Updated: 27 August 2013
David J. Dunn
EDUCATION
Ph.D., 2011, Vanderbilt University, theological studies
Symphonia in the Secular: An Ecclesiology for the Narthex
M.A. en pessant, 2008, Vanderbilt University, theological studies
M.A., 2004, Olivet Nazarene University, religion
“Inevitable Apokatastasis: Defending Gregory of Nyssa”
M.S., 2003, Butler University, secondary education
“Two Ways of Teaching: Towards a Praxical Theology of Religious Education”
B.A., 2000, Olivet Nazarene University, religious studies
PUBLICATIONS
Articles in Refereed Journals
“‘Her that is no Bride!’: St. Thecla and the Relation between Office and Gender,” Saint Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly 54.1 (2010)
“Radical sophiology: Fr. Sergej Bulgakov and John Milbank on Augustine,” Studies in East European Thought 64.3-4 (2012)
Articles in Edited Volumes
“Symphonia in the Secular OR How to be Orthodox when you Lose your Empire,” Sophia: Studies in Orthodox Theology 3 (2011)
“Going Away Hungry: The Economic Implications of Eucharistic Worthiness,” Sophia: Studies in Orthodox Theology 2 (2010)
“Sexual Healing: Desire and Pleasure in the Thought of Augustine of Hippo and Gregory of Nyssa,” Sophia: Studies in Orthodox Theology 3 (Forthcoming 2013)
Book Reviews
Review of Sergei Bulgakov, Lamb of God, in International Journal of Systematic Theology 11, no. 2 (April 2009): 227-30
Review of Sergei Bulgakov, Jacob’s Ladder, in International Journal of Systematic Theology (Forthcoming)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Fall 2011 – Pres, Adjunct Professor, O’More College of Design, Franklin, TN
• “Introduction to Philosophy”
• “Conceptions of Power and Politics in the Christian Tradition”
2007 – 2013, Instructor, Programs for Talented Youth (Vanderbilt University), Nashville, TN
“Comparative Religions” – a survey of the major world religions
“Consumerism in America: The Almighty Dollar?” – consumerism as a civil religion
“History of Christianity” – a survey of Christian history from 30 – 1517
“The Western Canon” – a study of the Great Books from Gilgamesh to Dostoyevsky
2005 – 2009, Teaching Fellow, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
“Formation of the Christian Tradition,” J. Patout Burns, Divinity School, Fall 2009
“Constructive Christian Theology I,” M. Douglas Meeks, Divinity School, Fall 2009
“Evangelical Protestantism and the Culture Wars,” Lewis Baldwin, Religious Studies, Fall 2008
“God, Economy, and Poverty,” M. Douglas Meeks, Divinity School, Fall 2007
“Formation of the Christian Tradition,” J. Patout Burns, Divinity School, Fall 2006
“Constructive Christian Theology I,” M. Douglas Meeks, Divinity School, Fall 2005
2002, Teaching Assistant, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
“Modern Religious Thought,” Paul Valliere, Religious Studies, Spring 2002
PRESENTATIONS
2010 “Symphonia in the Secular OR How to be Orthodox when you Lose your Empire.” Short Paper Session of The Sophia Institute Academic Conference, New York, NY
2009 “Going Away Hungry: The Economic Implications of Eucharistic Worthiness.” Short Paper Session of The Sophia Institute Academic Conference, New York, NY
2008 “‘Her that is no Bride!’: St. Thecla and the Relation between Office and Gender.” Short Paper Session of The Sophia Institute Academic Conference, New York, NY
2008 “Wesley’s ‘Civilisation for Hairdressers’: A Bulgakovian Response to the Failure of the Methodist Revival.” Moral Theology section of the Wesleyan Theological Society, Durham, NC
2007 “What Good is Sex?: An Aporia in Augustine’s Anthropology.” History of Christianity section of the SECSOR/AAR regional conference, Nashville, TN
2006 “Good Sex? Desire in Augustine and Gregory of Nyssa.” Joint meeting of the Augustine and Augustinian and Eastern Orthodox Studies Groups of the AAR, Washington D.C.
2006 “Sacred Hunger: Fasting as Economic Resistance.” NEXUS: Religion and Nation Conference, Knoxville, TN
2005 “Church: The Ambiguously Proleptic Icon of the Kingdom.” Wesleyan Theological Society, Seattle, WA
2004 “Perpetual Purgation: The Internal Logic of Apokatastasis.” Orthodox Theology Group, AAR, San Antonio, TX
2004 “Is there something about Mary?: Framing a Wesleyan Mariology.” Wesleyan Theological Society, Rochester, NY
2000 “Shakespearean Silence Before the Problem of Evil.” Undergraduate Research Conference in English and Philosophy, Hammond, IN
MEETINGS MODERATED
2007-09 Graduate Theological Society, Nashville, TN
2007 Vanderbilt University Theology Colloquium, Nashville, TN
MEDIA APPEARANCES
Guest on Huff Post Live, “Faith and the Ballot,” (24 September 2012).
Panelist on Ancient Faith Today, “Same-Sex Marriage: Separation of Church-State Issue, or a Moral Problem We Must Oppose?,” Ancient Faith Radio (17 June 2012).
AWARDS AND HONORS
2007 Stipend Award in Recognition of Academic Achievement, $5000
2004-10 Vanderbilt Graduate Student Travel Grants to Present Research, $500 per award
2004-08 Graduate Research Fellowship, full tuition, $2500 yearly stipend, Vanderbilt University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2003-2004 Clinician, Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes, Indianapolis, IN
2001-2002 Remediation and Preventative Remediation Program Specialist, Maxwell Middle School, Maxwell, IN