Hamline University
Deanna A. Thompson
email: dthompson@hamline.edu
Hamline University
1536 Hewitt Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55104-1284
651-523-2313
651-523-3170 fax
Education
Ph.D., 1998 Theology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
M.A.R., 1992 Yale University Divinity School, New Haven, CT, summa cum laude
B.A., 1989 St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN; major: Religion; Paracollege Concentration:
Religion and Politics in Post-war America
1987 Universität Paderborn, Germany; semester abroad
Employment
2014-2016 Administrative Head of Religion, History, and Modern Languages
2008-present Professor of Religion
Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
2003-2009 Chair, Religion Department, Hamline University
2002-2008 Associate Professor of Religion
Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
1996-2002 Assistant Professor of Religion
Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
1992-5 Director, After School Program, United Methodist Urban
Ministries, Nashville, TN
1991-2 Assistant Lutheran Campus Minister, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1989-90 Lutheran Volunteer Corps: Director, Discovery After School Program and
Summer Day Camp, Augustana Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD
Books
Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible: Deuteronomy (Louisville, KY:
Westminster John Knox Press, 2014).
Hoping for More: On Having Cancer, Talking Faith and Accepting Grace, (Cascade Books,
2012).
Crossing the Divide: Luther, Feminism, and the Cross (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004).
Articles, Book Chapters, Blog Posts
“How to Live Like We’re Dying,” Duke University’s Faith and Leadership Website, July 15, 2014, ’re-dying
“Embraced by the Virtual Body of Christ,” Huffington Post, April 8, 2014,
“Calling a Thing What It Is: A Lutheran Approach to Whiteness,” Dialog:A Journal in Theology,
(Spring 2014).
“Confessing Faith in the Toughest of Times,” Insights: The Faculty Journal of Austin Seminary,
(Fall 2013), 19-21.
“Cloud of Witnesses,” Gather Magazine for Faith and Action, (v.26, n.3, April 2013), pp. 26-9.
“Virtually There: Martin Marty, Cyberspace, and Cultures of Trust in the 21st Century,”
Journal of Lutheran Ethics (Fall 2012, print and online)
“Having Cancer, Talking Cancer,” The Lutheran Magazine (November 2012, print and online),
“How do you have cancer?” Minnesota Women’s Press (October 2012, print and online),
“Lent [Third-Fifth Sunday],” “Holy Week,” “Easter [First-Second Sunday],” co-author with
David Lose six articles in Abingdon Theological Companion to the Lectionary:
Preaching Year C, Paul Scott Wilson, ed. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2012), pp.81-
111.
“Suffering Through Lent,” Christian Century, March 22, 2011, 12-13 (print and online),
“The Vast Virtual Body of Christ,” on Beliefnet, (January, 2011, online),
“Hoping for More,” on Duke University’s Faith and Leadership website, a national resource for
clergy and lay people (September 2010),
“The Fullness of God Dwells Bodily—Even in the Virtual Body of Christ,” Working Preacher,
an online resource for clergy (July 2010).
“Word Wrangling,” Working Preacher website, (October 2010).
“The Trouble with Miracles,” Working Preacher website (November 2010).
“Having Cancer, Talking Cancer,” in “Women” (national magazine on women’s health and
wellness), Fall 2010.
“Hoping for More: How Eschatology Matters for Lutheran Feminist Theologies,” in
Transformative Lutheran Theologies: Feminist, Womanist, and Mujerista Voices,
ed. Mary Streufert (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2010).
“Luther, Feminism, Friendship and the Future,” in Dialog: A Journal of Theology, v.49
(September 2010), 222-230.
“Letting the Word Run Free: Luther, Romans, and the Call to Reform,” in Reformation
Readings of Romans, ed. Kathy Ehrensperger and R. Ward Holder, volume IV in
Romans Through History Series. (New York: T & T Clark International, 2008).
“The Cross, Friendship, and Empire,” in Being the Church in the Midst of Empire: Trinitarian
Reflections, Karen Bloomquist, ed. (Minneapolis: Lutheran University Press, 2007).
“Martin Luther and the Freedom to Resist,” in Empire and the Christian Tradition: New
Readings of Classical Theologians, Kwok Pui Lan, Don Compier, and Joerg Rieger,
eds. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007).
