Stephen Daniel Lawson

Curriculum Vitae
Adorjan Hall 124
3800 Lindell Blvd.
Saint Louis, Missouri 63108
lawsonsd@slu.edu
https://sites.google.com/a/slu.edu/stephen-lawson/

Education
2018 (anticipated)
2013

2008

PhD in Historical Theology, Saint Louis University (St. Louis, MO)

Major Concentration: Modern Christianity (1500present)
Master of Divinity, Emmanuel Christian Seminary (Johnson City, TN)
Academic Concentration: Christian Theology
Thesis: For the Sake of the World: The Ecclesiology of Karl
Barth in Critical Conversation with Jrgen Moltmann and Stanley
Hauerwas
Bachelor of Theology, Ozark Christian College (Joplin, MO)
Major: New Testament
Minor: Greek

Awards and Fellowships

2015
2014
2014
2014
2014
20132018
2012
2012
2012
2011
2011

Jesuit Language Scholarship, Department of Theological Studies, Saint

Louis University (Funding for an immersive language program in
Tbingen, Germany)
Anthony Jung Award for the Best Graduate Student Presentation at the
European Studies Conference
The Edward L. and Rhelda Marbry Morgan, Ph.D. Endowed Book Fund
Award, Saint Louis University
Lumen Christi Institute Graduate Seminar, The Thought of John Henry
Newman July 2014 Merton College, Oxford University
Summer Research Assistantship for Dr. Kenneth Parker
Research Assistantship, Department of Theological Studies, Saint
Louis University (full tuition remission, health care, and stipend)
Fred P. Thompson Award for Excellence in Christian Theology,
Emmanuel Christian Seminary
First Place, Graduate Student Paper Competition, Stone-Campbell
Journal Conference, April, Lincoln, IL
Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Bernita and Jack Ledbetter Award for
Exceptional Paper in the Theological Disciplines
Selected seminarian for the Middle East Travel Seminar. Travel
funding for a three-week tour of the Middle East.
International Society of Theta Phi (honors society for theological
studies), Emmanuel Christian Seminary Chapter

20082013
20062007

Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Alexander Campbell Scholarship (full

tuition remission)
Ozark Christian College, Deans List

Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
Free Church Catholic: The Contribution of William Robinson to Stone-Campbell
Ecclesiology in Stone-Campbell Journal 18 no. 1 (Spring 2015)
Popular-level articles
Following Jesus Together in the Inner City in Christian Standard (December 2014)
Poverty and Friendship in Christian Standard (December 2014)
Published Book Reviews
Angela Dienhart Hancock, Karl Barths Emergency Homiletic 19321933: A Summons to Prophetic
Witness at the Dawn of the Third Reich (Eerdmans, 2013) in Reviews in Religion and Theology
(September 2014).
Khaled Anatolios, Retrieving Nicaea: The Development and Meaning of Trinitarian Doctrine (Baker
Academic, 2011) in Restoration Quarterly (forthcoming).
Margaret R. Pfeil and Tobias Winright eds., Violence, Transformation, and the Sacred: They Shall
Be Called the Children of God, (Orbis, 2012) in Political Theology 15, no. 4 (2014).
Paul Blowers, Drama of the Divine Economy: Creator and Creation in Early Christian Theology and
Piety, (Oxford University Press, 2012) in Stone-Campbell Journal 17, no. 1 (2014): 9799.
Peter Dula and Chris K. Huebner eds., The New Yoder (Lutterworth, 2011) in Reviews in
Religion and Theology (July 2013).
Michael P. DeJonge, Bonhoeffers Theological Formation: Berlin, Barth and Protestant Theology
(Oxford, 2012) in Reviews in Religion and Theology (March 2013).
Daniel Bell, Jr., The Economy of Desire: Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World (Baker
Academic, 2012) in Englewood Review of Books (Print edition, Advent 2012).
Eleonore Stump, Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering (Oxford, 2010) in
Englewood Review of Books (Review Essay, Online edition, July 2012).
Nicholas Wolterstorff, Hearing the Call: Liturgy, Justice, Church, and World (Eerdmans, 2011) in
Reviews in Religion and Theology (July 2012).
Brian Brock, Christian Ethics in a Technological Age (Eerdmans, 2011) in Reviews in Religion and
Theology (July 2012).

Viggo Mortensen and Andreas sterund Nielson eds., Walk Humbly with the Lord: Church and
Mission Engaging Plurality (Eerdmans, 2010) in Englewood Review of Books (Online edition, July
2011).
Richard Hays and Nicolas Perrin eds., Jesus, Paul, and The People of God: A Theological Dialogue
with N.T. Wright (IVP Academic, 2011) in Englewood Review of Books (Print edition, Lent 2011)
Miroslav Volf, Against the Tide: Love in a Time of Petty Dreams and Persisting Enmities (Eerdmans,
2010) in Englewood Review of Books (Online edition, August 2010).
Joy Heine ed., A Worker Justice Reader (Orbis, 2010) in Englewood Review of Books (Online
edition, December 2010).
John Nugent, ed. Radical Ecumenicity: Pursuing Unity and Continuity After John Howard Yoder
(Abilene Christian University Press, 2010) in Englewood Review of Books (Coauthored, two-part
review, Online edition, May 2010).
Will Campbell, Writings on Reconciliation and Resistance (Cascade, 2010) in Englewood Review of
Books (Online edition, March 2010).
Daniel Berrigan, Essential Writings (Orbis, 2010) in Englewood Review of Books (Online edition,
March 2010).
Bruce Benson and Peter Heltzel, eds., Evangelicals and Empire: Christian Alternatives to the
Political Status Quo (Brazos, 2008) in Englewood Review of Books (Online edition, June 2009).
Richard Callahan, Work and Faith in the Kentucky Coalfields: Subject to Dust (Indiana University
Press, 2008) in Englewood Review of Books (Online edition, April 2009).

