Dr. Bill Anderson
Professor, Professor of Pop Culture, Philosophy聽and Religion
Education
- PhD, University of Glasgow (1997)
Academic Interests and Specializations
Postmodern Philosophy and Hermeneutics, Biblical Exegesis and the Theological Task, Wisdom Literature, Ancient Near East, Archaeology and Historiography, Pop Culture, Philosophy and Religion
Courses Regularly Taught
POPC 111 Pop Culture, Philosophy and Religion 1
POPC 112 Pop Culture, Philosophy and Religion 2
POPC 213 Film, Philosophy and Religion 1
POPC 214 Film, Philosophy and Religion 2
REL 252 Old Testament Literature
REL 320 The Pentateuch
REL 321 Historical Literature of the Old Testament
REL 322 The Prophetic Literature of the Old Testament
REL 323 The Poetic Literature of the Old Testament
REL 337 Ancient Near Eastern Religions
REL 338 Dead Sea Scrolls
REL 339 Biblical Archaeology
Select Publications
Books Edited
Space, Philosophy and Ethics (Vernon Press forthcoming 2024)
Anime, Philosophy and Religion (Vernon Press 2023)
Film, Philosophy and Religion (Vernon Press 2021)
Technology and Theology (Vernon Press 2020)
Indigenous People and the Christian Faith: A New Way Forward (Vernon Press 2019)
Atheism and the Christian Faith (Vernon Press 2017)
Books Authored
Scepticism and Ironic Correlations in the Joy Statements of Qoheleth? (Gorgias 2010)
Qoheleth and Its Pessimistic Theology: Hermeneutical Struggles in Wisdom Literature (Edwin Mellen Press 1997)
Articles and Chapters
鈥淜ing David as a Biblical 鈥楪oodfella鈥� and 鈥楾he Godfather鈥�: Cultural-Social Analogies with Monarchy and La Cosa Nostra鈥� in Film, Philosophy and Religion (Vernon Press 2021)
鈥淔rom Marilyn Manson to Amos: Navigating Pluralism in the Twenty-First West鈥� Evangelical Quarterly 88.4 (2017) 320-30
鈥淎 Theology of Religious and Cultural Tolerance in a Pluralistic Context from Amos 2:1-3鈥� Evangelical Quarterly 88.3 (2016) 259-67
鈥淓cclesiastes in the Intertextual Matrix of Ancient Near Eastern Literature鈥� in Reading Ecclesiastes Intertextually (T&T Clark 2015)
鈥淲hat鈥檚 with All the Zombies? A Christian Interpretation of Zombie Culture鈥� Canadian Journal for Scholarship and the Christian Faith 2014
鈥淓cclesiastes, Book of鈥� Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture, 126-127 (Sheffield Phoenix Press 2012)
鈥淎 Critique of the Standard Interpretations of the Joy Statements of Qoheleth鈥� Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages 27.2 (2001) 77-95
鈥淚ronic Correlations and Scepticism in the Joy Statements of Qoheleth?鈥� Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 14.1 (2000) 65-98
鈥淗istorical Criticism and the Value of Qoheleth鈥檚 Pessimistic Theology for Postmodern Christianity through a Canonical Approach鈥� Old Testament Essays 13.2 (2000) 143-55
鈥淎 Note on 讬转专 for Qoheleth鈥� Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages 26.1 (2000) 133-36
鈥淲hat is Scepticism and Can it Be Found in the Hebrew Bible?鈥� Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 13.2 (1999) 225-57
鈥淭he Meaning 讛讘诇 and 专讜讞 专注讜转 in the Hebrew Bible and for Qoheleth鈥� Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages 25.2 (1999) 59-73
鈥淭he Problematics of the Sitz im Leben of Qoheleth鈥� Old Testament Essays 12.2 (1998) 233-48
鈥淧hilosophical Considerations in a Genre Analysis of Qoheleth鈥� Vetus Testamentum 48.3 (1998) 289-300
鈥淭he Curse of Work in Qoheleth: An Expos茅 of Genesis 3:17-19 in Ecclesiastes鈥� Evangelical Quarterly 70.2 (1998) 99-113
鈥淭he Poetic Inclusio of Qoheleth in Relation to 1,2 and 12,8鈥� Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 12.2 (1998) 203-13
鈥淛ewish Education Around the Time of the New Testament (100 BCE-100CE)鈥� Journal of Beliefs and Values 18.2 (1997) 217-26
鈥淓conomics After the Return鈥� Biblical Illustrator 21.4 (1995) 46-48
Visiting Professor
University of Liebenzell in Germany Fall 2021
University of Porto in Portugal June 2019
University of Pisa in Italy May 2018