“Jesus Loved Her More Than the Rest: Mary Magdalene, the Sacred Feminine, and What’s Really Been Covered Up,” in The DaVinci Code in the Academy, Bradley Bowers, ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007), pp. 21-30
“Becoming a Feminist Theologian of the Cross,” in Cross Examinations: Readings on the
Meaning of the Cross Today, Marit Trelstad, ed. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006).
“Jesus Loved Her More Than the Rest: Mary Magdalene, the Early Church, and What’s
Really Been Covered Up,” Hamline Review (v.29, 2005), pp. 1-8.
“What a Trend We Have in Jesus,” Disciples World (July 2005), pp. 8-11.
“Jesus Christ,” chapter editor in Constructive Theology: A Contemporary Approach to Classical
Themes (Fortress Press, 2005).
“As If Religion Matters: Teaching the Introductory Course as if it Does,” Teaching Theology and Religion, v. 6, n. 2, (April, 2003): 85-92.
“Transforming Connections: Service Learning as a Practice of Solidarity in the Feminist/
Womanist Ethics Course,” The Hamline Review, v.26, Spring 2002.
Various book reviews in Religious Studies Review, 2001-present.
“Faculty Opinion,” Hamline Magazine. v. 97, n. 3, (Summer/Fall 2001): 18, 20.
“Teaching What I’m Not: Embodiment, Race, and Theological Conversation in the Classroom,”
Teaching Theology and Religion, October 2000.
“Is Work Its Own Reward?: Assessing Faculty Morale and Rebuilding Faculty Community,”
authored with Alan J. Silva, Diane Clayton, Elizabeth Gunderson. The Department Chair
10 (Spring 2000).
“From the Student Desk . . . . AAR Initiates Student Liaison Group,” written with Jane Lancaster
and Martha Moore-Keish, Religious Studies News. v. 11, no. 2 (May 1996): 13.
“Women’s Reality,” and “Relativism,” in The Dictionary of Feminist Theologies. Letty Russell
and Shannon Clarkson, ed. (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1996) 235, 239-40.
“Self- Directed Learning Pays Off: About the Paracollege at St. Olaf College,” in Voices of Youth: An Intergenerational Dialogue on Education, Self, and Civic Values. v. 1, no. 4 (Spring 1989): 24-6.
Public Presentations/Speaking Engagements
“Faith Formed by the Virtual Body of Christ: Christian Identity in a Wired World,” keynote
lecture at the Rethinking Faith Formation Conference at Luther Seminary, St. Paul,
MN, July 23-5, 2014
“The Trouble with Miracles,” Adult Forum, Pilgrim Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN, May 11,
2014
“Ecclesiology beyond the Institutional Church: Virtual Reality and the Embrace of the
Traumatized,” presentation at Boston University School of Theology, April 11, 2014
“Hoping for More: Talking Faith in the Toughest of Times,” and “Hoping for More: Being the
Church in the Toughest of Times,” Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Apple Valley, MN, April 6 and 13, 2014
“Talking Faith in the Tough Times,” Diamond Lake Lutheran Church Sunday Forum, 19 January
2014
“The Virtual Body of Christ and the Real-Life Church,” Short Course for the Bishop’s
Theological Conference, Heartwood Retreat Center, Trego, Wisconsin, October 27, 2013
“Praying in the Tough Times: Right Words, Wrong Words, Words of Hope,” Keynote Address
at the Fall Conference of the Women of the ELCA, French River, MN, October 12, 2013
Consultant on “Chance, Necessity, Love: An Evolutionary Theology of Cancer,” with authors
Lenard Hummel and Steve James, and a group of scientists and theologians, Gettysburg
Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, PA, June 6-7, 2013
“Taking Faith in the Tough Times,” sermon at Northeast United Methodist Church,
Minneapolis, MN, June 2, 2013
“Hoping for More,” two-day speaking engagement at the Cancer Care and Research Center,
Fergus Falls, MN (one address to patients and staff; one to physicians; one to area clergy)
May 13-14, 2013
“Speaking Faith in the Tough Times,” Adult Forum, Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Hopkins,
MN, April 21, 2013
“Praying in the Tough Times,” Evening forum, Olivet Congregational Church, St. Paul,
April 10, 2013
“Hoping for More,” Evening forum, Olivet Congregational Church, April 3, 2013
“Thy Kingdom Come: Praying the Lord’s Prayer During Tough Times,” Adult forum speaker,
Bethel Lutheran Church, March 17, 2013.
“Talking through the Tough Times: Right Words, Wrong Words, Words of Hope,” First Friday
Forum keynote speaker, Hamline University, March 1, 2013.
