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Michael Zbaraschuk Associate Professor of Constructive Theology Global Context Phone: 253-535-8499 Email: zbarasgm@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 220-D Professional Education Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, 2002 M.A., Claremont Graduate University, 1998 B.A., Spanish and Humanities, Walla Walla University, 1993 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Process Theology Radical Theology Religious Pluralism Books Resurrecting the Death of God: The Past, Present, and Future of

Books Lutherrenaissance: Past and Present (Forschungen zur Kirchen- und Dogmengeschichte) Bilingual Edition (V&R Academic 2014) : View Book Cross Examinations: Readings on the Meaning of the Cross Today - Editor (Fortress Press 2006) : View Book Biography Marit Trelstad is Professor of Constructive and Lutheran Theology at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Her scholarly work combines feminist, process and Lutheran theologies and has focused on Christology, theological anthropology

Paul Ingram Professor Emeritus Email: poingram@plu.edu Professional Education Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, 1968 Th.M., Claremont School of Theology, 1964 B.A., Chapman University, 1961 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise History of Religions Buddhist-Christian Dialogue Religious Dialogue with the Natural Sciences Process Theology Books Living without a Why Mysticism, Pluralism, and the Way of Grace foreword by Marit Trelstad (Cascade Books 2014) : View Book Passing Over and Returning A

: Authority and Autonomy at the End of the Antique World (Ashgate 2014) : View Book They Who Give From Evil”: the Response of the Eastern Church to Money-lending in the Early Christian Era (Wipf & Stock 2012) : View Book Biography Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen teaches courses in the history of early and medieval Christianity, and specific topics in historical theology and Eastern Orthodox Christianity. She also teaches in the International Honors program. Her research is focused primarily on social ethics found

Samuel Torvend Professor Emeritus and Faculty Fellow in Humanities Phone: 253-535-8106 Email: torvensa@plu.edu Office Location:Hauge Administration Building - Room 222 J Professional Biography Video Additional Titles/Roles Director for External Relations - Wild Hope Center for Vocation Education Ph.D., Historical Theology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, 1990 M.A., Theology, Aquinas Institute of Theology, Dubuque, Iowa, 1980 M.Div., Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, 1978 B.A., History, Pacific

Micah Miller Visiting Assistant Professor Phone: 253-535-7784 Email: micah.miller@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 220-F Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Religion, Emory University, 2019 M.A., Theological Studies, Saint Louis University, 2013 B.A., Theological Studies & English, Saint Louis University, 2011 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Early Christianity, Ante-Nicene Christianity, Early Trinitarian Theology Books Origen of Alexandria

Lilly Endowment, Incorporated. Across her four-decade career, Killen’s research has focused on Christianity in North America, especially Catholicism, on religion and spirituality in the western United States, particularly the Pacific Northwest, and on church-related higher education.  From 2006-2012 she served as editor of the Wiley-Blackwell journal, Teaching Theology and Religion.  Since 1999 she has been a workshop leader and consultant for the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology

Kevin J. O’Brien Professor of Christian and Environmental Ethics he/him Phone: 253-535-7239 Email: obrien@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 254 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Ethics and Society, Emory University, 2006 M.A., Theology, Union Theological Seminary, NY, 2001 B.A., Religion, Earlham College, Richmond, IN, 1999 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Christian Social Ethics Environmental Ethics Books Environmental Ethics and Uncertainty: Wrestling

- Excellence in Advising 2005 Biography Keith Cooper has been teaching at PLU since 1984. His graduate degrees in philosophy are from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; he also has a master’s degree in theology. His main areas of interest are the philosophy of religion and the philosophy of science, especially the question of methodological parallels between metaphysical inquiry and scientific theorizing (e.g., abductive reasoning). Favorite courses, in addition to those areas, include Formal Logic and

Pennsylvania Press 2015) : View Book Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Authority of Scripture Chapters 4, pgs. 71-90 (Pickwick Publications 2011) : View Book Diversity and Dominion: Dialogues in Ecology, Ethics, and Theology Chapters 14, pgs. 157-165 (Wipf & Stock 2010) : View Book Southern Masculinity: Perspectives on Manhood in the New South Chapters 13, pgs. 246-268 (University of Georgia Press 2009) : View Book Biography Seth Dowland teaches courses in PLU’s International Honors, First-Year