H. Ashley Hall, PhD

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

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Contact

H.Hall@creighton.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Ministry (Master of Arts)
Graduate School
Theology
DHHC - Dowling Hall/Humanities Center - 140

H. Ashley Hall, PhD

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

Ashley Hall specializes in the reception of patristic (i.e., early Christian) sources in the Reformation of the sixteenth century. His primary area of research is on Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560), an exemplary Lutheran theologian, philologist, and pedagogue. Dr. Hall's book, Philip Melanchthon and the Cappadocians: A Reception of Greek Patristic Sources in the Sixteenth Century (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2014) presents a detailed study of his interests.
Dr. Hall is a Lutheran 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." 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. From 2004-2005, Dr. Hall was a Research Fellow at the Institute for European History, Mainz, Germany.
Dr. Hall is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, serving in the Nebraska Synod. He is the coordinator for Lutheran/Protestant campus ministry under the aegis of The Office of Campus Ministry, Nebraska Lutheran Campus Ministry, and Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church.

Teaching Interests

  • Reformation; Early Christianity; Ecumenism

Research Focus

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.

Department

Theology

Position

Associate Professor

Books

  • Hall H. Ashley, THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF EARLY MODERN THEOLOGY, 1600–1800 Edited by Ulrich Lehner, Richard Muller, and A. G. Roeber New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. Pp. xvii + 668 pgs. $150.00 2021
  • Hall H, Rooted and Renewing: Imagining the Church’s Future in Light of Its New Testament Origins by Troy M. Troftgruben (review) 2021
  • The Survival of Dulles
    Hall H. Ashley, Avery Dulles on Luther and Lutheranism [Book Chapter] 2021
  • Canaris Michael M, Ryan Patrick J, Johnson Elizabeth, Hall H. Ashley, Kirmse Anne-Marie, Lienhard Rev. Joseph T, Massa Bishop James, McCarthy Michael C, Phan Peter, Puen Stephanie, The Survival of Dulles 2021
  • Hall H, Martyrdom and the Suffering of the Righteous ed. by Paul R. Hinlicky and R. David Nelson (review) 2019
  • Wiley Blackwell Companion to Patristics
    Hall H. Ashley, The Cappadocian Fathers [Book Chapter] 2015
  • Philip Melanchthon and the Cappadocians
    Hall H. Ashley, Melanchthon and Greek Patristic Sources [Book Chapter] 2014
  • Philip Melanchthon and the Cappadocians
    Hall H. Ashley, Melanchthon’s Understanding of Patristic Authority [Book Chapter] 2014
  • Philip Melanchthon and the Cappadocians
    Hall H. Ashley, Use of the Cappadocians against Roman Catholic Arguments [Book Chapter] 2014
  • Philip Melanchthon and the Cappadocians
    Hall H. Ashley, Introduction [Book Chapter] 2014
  • Philip Melanchthon and the Cappadocians
    Hall H. Ashley, Appendix: The Reception of Cappadocian Texts in the Sixteenth Century [Book Chapter] 2014
  • Philip Melanchthon and the Cappadocians
    Hall H. Ashley, Body [Book Chapter] 2014
  • Hall H. Ashley, Philip Melanchthon and the Cappadocians 2014
  • Hall H, Reviews -- Aspasie. Comedie. (Textes litteraires francais, 417) written by Jean Desmarets (de Saint-Sorlin) and edited by Philip Tomlinson 1993
  • Hall H, Marilyn L. Williamson, 'Infinite Variety: Antony and Cleopatra in Renaissance Drama and Earlier Tradition' (Book Review) 1978

Publications

  • Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society
    Hall H. Ashley, Protestant Responses to Roman Catholic Environmental Thought
    9, p. 94 - 106 2013
  • Pro ecclesia (Northfield, Minn.)
    Hall H. Ashley, The Development of Doctrine: A Lutheran Examination
    16:3, p. 256 - 277 2007
  • Journal - New York State Bar Association
    Hall H, Freedom Of Worship: State And Federal Guarantees
    63:6, p. 18 1991
  • Hall H, SPEAKING OF FAITH, CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN, RELIGION AND SOCIAL-CHANGE - ECK,DL, JAIN,D, EDITOR 1988
  • The Saint Luke's journal of theology
    Hall H, Protoplast (poem)
    22:3, p. 164 1979
  • Hall H, BEYOND INGARDENS IDEALISM-REALISM CONTROVERSY WITH HUSSERL - NEW CONTEXTUAL PHASE OF PHENOMENOLOGY - TYMIENIECKA,AT 1978
  • Year's Work in Modern Language Studies
    Hall H, Nicolich Robert, French studies. The seventeenth century
    38, p. 87 - 119 1976

Awards

  • "Iggy" Award
    Center for Student Success and Retention
  • "Iggy" Award
    Center for Student Success and Retention
  • Faculty Research Grant
    I used the funds to pay Theology senior Michael Bahl to help with revisions to my Dissertation for a book proposal and in research for an upcoming project.
    CCAS
  • "Iggy" Award
    Center for Student Success and Retention