“The Trouble with Miracles,” and “Hoping for More,” Adult Forum Speaker, St. Michael’s
Lutheran Church, Roseville, MN, Feb. 24, March 3, 2013.
“Hoping for More,” Adult Forum Speaker, Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Paul, Feb. 3, 2013
“Deuteronomy’s God and My Theology,” present for the panel on Westminster/John Knox
Belief: A Theological Commentary, at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy
of Religion, Chicago, IL, Nov. 17, 2012.
“Anticipating 2017,” panel respondent on the 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther’s 95 Thesis,
Martin Luther and Global Lutheran Traditions Panel, Annual Meeting of the American
Academy of Religion, Chicago, IL, Nov. 17, 2012.
“Taking Faith in the Tough Times,” Adult Forum Speaker, Edina Community Lutheran Church,
Nov. 11, 2012.
“Hoping for More,” Adult Forum Speaker, Christ Church Lutheran, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 4
2012.
“Being the Church in Times of Lament and Joy,” keynote speaker at the ELCA Parish Nurse
Fall Conference, October 22, 2012, Luther Seminary, Saint Paul.
“Talking Faith in the Tough Times,” keynote speaker at Self-Care Conference at Gloria Dei
Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN, Oct. 28, 2012
“Feminist Theology Goes Confessional: Transformative Trajectories in the Tradition of Martin
Luther,” panel presentation, Upper Midwest Regional American Academy of Religion
Meeting, March 30, 2012, St. Paul, MN
“From a Theology without Footnotes to a Theology with Footnotes,” Hamline CLA Scholarship
Colloquium, March 30, 2012
“Hoping for More: Cancer, Faith, and God’s Future,” Augburg College Vocatio Lecture Series,
February 15, 2012, Minneapolis, MN
“Hoping for More: Being the Church in Times of Lament and Times of Joy,” St. Paul Area
Conference Assembly, Saturday, February 11, 2012, St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church,
Mahtomedi, MN
“Beyond Disagreement: Lutheran Theology and Feminist Theology,” adult forum at Gustavus
Lutheran Church, St. Paul, 19 February, 2012
“Beyond Disagreement: Luther’s Theology and Feminist Theology,” two-part adult forum at
Incarnation Lutheran Church, Shoreview, MN, 30 October and 6 November, 2011
“Popular Reads as Pathways Back to Scripture,” adult forum at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church,
St. Paul, MN, 15 May, 2011
“The Bible, Church and Popular Culture,” a two part adult forum at St. Michael’s Lutheran
Church, Roseville, MN, April 3 and 10, 2011
"What Difference Does My Neighbor’s Faith Make for Mine?: How the AAR/Luce
Summer Seminars on Theologies of Religious Pluralism and Comparative
Theology are Expanding the Scope of Theological Teaching and Scholarship," panel organizer and participant, Upper Midwest Regional AAR, 1 April, 2011,
St. Paul, MN
“Good Books as Pathways to the Good Book,” adult forum at Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran
Church, St. Paul, MN, Feburary 20, 2011
“Popular Reads as Pathways back to Scripture,” Two part adult forum series at Incarnation
Lutheran Church, Shoreview, MN, November 7 and 14, 2010
“Transformative Lutheran Theologies,” Adult Forum, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN
29 September, 2010
Four-part Adult Forum Series on Deuteronomy, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Saint Paul,
Minnesota, September 27, December 5, 2009, and February 7, April 11, 2010
“Faith and Friendship,” Adult Forum, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 25 October, 2009
“Relationships, Bodies, and Faith,” Adult Forum, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, March 7,
2010
“Luther, Feminism, Friendship and the Future,” the Annual Kenneth Sauer Symposium
Lecture, Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, October 26, 2009
“College Composition,” Faculty Speech to new Hamline students, Hamline University,
September 6, 2009
“Good (or Merely Popular) Books as Pathways into the Good Book,” keynote address at
the Book of Faith Conference, Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, MN, August 2009
“From Lament to Hope,” Hamline Baccalaureate sermon, 15 May, 2009
“More than Miracles: Hope in Light of the Cross,” Luther Lecture, Augsburg College,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 2008
“Luther and Empire,” and “The Contemporary Church and Empire,” a two-part education
Series, Thursday evenings, Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN,
October-November, 2007
“Religion in the Global Context,” co-facilitated with Dr. Mark Berkson for Hamline alumni
during Hamline University Homecoming, October 2007
Dean’s Tour “Jesus and Popular Culture” session with Dr. Tim Polk, Hamline University, April
2007
“Pedagogy and Identity: The Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching as a Religious Outsider,” co-facilitated 3 hour workshop with Mark Berkson, at the AAR Upper Midwest Region conference, March 2007
“Gender and Sin,” “Gender and Jesus,” “Gender and the Cross,” three part adult education series at Presbyterian Church of the Way, Shoreview, MN, January-February 2007
