Jennifer Jeanine Thweatt-Bates

Curriculum Vitae



EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy (Theology & Philosophy), October 2009
summa cum laude
Princeton Theological Seminary – Princeton, New Jersey
Dissertation Topic: Theological Anthropology and the Posthuman

Master of Arts (History & Theology), May 2002
Abilene Christian University – Abilene, Texas
Thesis: “Chaos Theory and the Problem of Evil”

Bachelor of Arts (English Literature), May 1998
Harding University – Searcy, Arkansas


EXPERIENCE

Instructor, April/August 2010
Science for Ministry Institute
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey

• Will teach one full-length (5 day) core course, "Questions in Theology and Science," in April
• Will develop curriculum for and teach one elective course entitled "The Human Person in a Technological Age" in August

Preceptor, Spring 2005 – Spring 2007
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey

• Taught three precept sections of “Science Fiction, Eschatology and Social Criticism” (ED 325) for Dr. Richard Osmer
• Taught three precept sections of “Systematic Theology I” (TH 221) for Drs. William Stacy Johnson and Mark Lewis Taylor, Fall 2006
• Assisted as part-time preceptor for “Theology and Film” for Drs. Ellen Charry and Joe Kickasola in Spring 2006
• Taught three precept sections of “Systematic Theology II” (TH 222) for Drs. Ellen T. Charry and George Hunsinger in Fall 2005
• Taught three precept sections of “Systematic Theology I” (TH 221) for Drs. William Stacy Johnson and Mark Lewis Taylor in Spring 2005

Research Assistant, Spring 2004 – Spring 2005
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey
Dr. J. Wentzel van Huyssteen

• Research, proofreading, and editing of Dr. van Huyssteen’s 2004 Gifford Lectures and book manuscript, Alone in the World? Human Uniqueness in Science and Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2006).
• Guest lectures for “Theology in an Age of Science” (TH415) on February 2 and March 17 

Adjunct Instructor, Summers of 2004, 2005

Abilene Christian University Abilene, Texas

• Taught one online section of “Message of the Old Testament” (Summer 2005)
• Taught two sections of “Christianity in Culture” (Summer 2004)  

Graduate Assistant, January 2000 – May 2002
Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas

• Assisted in the research, proofreading, and editing of Dr. Frederick Aquino’s Ph.D. dissertation from August 2000 to May 2002
• Organized Stone-Campbell historical documents in the Center for Restoration Studies for Dr. Doug Foster from January to May 2000

Adjunct Instructor, Fall 1999
Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas

• Taught two sections each of freshmen and sophomore composition

Foreign Teacher/Foreign Expert, 1998-99; 2002-2003

Wuhan, Hubei Province; Changsha, Hunan Province, P.R. China

• Taught conversational English and composition (EFL) to all levels and ages

ARTICLES

• Response to Meredith Minister, "Divine Embodiment and Human Embodiment in Mechthild's Account of Creation and Re-creation," Koinonia Journal, forthcoming.

• "Too Much Faith in Progress?: Alexander Campbell and the Transhumanists," Leaven, forthcoming.

• "How to Talk Theology and Science...Rationally." Stone-Campbell Journal, 12.1 (2009): 31-38.

• “Creation and New Creation in 1 Corinthians 11.” Leaven 16.2 (2008).

• “Perfect Righteousness.” Leaven 16.1 (2008): 41-44.

• “Chaos and the Problem of Evil.” Stone-Campbell Journal 6 (Spring 2003): 53–70.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDITED VOLUMES

• “Religion and Science.” In The Transforming Word: A One Volume Bible Commentary, edited by Mark Hamilton, et al. Abilene, TX: Abilene Christian University Press, 2009.
• "Bound in the Spiral Dance: spirituality and technology in the third wave." Co-authored with Anna Mercedes. In Feminist Spirituality: The Next Generation, edited by Chris Klassen. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009.
• "Gender and Postgender: Transhumanist and Feminist Perspectives," Transhumanism and Transcendence: Christian Perspectives on the Growing Power of Technology to Change What it Means to Be Human, edited by Ron Cole-Turner, Georgetown University Press, forthcoming.
• "The Posthuman Self," in In Search of Self: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Personhood, edited by J. Wentzel van Huyssteen and Erik Wiebe, forthcoming.

