Dr. Earl Kellett - Shorter University

Dr. Earl Kellett

Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Research, Professor of Christian Studies, and SACSCOC Liaison
706-233-7472
ekellett@shorter.edu
ST 208-B

Education

  • Ph.D. 2007 New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
  • Th.M. 2003 New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
  • Non-degree 1999-2000 University of Georgia
  • M.Div. 1999 New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
  • B.A. 1995 New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

Work Experience

  • Shorter University (2006-Present)
    • Associate Professor (2015 -Present)
    • Chair Christian Studies Department (2012-Present)
    • Chair QEP Taskforce (2013-Present)
    • Chair Curriculum Committee (2015-)
    • Assistant Professor Christian Studies (2011-2015)
    • Adjunct 2006-2011 Maintained full-time teaching load during Academic Years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011
  • New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (1999-2011)
    • Adjunct Instructor (2001-2011)
    • Project Coordinator and Research Assistant at the H. Milton Haggard Center for New Testament Textual Studies (1999-2009)
    • Ph.D. Assistant to Dr. William F. Warren (1999-2002)
  • Georgia Highlands College Tutorial Center (2009-2011)

Publications

  • 2000, 2004, 2010
    Project Coordinator and contributor, The Center for New Testament Textual Studies: New Testament Critical Apparatus. Accordance Bible Software.
  • 2009
    Co-Authored with Richard Bray, Religious Studies: Canon Internet Course (Spring 2009).

Articles

  • 2014
    Articles submitted for publication in the Lexham Bible Dictionary

    • Herod’s Temple
    • Pottery
    • Textiles
    • Semitic Ostraca
    • Flora
    • Khirbet Susiya

Book Reviews

  • Allen Verhey and Joseph S. Harvard, Ephesians in the Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible series (Jan 2013).
  • Blomberg, Craig L. Christians in an Age of Wealth: A Biblical Theology of Stewardship. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013. (pending publication)
  • Francisco Lozada, Jr. and Greg Carey, eds. Soundings in Cultural Criticism: Perspectives and Methods in Culture, Power, and Identity in the New Testament (May 2014)
  • Leland Ryken, The Word of God in English: Criteria for Excellence In Bible Translation. Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry (Spr 2004): 135-36.

Research Experience

  • International Greek New Testament Project the Gospel of John
    (1997-2002)
  • Project Coordinator and Research Assistant Center for the H. Milton Haggard Center for New Testament Textual Studies
    (1999-2009)

Teaching Experience

  • Adjunct New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in New Orleans, Louisiana; Atlanta, Georgia; and Birmingham, Alabama (2003-2011)
  • Project Coordinator and Research Assistant Center for the H. Milton Haggard Center for New Testament Textual Studies (1999-2009)
  • Shorter University – adjunct 2006-2011, full-time 2011-present (2006-Present)
  • Georgia Highlands Tutorial Center 2009-2011

Presentations

  • “When the Church Read the Bible: Liturgical and Lectionary Influences on the Text of the New Testament” presented at the national meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Atlanta, Georgia
    Nov. 2003
  • “Lectionary Influences on the Text of the New Testament” presented at the national meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Toronto Canada
    Nov. 2002
  • “Let the Scribe Understand: The Influence of the Lectionary Cycle on the Text of the Gospels” at the Southwest regional meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Dallas
    March 2000

Affiliations/Memberships

  • Theta Alpha Kappa Honors Society (2013-Present)
  • Society of Biblical Literature (1999-Present)
  • Evangelical Theological Society (1999-Present)
  • American Academy of Religion (2002)

©2023 Shorter University