Mark Edward Weedman

(507) 319 - 1913 • mweedman@crossroadscollege.edu

http://markweedman.blogspot.com/

Education

Ph.D.: Historical Theology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, December 2004.

 Areas of Expertise: Patristics and Historical Theology, specializing in

development of Christian Trinitarian thought, Augustine, Latin Patristic theology,
and early Christian use of Scripture. Secondary interests include ecumenical
theology, contemporary Trinitarian Theology, history and theology of the Stone –
Campbell Movement.

 Awards: John P. Raynor Dissertation Fellowship, various departmental

fellowships and assistantships.

M.Div.: New Testament, Emmanuel School of Religion, Johnson City, TN, May 1994.

 Course work in six academic areas: New Testament, Old Testament, Church
History, Christian Doctrine, and Biblical Languages.

 Awards: Alexander Campbell Scholarship (Full Tuition for1990–94); Theta Phi,

Theology Honor Society.

B.A: Biblical Studies, Milligan College, Johnson City, TN, May 1990.

 Liberal Arts Core curriculum, including twenty four credits of integrated

humanities course work. Eighteen credit minor in Greek.

Professional Experience

Professor of Biblical and Historical Theology, Crossroads College, Fall 2000-present.

 Duties include full–time teaching (24 hours/year) in Theology and New

Testament, student advising, and committee assignments.

Lecturer in Theology, Marquette University, 1999–2000.

 Primary teaching responsibility for multiple sections of "Introduction to

Theology.‖ Duties included class lectures and student assessment.
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Books

The Trinitarian Theology of Hilary of Poitiers, (Leiden: Brill, 2007).

Journal and Encyclopedia Articles

―Hermeneutics vs. Unity in Early Stone – Campbell Movement Theology,‖ Stone

Campbell Journal 14.1 (Spring 2011) [forthcoming]

―The Polemical Context of Gregory of Nyssa‘s Doctrine of Divine Infinity,‖ Journal

of Early Christian Studies 18.1 (2010): 81 – 104.

“The Spirit and the Church: The Universal Christ, Particular Spirit, and Christian
Unity,” International Journal of Systematic Theology 11.3 (2009): 347 – 364. An
earlier draft of this article was awarded the “Colin Gunton Memorial Essay Prize” by
the Society for the Study of Theology.

―Phoebadius of Agen‘s Contra Arianos: Translation, Introduction and Notes,‖ [for

inclusion in forthcoming volume on ―Unity and Diversity among Pro-Nicenes,‖
edited by Lewis Ayres; translation with Dr. Joyce Penniston].

―Finding the Form of God in Philippians 2: Gregory of Nyssa and the Development
of Pro – Nicene Exegesis,” Journal of Theological Interpretation 2.1 (2008): 23 – 41.

―Hilary and the Homoiousians: Using New Categories to Map the Trinitarian
Controversy,‖ Church History 76.3 (2007): 491 – 510.

―Not the Athanasius of the West: Hilary‘s Changing Relationship with Athanasius,‖
Studia Patristica 42 (2006): 411 – 415.

―Campbell – Purcell Debate,‖ in Encyclopedia of the Stone–Campbell Movement,

Paul M. Blowers, Anthony L. Dunnavant, and Douglas A. Foster, eds., 144–45
(Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004).

―Martyrdom and Docetism in Hilary's ‗De Trinitate,‘‖ Augustinian Studies 30.1

(1999): 21–41.

―History as Authority in Alexander Campbell's 1837 Debate with Archbishop

Purcell,‖ Fides et Historia 28.2 (Summer 1996): 17–34.

Book Reviews

―Review of Daniel J. Trier and David Tauber (eds.), Trinitarian Theology for the
Church: Scripture, Community, Worship,‖ Biblical Theology Bulletin 40 (2010): 183-
84.

―Review of Carl Beckwith, Hilary of Poitiers on the Trinity: From De Fide to De

Trinitate,‖ Vigiliae Christianae 64 (2010): 208 – 211.
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―Review of Luigi Gioia, The Theological Epistemology of Augustine’s De Trinitate,‖

Review of Biblical Literature [http://www.bookreviews.org] (2009).

―Review of Lenka Karfíková, Scot Douglass and Johannes Zachuber, eds., Gregory
of Nyssa: Contra Eunomium II,‖ Review of Biblical Literature
[http://www.bookreviews.org] (2008).

―Review of Stephen M. Hildebrand, The Trinitarian Theology of Basil of Caesarea:

A Synthesis of Greek Thought and Biblical Truth,‖ Review of Biblical Literature
[http://www.bookreviews.org] (2007).

―Review of Charles E. Hill, From the Lost Teaching of Polycarp: Identifying

Irenaeus' Apostolic Presbyter & the Author of Ad Diognetum (Wissenschaftliche
Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament),‖ Review of Biblical Literature
[http://www.bookreviews.org] (2007).

―Review of Thomas C. Ferguson, The Past is Prologue: The Revolution of Nicene

Historiography,‖ Review of Biblical Literature [http://www.bookreviews.org] (2006).

―Review of Michael Gorman, ed., Scripture: An Ecumenical Introduction to the Bible

and its Interpretation.‖ Review of Biblical Literature [http://www.bookreviews.org]
(2006).

―Review of David T. Runia, On The Creation Of The Cosmos According To Moses

(Philo of Alexandria Commentary Series, V. 1),‖ Review of Biblical Literature
[http://www.bookreviews.org] (2006).

