James F. McGrath
James F. McGrath | |
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Born | James Frank McGrath |
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Doctoral advisor | James Dunn[1] |
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Institutions | Butler University |
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James Frank McGrath is the Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature[2] at Butler University[3] and is known for his work on Early Christianity, Mandaeism, criticism of the Christ myth theory, and the analysis of religion in science fiction.[4] He received his Ph.D. from Durham University in 1998.[5]
Biography
James McGrath earned his diploma in
He has served as assistant professor of New Testament at
Biblical Theological Seminary and Alliance Theological Seminary (2001-2002), and professor of Religion at Butler University (2002–present).[8] In 2010, he was appointed the Clarence L. Goodwin Chair of New Testament Language and Literature.[2]
McGrath is also the creator of Canon: The Card Game.[9]
Academic publications
- Books authored
- The A to Z of the New Testament (Eerdmans, 2023)
- What Jesus Learned from Women (Cascade, 2021)
- The Black Archive #52: The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos (Obverse Books, 2021)
- The Mandaean Book of John: critical edition, translation, and commentary. (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020; with Charles G. Häberl)
- Theology and Science Fiction (Cascade Companions; Eugene: Cascade, 2016)
- The Burial of Jesus: What Does History Have To Do With Faith? (Patheos Press, 2012)
- The Only True God: Monotheism in Early Judaism and Christianity (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009)
- John’s Apologetic Christology: Legitimation and Development in Johannine Christology (SNTS Monograph Series, Cambridge University Press, 2001)
- Books edited
- Time and Relative Dimensions in Faith: Religion and Doctor Who (co-edited with Andrew Crome; Darton, Longman, and Todd, 2013)
- Religion and Science Fiction (Pickwick Press, 2011; Lutterworth Press, 2012)
- Articles and book chapters
- "A God Needs Compassion, but Not a Starship: Star Trek's Humanist Theology," in The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy: The Search for Socrates, ed. Kevin S. Decker and Jason T. Eberl. Malden: John Wiley & Sons, 2016, pp. 315–325.
- "Foreword" to The Son of God: Three Views of the Identity of Jesus, by Charles Lee Irons, Danny Andre Dixon, and Dustin R. Smith. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2015.
- "Explicit and Implicit Religion in Doctor Who and Star Trek," Implicit Religion 18:4 (2015) 471-484.
- "Polemic, Redaction, and History in the Mandaean Book of John: The Case of the Lightworld Visitors to Jerusalem," ARAM Periodical25 (2013) 375-382.
- "Monotheism," in Vocabulary for the Study of Religion ed. Robert A. Segal and Kocku von Stuckrad (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2015).
- "Mythicism and the Making of Mark" in The Bible and Interpretation August 2015
- "Religion’s Futures and the Future’s Religions through the Lens of Science Fiction" in The Changing World Religions Map, ed. Stan Brunn (New York: Springer, 2015) 2893-2905.
- "Monotheism," in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics, ed. Robert L. Brawley (Oxford University Press, 2014) 57-64.
- "Did Jesus Die in Outer Space? Evaluating a Key Claim in Richard Carrier’s On the Historicity of Jesus" in The Bible & Interpretation October 2014
- "John 2:13-16," "The Three Johns," and "The Woman at the Well" - contributions to the Society of Biblical Literature Bible Odyssey website.
- "Mythicism and the Mainstream: The Rhetoric and Realities of Academic Freedom" in The Bible and Interpretation March 2014.
- "Epilogue" in Time and Relative Dimensions in Faith (see above).
- "Revisiting the Mandaeans and the New Testament" in The Bible & Interpretation August 2013
- "Reading the Story of Miriai on Two Levels: Evidence from Mandaean Anti-Jewish Polemic about the Origins and Setting of Early Mandaeism," ARAM Periodical (2010): 583–592.
Science fiction short stories
- "Biblical Literalism in the New Jerusalem," in Touching the Face of the Cosmos: On the Intersection of Space Travel and Religion edited by Paul Levinson and Michael Waltemathe, Fordham University Press, 2016, pp. 161–164.
References
- ^ McGrath, James F. (3 August 2014). "James D. G. Dunn on Gaza". Religion Prof. Patheos. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ a b "A New Testament Scholar Is Named to a Long-Lost Chair at Butler U." Chronicle of Higher Education. The Chronicle. 21 March 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ISBN 9781498204521. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ "Professor McGrath Finds the Intersection of Theology and Science Fiction". Butler Newsroom. Butler University. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ "Department of Theology and Religion". University of Durham. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ McGrath, James Frank (1998). Durham e-Theses. University of Durham (Doctoral). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ Shannon, Lisa; Mayne, Debbie, eds. (4 August 2023). "Class Notes". Dunelm Magazine (9): 39. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ "Department of Philosophy, Religion, and Classics". Butler University. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ "Canon: How a Bible card game is helping students learn how Scripture began". Christian Today. Retrieved 3 April 2019.