Theology Department Faculty
John Darr
Associate Professor
John Darr
Ph.D.
Contact
Stokes Hall 317N
Telephone: 617-552-3884
Email: darr@bc.edu
Education
- A.B., Wheaton College
- M.A., Wheaton College
- Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Research Interests
New Testament, Luke-Acts, literary criticism, rhetoric, methodology, characters and characterization in New Testament narrative, parables, pneumatology, and Christology
Office Hours
W 2-4 p.m.
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Selected Publications
鈥淩eading Luke-Acts as Scriptural History and Philosophical Biography: A Pragmatic Approach to听Lukan Intertextuality and Genre,鈥� pp. 397-416 in Modern and Ancient Literary Criticism of the听Gospels: Continuing the Debate on Gospel Genre(s), edited by D. P. Moessner et al. (T眉bingen:听Mohr Siebeck, 2020).
鈥淢urmuring Sophists: Extratextual Elements in Luke鈥檚 Portrayal of Pharisees,鈥� pp. 243-258 in听Anatomies of the Gospels and Beyond: Essays in Honor of R. Alan Culpepper, edited by M.听Parsons et al. (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2018).
鈥淟evi鈥檚 Banquet (Luke 5:29-39) and Lukan Discipleship: Group Characters and Christian Identity Formation,鈥� pp. 23-39 in Characters and Characterization in Luke-Acts, edited by F. E. Dicken and J. A. Snyder (London: T&T Clark, 2016).
鈥淣arrative Therapy: Treating Audience Anxiety through Psychagogy in Luke,鈥� Perspectives in Religious Studies 39, 4 (2012): 335-348.
鈥溾�楤e not anxious鈥�: Reading Martha and Mary (Lk. 10.38-42) Within Luke鈥檚 Overall Discourse on Anxiety,鈥� pp. 76-92 in Reading Ideologies: Essays on the Bible and Interpretation in Honor of Mary Ann Tolbert, edited by T. B. Liew (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2011).
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