Dr. pool
Jeff B. Pool, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Religion
Director of the Campus Christian Center

Education

Ph.D. The University of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois

Theology: 1994

Dissertation: God’s Wounds: Structure and Dynamism in the Christian

Symbol of Divine Suffering

M.A. Texas Christian University; Fort Worth, Texas

Philosophy: 1980

Thesis: An Analysis of the Central Relationship Between Ethics

and Hermeneutics in the Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur

M.Div. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Fort Worth, Texas

Hebrew Scriptures: 1979

B.A. Wayland Baptist University; Plainview, Texas

Religion and Philosophy: 1975

 

Teaching Experience

Berea College: Berea, Kentucky

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion: July 2003 — present

Director, Campus Christian Center: July 2003 — present

Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University: Fort Worth, Texas

Research Scholar: June 2002-August 2003

Professor of Theology: 2000-02

Director of Baptist Studies: 2001-02

Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program: 2000-01

Acting Director of Baptist Studies: 1999-2001

Lecturer in Theology: 1998-2000

University of Tartu / Korgem Usuteaduslik Seminar: Tartu, Estonia

Visiting Professor of Theology: Spring 2003

Southern Methodist University: Dallas, Texas

Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies: Spring 2003

Tarrant County College: Fort Worth, Texas

Adjunct Professor of Philosophy: Spring 2003

International Baptist Theological Seminary: Prague, The Czech Republic

Visiting Professor of Theology: 1998

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary: Fort Worth, Texas

Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology: 1992-97

Phillips Graduate Seminary: Tulsa and Enid, Oklahoma

Instructor of Systematic Theology and Ethics: 1989-92

DeLourdes College: Des Plaines, Illinois

Instructor in Philosophy: 1982-83

Seward County Community College: Liberal, Kansas

Instructor in Religion: 1980-81

 

Professional Development

Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University: Fort Worth, Texas

Research Scholar: June 2002-August 2003

University of Melbourne, Whitley College: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Visiting Professor and Research Scholar: Summer 2001

International Baptist Theological Seminary: Prague, The Czech Republic

Visiting Professor and Research Scholar: Spring 1998

Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University: Dallas, Texas

Visiting Scholar: 1995-96

Additional Professional Experience

Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University: Fort Worth, Texas

Special Assistant to the President: 2001-02

Assistant to the President in Development: 2000-01

Director of the Annual Fund: 1998-2000

University of Chicago: Chicago, Illinois

College Academic Advisor: 1988-89

College Resident Head, Dewey House: 1984-89

Hugoton Baptist Church (ABC/USA): Hugoton, Kansas

Pastor: 1980-82

 

 

 

Selected Publications

Books

Through The Tempest: Theological Voyages in a Pluralistic Culture by Langdon Gilkey.  Editor.  Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991.

Sacred Mandates of Conscience: Studies of the Baptist Faith and Message.  Editor.  Macon, Georgia: Smyth & Helwys Publishing Company, 1997.

Against Returning to Egypt: Exposing and Resisting Credalism in the Southern Baptist Convention.  Macon: Mercer University Press, 1998.

The Theology of Langdon Gilkey: Systematic and Critical Studies.  Co-editor with Kyle A. Pasewark.  Macon: Mercer University Press, 1999.

 

Articles in Journals, Chapters in Books

"Baptist Infidelity to the Principle of Religious Liberty."  Perspectives in Religious Studies 17 (Spring 1990): 13-20.

 " 'Sacred Mandates of Conscience': A Criteriology of Credalism for Theological Method among Baptists."  Perspectives in Religious Studies 23 (Winter 1996): 353-86.

"Christ, Conscience, Canon, Community: Web of Authority in the Baptist Vision."Perspectives in Religious Studies 24 (Winter 1997): 417-45.

"Conscience and Interpreting Baptist Tradition."  In Sacred Mandates of  Conscience: Interpreting The Baptist Faith and Message.  Edited by Jeff B. Pool.  Pp. 1-36.  Macon, Georgia: Smyth & Helwys Publishing Company, 1997.

"Chief Article of Faith: The Preamble of The Baptist Faith and Message (1963)."  In Sacred Mandates of Conscience: Interpreting The Baptist Faith and  Message.  Edited by Jeff B. Pool.  Pp. 37-101.  Macon, Georgia: Smyth & Helwys Publishing Company, 1997.

"Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary."  In Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States.  Edited by George H. Shriver and Bill J. Leonard.  Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997.

"Beyond Postliberal Foundationalism: The Theological Method of Langdon Gilkey." In The Theology of Langdon Gilkey.  Edited by Kyle A. Pasewark and Jeff B. Pool.  Pp. 57-166.  Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 1999.

"Liberal Theology."  In New Handbook of Theology.  Pp. 297-99.  Edited by Joseph Price and Donald Musser.  Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2002.

"Non Intratur in Veritatem nisi per Charitatem: Toward a Christian Hermeneutic of Love."  Communio Viatorum 43 (Fall 2001): 159-88.

"Toward a Christian Hermeneutic of Love: Problem and Possibility."  Perspectives in  Religious Studies 28 (Fall 2001): 257-83.

"Seizure by Divine Raptor: The Pathic Theology of Reinhard HŸtter."  (Review essay of Suffering Divine Things: Theology as Church Practice by Reinhard Hutter.)  Perspectives in Religious Studies 30 (Spring 2003): 57-69.

Contact Information

Professor Jeff B. Pool

Berea College

Draper Hall, 107B

CPO 2165

Berea, Kentucky 40404

Telephone: 858-985-3235

E-mail: Jeff_Pool@Berea.edu


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