Craig Keen - Azusa Pacific University

Craig Keen, Ph.D.

Professor of Systematic Theology , Department of Theology and Philosophy

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5635
Email: ckeen@apu.edu
Fax: (626) 815-5469

Craig Keen, Ph.D., comes to APU as an award-winning professor of theology and philosophy. He has held various offices in the Wesleyan Theological Society, including Promotional Secretary, Program Chair, and President. Keen has published several articles in the Wesleyan Theological Journal, has a chapter in the book, Embodied Holiness: Toward a Corporate Theology of Spiritual Growth, and is under contract with Scranton University Press to publish a book with the working title, After Crucifixion: The Promise of Theology. He served as Co-Chair of the Systematic Theology Working Group of the Twelfth Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies. In 2002, he served on an eight-member committee that envisaged, planned, and implemented the first Global Theology Conference of the Church of the Nazarene in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Education

Ph.D. - Religion and Theology, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
M.Div. - Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri
M.A. - Systematic Theology, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, Oklahoma
B.A. - Philosophy and Religion, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, Oklahoma

Expertise

Philosophy

Theology

Wesleyan Theology

Courses Taught

GTHE 544 – The Theology of John Wesley
THEO 303 – Theology and the Christian Life
THEO 363 – Contemporary Christian Thought
THEO 440 – The Theology of John Wesley (formerly Christian Ethics from a Wesleyan Perspective)
THEO 496 – Senior Seminar: Theology and Social Issues

Professional/Scholarly Presentations

Publications
(Spring, 2009). "Holy, Holy, Holy: The World Need Not Have Been." Wesleyan Theological Journal 44, Number 1

(Spring, 2007).“The Root from Which They Spring: Presidential Address.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 42, Number 1

Keen, C. (Spring, 2005). The Resurrection of the Body: The Liturgy of Martyrdom and the Hallowing of the Flesh. Wesleyan Theological Journal, 40.

Keen, C. "The Holy Spirit." In Articles of Faith: What Nazarenes Believe and Why. Edited by Gay Leonard. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2005.

Keen, C. (Spring, 2001). The Transgression of the Integrity of God: The Trinity and the Hallowing of the Flesh. Wesleyan Theological Journal, 36(1), 73-102.

Keen, C. (1999). The Human Person as Intercessory Prayer. In S. M. Powell and M. E. Lodahl (Eds.), Embodied Holiness: Toward a Corporate Theology of Spiritual Growth (pp. 39-61). Downers Grove, Illinois: Intervarsity Press.

Keen, C. (Spring, 1998). Homo Precarious: Prayer in the Image and Likeness of God. Wesleyan Theological Journal, 33.

Professional Involvement and Accomplishments

Honors, Awards, Recognition
President’s Award for Distinguished Service, Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, Tennessee
Faculty Member of the Year, Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, Tennessee
Conference Award for Excellence in Teaching, Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, Tennessee

Associations, Boards, Committees
Global Theology Conference of the Church of the Nazarene, April 2002, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Vice President, Promotional Secretary, Wesleyan Theological Society
Member, American Academy of Religion
Member, International Søren Kierkegaard Society
Member, North American Karl Barth Society
Member, Wesleyan Theological Society
Member, Theological Dialogue