Justin Craig Barringer
Curriculum Vitae
Southern Methodist University
Education
Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX) 2016-Present (ABD)
PhD, Religious Ethics
Asbury Theological Seminary (Wilmore, KY) Dec 2012
MDiv, Church in Society (Ethics) Concentration
Wesley Theological Seminary (Washington, DC) January-April 2010
National Capital Semester for Seminarians: Special Study in Faith and Public Policy
Lipscomb University (Nashville, TN) May 2007
BA, Oral Communication, Minor in Bible/History
Select Publications
A Faith Not Worth Fighting For: Addressing Commonly Asked Questions about Christian Nonviolence. Co-Editor with Tripp York, PhD. (June 2012, Cascade Books), authored chapters: “Why Refusing to Kill Matters for Christian Discipleship” and “What about Those Men and Women Who Gave Up Their Lives so that You and I Could Be Free? On Killing for Freedom.”
Peer-reviewed. “Subordination and Freedom: Tracing Anarchist Themes in 1 Peter,” in Essays in Anarchism and Religion Vol. II. Edited by Alexandre Christoyannppoulos and Matthew Adams. (October 2019, Stockholm University Press).
"Love Your Enemy: Its Political Significance," Modern Theology, Special Themed Issue, Volume 36, Issue 3. Co-edited with D. Stephen Long, PhD. "Introduction," Co-Written with D. Stephen Long. (March, 2020)
Practicing the Kingdom: Essays on Hospitality, Community and Friendship in Honor of Christine Pohl. Co-Editor with Maria Kenney, PhD. (Forthcoming, 2020 Cascade Books), authored chapter, “Fluid Hierarchies: Transgressive Friendships as a Subversive Practice.”
The Business of War: Theological and Ethical Reflections on the Military-Industrial Complex. Co-Editor with James McCarty, PhD and Matthew Tapie, PhD. (October 2020, Cascade Books), authored chapter: “Practicing Community against the Business of War.”
Peer reviewed. "Spiritual Friendship in Christian Monk Aelred of Rievaulx and the Pali Canon of Buddhism" in Buddhist-Christian Studies (Forthcoming, 2021)
Current Project. God and Country (Music). Co-Author with Joshua Jeffery. (Forthcoming 2021, Lexington Books/Fortress Academic)
Current Project. The Business of Incarceration: Theological and Ethical Reflections on the Prison-Industrial Complex. Co-editor with James McCarty, PhD and Sarah Farmer, PhD. (Forthcoming, 2021 Cascade Books)
Current Project. Peripatetic Friendship: Black Liberation Theology and the Civil Rights Movement. Co-Author with Theodore Walker Jr., PhD. Considering Orbis Books.
Series Co-Editor. The Business of Modern Life, with James McCarty, PhD. (Anticipated release dates, 2020-2025 Cascade Books).
Scholarships and Awards
Charlotte Newcome Dissertation Fellowship ($27,500)
CM Cares Scholarship, Church Mutual ($5000)
Southern Methodist University, Graduate Program Religious Studies Community Service Award ($500)
Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute Research Cluster Grant, with Drs. D. Stephen Long and Theodore Walker ($2500)
John Wesley Fellowship, A Foundation for Theological Education 2017-2020 ($15,000)
DFW Albert Schweitzer Public Health Fellowship 2017-2018 ($2500)
SMU Maguire Public Service Fellowship 2017 ($2400)
Jenzabar Foundation Student Leadership Award 2012 ($5000)
Outstanding Volunteer Service Award, The Providence School 2011
Lilly Grant Scholarship to the Christian Community Development Association Conference in Cincinnati, OH 2009 (~$500)
Lilly Grant Scholarship to the Global Forum on Human Trafficking in Yorba Linda, CA 2009 (~$1500)
Dean’s Scholarship, Asbury Theological Seminary 2009-2010
Professional Teaching Experience
Southern Methodist University (Islam and the West) – Fall 2019
Teaching Assistant for Dr. John Lamoreaux
Wesley Theological College (Saigon, Vietnam) – Summer 2019
Visiting Instructor of New Testament
Southern Methodist University (Contemporary Moral Issues: Restorative Justice) – Spring 2018
Teaching Assistant for Dr. D. Stephen Long
Asbury Theological Seminary- (Christian Formation: Vocation of Ministry) Fall 2010
Teaching Assistant for Dr. Beverly Johnson-Miller
Wuhan University Zhi Xing College (China) August 2007-July2008
English Instructor
Other Professional Experience
White Rock United Methodist Church/Owenwood Farm & Neighbor Space – Sept 2018-Present
Director of Neighborhood Initiatives
Southern Methodist University – Aug 2018-Present
Assistant to the Cary M. Maguire University Professor of Ethics, Dr. D. Stephen Long
Diapers, Etc. – Aug 2017-Present
Executive Director
Embrace United Methodist Church – May 2013- July 2016
Outreach Pastor
Self Employed – Jan 2010-Present
Freelance Researcher, Editor, Publishing Consultant, and Writer
LoveBoldly – April 2012-March 2015
Director of Education
Asbury Theological Seminary- Global Community Formation Office Aug 2010-May 2012
Service Coordinator
Sojourners January-April 2010
Research and Writing Intern for Chuck Gutenson, PhD
Conference Presentations
Invited panelist. “The Coming Schism: Using the LGBTQ Discussion as a Lens for Understanding Wesleyan/Holiness Ecclesial-Academic Relations” for “The Many Faces of Athens and Jerusalem: The Relationship between the Church and the Academy in Other Ecclesial Bodies,” Convened by Brandon Pierce and Paul Watson, at the Christian Scholars’ Conference, Lipscomb University, June 2018.
