Steve Haynes | Professor
Office: 403 Clough Hall |  Phone: 843-3583  | Email: haynes@rhodes.edu
photo: Prof. Haynes
Stephen R. Haynes holds a Ph.D. in Religion and Literature from Emory University, the M. Div. from Columbia Theological Seminary, an M. A. from Florida State University, and a B. A. from Vanderbilt University. Professor Haynes has been at Rhodes since 1989 and offers courses on the Holocaust, religion and racism, and religion and literature. In addition to these subjects, he has research interests in Jewish-Christian relations, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and religion and higher education. Dr. Haynes serves on the regional advisory board for Facing History and Ourselves and on the Church Relations Committee of the US Holocaust Memorial Council. He was ODK Untenured Teacher of the Year at Rhodes in 1993 and SGA Outstanding Faculty Member in 1995. In 1997 he received the Clarence Day Award for Outstanding Research and in 2001 was awarded the Clarence Day Award for Outstanding Teaching. He is also a graduate of Leadership Memphis.  

Education

Ph.D., Emory University
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary
M.A., Florida State University
B.A., Vanderbilt University


Courses

Humanities 101 - SEARCH:VALUES IN HST&REL

Religious Studies 102 - INTRO TO THEOLOGICAL TRADITION

Religious Studies 102 - THE BIBLE: TEXTS AND CONTEXTS

Religious Studies 220 - TOPIC: THEOLOGIANS UNDER HITLER

Religious Studies 220 - TOPIC: THEOLOGY & LITERATURE

Religious Studies 232 - SOCIAL ISSUES: HOLOCAUST

Religious Studies 232 - SOCIAL ISSUES: RELIGION & RACISM

Religious Studies 232 - SOCIAL ISSUES: RELIGION & EDUCATION

Religious Studies 300 - BIBLICAL STUDIES: BONHOEFFER

Religious Studies 300 - TOPICS: RELIGION AND EDUCATION

Religious Studies 399 - TUTORIAL FOR HONORS CANDIDATES

Religious Studies 485 - SENIOR SEMINAR: SENIOR PAPER

Religious Studies 495 - HONORS TUTORIAL


Selected Publications

Prospects for Post-Holocaust Theology: ′Israel′ in the Theologies of Karl Barth, Jürgen Moltmann, and Paul van Buren, American Academy of Religion Academy Series, Volume 77 (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1991).

To Each Its Own Meaning: An Introduction to Biblical Criticisms and Their Application, edited with Steven L. McKenzie (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1993; second revised edition, 1999).

Reluctant Witnesses: Jews and the Christian Imagination, Macmillan Studies in Literature and Religion (London: Macmillan, 1995; Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1995).

Holocaust Education and the Church-Related College: Restoring Ruptured Traditions, Christianity and the Holocaust: Core Issues Series (New York: Greenwood, 1997).

The Death of God Movement and the Holocaust: Radical Theology Encounters the Shoah, edited with John K. Roth (New York: Greenwood Press, 1999).

Noah’s Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery, Religion in America Series (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).

Professing in the Postmodern Academy: Faculty and the Future of Church-Related Colleges, Religion and Higher Education Series (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2002).

The Bonhoeffer Phenomenon: Portraits of a Protestant Saint (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004).

The Bonhoeffer Legacy: Post-Holocaust Perspectives (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006).

Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians (co-authored with Lori Brandt Hale) (Lousiville: Westminster/John Knox, 2008).