sense of the Creation, by Charles Prince. Restoration Quarterly.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2008-09 Abraham
J. Malherbe Graduate Fellowship Award
2007-08 Christian
Scholarship Foundation Award
2003-07 Judith Dudley Folk Templeton Memorial
Scholarship
2002 Outstanding
Thesis Award, Abilene
Christian University
2000-02 Graduate
School of Theology
Scholarship, Abilene
Christian University
1998 Outstanding
English Major, Harding
University
1994-98 National
Merit Scholarship, Harding
University
INVITED TALKS
2012 “Darwin
and Theology,” Princeton Theological Seminary,
Sept 13 and 20
2009 “Theological Anthropology and
the Posthuman,” Princeton Theological
Seminary, Dec 1
2009 “Posthuman Embodiment and the
Image of God,” Princeton Theological Seminary,
Oct 22
2009 “Divine Embodiment and Human
Embodiment in Mechthild’s Account of Creation and Recreation,” Koinonia Forum,
Princeton Theological Seminary, March 4
CONFERENCE
PARTICIPATION
Panels Organized
2012 “New Brunswick Theological Seminary’s
Anti-Racism Initiative: Creating the ‘Beloved Community’ within Institutions of
Theological Education,” Christian Scholars Conference, June 9
2012 “Technology and Transcendence:
Christian Responses to Transhumanism,” Christian Scholars Conference, June 8
2011 “Theology, Science,
and the Hermeneutics of Interdisciplinary Reason,” Christian
Scholars
Conference, June 16
Papers Presented
2012 “Not without the Others: Volf
and Haraway on Gendered Humanity,” Christian Scholars Conference, June 8
2012 “Feminism,
Religion, Science & Technology: Cyborg Selves,” Christian Scholars
Conference, June 8
2011 “Cyborgs, Dogs and Jesus: the
Worldly and Religious Figures of Donna Haraway,” American Academy
2011 “Introducing
Science for Ministry,” Christian Scholars Conference, June 18
2010 “Prosthetic Beauty: Posthuman
Bodies, Technology and Theology,” Christian Scholars Conference, June 3
2010 “A Review of Susan Campbell’s Dating Jesus,” Christian Scholars
Conference, June 5
2010 “Theology and Science Together
Again?: A Prelude to CSC 2011,” Christian Scholars Conference, June 5
2008 “The Glorified Body?
Transhumanist Dualism and Theological Anthropology,” American Academy
2007 “How to Talk Theology and
Science…Rationally,” Christian Scholars Conference
2004 “Particularity
and the Evolution of Morality,” American
Academy
2002 “Chaos
and the Problem of Evil,” Stone-Campbell Journal Conference
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010-12 Science
for Ministry Institute Instructor, Princeton
Theological Seminary
Questions in Theology and Science
(co-taught with Kenneth Reynhout)
The Human Person in a Technological
Age (face to face and online)
2005-07 Teaching
Fellow, Princeton Theological Seminary
Science Fiction,
Eschatology and Social Criticism
Systematic
Theology I and II
Theology and Film
2002-03 Foreign
Expert, Hunan University
1998-99 Foreign
Teacher, Hubei Teacher’s College
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2004-05 Research
Assistant to J. Wentzel van Huyssteen, Princeton Theological Seminary
2000-02 Graduate
Assistant to Frederick D. Aquino, Abilene
Christian University
2000 Graduate
Assistant to Douglas Foster, Abilene
Christian University
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
2013 Scholarship Selection Cmte, Faith and Education Scholarship Fund
2011-present Christian Scholars Conference Faith and Science Session Planning Committee
2011-present Christian Scholars Conference Faith and Science Session Planning Committee
2004-06 Co-moderator,
Koinonia Fellowship, Princeton Theological Seminary
CHURCH/PARACHURCH
INVOLVEMENT
2011 Board member, World Convention
of Christian Churches/Churches of Christ/Disciples of Christ
2006-10 Leadership Team, Christ’s Church for Brooklyn
2005 Steering
Committee, Gender Justice and Churches of Christ (www.gal328.org)
Regular Parish
Forum speaker and supply preacher
MEDIA APPEARANCES
2013 “On
Women in Ministry with Jen Thweatt-Bates,” On Pop Theology, http://www.onpoptheology.com/2013/08/on-pop-theology-podcast-episode-34-on.html
2010 “Getting it Right and Wrong all
at the Same Time,” Half the Church, http://halfthechurch.wordpress.com/htc-podcast
RELATED PROFESSIONAL
SKILLS
2009 Attended online course design
workshop, Princeton
Theological Seminary
Center
for Continuing
Education; online teaching and course design experience.
COURSES TAUGHT
Introduction to Philosophy
Human Origins & Ends: Evolution, Technology & Theological Anthropology
Foundations of Theology I & II
Human Origins & Ends: Evolution, Technology & Theological Anthropology
Foundations of Theology I & II
The Human Person in a Technological Age
Questions in Theology and Science
Introduction to the Old Testament
Christianity in Culture
Teaching Competencies: systematic and historical theology;
philosophical theology; constructive and interdisciplinary theology; philosophy
of religion; Christian ethics and bioethics; religion & science
LANGUAGES
Greek, can read with dictionary
Classical Latin, can read with dictionary
Italian, conversational
German, can read with dictionary
French, can read with dictionary
Spanish, beginning independent study
PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Postcolonial Theology Network 2009 – present
References available on request.
