Don H. Compier's Vita

Don H. Compier

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. 1992 Emory University, Graduate Division of Religion. Rebecca S. Chopp, advisor. Field: Theological Studies

1984-88 Graduate Work in Theology, Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO (M.Div. equivalent)

• M.A. 1985 Park College, Parkville, MO. Field: Religion
  1980-82 Graduate Work in Mexican Studies, University of Texas at Austin
  1979-80 Graduate Work in Latin American History, Princeton University


• B.A. 1978 University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA. Majors: Religion and European History

• 2002 - Present Dean and Professor of Theology, Community of Christ Seminary, Graceland University
• 2001 - 2002 Professor of Religion, Graceland University
• 1997 - 2001 Associate Professor of Theology, Church Divinity School of the Pacific and Graduate Theological Union
• 1992 - 1997 Assistnat Professor of Systematic Theology, CDSP/GTU
• 1990 - 1991 Instructor, Department of Religion, Emory UniversityAREAS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE
  • Contempory Christian Theologies
  • History of Christian Thought since the Reformation
  • Contemporary CulturePUBLICATIONS
    
    • Forthcoming Book
      
      
      • Calvin: Theology, Power and Resistance (under contract with Oxford University Press, manuscript due December 31, 2007)
    • Books
    
    
    • John Calvin’s Rhetorical Doctrine of Sin (Edwin Mellen Press, 2001)
    
    
    • What is Rhetorical Theology? Textual Practice and Public Discourse (Trinity Press International, 1999)
    
    
    
    
    • Edited Books
      
      
      • With Suzanne Trewitt McLaughlin, Theology 11: The Transformative Power of Theological Education (Graceland University Press, 2004).
      
      
      • With Shandra Newcom-Wolsey, Theology 10: Theologies of Scripture (Graceland University Press, 2002).
      
      
    • Articles
    
    
    • “Election (Predestination)” and “Rhetoric” in Philip Sheldrake, ed., The New Westminster Dictionary of Christian Spirituality (Westminster John Knox Press, 2005): 267-8 and 543.
    
    
    • “God is Love: Theological Reflections on the Spirituality of Young Adults,” in Serene Jones and Paul Lakeland, eds., Constructive Theology: A Contemporary Approach to Classical Themes (Augsburg Fortress Press, 2005): 53-60.
    
    
    • “Theology as Testimony: Rhetoric, Public Theology, and Education for Ministry,” in David S. Cunningham, ed., To Teach, To Delight, and To Move: Theological Education in a Post-Christian World (Cascade Books, 2004): 149-167.
    
    
    • “The Classical Rhetorical Tradition and Theological Education” (co-author), in Cunningham, ed., To Teach, To Delight, and To Move: 13-34.
    
    
    • “Sexuality and Scripture,” in Don H. Compier and Shandra Newcom-Wolsey, eds., Theology 10: Theologies of Scripture (Graceland Press, 2002): 43-52.
    
    
    • “Justification in an Age of ‘Original Blessing’: Toward a Postmodern Doctrine of Human Fault.” Sewanee Theological Review 45 (Christmas 2001): 41-50.
    
    
    • “Defending Human Rights in Postmodern Times: Toward a Multicultural Ethic,” in Brad Martell, Andrew Bolton, and Sue McLaughlin, eds., Restoring Justice: Paths of Peace, Vol. 2. Independence, MO: Herald Publishing House, 2001: 179-187.
    
    
    • “Public Theology in the Twenty-first Century: The Promise of Postmodern Apologetics,” in Richard A. Brown, ed., Theology 8: Entering a New Millennium. Independence, MO: Graceland Press, 2001: 57-72.
    
    
    • “Response [to Charles Hedrick].” In C. Robert Mesle, ed., Theology 5: The Jesus Seminar. Independence, MO: Graceland/Park College Press, 1998: 48-53.
    
    
    • “The Holocaust, Postmodernism, and Public Theology.” In Frank Brinkhuis and Sascha Talmor, eds., Memory, History and Critique: European Identity at the Millennium. Proceedings of the Fifth Conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas, at the University for Humanist Studies, Utrecht, The Netherlands, August 19-24 1996. Utrecht: ISSEI/University for Humanist Studies. (CDROM distributed by MIT Press, 1998).
    
    
    • “Theological Themes (Propers 4-8).” Lectionary Homiletics 7 (June 1997): 4, 12, 19, 26, 33.
    
    
    • “Richard Hooker on the Use of Scripture in Matters of Morality.” In A.S. McGrade, ed., Richard Hooker and the Construction of Christian Community. Tempe, AZ: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 1997: 251-259.
    
    
    • “Problematizing Diakonia.” In Richard Brown, ed., Theology, Vol. 3: Revisioning the Church. Independence, MO: Graceland/Park College Press, 1995: 79-93 (with response, 94-98).
    
    
    • “The Incomplete Recovery of Rhetorical Theology.” Dialog 34 (Summer 1995): 187-192.
    
    
    • “The Independent Pupil: Calvin’s Transformation of Erasmus’ Theological Hermeneutics.” Westminster Theological Journal 54 (Fall 1992): 217-233.
    
    
    • “The Eucharist and World Hunger.” Anglican Theological Review 73 (Summer 1991): 267-279.
    
    
    • I have also been a pre-publication referee for books being considered by Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and State University of New York Press.LANGUAGES
      • Fluent in Dutch and Spanish
      
      
      • Reading knowledge of French and GermanCHURCH SERVICE
        • Standing High Council
        
        
        • Diversity Task Force
        
        
        • Ministerial Education Committee
        
        
        • Committee on Homosexuality and the Church (chair, subcommittee, on Policy)
        
        
        • Theology Taks Force
        
        
        • Steering Committee, Co-missioned Pastors Initiative

          PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

          • The American Academy of Religion
          
          
          • Calvin Studies Society
          
          
          • Constructive Theology Work Group (a select group funded by grants, working on theological text books in association with Fortress Press)