H. Ashley Hall
The Rev. H. Ashley Hall, Ph.D. (Fordham University)
Assistant Professor
Historical Theology
Chaplain, Lutheran Campus Ministry at Creighton
Courses: (Fall 2012)
THL 100 (E, F, & G) Christianity in Context
Office Hours:
T 3:30-5:00 pm
W 3:30-4:30 p.m.
and by appointment.
Contact:
Humanities 131
402-280-2295
Email
Research Interests:
The Reformation and Early Modern period (Philip Melanchthon; the reception of patristic and classical sources in the sixteenth century; the Reform Catholic Movement); monasticism; liturgy; historical and contemporary ecumenical dialogue between Lutherans and Roman Catholics; and Native American appropriations of Christianity.
Dr. Hall is a delegate in Round XII of the official dialogue between the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The topic for Round XII is "Teaching Authority in the Church."
In November 2012, he was the North American delegate to a two-week international seminar at the Wittenberg Center of the Lutheran World Federation entitled "Teaching Luther for Lutheran Teachers." More information on the seminar can be found here. The seminar was led by Prof. Theodor Dieter and Prof. Sarah Hinlicky Wilson of the Ecumenical Institute of Strasbourg.
In October 2009, he was an invited presenter at the Luther Studies in a Catholic Context Colloquium of the Theology Department, Marquette University.
Recently Published Works:
"The Development of Doctrine: A Lutheran Examination," Pro Ecclesia 16 (summer 2007): 22-43.
"The Role of the Eucharist in the Lives of the Desert Fathers," Studia Patristica 39, ed. F. Young, M. Edwards, and D. Parris (Leuven: Peeters Press, 2006), 367-72.
"Philipp Melanchthon and the Cappadocians," Die Patristik in der Frühen Neuzeit, ed. Günther Frank, Thomas Leinkauf, and Markus Wriedt (Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt: Frommann-Holzboog, 2006), 27-48.