Theodore Jennings | Academic Influence

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Theodore Jennings

Religious Studies

#728

World Rank

#1358

Historical Rank

#315

USA Rank

Christian Theology

#197

World Rank

#291

Historical Rank

#71

USA Rank

Theology

#639

World Rank

#1309

Historical Rank

#251

USA Rank

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PhD Theology Emory University
Masters Theology Emory University
Bachelors Religion Duke University

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According to Wikipedia, Theodore Wesley Jennings Jr. , also known as Ted Jennings, was an American theologian and Methodist minister. He was Professor of Biblical and Constructive Theology at the United Church of Christ's Chicago Theological Seminary, where he had previously served as Acting Academic Dean. Jennings gained a notoriety for his work on ritual studies, the Messianic politics of Pauline discourse, and theological engagement with the work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Jacques Derrida.

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Theodore Jennings's Published Works

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Published Works

On Ritual Knowledge (1982) (56)
Good News to the Poor: John Wesley's Evangelical Economics (1990) (31)
Reading Derrida / Thinking Paul: On Justice (2005) (28)
Beyond Theism: A Grammar of God-Language (1985) (7)
Outlaw Justice: The Messianic Politics of Paul (2013) (6)
Life as worship: Prayer and praise in Jesus' name (1982) (5)
Introduction to theology: An invitation to reflection upon the Christian mythos (1976) (4)
Plato or Paul?: The Origins of Western Homophobia (2009) (3)
Text and logos : the humanistic interpretation of the New Testament (1990) (3)
Reading Derrida / Thinking Paul (2005) (2)
Hanging by a Thread: How Failure to Conduct an Adequate Lethality Assessment Resulted in Suicide (2005) (2)
An Ethic of Queer Sex: Principles and Improvisations (2013) (1)
The Vocation of the theologian (1985) (1)
Alienation and Connection: Suffering in a Global Age (2011) (1)
Same-Sex Relations in the Biblical World (2014) (1)
Good news to the poor (1990) (1)
John Wesley on the Origin of Methodism (1991) (1)
Paul’s Summons to Messianic Life: Political Theology and the Coming Awakening. By L. L. Welborn. (2016) (0)
Narrativizing Empire in the Biblical World (2016) (0)
Stimulus Generalization With Identical Elements And A Cognitive Theory Oflearning (1963) (0)
Outlaw Justice (2020) (0)
Fifth Phase (2020) (0)
Theological Perspectives on Sexuality (1979) (0)
Loyalty to God: The Apostles' Creed in Life and Liturgy (1992) (0)
Justice as Gift: Thinking Grace with the Help of Derrida (2004) (0)
Justice outside the Law and Love as Political Concept (2019) (0)
Martin, Dale B. 2006. Sex and the Single Savior: Gender and Sexuality in Biblical Interpretation (2009) (0)
The “Gay” Jesus (2010) (0)
Pasolini’s Specters of Paul (2019) (0)
Introduction to theology (1976) (0)
Book Review and Notice: Agenda for Theology (1981) (0)

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