Thomas R. Thompson
- Dr. Thomas R. Thompson
- Professor Emeritus
- Religion
- Hekman Library 379 (Map)
- (616) 526-6429
- thomas.thompson@calvin.edu
Education
Western Michigan University, BA
Calvin Theological Seminary, MDiv
Princeton Theological Seminary, PhD
Courses
- Christian Theology (131)
- Eschatology (235)
- Studies in Contemporary Theology (345)
- Religion and Education Seminar (357)
- Elie Wiesel: Prophet of the Holocaust (Interim)
Biography
Hobbies
Familizing, neologizing, coaching, cycling, enjoying the insular north
Academic interests
Systematic theology, Christology, Trinity doctrine
Publications
An Introduction to Christian Theology, Introductions to Religion series (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), co-authored with Richard J. Plantinga and Matthew D. Lundberg.
"Jürgen Moltmann’s Social Trinitarian Ecclesiology: Finessing the Differential Freedom of Persons,” in Believing in Community: Ecumenical Reflections on the Church, Proceedings of LEST VI, edited by Peter De Mey et al. (Leuven, Belgium: Peeters Publishing, forthcoming).
"Interpretatio in bonem partem: Jürgen Moltmann on the Immanent Trinity,” in Theology as Conversation: The Significance of Dialogue in Historical and Contemporary Theology, edited by Bruce L. McCormack and Kimlyn J. Bender (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2009).