Invited panelist. “Faith in Public: A Roundtable Discussion with Shaun Casey,” about the responsibilities of Christian scholars to various publics, convened by Amanda J. Pittman, ThD, June 2017.
Peer-reviewed. “Fluid Hierarchies: Friendship as a Subversive Practice” for the panel Embodiment, Encounter, and Power: Theological and Mystical Frames for Subverting and Reimagining Power Structures convened by Eric R. Magnusson, PhD at the Christian Scholars’ Conference, Lipscomb University, June 2014.
“‘I Ain’t No Fortunate One’: Christian Responses to the Business of War” for the panel The Business of War: Assessing the Ethics of the Military-Industrial Complex and Faithful Christian Witness convened by Matthew Tapie and Justin Bronson Barringer at the Christian Scholars’ Conference, Lipscomb University, June 2013.
Invited Presenter. “Submission and Subversion: Tracing Anarchist Themes in First Peter” for “Theopolitical Boundaries I: Anarchism and Christianity” convened by David Pritchett at the Christian Scholars’ Conference, Lipscomb University, June 2013.
Editing: Books
Christians and the Common Good: How Faith Intersects with Public Life. Content Editing and Research for Chuck Gutenson, PhD. (Brazos, 2011)
Living into Community: Cultivating Practices that Sustain Us. Editorial Feedback for Christine Pohl, PhD. (Eerdmans, 2012)
The Right Church: Live Like the First Christians. Research for Chuck Gutenson, PhD. (Abingdon, 2012).
God is Friendship: A Theology of Spirituality, Community, and Society. General Editing for Brian Edgar, PhD. (Seedbed Publishing, 2013).
Fight: A Christian Case for Non-Violence chapters 11-12. Editorial Feedback for Preston Sprinkle, PhD. (David C. Cook, 2013).
Embrace: A Church Plant That Broke All the Rules. General Editing for Rev. Rosario Picardo, DMin. (Resource Publications, 2014).
The Connection Principle: 3 Essential Communication Tools for Getting What You Want from Your Marriage. General Editing for Chuck Taylor. (Self-Published, 2015).
Slices of God: Strange, Dimensional, and Fractal Perspectives on God and the Cosmos. General Editing for S.F. Augsburger. (Achronos Media, 2015).
Truth-Telling in a Post-Truth World. General Editing for D. Stephen Long, PhD. (Wesley’s Foundery Books, Forthcoming, 2019)
The T&T Clark Companion to Ecclesiology. General Editing for D. Stephen Long, PhD and Kimlyn J. Bender, PhD. (Forthcoming, 2020)
Routledge Companion to Christian Ethics. General Editing for D. Stephen Long, PhD and Rebekah Miles, PhD. (Forthcoming, 2021)
Editing: Dissertations
Toward Recontextualization of Christianity with Popular Catholicism: A Study of Dialogical and Cooperative Mission with Popular Catholicism through the Perspectives of Methodist Christians in Batangas, Philippines. Dissertation. General editing for Eugene Kim, PhD.
Temperance: Past Lives, Present Status, Future Possibilities. Dissertation. General editing for Maria Kenney, PhD.
The Relationality of “the Holy One of Israel” in the Book of Isaiah: The Righteous Redeemer Who Rebukes, Redeems, and Restores a Rebellious Israel. Dissertation. General editing for Tony Chen, PhD.
Missionary Attrition in the Africa Gospel Church. Dissertation. General editing for Reuben K. Langat, PhD.
For Such a Time as This: Ecclesial Response to Human Trafficking in North America. Dissertation. General editing for Dawn A. Beamish, PhD.
For Better Not Worse: Creating Holy Marriages and Families. Dissertation. General editing for John Robert Black, DMin.
So the World Will Believe: Discovering the Invitational Nature of God. Dissertation. General editing for Frank S. Harris III, DMin.
Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX) 2016-Present (ABD)
PhD, Religious Ethics
Asbury Theological Seminary (Wilmore, KY) Dec 2012
MDiv, Church in Society (Ethics) Concentration
Wesley Theological Seminary (Washington, DC) January-April 2010
National Capital Semester for Seminarians: Special Study in Faith and Public Policy
Lipscomb University (Nashville, TN) May 2007
BA, Oral Communication, Minor in Bible/History
Select Publications
A Faith Not Worth Fighting For: Addressing Commonly Asked Questions about Christian Nonviolence. Co-Editor with Tripp York, PhD. (June 2012, Cascade Books), authored chapters: “Why Refusing to Kill Matters for Christian Discipleship” and “What about Those Men and Women Who Gave Up Their Lives so that You and I Could Be Free? On Killing for Freedom.”
Peer-reviewed. “Subordination and Freedom: Tracing Anarchist Themes in 1 Peter,” in Essays in Anarchism and Religion Vol. II. Edited by Alexandre Christoyannppoulos and Matthew Adams. (October 2019, Stockholm University Press).
"Love Your Enemy: Its Political Significance," Modern Theology, Special Themed Issue, Volume 36, Issue 3. Co-edited with D. Stephen Long, PhD. "Introduction," Co-Written with D. Stephen Long. (March, 2020)
Practicing the Kingdom: Essays on Hospitality, Community and Friendship in Honor of Christine Pohl. Co-Editor with Maria Kenney, PhD. (Forthcoming, 2020 Cascade Books), authored chapter, “Fluid Hierarchies: Transgressive Friendships as a Subversive Practice.”
The Business of War: Theological and Ethical Reflections on the Military-Industrial Complex. Co-Editor with James McCarty, PhD and Matthew Tapie, PhD. (October 2020, Cascade Books), authored chapter: “Practicing Community against the Business of War.”
Peer reviewed. "Spiritual Friendship in Christian Monk Aelred of Rievaulx and the Pali Canon of Buddhism" in Buddhist-Christian Studies (Forthcoming, 2021)
Current Project. God and Country (Music). Co-Author with Joshua Jeffery. (Forthcoming 2021, Lexington Books/Fortress Academic)
Current Project. The Business of Incarceration: Theological and Ethical Reflections on the Prison-Industrial Complex. Co-editor with James McCarty, PhD and Sarah Farmer, PhD. (Forthcoming, 2021 Cascade Books)
Current Project. Peripatetic Friendship: Black Liberation Theology and the Civil Rights Movement. Co-Author with Theodore Walker Jr., PhD. Considering Orbis Books.
Series Co-Editor. The Business of Modern Life, with James McCarty, PhD. (Anticipated release dates, 2020-2025 Cascade Books).
Scholarships and Awards
Charlotte Newcome Dissertation Fellowship ($27,500)
CM Cares Scholarship, Church Mutual ($5000)
Southern Methodist University, Graduate Program Religious Studies Community Service Award ($500)
Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute Research Cluster Grant, with Drs. D. Stephen Long and Theodore Walker ($2500)
John Wesley Fellowship, A Foundation for Theological Education 2017-2020 ($15,000)
DFW Albert Schweitzer Public Health Fellowship 2017-2018 ($2500)
SMU Maguire Public Service Fellowship 2017 ($2400)
Jenzabar Foundation Student Leadership Award 2012 ($5000)
Outstanding Volunteer Service Award, The Providence School 2011
Lilly Grant Scholarship to the Christian Community Development Association Conference in Cincinnati, OH 2009 (~$500)
Lilly Grant Scholarship to the Global Forum on Human Trafficking in Yorba Linda, CA 2009 (~$1500)
Dean’s Scholarship, Asbury Theological Seminary 2009-2010
Professional Teaching Experience
Southern Methodist University (Islam and the West) – Fall 2019
Teaching Assistant for Dr. John Lamoreaux
Wesley Theological College (Saigon, Vietnam) – Summer 2019
Visiting Instructor of New Testament
Southern Methodist University (Contemporary Moral Issues: Restorative Justice) – Spring 2018
Teaching Assistant for Dr. D. Stephen Long
Asbury Theological Seminary- (Christian Formation: Vocation of Ministry) Fall 2010
Teaching Assistant for Dr. Beverly Johnson-Miller
Wuhan University Zhi Xing College (China) August 2007-July2008
English Instructor
Other Professional Experience
White Rock United Methodist Church/Owenwood Farm & Neighbor Space – Sept 2018-Present
Director of Neighborhood Initiatives
Southern Methodist University – Aug 2018-Present
Assistant to the Cary M. Maguire University Professor of Ethics, Dr. D. Stephen Long
Diapers, Etc. – Aug 2017-Present
Executive Director
Embrace United Methodist Church – May 2013- July 2016
Outreach Pastor
Self Employed – Jan 2010-Present
Freelance Researcher, Editor, Publishing Consultant, and Writer
LoveBoldly – April 2012-March 2015
Director of Education
Asbury Theological Seminary- Global Community Formation Office Aug 2010-May 2012
Service Coordinator
Sojourners January-April 2010
Research and Writing Intern for Chuck Gutenson, PhD
Conference Presentations
Invited panelist. “The Coming Schism: Using the LGBTQ Discussion as a Lens for Understanding Wesleyan/Holiness Ecclesial-Academic Relations” for “The Many Faces of Athens and Jerusalem: The Relationship between the Church and the Academy in Other Ecclesial Bodies,” Convened by Brandon Pierce and Paul Watson, at the Christian Scholars’ Conference, Lipscomb University, June 2018.
