Janna K. Gonwa

Courses Taught

Educational History

Yale University, Ph.D. in Religious Studies (Theology and Philosophy of Religion), 2020; dissertation: The Singular Individual: Particularity and Selfhood before God
University of Chicago, A.M. in Divinity (Theology), 2013
Tufts University, M.A. in Philosophy (2011)
Regent University, M.Div. (2007)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A. in English and French, 2003

Professional Societies

Publications

"Dynamic Systems Theory Meets Theological Anthropology: A Case Study on the Use of Scientific Models in Theological Inquiry." In Creative Pluralism? Images and Models in Science and Religion, edited by Michael Fuller, Dirk Evers, and Anne Runehov. Issues in Science and Religion 6. Berlin: Springer International, 2022.
“Divine Determination or Dynamic Indeterminacy? Transcendence, Immanence, and the Problem of Personal Identity.” In Nature and Beyond: Transcendence and Immanence in Science and Theology, edited by Michael Fuller, Dirk Evers, Anne Runehov, Knut-Willy Sæther, and Bernard Michollet. Issues in Science and Religion 5. Berlin: Springer International, 2020.
Review of Christ the Tragedy of God: A Theological Exploration of Tragedy, by Kevin Taylor. Reading Religion (May 13, 2019).
“Sacrament and Self-Construction: Augustine and Kierkegaard on Love for the Finite.” In Augustine and Kierkegaard, edited by Kim Paffenroth, John Doody, and Helene Tallon Russell, 131-48. Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2017.
Review of Spirit and Salvation: A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, volume 4, by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen. The Expository Times 128, no. 9 (2017): 459.
“Eros, Agape, and Neighbour-Love as Ontological Gift.” Toronto Journal of Theology 31, no. 1 (Spring 2015): 84-93.