HILDA P. KOSTER

Assistant Professor in Theology and Ethics

Religion Department

Concordia College, Moorhead MN

Academy Hall 216

218-***-**** (office); 287-4401 (home)

abpqjj@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Ph.D. The University of Chicago, Chicago IL (2011)

MDiv The University of Groningen (The Netherlands) (1994)

Th.M. Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton NJ (1991)

BA/MA The University of Groningen (The Netherlands) (1990)

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

Emory University, Atlanta GA, Advanced Graduate Studies (1994-1995)

Professional Degree in Education, Zwolle (The Netherlands) (1984)

DOCTORAL EXAMINATIONS

1. The History of Christian Thought through the Reformation

2. Modern and Contemporary Religious Thought

3. Gender Studies and Religion

4. Religious Thought and the Social Sciences (Practical Theology/Ethics)

DISSERTATION

For the Future of the Earth : Salvation and Creation in the Theologies of J rgen Moltmann,

Catherine Keller, and Kathryn Tanner. (Dissertation Advisers: Prof. Dr. Kathryn Tanner and

Prof. Dr. David Tracy). This dissertation is a systematic-theological discussion of the relation

between the doctrines of creation and salvation in the work of J rgen Moltmann, Catherine

Keller and Kathryn Tanner against the background of the current ecological crisis and in

conversation with insights offered by ecological and evolutionary science.

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

Omicron Delta Kappa Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, Spring 2012; Travel Grant

Concordia College, Summer 2012; Faculty Development Grant, Dovre Centre, Concordia

College, March 2012 (purpose: to allow participation in the 2011-2012 Ecumenical Advocacy

Days of the National Council of Churches, Washington, DC, 2012); Course Development Grant

from the Margaret Cargill Foundation, Spring 2011 (purpose: to develop a course on Religion

and Ecology as part of Concordia s core program in the humanities); Scholar in Residence

Grant, Saint Benedict s Monastery, St. Joseph, MN, Summer, 2009; Louisville Institute

Dissertation Fellowship (Lilly Foundation), 2002-2003; Wabash Fellow, Chicago Forum on

Pedagogy and the Study of Religion, 2001-2002; Henry Luce Fellowship for Future Theological

Educators, 1999-2000; Distinction Divinity School Doctoral Exams; Century Fellowship,

University of Chicago; Ambassadorial Scholarship Rotary International, 1994-1995; Travel

Grant for Ministry Studies/Internship in South India, the Board of Cross Cultural Ministries of

the Protestant Church of the Netherlands, 1993; World Council of Churches Fellow, 1990-1991;

BA/MA (equivalent) magna cum laude, The University of Groningen (The Netherlands), 1990.

TEACHING COMPETENCE

Primary: Christian Theology (Theological Method; Ecological Theology;

Feminist/Womanist/Mujerista Theology; Post-Colonial Theology; Twentieth Century European

Theology); History of Christian Thought; Christian and Religious Ethics; Secondary:

Environmental Ethics; Religion and Science.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, Religion Department Concordia College, Moorhead, MN (2011-present);

Instructor, Religion Department Concordia College, Moorhead, MN (2006-2010)

Courses taught: Introduction to Christianity and Religious Diversity; History of

Theological Ethics; Christian Ethics in Human Community; Religion and Ecology;

Ethics and Sustainable Communities (an interdisciplinary course which is required for

Environmental Studies majors and minors); Introduction to Women Studies (an

interdisciplinary course which is required for Women Studies minors).

Adjunct Instructor, De Paul University, Chicago (Summer 2005; Spring 2004).

Courses taught: Women and the Bible; Women and Religion.

Junior Lecturer, The Divinity School, The University of Chicago (Winter 2002, Winter 2000).

Course taught: Arts of Ministry: Introduction to Preaching,

Adjunct Instructor, McCormick Theological Seminary/Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago

(Winter 2001).

Course taught: Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Christian Theology.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Co-Chair Environmental Studies Program Concordia College, Moorhead, MN (appointed for

2012-2016)

Co-Organizer of the 2011 Faith and Public Life Symposium Concordia College, Moorhead,

MN, (Fall 2011). This college-wide symposium focused on the The Role of the Artist in

Society.

Faculty Adviser to the Student Organization for Religion Minors and Majors, Concordia

College, Moorhead, MN (2009-present).

Faculty Adviser to the Feminist Majority, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN (2009-present).

Co-Leader of Travel Seminars to Turkey and Egypt, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN

(Spring 2009, Spring 2008). These two travel seminars were offered in addition to the students

religion 100 experience. Focus of these trips has been early Christianity; the history of

Christianity in the East; Christianity and Islam (Turkey); Coptic Christianity and Ancient Egypt

(Egypt).

