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Robert B Sloan, Jr.

President's Office
  • University President
  • Professor of Theology
  • Department of Theology

Education

  • Doktor der Theologie, University of Basel, Switzerland, insigni cum laude, 1978
  • Post-baccalaureate research, University of Bristol, England, 1973-74
  • Divinity, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, magna cum laude, 1973
  • A., Baylor University, cum laude, 1970, Honors Program, with distinction

 

Courses Taught

  • Romans
  • Revelation

 

Selected Honors and Awards

  • Michael S. Stevens Faithful Citizenship Award from US Pastor Council, 2016
  • Hero of Faith Award from Vision America, 2015
  • George Washington Distinguished Service Award from Paul Carrington Chapter #5, Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 2009
  • Community Leadership award from Sharpstown Rotary Club, Houston, Texas, 2008
  • Robert B. Sloan, Jr., Endowed Scholarship in Graduate Education established by The Guild at 澳门六合彩图库, 2006
  • Baylor University Distinguished Alumni Award, 2000
  • Inducted into the Little League Hall of Excellence, 1996
  • Honorary member, Baylor Golden Key Honor Society, 1994
  • Mortar Board Circle of Achievement Award, 1993
  • First Holder of the George W. Truett Chair in Evangelism, Baylor Department of Religion, 1990-2006

 

Selected Professional Associations and Activities

Current Memberships

  • Institute for Biblical Research
  • Society of Biblical Literature
  • Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas

Past Memberships

  • Southwest Seminar on the Development of Second Century Christianity
  • Southwest Biblical Seminar
  • National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion
  • North American Patristics Society

 

Activities

  • Panelist at 鈥淭he Gospel, Homosexuality, and the Future of Marriage,鈥 the 2014 National Conference of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, Tennessee, October 2014鈥═opic:听 鈥淭he State of Marriage in American Culture鈥
  • Featured speaker at Founders鈥 Day Convocation, Baptist University of the Americas, October 2013鈥═opic:听 鈥淚s There More to the Christian Faith than Dying and Going to Heaven?鈥
  • Delivered the 3rd annual Drumwright Family Lecture to the Honors College at Baylor University, to mark the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Honors College, October 2012鈥═opic:听 鈥淩ead, Watch, and Pray:听 A Charge to the Custodians and Prophets of the Great Texts鈥
  • Speaker at 鈥淩adical Emancipation:听 Confronting the Challenge of Secularism,鈥 the 12th annual conference of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, November 2011鈥═opic:听 鈥淯niversities and Secularism:听 The Points of Engagement鈥
  • Featured speaker at 鈥淜JV@400:听 A Story of Biblical Proportions,鈥 a conference sponsored by the Dunham Bible Museum, 澳门六合彩图库, October 2011鈥═opic:听 鈥溾楾he Hallelujah Chorus鈥:听 A Theological Reading of Scripture鈥
  • Inaugural lecturer at the McCall Lectures on Christian Leadership sponsored by Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, September 2011鈥═opic:听 鈥淪ervant Leadership:听 The Clich茅 Versus the Reality鈥
  • Participant in a student forum on leadership sponsored by Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, September 2011
  • Guest presenter, Memorial-Hermann Southwest Hospital Leadership Workshop, August 2011鈥═opic:听 鈥淟eadership:听 Implementing the Theory鈥
  • Guest presenter, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, July 2011
  • Topic:听 鈥淭he Mission of a Christian University:听 The Crucial Role of Graduate Programs鈥
  • Speaker, Distinguished Speaker Series Luncheon at Houston Club, March 2011
  • Keynote speaker, Distinguished Visitors Series at King鈥檚 College, New York City, November 2010
  • Keynote speaker at the Breaking Bread program sponsored by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, November 2008听 Topic:听 鈥淎ccepting One鈥檚 Mortality:听 What It Means for Christian Mission, Ethics, and Hope.听 A Study of Philippians鈥
  • Presenter at 鈥淐redo:听 The Arts as Expressions of Belief,鈥 a conference sponsored by 澳门六合彩图库, January 2007
  • Co-convener, Pauline Studies Group, Southwest Region of the Society of Biblical Literature, 1991-93
  • President, Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, 1991-92
  • Vice President, Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, 1990-91
  • National Board of Directors, Institute for Biblical Research, 1990-91
  • Convener, Southwest Region of the Institute for Biblical Research, 1989-93
  • Session moderator at the Colloquium on Gospel Studies (Greco-Roman Institute at Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, Texas), January 28, 1989
  • President, Southwest Region of the Society of Biblical Literature, 1988-89
  • Board of Trustees, The Second Century Journal, 1987-93
  • President Elect, Southwest Region of the Society of Biblical Literature, 1987-88
  • Guest at the annual meeting of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (Apocalypse Seminar), Atlanta, Georgia, August 1986; Chicago, Illinois, 1993
  • Associate Editor (Book Review), Southwestern Journal of Theology, 1982-83

