ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BIBLE AND ITS RECEPTION
Edited by
Hans-Josef Klauck, Bernard McGinn, Choon-Leong Seow, Hermann Spieckermann, Barry Dov Walfish, Eric Ziolkowski
in cooperation with
Dale Allison, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Donna Bowman, Brian Britt, Michael Cameron, Mordechai Z. Cohen, Joseph Davis, Jamey Deming, Martin Forward, Peter Gemeinhardt, Haim Goldfus, Ann E. Killebrew, David W. Kling, Volker Leppin, Paul Mendes-Flohr, Martti Nissinen, Dennis T. Olson, Nils Holger Petersen, S. Brent Plate, Christine Roy Yoder, Thomas Römer, Günter Stemberger, Marvin A. Sweeney, Johan C. Thom, David R. Thomas, Samuel Vollenweider, Jan G. van der Watt, Sidnie White Crawford
Title and name
Dr. S. Brent Plate
Function
Assistant Professor of Religion and the Visual Arts
Address
Texas Christian University
Dept of Religion
TCU - Box 298100
2855 S. University Dr
Fort Worth, TX 76129
USA
Telephone +1 817 257 6444
Fax +1 817 257 7495
E-Mail b.plate@tcu.edu
Biography
Dr Plate is assistant professor of religion and the visual arts at Texas Christian University. His research and teaching are centered on the ways humans see, how our ways of seeing are culturally and religiously constructed, and how seeing is one behavior by which we make meaning of our worlds. This approach encompasses the “visual arts,” but engages with the visual on a more fundamental and everyday basis: what we see in film, television, fashion, graphic design, and urban planning.
His work has always been interdisciplinary, and he has taught courses in art history, film studies, literature, and religion. He has taught at the University of Vermont and the Atlanta College of Art, and served for a brief time as Development Officer for the Centre for the Study of Literature, Theology, and the Arts at the University of Glasgow.
He has published a half-dozen books and over 30 articles, essays, and reviews on topics relating to religion and the arts, including the books Walter Benjamin, Religion, and Aesthetics (2004), Re-Viewing the Passion: Mel Gibson's Film and Its Critics (2004), Representing Religion in World Cinema (2003), and Religion, Art, and Visual Culture: A Cross-Cultural Reader (2002).
Dr Plate has a PhD from Emory University, a Masters in theology from the University of Glasgow, an MA from Columbia Seminary, and a BA from Seattle Pacific University.