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| Keith L. Johnson
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Assistant Professor of Theology
On faculty since 2008
Office: BGC 207
Phone: 630-752-5432
keith.johnson@wheaton.edu
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Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary, 2008
Th.M., Duke Divinity School, 2004
M.Div., Baylor University, 2002
B.A. Baylor University, 1999
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Professional and Personal Interests
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“The transformation of the human mind and its renewal through assimilation to the mind of Christ is something that has to go on throughout the whole of our life—it is a never-ending discipleship in repentant rethinking as we take up the cross and follow Christ. That is why we cannot be theologians without the incessant prayer in offering ourselves daily to God through the reconciling and atoning mediation of Christ; and that is also why we cannot be evangelists without being theologians whose minds are constantly schooled in obedience to Christ.” –T.F. Torrance
At its best, theology is a discipline that leads to the transformation and renewal of our minds in Jesus Christ. Yet in the same way that Paul linked the renewal of our minds with the offering of our bodies as “living sacrifices,” the best theology also leads to a life of active discipleship and obedience. It prompts us to read Scripture faithfully, to pray deeply, and to live as witnesses of the Gospel in a fallen world. This is the kind of theology I am interested in, and I am glad to be a part of the Wheaton community because this is the kind of theology we are pursuing.
As an evangelical theologian, I am interested in bringing the insights and commitments of the evangelical tradition into conversation with thinkers and ideas from around the world and across the centuries. I am especially interested in learning from theologians currently working in the developing world. Other research interests include traditional and contemporary debates between Protestant and Roman Catholic theologians, as well as recent debates about the doctrines of the Trinity and Christology.
When I’m not working, I enjoy spending time with my wife, Julie, and our beagle, Jasper.
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- BITH 315/316 Christian Thought
- BITH 374 Systematic Theology
- BITH 391 Doctrine of Salvation
- BITH 489 Advanced Systematic Theology: Nature and Grace
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- American Academy of Religion
- Evangelical Theological Society
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- American evangelical theology in relationship to theology in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
- Recent work involving the doctrines of the Trinity and Christology
- Modern theology, particularly in the Reformed tradition
- The relationship between Protestant and Roman Catholic theology
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Karl Barth and the Analogia Entis (under contract with T&T Clark).
“The Being and Act of the Church: Karl Barth and the Future of Evangelical Ecclesiology,” in Karl Barth and American Evangelicals: Friends or Foes?, ed. Clifford B. Anderson and Bruce L. McCormack ( Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., forthcoming).
“Hans Urs von Balthasar,” “Karl Barth,” “Sabellianism,” and “Subordinationism,” in TheEncyclopedia of Christian Civilization, ed. George T. Kurian ( Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2009).
“Baptists, Barmen, and the Confessing University,” in Tradition and the Baptist Academy, Studies in Baptist History and Thought, ed. Philip E. Thompson and Roger Ward ( Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 2008).
“Tillich, Frei, and the Making of a Biblical Theologian,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, November 17-20, 2007.
“The Ecclesiological Determination of Friendship: A Question of Vocation,” paper presented at the Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture: “ Friendship: Quests for Character, Community, and Truth,” Baylor University, October 25-27, 2007.
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