REVIEWS

• Review of How to Relate Science and Religion: A Multidimensional Model, by Mikael Stenmark. Theology Today 63 (April 2006): 135-6.
• Review of The Problem of Evil in the Western Tradition: From the Book of Job to Modern Genetics, by Joseph A. Kelly. Stone-Campbell Journal 7 (2004).

PRESENTATIONS

• Invited Lecture, for TH 3464 (Theological Anthropology: Created in the Image of God), Princeton Theological Seminary, December 1, 2009.
• Invited Lecture, “Theological Post/anthropology,” for TH 2100 (Introduction to Systematic Theology), Princeton Theological Seminary, October 22, 2009.
• Response to Meredith Minister, "Divine Embodiment and Human Embodiment in Mechthild's Account of Creation and Re-creation," Koinonia Journal Forum, March 4, 2009.
• "The Glorified Body?: Transhumanist Dualism and Theological Anthropology." Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Chicago, November 2008.
• "Olive Trees and Cyborgs: Christian Identities." ACU Lectureship, Abilene, TX, September 2008.
• “How to Talk Theology and Science…Rationally.” Christian Scholars Conference, Rochester, MI, June 2007.
• “Particularity and the Evolution of Morality.” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, TX, November 2004.
• “Chaos and the Problem of Evil.” Stone-Campbell Journal Conference, St. Louis, MO, March 2002.

CHURCH/PARACHURCH INVOLVEMENT

• Guest speaker, "Olive Trees and Cyborgs," Calvary Episcopal Church, February 22, 2009.
• Speaker, "Christian Vocation within a Priesthood of All Believers," Women in Ministry Conference, Manhattan Church of Christ, New York NY, May 2008.
• Occasional preaching/teaching for Christ's Church for Brooklyn, New York, NY, September 2007-present.
• Guest Speaker, “Stem Cell Research and Christian Ethics,” Pluckemin Presbyterian Church, Pluckemin, NJ (May 6, 2007)
• Guest Speaker for Theology and Science Workshop, Collingswood Presbyterian Church, Collingswood, NJ (November 5, 2006)
• Guest Preacher at West Islip Church of Christ, West Islip, New York (September 19, 2004; May 29,
• 2005; July 24, 2005; August 14, 2005).
• “It’s Getting Better All the Time: Technology, Progress and the End of the World,” 87th Annual Bible Lectureship, Abilene Christian University, February 2005.
• Steering Committee Member, Gender Justice and Churches of Christ (http://www.gal328.org/), 2005 – Present.
• Leadership Team Member, Christ’s Church for Brooklyn, New York, NY, January - June 2006; October 2007-present.
• House Church Mission; Wuhan, P. R. China (1998–99); Changsha, P. R. China (2002–03).

HONORS

Outstanding Thesis Award, Abilene Christian University, 2002
Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Harding University, 1998
Outstanding English Major, Harding University, 1997–98
Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1998
National Dean’s List, 1998

SCHOLARSHIPS

Christian Scholarship Foundation Award, 2007-08
Judith Dudley Folk Templeton Memorial Scholarship, Princeton Theological Seminary, 2003–07
Graduate School of Theology Scholarship, Abilene Christian University, 2000–02
National Merit Scholarship, Harding University, 1994–98

ORGANIZATIONS

American Academy of Religion (2004 – Present)
Co-moderator of Koinonia Fellowship, Princeton Theological Seminary (2004 – 2006)

TEACHING COMPETENCIES

Systematic Theology, Theological Anthropology, Contemporary Theology, Liberation & Feminist Theology, Theological Method, Post-Liberal Theology

Philosophy of Religion, Science & Religion, Theology & Biotechnology, Theodicy, Theology & Rationality, Christian Ethics, Bioethics

History of Doctrine, Chalcedonian Christology, Medieval Women Mystics

Literature, Film & Theology, Science Fiction & Theology, Christianity & Culture

Figures: Karl Rahner, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Paul Tillich, Friedrich Schleiermacher

NT Theology, OT Theology