ࡱ> ^`]9 $+bjbj@@ 2\*h*h$#jjjjj~~~~dd~B%F4zzzzUUU$$$$$$$$(')l$j!UU!!$jjzz$!!!!jzjz$!!$!!!z@`1'! !$%0B%!J*1!LJ*!!J*jM"`U!cUUU$$}!LUUUB%!!!!J*UUUUUUUUUX 0:  SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1DAVID H. NIKKEL Fayetteville, NC 910-494-9517 (C)  HYPERLINK "mailto:david.nikkel@uncp.edu" david.nikkel@uncp.edu 910-521-6892 (O) EDUCATION Ph. D. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina M. Div. Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Delaware, Ohio B. A. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut Honors and Fellowships: Gurney Harris Kearns Fellowship (Duke); Charles A. Dice Fellowship (Methodist Theological School in Ohio); National Merit Scholar. EXPERIENCE 8/13- present Professor of Religion, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina 10/07- present Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of North Carolina at Pembroke 8/08- 7/13 Associate Professor of Religion, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina 8/02 -7/08 Assistant Professor of Religion, University of North Carolina at Pembroke 7/98 - 6/02 Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Lisbon, Ohio 8/92 - 5/98 Assistant Professor of Religion & Philosophy (tenure-track) and College Chaplain, Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska (position eliminated) Adjunct teaching Youngstown State University, Hiram College, Mt. Union College, Methodist Theological School in Ohio AREAS OF TEACHING COMPETENCE Theories and Methods in Religious Studies Religion and culture Philosophy of religion Religion and science Philosophical theology World religions Systematic theology History of religions Historical theology Religious ethics Biblical studies COURSES TAUGHT Introduction to Religious Studies Religion and Science Introduction to Religious Thought Religion and Literature Contemporary Religious Thought Life and Thought of Reformation Churches History of Western Religious Thought Christianity in the Modern World Doctrine of God Introduction to World Religions Philosophy of Religion Asian Religions and Philosophies Religious Ethics Religion in America Religion & Culture; Philosophy of Culture Theories and Methods in Religion Religion, Art, and Culture Introduction to the New Testament Writing in Philosophy and Religious Studies Classical Mythology Introduction to Philosophy PUBLICATIONS Tradition as Body, Method and Theory in the Study of Religion (published online ahead of print, November, 2022).  HYPERLINK "https://doi.org/10.1163/15700682-bja10089" \t "_blank" https://doi.org/10.1163/15700682-bja10089 Revisiting Tillichs Christology, Bulletin of the North American Paul Tillich Society, Forthcoming. A Theory of the Embodied Nature of Religion, Journal of Religion 99/2 (April, 2019). Embodying Ultimate Concern, in The Body and Ultimate Concern: Reflections on an Embodied Theology of Paul Tillich, eds. Adam Pryor and Devan Stahl (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2018): 15-39. Curing Dualistic, Disembodied Patterns of Thinking in the Academy, Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical 44/1 (February, 2018): 6-25. The Wildness of Creation: An Interpretation of the Voice from the Whirlwind in Job, Open Theology 2/1 (September, 2016): 849-854. Affirming God as Panentheistic and Embodied, Sophia: International Journal of Philosophy and Traditions 55/3 (September, 2016): 291-302. The Dualistic, Discarnate Picture That Haunts the Cognitive Science of Religion, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 50/3 (September, 2015): 621-646. Unpacking the Tacit: A Review of Stephen Turners Understanding the Tacit, Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical 41/3 (June, 2015). Teaching Two Classics in Religion/Theology and Culture. Bulletin of the North American Paul Tillich Society 39/2 (Spring, 2013). Rebalancing the Poles in Mark C. Taylors (A)Theology. Theology Today 69/4 (January, 2013). Radical Embodiment, Princeton Theological Monograph Series (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2010; Cambridge, UK: James Clarke & Co., 2011). Updating Tillich on Religion and Art, Bulletin of the North American Paul Tillich Society 37/3 (Summer, 2011). A Response to David Rutledge. (David Rutledge, The Crucial Concept of Embodiment: David Nikkels Account.) Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical, 37/2 (February, 2011). Negotiating the Nature of Mystical Experience, Guided by James and Tillich, Sophia: International Journal of Philosophy and Traditions 49/3 (Fall, 2010). Tillichs God above God after Mark Taylors After God, Bulletin of the North American Paul Tillich Society 36/2 (Spring, 2010). Humanity and Divinity as Radically Embodied, Metanexus Institute Essays (October 31, 2006). Discerning the Spirits of Modernity and Postmodernity, Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical 33/1 (October, 2006). The Mystical Formation of Paul Tillich, Bulletin of the North American Paul Tillich Society 32/2 (Spring, 2006). The Varieties of Mystical Experience: Paul Tillich and William James, Bulletin of the North American Paul Tillich Society 30/2 (Spring, 2004). Panentheism, Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science and Religion (New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003). Polarities in Tillichs Thought on Revelation in the World Religions, Bulletin of the North American Paul Tillich Society 26/4 (Fall, 2000). Dealing with Religious Relativism in the Classroom, Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa National Honor Society for Religious Studies/Theology (Spring, 1998). Panentheism in Hartshorne and Tillich: A Creative Synthesis (New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 1995). The Postmodern Spirit and the Status of God, Sophia: International Journal of Philosophy and Traditions 33/3 (Fall, 1994). SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS Postmodernism, Tradition, and the Church-Related College: Negotiating Absolutism and Relativism, Advocacy and Diversity, for The Church-Related Colleges Postmodern Opportunity: A National Interdisciplinary Conference, funded by the Lilly Endowment, May, 1997. Ministry in a Post-Age, Cotner College Commission on Continuing Education, Lincoln /Grand Island, Nebraska, September, 1997. Minding God and the Body: An Embodied versus a Functionalist Model of Mind. Paper presented to the Religion and Science Group of the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, 2003. Consciousness: The Final FrontierThe Religious Implications of Cognitive Science and Neuroscience. Presentation to the Metanexus Religion and Science Roundtable at St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, North Carolina, March, 2005. The Human Mind and the Body of God. Presentation to the Religion and Science Roundtable at St. Andrews University, Laurinburg, NC, January, 2013. Addressing Some Objections to a Panentheistic, Embodied God. Presentation to the Consultation on Incarnation and other Forms of Embodiment, Centre for Naturalism and Christian Semantics, Copenhagen University, Denmark, December, 2013. ORDINATION East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church, Elders Orders. AFFILIATIONS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence for 鶹Pembroke, 2012. Faculty Member of the Honors College, 鶹Pembroke, 2018-present. American Academy of Religion. Steering Committee, Cognitive Science of Religion Unit, American Academy of Religion, 2022-present. Steering Committee, Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture Unit, American Academy of Religion, 2006-2011. Presidential Cycle, North American Paul Tillich Society, 2007-2011. Polanyi Society, Board Member, 2013-2021; Secretary, 2016-2018. Theta Alpha Kappa: National Honor Society for Religious Studies and Theology. At-Large Representative, National Executive Board, 2011-2017; Vice President, 2107-present . Religion and Science Roundtable, St. Andrews University, Laurinburg, North Carolina, 2004-2012. American Association of University Professors. Delegate to the University of North Carolina Faculty Assembly, 2013-2016. 鶹P Faculty Senate, 2011-2017 . 鶹P Grant to Develop Learning Community Curriculum and Cohort, 2005. 鶹P Grant to Develop Team-Taught Religion and Science Course, 2005. Van Bogard Dunn Ecumenical Award, East Ohio Conference, United Methodist Church, 2000. East Ohio Conference Commission on the Status and Role of Women, 1984-1992; Vice Chairperson, 1988-1992. Ohio Academy for Spiritual Formation, 1988-1992. REFERENCES: Letters of recommendation are available on request. ()*<MPQ  7 : V  5 6 8 ѾѺ㺺㱱h haJ hD5CJ h'15h0nh+hah+0Jh+>*B*phjh+>*B*Uphh h'1 h'1CJ h'15CJjh'15CJU?Q7 8 ! x @ k  1$^01$^`0gd 1$^gd H1$ `1$^`` 01$^`0 1$^`1$ ! 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