Tim Allen, Ph.D.

Tim Allen is Gerhard von Rad Professor of Biblical Studies. He currently holds standing in the United Church of Christ and served in Baptist and United Church of Christ congregations in the capacity of minister of music/youth and pastor for twenty years before taking up teaching fulltime. He received his BA in Religious Studies from the University of South Carolina, the M.Div. with Languages from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, the MA in Religious Studies (ancient Mediterranean Religions) from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and the PhD in Theological Studies (focus on early American Religion) from the Graduate Theological Foundation where he was honored as a Macquarrie Fellow. Dr. Allen has taught religion at the community college and university level since 1993 and currently is Professor of Humanities at Strayer University North Raleigh, North Carolina. He also teaches World Religions online for Axia College of the University of Phoenix. In 2004, Dr. Allen received the Excellence in Teaching Award from Randolph Community College, and in 2007, he was invited to attend the Oxford Round Table conference on “The Separation of Church and State.” An avid writer, his publications cover a broad gamut of studies from devotion, Sunday School curricula, pastoral theology, and Bible study to American religious history. He is currently researching the idea of doubt in the Gospel of Mark, early American revivals in the South, and the role of myth in pastoral and biblical theology. The focus of his studies is the practical intersection of theory and faith, theology and praxis, through the lenses of biblical and mythical studies.

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Religious Affiliation
  • United Church of Christ (ordained)
General Areas of Interests
  • Biblical Studies
  • Pastoral Theology
  • Religious Studies
  • World Religions
Specialized Areas
  • American Religious History
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