“Luther’s Radical Theology of the Cross” and “Luther and Feminists in Conversation,”
two week adult forum, St. Michaels Lutheran Church, Roseville, 29 October and 4
November, 2006
“Beyond Disagreement: Luther, Feminism, and the Cross of Christ,” the Ankeny Forum,
Ankeny Iowa, 15 October 2006
“Luther and Empire,” adult forum, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1 October 2006
“Beyond The DaVinci Code,” 3 part session, Wednesday nights in June, Gloria Dei Lutheran
Church, 2006
“Mary Magdalene and the Sacred Feminine,” joint leader of 3-hour workshop with Dr. Joan
Mitchell, College of St. Catherine, 23 April 2006
“Luther’s Radical Theology of the Cross,” and “Crossing the Divide: Luther and Feminists in
Dialogue,” two key-note addresses at the Northeast Ohio ELCA Synod Retreat, 13-14
February 2006
“Beyond The DaVinci Code,” panel presenter with Elaine Pagels, Bruce Forbes, and David
Landry, Hamline University, 27 October, 2005
“Becoming a Feminist Theologian of the Cross,” keynote speaker with Vitor Westhelle and
Douglas John Hall at the Luther Colloquy, Lutheran Theological Seminary at
Gettysburg, 26 October 2005
“The Bible as the Word of God,” adult forum, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN,
16 October 2005
“Moving Beyond The DaVinci Code,” adult forum, St. Michael’s Lutheran Church,
Roseville, MN, 11 September 2005
“Beyond The DaVinci Code: Religion and Popular Culture in the 21st Century,” panel
Presenter with David Landry and Susan Hill, Upper Midwest Region’s Annual
Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, St. Paul, MN, 2 April 2005
“Luther, Feminism, and the Cross,” two-part adult forum, Pilgrim Lutheran Church, St. Paul
MN, 9 & 16 January, 2005
“Jesus Loved Her More Than the Rest: Mary Magdalene, the Early Church, and What’s Been
Covered Up,” at “Women and Religion” Section of the American Academy of Religion
Annual Meeting, 18 November 2004, San Antonio, TX
Workshop on Atonement for Clergy Participants in the Center for Theological Inquiry Project
14 October 2004
“Luther’s Theology of the Cross and Feminist Theology,” a two-part adult forum, Immanuel
Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN, 7 & 14 March 2004
“The Feminist Theologies of Elizabeth Johnson and Sallie McFague,” Adult Forum at Plymouth
Congregational Church, April 2003
“The Cross and the Flag: How Christians Talk About War,” Afternoon Forum, Immanuel
Lutheran Church, March 16, 2003
“What Language Shall We Borrow to Talk About God?” Two-part Adult Forum, April 2001 Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN
“To Speak the Word to Women: The Marriage of Christianity and Feminism in a Global
Context,” International Women’s Day lecture given at Bethesda Lutheran Church, Mpls.,
MN, 1 March, 2001
“Women in Ministry: Early Church, Reformation, and Contemporary Period,” in honor of the
30th Anniversary of Lutherans ordaining women, 3-week Adult Forum, October 2000,
Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN
“Calling a Thing What It Is: A Lutheran Approach to Whiteness,” Lutheran Women in
Theological Studies, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, November 17,
2000
“Models of McFague: Inessential Theology for a Postmodern Age,” Theology and Religious
Reflection Group, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, November 19, 2000
“As if Religion Matters: Teaching the Introductory Course as if it Does,” Academic Teaching
and the Study of Religion Section, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, November 20, 2000
“Women in the Old Testament,” “Death and Resurrection,” Adult Forums, Immanuel Lutheran
Church, St. Paul, MN, February, April 2000
“Teaching What I’m Not: Embodiment, Race, and Theological Conversation in the Classroom,”
Lutheran Women in Theological Studies Session I, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, November 20, 1998
“Black Christianity and the Protest Movements of the 1960's,” Adult Forum, St. Paul’s United
Methodist Church, Mendota Heights, MN, February 1, 1998
“Luther and Feminism,” three week Adult Forum, Bethesda Lutheran Church, New Haven, CT, January, 1996
“Theological Proximity to the Cross: A Conversation Between Luther and Feminist
Theologians,” Systematic Theology Group of the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, November, 1995
“Naming God,” four week series at Glendale Baptist Church, Nashville, TN, January, 1994
Courses Taught
Introduction to Theology, Introduction to Christian Ethics, Introduction to Religion, Reformers & Revolutionaries in the Ancient and Medieval World, Reformers & Revolutionaries in the Modern World, Contemporary African American Religious Thought, Contemporary Issues in Christian Ethics, Feminist/Womanist Approaches to Christian Ethics, Religion, Gender, and Power in Contemporary Literature, Christianity in an Age of Religious Diversity, First Year Seminars: Fulfillment of the Dream? MLK’s Vision and Obama’s Presidency, What’s Love Got to do With It?, Deciphering The DaVinci Code.