 

Academic Publications

 

Books

  • Discovering I Corinthians (Carmel, NY:听 Guideposts Associates, Inc., 1985)
  • The Favorable Year of the Lord (Schola Press, 1977)

 

Books Edited

  • Foundations for Biblical Interpretation (Nashville:听 Broadman and Holman, 1994)
  • Perspectives on John (Macon, GA:听 Mercer University Press, 1993)
  • Five New Testament volumes of The New American Commentary (vol. 23, Mark; vol. 32, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon; vol. 26, Acts; vol. 22, Matthew; and vol. 34, 1, 2 Timothy, Titus)
  • Romans: Good News for a Troubled World

 

Selected Articles, Chapters in Books

  • 鈥淎 Biblical Model of Leadership,鈥 a chapter in Christian Leadership Essentials: A Handbook for Managing Christian Organizations, edited by David S. Dockery (Nashville:听 B&H Publishing Group,听 2011)
  • 鈥溾楥enter,鈥 鈥楬orizon,鈥 and Rhetorical Focus in Ignatius of Antioch,鈥 an article in Thriving in Babylon: Essays in Honor of A. J. Conyers, edited by David B. Capes and J. Daryl Charles (Eugene, OR:听 Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2010)
  • 鈥淭he Baylor Project:听 A Response,鈥 a chapter in The Baylor Project:听 Taking Christian Higher Education to the Next Level, edited by Barry G. Hankins and Donald D. Schmeltekopf (St. Augustine鈥檚 Press, 2007)
  • 鈥淎ncient Jewish Hermeneutics,鈥 a chapter in Biblical Hermeneutics, A Comprehensive Introduction to Interpreting Scripture (Nashville:听 Broadman & Holman Press, 1996)
  • 鈥2 Corinthians 2:14-4:6 and 鈥楴ew Covenant Hermeneutics鈥 鈥 A Response to Richard Hays,鈥 Bulletin for Biblical Research, 5, 1995.
  • 鈥淐anonical Theology of the New Testament,鈥 in Foundations for Biblical Interpretation (Nashville:听 Broadman, 1994)
  • 鈥淎postles, Disciples,鈥 in Holman Bible Dictionary (Nashville:听 Holman Bible Publishers, 1991)
  • 鈥淚mages of the Church in Paul,鈥 in The People of God:听 Essays on the Believers Church (Nashville:听 Broadman, 1991)
  • 鈥淧aul and the Law: Why the Law Cannot Save鈥 an article in Novum Testamentum (BrillJan 1991)
  • 鈥溾楽igns and Wonders鈥:听 A Rhetorical Clue to the Pentecost Discourse,鈥 in With Steadfast Purpose:听 Essays on Acts in Honor of Henry Jackson Flanders, Jr. (Waco, TX:听 Baylor University, 1990)
  • 鈥淪tudies in First Corinthians: Resurrection in I Corinthians鈥 an article in Southwestern Journal of Theology (Fall 1983)

 

Numerous Reviews in Professional Journals

 

Unpublished Works

  • Romans:听 A Reader鈥檚 Commentary, manuscript completed, pursuing publication
  • 鈥溾楶redestination鈥 (鈭廝OOPIZ鈩) in Pauline Tradition:听 A Christocentric Hope鈥
  • 鈥淭he Baptist Center:听 Its Presuppositions and Applications鈥

 

Selected Formal Papers

  • 鈥淭he Summons of Freedom:听 The Pope, the Apostle Paul, and Alasdair MacIntyre.鈥澨 Presented November 13, 2009 at the 10th annual fall conference of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
  • 鈥溾楶redestination鈥 (鈭廝OOPIZ鈩) in Pauline Tradition:听 A Christocentric Hope.鈥澨 Presented March 1993 to the Southwest Region of the Institute for Biblical Research, Dallas, Texas
  • 鈥淧aul and the Law:听 Another Look.鈥澨 Presented March 14, 1992 to the Pauline Epistles Section of the Southwest Commission of the Society of Biblical Literature, Dallas, Texas
  • 鈥淚ntertextuality and the Interpretive Shifts in 2 Corinthians 3:1-4:6:听 New Covenant Hermeneutics?鈥澨 Presented November 17, 1990 to the Pauline Epistles Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, New Orleans, Louisiana