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JONATHAN TRAN Associate Professor of Religion (Theology & Ethics) Graduate Faculty, Department of Religion Faculty Master, Honors Residential College Affiliate Faculty, Medical Humanities Baylor University Baylor University Department of Religion One Bear Place #97284 Waco, TX 76798-7284

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EDUCATION Duke University, The Graduate School, Department of Religion, Durham, NC Ph. D. Theology & Ethics, Spring 2006 Minors: Political Theory (external), Early Church History (internal) Dissertation: “In the Far Country: Time, Eternity, and Memory after the Vietnam War” Director: Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics Duke University, Divinity School, Durham, NC M.Div. summa cum laude, 2002 University of California at Riverside B.A. Phi Beta Kappa, Political Science, 1994 RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Systematic theology, ethics, political theory, ordinary language philosophy, bioethics, race and identity theory. PUBLICATIONS Books 1. The Vietnam War and Theologies of Memory: Time and Eternity in the Far Country in the monograph series “Challenges in Contemporary Theology” (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). 2. Foucault and Theology in the monograph series “Philosophy and Theology” (Edinburgh: T & T Clark International, 2011). 3. Co-Editor, with Myles Werntz, Corners in the City of God: Theology, Philosophy, and The Wire (Eugene: Cascade, Forthcoming 2013). 4. The Word Acknowledged: The Triune God Spoken in Ordinary Language (in conversation with Stanford University Press; expected completion 2017). Editorial Board: “Encountering Traditions”, eds. Maria Dakake, Stanley Hauerwas, Peter Ochs, and Randi Rashkover (Stanford: Stanford University Press). 1

Peer-Reviewed Articles in Refereed Academic Journals 1. “The Vietnam War as Theo-Drama: Balthasar, Kenosis, and the Cold War’s Temporal Desperation,” Political Theology (Vol. 8, No. 3, 2007), 319-340. 2. “The Limits of Franz Boas’ Multiculturalism: An Augustinian Critique,” Polygraph 19: An International Journal of Culture and Politics (No. 19/20, 2008), 55-77. 3. “Dying with Others: Reflections on Ataxia, Suffering, and Ken’s Mom,” Theology Today (Vol. 64, No. 4, 2008), 458-468. 4. “Transgressing Borders: Genetic Research, Immigration, and Discourses of Sacrifice,” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics (Vol. 28, No. 2, 2008), 97-116. 5. “The Otherness of Children as a Hint of an Outside: Michel Foucault, Richard Yates, and Karl Barth on Suburban Life,” Theology & Sexuality (Vol. 15, No. 2, 2009), 191-211. 6. “Emplotting Forgiveness: Narrative, Forgetting, and Memory,” Literature & Theology (Vol. 23, No. 2, 2009), 220-233. 7. “Identity as Missiology,” Annual of the Society of Asian North American Christian Studies (Vol. 1, 2009), 29-40. 8. “Living Out the Gospel: Asian American Perspectives and Contributions,” Annual of the Society of Asian North American Christian Studies (Vol. 2, 2010), 13-56; 69-73. 9. “Response: The Possibility of an Asian-American Christian Ethics” Annual of the Society of Asian North American Christian Studies, Vol. 3, Summer 2010), 103-110. 10. “Obama, War, and Christianity: The Audacity of Hope and the Violence of Peace, Christian Ethics Today (Vol. 20, No. 20:86, Spring 2012), 2-7. 11. “Two Kinds of Christian Charity” with Natalie Carnes, Christian Ethics Today (Vol. 21: No. 1:89, Spring 2013), 6-12. 12. Scandalizing John Howard Yoder” with David Cramer, Jenny Howell, and Paul Martens, The Other Journal (July 7, 2014). 13. “An Atheistic Sense to Stanley Hauerwas’ Theology,” Review & Expositor (Vol. 112: No. 1, 2015), 119-132. Peer-Reviewed Articles in Edited Academic Volumes 1. “Laughing With the World: Possibilities of Hope in John Howard Yoder and Jeffrey Stout,” The New Yoder, eds. Peter Dula and Chris Huebner (Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2009), 253270.

