Thomas R. Thompson, Professor, Religion
616-526-6429
thomto@calvin.edu
Office: Hekman Library 383
Weekly Schedule
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Educational background
Western Michigan University, BA
Calvin Theological Seminary, MDiv
Princeton Theological Seminary, PhD
Courses
- Christian Theology (131)
- Eschatology (235)
- Studies in Contemporary Theology (345)
- Religion and Education Seminar (357)
- Elie Wiesel: Prophet of the Holocaust (Interim)
Research interests
Systematic theology, Christology, Trinity doctrine
Recent publications
An Introduction to Christian Theology, Introductions to Religion series (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), co-authored with Richard J. Plantinga and Matthew D. Lundberg.
"Jürgen Moltmann’s Social Trinitarian Ecclesiology: Finessing the Differential Freedom of Persons,” in Believing in Community: Ecumenical Reflections on the Church, Proceedings of LEST VI, edited by Peter De Mey et al. (Leuven, Belgium: Peeters Publishing, forthcoming).
"Interpretatio in bonem partem: Jürgen Moltmann on the Immanent Trinity,” in Theology as Conversation: The Significance of Dialogue in Historical and Contemporary Theology, edited by Bruce L. McCormack and Kimlyn J. Bender (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2009).
Hobbies
Familizing, neologizing, coaching, cycling, enjoying the insular north