Academic Presentations
Historical Theology and the Stone-Campbell Movement delivered at the Theological
Reflection Study Group at the Stone-Campbell Journal Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana 11
April 2015
Invited respondent to lecture Reading Lumen Gentium through Evangelii Gaudium, [given by
Dan Finucane, PhD] Fifth Annual Newman Convocation, Saint Louis University, 15
October 2014
The Transformation of Development in Ignaz von Dllingers Theological Interpretation
of History. Contribution to panel Religious Certainty among Roman Catholics in the
Nineteenth Century: Communal Retrenchment, Skepticism, and the Ambiguities of Practical
Belief European Studies Conference Omaha, Nebraska 4 October 2014.
Free Church Catholic: William Robinsons Contribution to Stone-Campbell Ecclesiology.
Stone-Campbell Journal Conference, Johnson University (Knoxville, Tennessee) March 2014

Karl Barth on The Church and State After Christendom. Presented at For the Good of
the Many: The Edict of Milan on Its 1700th Anniversary (sponsored by Saint Irenaeus
Orthodox Theological Institute and Saint Louis University) St. Louis, 21 September 2013.
"On Being a Prophet in the Diaspora: The Witness of Karl Barth." Study group: Old
Testament Prophetic Tradition and Application, Stone-Campbell Journal Conference,
Lipscomb University (Nashville, Tennessee) 5 April 2013.
Eucharistic Economy: On Being the Church of Jesus Christ in a Capitalist World. Study
Group: Ecclesiology and Social Ethics, Stone-Campbell Journal Conference, Lipscomb
University (Nashville, Tennessee) 5 April 2013.
Prophetic Theology: Karl Barth and Theological Politics Beyond Ideology. American
Academy of Religion Southeastern Regional Meeting (SECSOR), Greenville, South Carolina,
16 March 2013.
The Incarnation in the Theology of Maximus the Confessor. Stone-Campbell Journal
Conference, Lincoln Christian University (Lincoln, Illinois), April 2012.
Bread for the World: Towards a Sacramental Answer to Ecclesiological Ambiguity. StoneCampbell Journal Conference, Lincoln Christian University (Lincoln, Illinois), April 2012.
Better Felt Than Researched: Past Trajectories and Future Possibilities for the Study of
Religion in Appalachia. Appalachian Studies Association Conference, Eastern Kentucky
University (Richmond, Kentucky), March 2011.

Teaching Experience
Fa 2011 Sp 2014
11/2/2011
10/30/2012

Instructor, The Consortium for Christian Online Education

Undergraduate course taught, Christian Worship: History and
Practice
Guest lecture, The Theology of Jrgen Moltmann for TH 5150
Introduction to Christian Theology, Emmanuel Christian Seminary
Guest lecture, The Theology of Jrgen Moltmann for TH 5150
Introduction to Christian Theology, Emmanuel Christian Seminary

Ecclesiastical Experience
Pentecost, 2013
20122013
2012
20092012
2007

Ordained into Christian ministry in the Independent Christian Church

tradition (Stone-Campbell Movement) at Hopwood Christian Church,
Johnson City, Tennessee
Worship Coordinator, Hopwood Christian Church, Johnson City,
Tennessee
Chaplain Intern, Indian Path Medical Center, Kingsport, Tennessee
Eucharistic Minister and Ministry Intern, Hopwood Christian Church,
Johnson City, Tennessee
Interim Pastor, Oakwood Christian Church, Neosho, Missouri

2006

Ministry Intern, Centre Point Church of Christ, West Bromwich, United

Kingdom
Ministry Intern, Hippo Valley Christian Mission, Chiredzi, Zimbabwe

2005

Professional Activities and Service

2015Present
2015
2015
20132015
2012present
2012present
2010present
2007present
20112013

Co-Chair, Saint Louis University Department of Theological Studies

Graduate Student Action Committee
Organizer for the Danforth Lecture (Dr. David Bentley Hart)
Member of PhD Handbook Committee, Saint Louis University
Department of Theological Studies
Secretary, Saint Louis University Department of Theological Studies
Graduate Student Action Committee
Member, American Academy of Religion
Member, Stone-Campbell Scholars Community
Member, Disciples of Christ Historical Society
Endorser, Ekklesia Project
Director, Friends of Amos (student-led social justice organization),
Emmanuel Christian Seminary

Research Languages
Biblical Hebrew, basic
Ancient Greek, intermediate
German, intermediate
French, intermediate