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2. “A Few Things I want from Asian-American Evangelicalism,” Asian-American Christianity: A Reader, eds. Viji Nakka-Cammauf and Timothy Tseng (San Francisco: PAACCE and ISAAC, 2009), 243-251. 3. Articles (with Dana Benesh) on “Secularization,” “Tolerance,” “Excommunication,” “Virtue Ethics,” Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology, eds. David Fergusson, Karen Kilby, Iain Torrance, and Ian A. McFarland (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011). 4. “Time for Hauerwas’s Racism,” in Unsettling Arguments: A Festschrift on the Occasion of Stanley Hauerwas’s 70th Birthday, eds. Charles R. Pinches, Kelly S. Johnson, and Charles M. Collier (Eugene: Cascade, 2010), 254-270. 5. Articles (with Lindsay Cleveland) on “Humanity,” “Nationalism,” Dictionary of Scriptural Ethics, ed. Joel Green (Baker Academic, 2011). 6. “The Diasporic Politics of Asian-American Christianity” in Korean Diaspora and Christian Mission, eds. S. Hun Kim and Wonsuk Ma (Regnum Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, 2011), 72-83 7. “Defending Constantine, Taken Seriously,” Constantine Revisited, ed. John D. Roth (Pickwick, 2013), 124-132. 8. “Marlo’s City of Words: Tempting a Natural Theology of Language,” Corners in the City of God: Theology, Philosophy, and The Wire, eds. Jonathan Tran and Myles Werntz (Cascade, 2013), 59-75. 9. “The Wound of Tradition,” The Hermeneutics of Tradition, eds. Cyrus P. Olsen and Craig Hovey (Cascade Press, 2014), 226-252. 10. “Performing the Self’s Plasticity: The Phenomenon of Asian American Elective Plastic Surgery,” Introducing Asian American Christian Ethics (Waco: Baylor University Press, Forthcoming 2015). 11. “Anne and the Difficulty of Hauerwas’ Church,” The Difference Christ Makes ed. Charlie Collier (Eugene: Cascade, 2015), 51-70 12. “Ads and Words,” with Brandon Morgan, Madmen and Theology ed. Myles Werntz (Cascade Press, Forthcoming 2015). Articles in Non-Academic Publications 1. “Sold Into Slavery: The Scourge of Human Trafficking,” Cover Story, Christian Century (Vol. 124, No. 24, 2007), 22-26. 2. “The New Black Theology,” Cover Story, Christian Century (Vol. 129, No. 3 2012). Winner of the 2012 Associated Christian Press Award for Excellence.