Invited panelist. “Faith in Public: A Roundtable Discussion with Shaun Casey,” about the responsibilities of Christian scholars to various publics, convened by Amanda J. Pittman, ThD, June 2017.
Peer-reviewed. “Fluid Hierarchies: Friendship as a Subversive Practice” for the panel Embodiment, Encounter, and Power: Theological and Mystical Frames for Subverting and Reimagining Power Structures convened by Eric R. Magnusson, PhD at the Christian Scholars’ Conference, Lipscomb University, June 2014.
“‘I Ain’t No Fortunate One’: Christian Responses to the Business of War” for the panel The Business of War: Assessing the Ethics of the Military-Industrial Complex and Faithful Christian Witness convened by Matthew Tapie and Justin Bronson Barringer at the Christian Scholars’ Conference, Lipscomb University, June 2013.
Invited Presenter. “Submission and Subversion: Tracing Anarchist Themes in First Peter” for “Theopolitical Boundaries I: Anarchism and Christianity” convened by David Pritchett at the Christian Scholars’ Conference, Lipscomb University, June 2013.
Editing: Books
Christians and the Common Good: How Faith Intersects with Public Life. Content Editing and Research for Chuck Gutenson, PhD. (Brazos, 2011)
Living into Community: Cultivating Practices that Sustain Us. Editorial Feedback for Christine Pohl, PhD. (Eerdmans, 2012)
The Right Church: Live Like the First Christians. Research for Chuck Gutenson, PhD. (Abingdon, 2012).
God is Friendship: A Theology of Spirituality, Community, and Society. General Editing for Brian Edgar, PhD. (Seedbed Publishing, 2013).
Fight: A Christian Case for Non-Violence chapters 11-12. Editorial Feedback for Preston Sprinkle, PhD. (David C. Cook, 2013).
Embrace: A Church Plant That Broke All the Rules. General Editing for Rev. Rosario Picardo, DMin. (Resource Publications, 2014).
The Connection Principle: 3 Essential Communication Tools for Getting What You Want from Your Marriage. General Editing for Chuck Taylor. (Self-Published, 2015).
Slices of God: Strange, Dimensional, and Fractal Perspectives on God and the Cosmos. General Editing for S.F. Augsburger. (Achronos Media, 2015).
Truth-Telling in a Post-Truth World. General Editing for D. Stephen Long, PhD. (Wesley’s Foundery Books, Forthcoming, 2019)
The T&T Clark Companion to Ecclesiology. General Editing for D. Stephen Long, PhD and Kimlyn J. Bender, PhD. (Forthcoming, 2020)
Routledge Companion to Christian Ethics. General Editing for D. Stephen Long, PhD and Rebekah Miles, PhD. (Forthcoming, 2021)
Editing: Dissertations
Toward Recontextualization of Christianity with Popular Catholicism: A Study of Dialogical and Cooperative Mission with Popular Catholicism through the Perspectives of Methodist Christians in Batangas, Philippines. Dissertation. General editing for Eugene Kim, PhD.
Temperance: Past Lives, Present Status, Future Possibilities. Dissertation. General editing for Maria Kenney, PhD.
The Relationality of “the Holy One of Israel” in the Book of Isaiah: The Righteous Redeemer Who Rebukes, Redeems, and Restores a Rebellious Israel. Dissertation. General editing for Tony Chen, PhD.
Missionary Attrition in the Africa Gospel Church. Dissertation. General editing for Reuben K. Langat, PhD.
For Such a Time as This: Ecclesial Response to Human Trafficking in North America. Dissertation. General editing for Dawn A. Beamish, PhD.
For Better Not Worse: Creating Holy Marriages and Families. Dissertation. General editing for John Robert Black, DMin.
So the World Will Believe: Discovering the Invitational Nature of God. Dissertation. General editing for Frank S. Harris III, DMin.