Dr. Ian A. McFarland, Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs and Professor of Systematic Theology
Dr. McFarland's research focuses on Christology, theological anthropology, and the doctrine of creation. His interests also include the use of the Bible in theology, the relationship between theology and science, and the thought of Maximus the Confessor. His current research is on the meaning and implications of the Christian belief in creation from nothing. Dr. McFarland was elected to the American Theological Society in April, 2011.
Contact
Dr. Ian A. McFarland
Candler School of Theology
Emory University
1531 Dickey Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30322
United States
Phone: 404.727.6327
Fax: 404.727.2494
Email: iamcfar@emory.edu
Education
- PhD, Yale University, 1995
- ThM, The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1991
- MDiv, Union Theological Seminary (NY), 1989
- BA, Trinity College (Hartford), 1984
Publications
- The Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology (Cambridge University Press, 2011) co-editor
- In Adam’s Fall: A Meditation on the Christian Doctrine of Original Sin (Wiley-Blackwell 2010)
- The Divine Image: Envisioning the Invisible God (Fortress Press, 2005)
- Difference and Identity: A Theological Anthropology (Pilgrim Press, 2001)
- Listening to the Least: Doing Theology from the Outside In (Pilgrim Press, 1998)