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3. “Theology and Misconduct,” with David Cramer, Jenny Howell, and Paul Martens, Cover Story, Christian Century (August 4, 2014). Reviews 1. Karl Barth and the Performance of Witness: Critical Reviews of Eberhard Busch’s The Great Passion: An Introduction to the Theology of Karl Barth, Kurt Anders Richardson’s Reading Karl Barth, and Joseph Mangina’s Karl Barth: Theologian of Christian Witness,” Christian Century (Vol. 122, No. 24, 2005) 45-48. 2. Understanding War: 3 Books for Consideration, Vital Theology (Vol. 3, No. 18, 2007). 3. Craig A. Carter, Rethinking Christ & Culture: A Post-Christendom Perspective (Brazos, 2006), Religious Studies Review (Vol. 33, No. 2, April 2007), 119. 4. Jonathan Y. Tan, Asian American Theologies (Orbis, 2008), Religious Studies Review (Vol. 25, No.1, March 2009), 46-47. 5. J. Kameron Carter, Race: A Theological Analysis (Oxford, 2008), Religious Studies Review (Vol. 35, No. 2, June 2009), 115-116. 6. Willie J. Jennings, The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race (Yale, 2010), Religious Studies Review (Vol. 37, No. 3, January 2011), 193. 7. Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana: Politics, Identity and Faith in New Migrant Communities ed. Lois Ann Lorentzen et al. (Duke, 2009), Theology & Sexuality (Fall, 2013). 8. “The Gift of Difference: Radical Orthodoxy, Radical Reformation ed. Chris Huebner and Tripp York (CMU, 2010), Mennonite Quarterly Review, (Vol. LXXXVI:3, July 2012). 9. Symposium on John Milbank’s Beyond Secular Order: The Representation of Being and the Representation of the People” (Wiley 2014), Syndicate Theology (Forthcoming, Spring 2015). 10. Epsen Dahl, Stanley Cavell, Religion, and Continental Philosophy (Indiana University Press, 2014), Modern Theology (Forthcoming, Fall 2015) PRESENTATIONS (Selected) 1. “A Tale of Two Cities: Gift Giving in the City of God,” American Academy of Religion, Annual Meetings, San Antonio, November 2004. 2. “The Politics of Re-Memory,” American Academy of Religion, Annual Meetings, San Antonio, November 2004. 3. “A Few Things I Want from Asian American Evangelical Theology,” American Academy of Religion, Annual Meetings, Philadelphia, November 2005. 4

4. “Between Worlds at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial,” American Academy of Religion, Annual Meetings, Washington D.C., November 2006. 5. “Transgressing Borders: Genetic Control, Immigration, and Discourses of Sacrifice” Society of Christian Ethics, Annual Meetings, Atlanta, January 2008. 6. “Confessing the Self as Theological Art: Michel Foucault and the Church Fathers,” Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts (ITIA), St. Mary’s College, University of St. Andrews, May 2009. 7. Keynote Speaker “The Future of Asian American Theology,” at the Asian American Leadership Equipping Symposium, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA (November 2009). 8. “The Search for an Asian-American Christian Ethic,” Society of Christian Ethics, Annual Meetings, San Jose (January 2010). 9. “Diaspora in the Land of Becoming” and “Healing the Generations” for the Evangelical Formosan Church Denominational Conference, Arcadia, CA (February 2011). 10. “Beloved’s Memory” for the “Healing the Brokenness” Conference, Houston, TX (May 2011). 11. “Breakfast with an Author: The Vietnam War and Theologies of Memory,” Society of Christian Ethics, Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C. (January 2012). 12. “Theological Analysis of America’s Warring,” Society of Christian Ethics, Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C. (January 2012). 13. “Liturgy and Warfare,” Society of Christian Ethics, Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C. (January 2012). 14. “The Audacity of Hope and the Violence of Peace: Obama, War and Christianity”? Christian Reflections on Obama’s Wars,” The T.B. Maston Lecture in Ethics, George Truett Theological Seminary (January 2012). 15. “Power Acknowledged,” for the “Before Authority: Renegotiating Power and Religion Conference,” The University of Chicago (May 2012). 16. “Anne and the Difficulty of Hauerwas’ Church,” Plenary Address, “The Difference Christ Makes: Celebrating the Life, Work, and Friendship of Stanley Hauerwas,” Duke Divinity School, Duke University (November 2013). 17. “A Critique of the New Black Theology,” Society of Christian Ethics, Annual Meetings, Seattle, WA (January 2014).

