Ian Alexander McFarland (born 1963) is an American

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theologian and has since 2019 served as Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Theology at Emory University's

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, where he also taught from 2005 to 2015. From 2015 to 2019 he was the Regius Professor of Divinity at the

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. He holds degrees from

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(Hartford), Union Theological Seminary (New York), the

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, the

and

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. He also taught at the

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from 1998 to 2005. McFarland is editor of the ''

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'', a former fellow of Selwyn College, and a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). He has served as one of the ELCA representatives on rounds 12 and 13 of the US Lutheran–Catholic Dialogue. His books include ''The Word Made Flesh: A Theology of the Incarnation'' (2019), ''From Nothing: A Theology of Creation'' (2014), ''In Adam's Fall: A Meditation on the Christian Doctrine of Original Sin'' (2010), and ''The Divine Image: Envisioning the Invisible God'' (2005).

Personal life

Dr. McFarland is married to oboist Ann Lillya, with whom he has two daughters.

Publications

Books

The Word Made Flesh: A Theology of the Incarnation. Westminster John Knox Press, 2019 From Nothing: A Theology of Creation. Westminster John Knox, 2014 Co-editor,The Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology. Cambridge University Press, 2011 In Adam's Fall: A Meditation on the Christian Doctrine of Original Sin. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 Editor,Creation and Humanity. Westminster John Knox Press, 2009 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

Chapters and articles

"Sin and the Limits of Theology: A Reflection in Conversation with Julian of Norwich and Martin Luther," in International Journal of Systematic Theology 22/2 (April 2020): 147-168. "Being Perfect: A Lutheran Perspective on Moral Formation," in Studies in Christian Ethics 33/1 (2019): 15-26. "The Gift of the Non aliud: Creation from Nothing as a Metaphysics of Abundance," in International Journal of Systematic Theology 21/1 (January 2019): 44-58. ''The Upward Call': The Category of Vocation and the Oddness of Human Nature," in The Christian Doctrine of Humanity , Zondervan, 2018 "The Problem with Evil," Theology Today 74/4. January 01, 2019 "Present in Love: Rethinking Barth on the Divine Perfections," Modern Theology 33/2. April 01, 2017 "Original Sin," in the T&T Clark Companion to the Doctrine of Sin. Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2016 "What Does It Mean To See Someone? Icons and Identity," in The Image of God in an Image-Driven Age: Explorations in Theological Anthropology. Intervarsity Press, 2016 "'Always and Everywhere': Divine Presence and the Incarnation," in The Gift of Theology: The Contribution of Kathryn Tanner. Fortress, 2015 "Theology of the Will," in The Oxford Handbook of Maximus the Confessor. Oxford University Press, 2015 "The Saving God," in Sanctified by Grace. Bloomsbury, 2014 "Spirit and Incarnation: Toward a Pneumatic Chalcedonianism," in International Journal of Systematic Theology, 16:2. April 01, 2014

References

External links

Amazon.com list of McFarland's published books
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