Robert F. Shedinger

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Robert F. Shedinger
BornRobert Frederick Shedinger Edit this on Wikidata
23' 'November' '1959 Edit this on Wikidata (age 61)
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OccupationUniversity teacher Edit this on Wikidata
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Robert Frederick Shedinger (born 23 November 1959) is an American Professor of Religion at Luther College (Iowa) and he was the Chair of the Department of Religion from 2008-2011.[1][2][3][4]

Biography[]

Education[]

Shedinger received his B.S. in Civil Engineering Technology at Temple University in 1982 (Graduated Magna Cum Laude).[5] In 1994 he received his M.Div. at Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary. In 1998 Shedinger received his M.A. in Religious Studies at Temple University.[5] From 2000, he holds his Ph.D from Temple University in Religious Studies, with his dissertation: Tatian and the Jewish Scriptures (accepted with distinction)[5] He also was Graduate Teaching Assistant while earning his Ph.D. in Religious Studies at Temple University.[6]

Awards[]

Shedinger won the American Bible Society Award for Excellence in Biblical Studies[5]

Views[]

His research interests revolve around the question “What is Religion?”[2] which includes the Syriac versional tradition of the New Testament, theoretical approaches to the study of religion, Christian-Muslim relations in the contemporary world.[7]

Works[]

Thesis[]

  • Robert Frederick Shedinger (2000). Tatian and the Jewish scriptures: a textual and philosophical analysis of the Old Testament citations in Tatian's Diatessaron (Dissertation: Ph. D. Temple University). OCLC 239853036.

Books[]

  • Robert F Shedinger; Deborah J Spink (2001). Who killed Goliath?: reading the Bible with heart and mind. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press. ISBN 9780817013745. OCLC 44802967.
  • Robert F Shedinger (2003). Tatian and the Jewish scriptures: A Textual Philolophical Analysis of the Old Testament citations in Tatian's Diatessaron. Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium. Vol. 591. Leuven: Peeters; Hadleigh: BRAD. ISBN 9789042910423. OCLC 51270457. |volume= has extra text (help)
  • Robert F Shedinger (2009). Was Jesus a Muslim?: questioning categories in the study of religion. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. ISBN 9780800663254. OCLC 233543762.
  • Robert F Shedinger (2012). Jesus. Oxford bibliographies., Islamic studies. [New York]: Oxford University Press. OCLC 858992332.
  • Robert F Shedinger (2012). Radically open: transcending religious identity in an age of anxiety. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books. ISBN 9781620320426. OCLC 823041457.
  • Robert F Shedinger (2015). Jesus and jihad: reclaiming the prophetic heart of Christianity and Islam. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. ISBN 9781498220217. OCLC 913137261.
  • Robert F Shedinger (2019). The mystery of evolutionary mechanisms: Darwinian biology's grand narrative of triumph and the subversion of religion. Eugene, Oregon, Cascade Books. OCLC 1049815298.

Articles[]

  • Shedinger, Robert F. (2000). "Kuhnian Paradigms and Biblical Scholarship: Is Biblical Studies a Science?". Journal of Biblical Literature. The Society of Biblical Literature. 119 (3): 453–471. doi:10.2307/3268409. JSTOR 3268409.

References[]

  1. ^ "Robert F. Shedinger". Fortress Press. Archived from the original on 2017-08-05.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Robert Shedinger". Luther College.
  3. ^ "Robert Shedinger". Luther College.
  4. ^ Shedinger, Robert. "Curriculum Vitate" (PDF). Luther College. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Shedinger, Robert. "Education". Luther College. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  6. ^ "Robert F. Shedinger". Wipf and Stock Publishers. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  7. ^ "Faculty and Staff". Luther College. Retrieved 2021-01-31.


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