John Marshall Diamond
STANDING
PhD Candidate
DISSERTATION DIRECTOR
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The history and development of the Christian mystical tradition, particularly in the Middle Ages from Eriugena to Nicholas of Cusa; the history and development of Christian doctrine, specifically the doctrines of the Trinity, pneumatology, and anthropology; the doctrine of the imago dei and persons with intellectual disabilities; Christian Neoplatonism in early Christianity, particularly Origen, Augustine, and the Cappadocians; theodicy; Ludwig Wittgenstein and the possibility of religious language.
PRESENTATIONS
"The Holy Spirit as Caritas in Sentences of Peter Lombard," Society of Pentecostal Studies, 2014.
"The Logic of Divine Ignorance: Eriugena's Understanding of the Aristotle's Categories and Logic in Relation to Divine Self-Ignorance," Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies Conference, 2018.
"The Goal of Theological Education," Conference of Theological Pedagogy, 2018.
EDUCATION
M.A. Philosophy, University of Dallas
M.T.S., Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
B.A. Church Ministries, Southwestern Assemblies of God University
COURSES TAUGHT
Introduction to Christian Theology
Christianity Through Time
Introduction to Philosophy (Ivy Tech Community College)
Introduction to Ethics (Ivy Tech Community College)
Introduction to Logic (Ivy Tech Community College)
Philosophy of Religion (Ivy Tech Community College)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Academy of Religion
Medieval Academy of America
North American Patristics Society
Mystical Theology Network
The Eckhart Society