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Theodore W. Jennings, Jr.
Acting Academic Dean & Professor of Biblical and Constructive Theology
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A.B., Duke University, 1964; B.D. and Ph.D., Emory University,
1967, 1971.
Author: Jacob’s Wound: Homoerotic Narrative in the Literature of
Ancient Israel (Continuum, 2005); Reading Derrida, Thinking Paul: On
Justice (Stanford University Press, 2005); The Insurrection of the
Crucified: The ‘Gospel of Mark’ as Theological Manifesto (Exploration
Press, 2003); The Man Jesus Loved: Homoerotic Narratives from the
New Testament (Pilgrim Press, 2003); Santidad bìblica (Seminario
Metodista de Mexico, 2002); Loyalty to God: The Apostles Creed in
Life and Liturgy (Abingdon Press, 1992); Good News to the Poor: John
Wesley’s Evangelical Economics (Abingdon Press, 1990); Beyond
Theism: A Grammar of God-Language (Oxford University Press, 1985).
Professor Jennings served as a local pastor and taught for three
years at the Methodist Seminary in Mexico City. He also served as
a consultant with the United Methodist Church on issues related
to commitment to the poor. He also helped initiate the gay and
lesbian studies program at CTS and has traveled and lectured
extensively in Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Jennings’ research interests include Christian doctrine, biblical
theology, gay studies, contemporary late modern philosophy,
especially that represented by Jacques Derrida and “deconstruction.”
He also writes, particularly in Spanish, on Wesleyan theology.
“The Word of God must be released from the imprisoning forms that
have made it serve the interests of the powerful and prosperous so
that we may again hear good news for the poor, the despised, the
oppressed, and the broken hearted. This work of the reformation of
Christian teaching does not belong to ‘the experts’ but to all who
are grasped by the gospel and are called to co-responsibility within
the community of faith. In the seminary we provide people with the
tools for this task and a community of mutual accountability that
respects our diversity and witnesses to our unity in the Spirit.”
Sample courses:
Atonement: The Theology of The Cross
Derrida and Theology
Frontier Questions in Gay Ethics
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