Kathryn Muller Lopez
P.O. Box 1029
Buies Creek, NC 27506
[email protected]
(910) 893-1683
Academic Specialization: Hebrew Bible and Literature of the Second Temple Period
Education
Emory University
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
University of Richmond
2002
1989
1983
Ph.D.
M.Div.
B.A.
Ordained: First Baptist Church of Decatur, GA
Current Membership: Memorial Baptist Church, Buies Creek, NC
Workshops and Awards:
Wabash Center Research Grant, Summer 2006
Wabash Center Teaching Fellowship, 2005-2006
Wabash Center Consultation led by Dr. Jean-Pierre Ruiz, Teaching Introduction to Christianity
21-22 October 2004
Young Scholars in the Baptist Academy, Georgetown College, Spring 2004
Phi Eta Sigma, honorary faculty member, April 2004
Graduate Division of Religion Fellowship, Emory University, 1989-1993
Travel Seminar to the Middle East, Southern Seminary in Conjunction with Candler School of
Theology, 1989
American Bible Society Award for Excellence in Biblical Studies, Southern Seminary, 1989
Magna cum laude with Honors in Religion awarded with B.A., University of Richmond, 1983
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Richmond, 1983
Mortar Board, University of Richmond, 1982
Professional Experience
Associate Professor of Religion 2010 - present
Assistant Professor of Religion – Campbell University, 2002 - 2010
Courses taught:
Campbell University Undergraduate program: Introduction to Christianity, World Religions, Old
Testament Survey, New Testament Survey, Pentateuch, Prophetic Literature, Poetic and Wisdom
Literature, Jewish Backgrounds to the New Testament, Senior Seminar (Apocalypticism, Job)
Campbell University Divinity School: The Book of Job
Adjunct Instructor – Emory College, 1994. Introduction to the Bible
Teacher – Lovett High School, 1994-1995, New Testament, Old Testament
Teaching Assistant – Candler School of Theology and Undergraduate Department of Religion (Dr. Gene
Tucker, Dr. Deborah Lipstadt)
Religious Studies Teacher – Kabulonga Girls’ School, Lusaka, Zambia, 1983-1985
Courses taught: Life of Christ Based on the Synoptic Gospels, Religious Knowledge
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Presentations and Publications
2012 Journal editor and contributor, Review and Expositor, Book of Daniel
2011 article in Cancer and Healing, published by Mercer Press
2011 Faith and Media Conference, Campbell University, Stephen Colbert and the Writer of Job
2008 SBL Annual Meeting, The Levi Traditions Turned Upside Down
2008 SECSOR Annual Meeting: Crusader or Mass Murderer: The Levi Tradition and the Use of Violence
to Create Social Identity
2007 Book Review, Perspectives in Religion
2006 Purifying the Body: Body Metaphors in the book of Zechariah, Classical Studies Bulletin
2006 Standing Before the Throne of God: Critical Spatiality in the Judgment of the Wicked in Apocalyptic
Literature, SBL Seminar Papers
Dissertation: “The Divine Council Scene in II Temple Literature”
2001 AAR/SBL Annual Meeting Presentation: Thrones in the Pleasant Land: The Divine Council in the
Animal Apocalypse of I Enoch
2000 AAR/SBL Annual Meeting Presentation: Inappropriate Intimacies: God and Satan in
Job 1-2 and Somewhere Over the Rainbow: The Purification of the Temple in Zechariah 3
1992 AAR/SBL Annual Meeting Presentation: The Gods are Dead! Long Live God! (Psalm 82)
Media
“Spiritual Seizures,” The Story with Dick Gordon, produced by WUNC radio, air date: 6 February 2007
“Lopez Builds Bonds Through Habitat Jordan,” in The Campbell University Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 2
“Church Events,” in The Biblical Recorder, August 5 2006
“Building Hope,” in The Fayetteville Observer Faith Section, Summer 2006
Other Lectures and Presentations
Guest Lecturer in Freshman Honors Class Genesis 1-3 – Ongoing
Campbell University Worship Speaker
Guest Lecturer, Jewish Apocalyptic Literature, Divinity School, Exegesis of Revelation,
Guest Lecturer in Introduction to Religion class, College of Charleston, Seizures and Spirituality,
13October 2006
Guest Lecturer, Ethics in the Old Testament and the Book of Job, Medical Ethics 525, RTP Campus
Service to the University
G-Force club faculty advisor 2012 – present
Campbell University First Year Experience, Advisory Board
Faculty Senate 2006-present
Faculty Executive Conduct Committee 2005-2007
Student Life Committee 2004-presernt
Research Ethics 2003- present
Religion Club faculty advisor 2003 - present
Divinity School In Reach Team 2002-2003
Service to the Broader Community
Memorial Baptist Church including Wednesday Night presentations, children’s music program, adult
Sunday School leader, youth volunteer
Buies Creek Elementary School
Habitat For Humanity – Greensboro and Irbid, Jordon
Family
Married to Allen Scott Lopez, 14 May 1994
Children: Mariah Elaine
Thomas Benjamin
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