―Review of David A. Lopez, Separatist Christianity: Spirit and Matter in the Early
Church Fathers.‖ Review of Biblical Literature [http://www.bookreviews.org]
(2005).

―Review of Natalie K. Watson, Feminist Theology.‖ Stone-Campbell Journal 8

(Spring 2005): 108 - 09

"Review of John Mark Hicks and Greg Taylor, Down to the River To Pray:
Revisioning Baptism as God's Transforming Work.” Stone-Campbell Journal 7 (Fall
2004): 266-7.

Papers Given

―Augustine in Context: Polemics and Grammar in Augustine‘s De Trinitate,‖

presented at the annual meeting of the North American Patristics Society, May 2010.

―Assessing The Declaration and Address: Hermeneutics vs. Unity in Early Stone –
Campbell Movement Theology,‖ presented at the ―Thomas Campbell's Declaration
and Address: Past, Present & Future‖ Conference, September 2009.

―Augustine‘s Confessions and the Trinitarian Controversy,‖ presented at the annual

meeting of the North American Patristics Society, May 2009.
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―The Gospel of John and the Development of Early (Pro – Nicene) Trinitarian
Theology,‖ presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature,
Christian Theology and the Bible Program Unit, November 2008.

―Hilary, Ambrose and the Development of Latin Trinitarian Theology,‖ presented at

the annual meeting of the North American Patristics Society, May 2008.

―Hilary, Athanasius and the Abandonment of Logos—Sarx Christology,‖ presented at

the annual meeting of the North American Patristics Society, May 2006.

―Hilary of Poitiers and the Pro-Nicene Abandonment of Logos-Sarx Christology,‖

presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Christian Late
Antiquity and Its Reception Unit, November 2005.

―Nativitas and ennoia in Hilary and Basil‘s Debate with Eunomius,‖ presented at the
annual meeting of the North American Patristics Society, May 2005.

―The Dating of Hilary‘s De Fide,‖ presented at the annual meeting of the North
American Patristics Society, May 2004.

―The Political Context of Hilary‘s Early Anti-Homoian Works,‖ presented at the

AAR/SBL Upper Midwest Regional Meeting, April 2004.

―Not the Athanasius of the West: Hilary‘s Uncertain Relationship with Athanasius,‖
presented at the Fourteenth International Conference on Patristics Studies, University
of Oxford, August 2003.

―Politics and Theology in the Homoian Controversy,‖ presented at the AAR/SBL

Upper Midwest Regional Meeting, April 2003.

―Against Photinus: The Role of Anti-adoptionism in Hilary‘s Trinitarian Theology,‖

presented at the annual meeting of the North American Patristics Society, May 2001.

―The Son‘s Birth in Hilary‘s ‗De Trinitate,‖ presented at the annual meeting of the
North American Patristics Society, May 2000.

"Name and Birth in Hilary‘s 'De Trinitate,'" presented at the meeting of the
International Patristics Society, Oxford, England, August 1999.

"Hilary's use of Philippians 2 as a Hermeneutical Guide," presented at the annual

meeting of the North American Patristics Society, May 1998.

"Angelology and Docetism in Hilary's 'De Trinitate,'" presented at the annual meeting
of the North American Patristics Society, May 1997.

"Ephrem‘s Opponents in the 'Hymns on the Faith,'" presented at the annual meeting
of the North American Patristics Society, May 1996.
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Work in Progress

―Augustine‘s Theory of Names and the Development of Latin Trinitarian Theology,‖

[revise and resubmit for Theological Studies].

―How Did Paul Get to the Trinity?‖ [in preparation].

―The Polemical Context of Gregory Nazianzen‘s Oration 31,‖ [in preparation for
inclusion in festschrift for Frederick W. Norris].

―The Theological Background to Augustine‘s Confessions,‖ [in preparation].

Other Professional Activities and Awards

 Program Unit Co-Chair (with Christopher Beeley, Yale Divinity School), ―The
Development of Early Trinitarian Theology Consultation‖ for the Society of
Biblical Literature.
 Book Manuscript peer reviewer, Catholic University Press
 Article Manuscript peer reviewer, Journal of Early Christian Studies
 Consulting Editor, Stone – Campbell Journal
 2007 recipient of the ―Colin Gunton Memorial Essay Prize” by the Society for the
Study of Theology. Prize awarded for essay, “The Spirit and the Church: The
Universal Christ, Particular Spirit, and Christian Unity.”
 Proposal evaluator for Alistair McGrath‘s Theology: The Basics (published in
2005 by Blackwells Publishers).
 Committee Chair for Humanities Curriculum Revision, Crossroads College.
 Workshop presentations at the North American Christian Convention, Minnesota
Christian Convention and Summer 2006 ―Prime – Timers‖ retreat on behalf of
Crossroads College.

Languages

 Modern languages: French and German.

 Patristic languages: Greek, Latin. Additional study in Syriac and Biblical
Hebrew.

Professional Affiliations

 North American Patristics Society (NAPS)

 Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
 American Academy of Religion (AAR)
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Regular Teaching Assignments*

Fall Courses Spring Courses

 New Testament Literature II  Intro to Christian Doctrine

 Philosophical Foundations  Ecumenical Theology
 Historical Theology Elective*  Church and the Modern World
 New Testament Elective*  Systematic Theology Elective*

*A full list of courses taught is available upon request.