Initiator/Organizer of the 2004/2005 Gender, Religion, and Public Life Lecture, The

University of Chicago (May 2005)

PUBLICATIONS

* Greening the Imago Dei, Contribution to the Book Forum on Kathryn Tanner s Christ the

Key (2010), Theology Today, 68/3 (2011), 317-323

* review of Sallie McFague A New Climate for Theology: God, the Wold and Global Warming in

Anglican Theological Review, 91/4 (Fall 2009)

* review of Catherine Keller Face of the Deep: A Theology of Becoming in Anglican Theological

Review, 88/4 (Fall 2006)

* review of Sallie McFague Life Abundant: Rethinking Theology and Economy for a Planet in

Peril in Journal of Religion (April 2004)

* review of Richard Bauckham ed. God Will Be All in All: The Eschatology of J rgen Moltmann

in Journal of Religion (July 2002)

* review of Ivone Gebara Longing for Running Water: Eco-Feminism and Liberation in Journal

of Religion (October 2001)

* review of Elaine Graham Making the Difference: Gender, Personhood and Theology n Journal

of Religion (January 2000).

Forthcoming Publications

*review of Wendy Farley Gathering Those Driven Away: A Theology of Incarnation in Journal

of Religion (November 2012)

*review of James B. Martin-Schramm Climate Justice: Ethics, Energy and Public Policy in

Journal of Religion (September 2012)

*review of Kristine Culp Vulnerability and Glory: A Theological Account in Dialog (Fall 2012)

* review of George Zachariah Alternatives Unincorporated: Earth Ethics from the Grassroots in

Dialog (Fall 2012)

PAPERS/ PRESENTATIONS:

* Nature, Evil and the Wisdom of God: An Eco-Feminist and Theological Response to

Holmes Rolston III and Lisa Sideris, National AAR, Annual Meeting, (Chicago IL, November

2012). Accepted.

* Beyond Trinitarian Panentheism: The Promise of Kathryn Tanner s Apophatic Theology for an

Ecological Doctrine of God and World, paper to be given at the International Conference on

Christian Faith and the Earth, (Stellenbosch, South Africa, August 2012)

* We All Live in Bhopal: A Christian Eco-Justice Response, contribution to faculty panel on

the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Concordia College, (Moorhead MN, April 2012)

* Towards a Just and Loving Christian Sexual Ethics: The Contribution of Margaret Farley to

the Debate on Sexual Violence, Contraception, and Women s Rights, Presentation. Faculty

Panel on Sexual Violence, Concordia College, (Moorhead MN, March 2012)

* Towards a Green Faith: Ecology and the Future of Christianity, Presentation. St. John s

Lutheran Church, Fargo, ND (April 2012)

* Christianity and the Ecological Crisis, Presentation. Universalist Unitarian Church, Fargo,

ND (February 2012)

* Ecology of Grace: Kathryn Tanner s Theology of Divine Gift-Giving, Presentation. Pastor

to Pastor Study Retreat (a retreat for Lutheran pastors from the Fargo-Moorhead area facilitated

by Concordia College). (Moorhead MN, October 2011).

* Greening the Imago Dei: The Ecological Promise of Kathryn Tanner s Christ the Key Paper.

National AAR, Annual Meeting, (Atlanta GA, October 2010)

* Towards a Protestant Theological Response to the Ecological Crisis, Presentation. Studium,

St. Benedict Monastery. (St. Joseph MN, June 2009)

* Eschatology, Ecology and Hope in the Theology of J rgen Moltmann, Presentation. Faculty

Colloquium, Concordia College, (Moorhead MN, November 2008)

* Missio Dei, Missio Mundi: Towards a Green Missiological Ecclesiology Paper. National

AAR, Annual Meeting, (Washington DC, November 2006)

* Creation and Salvation in Ecological Theology, Presentation. Winter Seminar, The

Louisville Institute, (Louisville KY, January 2003)

* No Place in the Inn? Teaching Christian Theology as a Liberal Art, Presentation. Wabash

Seminar for the Pedagogy and the Study of Religion, The Divinity School, The University of

Chicago, (Chicago IL, May 2002); revised version of this presentation was presented as a paper

at the Mid-West AAR Annual Meeting, (Chicago IL, April 2004)

* Eschatology Re-visited: Ecological Apocalypse and Religious Hope, Paper. National AAR,

Annual Meeting, (Boston MA, November 1999).

LANGUAGES

English, Dutch, German, Latin, Greek, Hebrew

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Academy of Religion, since 1999

European Society of Women in Theological Research, since 2000

Christian Faith and The Earth: An International, Collaborative Research Project on

Ecology and Christian Doctrine, since 2007

REFERENCES

David Tracy, Andrew Thomas Greely and Grace McNichols Greely Distinguished

Service Professor Emeritus of Catholic Studies and Professor of Theology and the

Philosophy of Religions in the Divinity School, Swift Hall 227, 1025 E 58th St. Chicago

IL 60637 (phone# 773-***-****) e-mail abpqjj@r.postjobfree.com

Kathryn Tanner, Frederik Marquard Professor of Systematic Theology, Yale Divinity

School, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, e-mail

abpqjj@r.postjobfree.com

Michelle Lelwica, Associate Professor of Theology and Chair of the Religion

Department, Concordia College, 901 8th Street South, Moorhead, MN 56562 Academy

Hall 213, (phone # 218-***-****) e-mail abpqjj@r.postjobfree.com

James Aageson, Professor of New Testament and Dean of Humanities and Sciences,

Academic Dean Office, Lorentzen Hall (Academic Affairs), Concordia College, 901 8th

Street South, Moorhead, MN 56562 (phone# 218-***-****) e-mail abpqjj@r.postjobfree.com

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