Dr. Robert A. J. Gagnon

Associate Professor of New Testament, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

616 North Highland Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15206-2596

(412) 362-5610 ext. 2205; Fax (412) 363-3260; e-mail: gagnon@pts.edu

 

 

Educational Degrees

 

1993: Princeton Theological Seminary, Ph.D., Magna Cum Laude.

Dissertation: “Should We Sin?  The Romans Debate and Romans 6:1-7:6”

Advisers: Ulrich Mauser, J. Christiaan Beker, and James H. Charlesworth

1987: Harvard Divinity School, Master of Theological Studies.

1981: Dartmouth College, B.A. (cum laude), 1981.  Highest Honors in the Dept. of History.

 

 

Professional Experience

 

1994-present.  Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.  Assistant Professor of New Testament (1994-

2002). Promoted to Associate Professor, with tenure, in May 2002. Teaching Introduction

to NT Letters, Introduction to the Gospels, Greek, NT Exegesis, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Pauline Theology.

1993-94 academic year.  Middlebury College (Middlebury, VT). Visiting Assistant Professor of

  Religion. Teaching OT and NT Intros, Paul, 2^nd Temple Judaism, Gnosticism, Hebrew.

1992-93 academic year.  Andover Newton Theological School (Newton Centre, MA).  Adjunct

Faculty.  Teaching both halves of NT Introduction.

1992 (Fall).  Tufts University.  Adjunct Faculty.  Teaching Gnosticism.

 

 

Church Office

 

Jan. 2002-present.  An ordained elder of the PCUSA, serving at Bellefield Presbyterian Church.

 

 

Editor

 

Co-editor of Horizons in Biblical Theology, 1998-2004.

 

 

Membership

 

Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas

Society of Biblical Literature

Institute for Biblical Research

 

 

 

Publications and Academic Presentations

 

I. Books

 

The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics (Nashville: Abingdon, 2001).

            520 pages.

 

Homosexuality and the Bible: Two Views (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2003). Co-authored with

Dan O. Via. 145 pages.

 

 

II. Articles and Encyclopedia Entries

 

“Sexuality,” encyclopedia entry for New Dictionary of Christian Apologetics (Leicester,U.K.:

Inter-Varsity Press, 2005). [This entry contains different material from the entry below.]

 

“Sexuality,” encyclopedia entry for Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of Scripture, eds.

Kevin Vanhoozer, N. T. Wright, Craig Bartholomew, and Daniel Treier (Baker Academic,

2005). [This is the longest entry of the encyclopedia: 7500 words.]

 

“The Old Testament and Homosexuality,” Zeitschrift fuer altestamentliche Wissenschaft

(forthcoming in 2005).

 

“A Comprehensive and Critical Review Essay of Homosexuality, Science, and the ‘Plain Sense’

of Scripture, Part 2,” Horizons in Biblical Theology 25 (2003): 179-275.

 

“Does the Bible Regard Same-Sex Intercourse as Intrinsically Sinful?” Christian Sexuality:

Normative and Pastoral Principles (ed. R. E. Saltzman; Minneapolis: Kirk House, 2003),

106-55.

 

“Are There Universally Valid Sex Precepts? A Critique of Walter Wink’s Views on the Bible and

Homosexuality,” Horizons in Biblical Theology 24:1 (June 2002): 72-125.

 

“Gays and the Bible: A Response to Walter Wink,” The Christian Century (Aug. 14-27, 2002):

40-43.

 

“The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Theology, Analogies, and Genes,” Theology Matters 7/6

(Nov/Dec 2001): 1-13.

 

“Why the 'Weak' at Rome Cannot Be Non-Christian Jews,” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 62 (2000):

63-82. 

 

“A Comprehensive and Critical Review Essay of Homosexuality, Science, and the ‘Plain Sense’

of Scripture, Part 1,” Horizons in Biblical Theology 22 (2000): 174-243.