Teaching/Research Grants
Recipient, Hamline University Dean’s Grant, on behalf of the Religion Department, to “Reimagining
Religion” at Hamline, Summer 2013
Recipient, Hamline University Humanities Scholarship Grant, Summer 2011
Selected Participant in the AAR/Luce Foundation Theologies of Religious Pluralism Cohort 2, June
2010-June 2011.
Recipient with AAR Upper Midwest Region President Bruce Forbes, “Native American Religions in
the Upper Midwest: Making Connections,” a $2300 grant from the American Academy
of Religion for work in our region on Native American traditions, November 2007.
Departmental Recipient, Hamline University Grant for “Vocation and Interviewing in the Majors,” December, 2004.
Recipient, Hamline University Dean’s Grant for “Expanding the Base for Literary and Artistic
Analysis for Religion Scholarship and Teaching,” May 2004.
Recipient, Wabash Small Projects Grant for a Workshop for Religion Scholars on Service
Learning entitled, “Teaching that Matters: Service, Vocation, and Civic Engagement,”
March, 2001.
Recipient, Bush Faculty Development Grant, Hamline University 2000-1.
Recipient, AAR./Lilly Teaching Workshop Grant for the Upper Midwest Region, 1998-99.
Academic Service
Hamline University
Administrative Head for History, Modern Languages, and Religion (appointed), 2014-
Divisional Coordinator for the Humanities and member of PDC (appointed), 2012-2014
Co-Chair, Cultural Breadth Revision Task Force, 2012-13
Grievance Mediation Committee (appointed), Chair, 2012-
Diversity Integration Standing Committee (appointed), CLA representative, 2011-13
Affirmative Action Officer (appointed), CLA, 2011-12
Chair, Hamline Diversity Integration Standing Committee (appointed), 2008-2009
Chair, Hamline Religion Department (appointed), 2003-2009
Faculty Council (elected) 2007-8
Faculty Personnel Committee (elected) 2004-2006
Faculty Institutional Review Committee (elected) 1998-01, co-chair, 2000-1
Chair, Hamline Association of Junior Faculty, 1998-2000
Associated New American Colleges Task Force, 1998-2000
Professional Societies and Service
American Academy of Religion
Nominations Committee (appointed), 2011-2014
Co-Chair, Martin Luther and Global Lutheranisms Consultation (appointed), 2007-2013
Chair, Job Placement Task Force (appointed) 2007-8
Member of Executive Committee (elected) 2006-2008
Member of Executive Director Search Committee (appointed), 2005-2006
Regional Director, Upper Midwest Region (elected) 2003-2009
Member, Board of Directors (by virtue of regional office) 2003-2008
Member, Selection Committee for Academic Teaching and the Study of Religion,
2003-2008
Vice President, Upper Midwest Region (elected) 2001-2003
Program Coordinator, Upper Midwest Region (elected) 1999-2001
Board of Directors (elected Student Director), 1995-97
Society for Values in Higher Education Editorial Board, Soundings, 1996-2000
Phi Beta Kappa
Blue Key Honor Fraternity
Awards
Burton and Ruth Grimes Teacher of the Year Award, May 2009
Hamline University Student Congress Faculty of the Year, May 2009
Faculty Advisor of the Year for the First Year Seminar Program, May 2007
Agnes Hulburd Conger Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Work in the
Humanities, May, 2004
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