Andrew Remington Rillera (New Testament) successfully defended his dissertation “Paul’s Philonic Opponent: Unveiling the One Who Calls Himself a Jew in Romans 2:17” on July 20, 2021 in time for September graduation. Prof. Douglas Campbell was his dissertation advisor, and others serving on the committee were Drs. Curtis Freeman, J. Ross Wagner, and Susan Eastman. Rillera came to our program via Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and was chosen as a Dean’s Graduate Fellow.
Rillera has published quite a few articles and several peer-reviewed publications, as well as two books. His first book, Nonviolence: The Revolutionary Way of Jesus (Colorado Springs: Cook, 2021) was co-written with Preston Sprinkle and was originally published under the title Fight: A Christian Case for Nonviolence (Colorado Springs: Cook, 2013). His forthcoming book is under contract, with a working title of Lamb of the Free: Recovering the Varied Sacrificial Understandings of Jesus’s Death.
His teaching experience is rather extensive, and includes courses taught at Duke Divinity School and Eternity Bible College. As of this November, he will have given five presentations at national conferences of the Society of Biblical Literature, one regional conference (SECSOR), as well as at The University of Edinburgh. He has also been a guest lecturer at Denver Theological seminary, The King’s University, and Duke Divinity School.
Rillera has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology at The King’s University in Edmonton, Alberta.
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