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18. Plenary Response to Susanna Heschel,” Society of Jewish Ethics, Annual Meetings, Seattle, WA (January 2014). 19. “The End of Words: Bodies, Animals and Language,” Leuschner Lectures, Seventh & James Lectures (October 22, October 29, November 5, and November 12, 2014). 20. “Hegel and the Ordinary Language Limits of American Pragmatism,” Society of Christian Ethics, Annual Meetings, Chicago, IL (January 2015). 21. Asian American Heritage Lectures, Seattle Pacific University (Forthcoming, Spring 2015) 22. “Ordinary Language Theology and Protestant Ethics,” American Academy of Religion (Proposed for Fall, 2015) TEACHING EXPERIENCE Baylor University Thesis Directing (11 Undergraduate Honors Thesis-completed; 2 Graduate Thesis-in progress) Christology and Embodiment, Instructor Fall 2014 Leadership and the Good Life, Instructor, Fall 2014 Sexuality and the Christian Body, Instructor, Spring 2015 Theology Graduate Colloquium, Instructor, Fall 2012, Spring 2013 Religion Department Senior Seminar, Spring 2012 Globalization and Language, Co-Instructor, Fall 2012 Karl Barth and the Analogia Entis, Instructor, Fall 2012 Theology & Wittgenstein, Instructor, Spring 2011 Director, Baylor in St. Andrews, Scotland, Director, Spring 2009 Theology at the End of History, Instructor, Spring 2009 Race, Racism, and Reconciliation in America, Instructor, Fall 2009 Introduction to Christian Ethics, Instructor, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2015 Bioethics, Instructor, Fall 2006-Fall 2015 Introduction to the Christian Heritage, Instructor, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007 Fuller Theological Seminary Christian Discipleship in a Secular World, Instructor, Summer 2010, 2011 Duke University Writing the Academy Inside Out, Instructor, Fall 2005 Duke Divinity School Christianity and Radical Democracy, Head Teaching Assistant, Spring 2006 Sex, Gender, and Discipleship, Teaching Assistant, Spring 2006 War and Peace in the Christian Tradition, Head Teaching Assistant, Fall 2005 Doctrine of the Trinity, Teaching Assistant, Fall 2005 Introduction to Preaching, Teaching Assistant, Spring 2005 Karl Barth and his Interpreters, Head Teaching Assistant, Fall 2004 Introduction to Christian Ethics, Teaching Assistant, Fall 2004, Fall 2003 Black Church in America, Teaching Assistant, Spring 2004 Introduction to Early Church History, Teaching Assistant, Fall 2002 6

Writing Program Evaluator, Fall 2004, Spring 2004, Fall 2003 UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE SERVICE University Tenure Committee (2012-Present; Chair 2014-2015) Bias Motivated Incident Support Team Co-Chair (2008-2013; Chair 2008-2013) Religion Department Speakers & Lectures Committee (2006-2008) Presidential Advisory Committee on Diversity (2009-Present) Religion Department Undergraduate Studies Committee (2009-Present) Religion Graduate Program in Religion Administrative Committee (2011-2012) University Chartering Council (2011-2013) Global Community Advisory Board (2011-2013) Retention of Underrepresented Student Groups Ad Hoc Committee (2010-2012) Religion Department Select Committee on Baylor Religion in St Andrews (2009-2010) Religion Department Tenure-Track Theology Search Committee (2009-2010) Religion Department Christian Ethics Lecturer Search Committee (2010-2011) Religion Department Christian Ethics Lecturer Search Committee Chair (2012-2013) Center for International Education New Programs Committee (2009-2010) RESEARCH GRANTS AND AWARDS 2010 Wesleyan Center Visiting Summer Scholar, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego 2010 Baylor University Summer Research Grant 2009 Wesleyan Center Visiting Summer Scholar, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego 2009 Baylor University Summer Research Grant 2009 Baylor University Arts and Humanities Research Development Program Grant 2008 Pre-Tenure Summer Fellowship, Center for Theological Inquiry, Princeton 2008 Baylor University University Research Committee (URC) Grant 2008 Baylor University Summer Research Grant 2007 Baylor University Summer Faculty Institute 2006 Baylor University Summer Research Grant PROFESSONAL MEMBERSHIPS Society of Christian Ethics (2006-Present), Board of Directors (2013-Present; Board of Directors, 2013-Present; Executive Committee 2014-2015) Asian and Asian American Working Group Co-Convener, Society of Christian Ethics (20102012) American Academy of Religion (2003-Present)

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