Brad Kallenberg

Professor
Full-Time Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences: Religious Studies

Profile

After taking a degree in science education at the University of Minnesota (B.S. Ed., physics and chemistry, 1981), Dr. Kallenberg spent a decade in campus ministry throughout the upper Midwest. At the end of this time and still with an eye to ministry, Dr. Kallenberg entered graduate school to study theology. After completing an M.A. in biblical studies and theology, he completed the Ph.D. in philosophical theology and ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasedena, CA). He taught at a number of years at a variety of schools (including St. Petersburg Academy, Russia!) before moving to Ohio in the fall of 2001 to join the religious studies department at UD. He teaches a variety of ethics courses, including "Christian Ethics and Engineering," for both graduate and undergraduate students.

The Faculty Perspective

Despite the colder winters (I moved here from California!), I have found a warm home among the religious studies faculty at UD. Being the token Protestant in the department, I was understandably nervous when I began to teach here in the fall of 2001. Yet, I was surprised to discover many conceptual friends among fellow faculty and am constantly enriched by the conversations into which I am warmly welcomed.

Research Interests

  • Christian ethics
  • Philosophical theology
  • Philosophy of language
  • Ethics and technology

Selected Publications

Live to Tell: Evangelism for a Postmodern Age. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2002.

Ethics as Grammar: Changing the Postmodern Subject. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2001.

"The Gospel Truth of Relativism." The Scottish Journal of Theology 53, no. 2, (2000): 177-211.

"All Suffer the Affliction of One: Metaphysical Holism and the Presence of the Spirit." Christian Scholar's Review 31, no. 2 (2002): 217-34.