Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity; Graduate Program Director in the Department of Theology
Christopher W. Skinner (PhD, Catholic University of America) is a scholar of New Testament and Christian origins working at the intersections of narratology, narrative criticism, and historical criticism. His research explores literary and historical questions in the narratives about Jesus both within and outside the New Testament. He has written extensively about narrative-critical issues as well as characterization in the Gospels of John and Mark. He has also written about the scholarly reception of the Gospel of Thomas and New Testament ethics. His additional interests include the reception of Jesus within popular culture and the leveraging of ideas about and images of Jesus and the Bible within contemporary political and religious discourse.
He is the author or editor of 11 books and has published three dozen peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He is currently writing a book on the Christology of the Gospel of Mark (Baker Academic, 2026), co-editing a three-volume series devoted to the historical reception of the Fourth Gospel (Baylor University Press, 2027, 2028, 2029), and authoring the Anchor Yale Commentary on the Gospel of Thomas (Yale University Press, 2034).
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About Christopher W. Skinner
Christopher W. Skinner (PhD, Catholic University of America) is a scholar of New Testament and Christian origins working at the intersections of narratology, narrative criticism, and historical criticism. His research explores literary and historical questions in the narratives about Jesus both within and outside the New Testament. He has written extensively about narrative-critical issues as well as characterization in the Gospels of John and Mark. He has also written about the scholarly reception of the Gospel of Thomas and New Testament ethics. His additional interests include the reception of Jesus within popular culture and the leveraging of ideas about and images of Jesus and the Bible within contemporary political and religious discourse.
He is the author or editor of 11 books and has published three dozen peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He is currently writing a book on the Christology of the Gospel of Mark (Baker Academic, 2026), co-editing a three-volume series devoted to the historical reception of the Fourth Gospel (Baylor University Press, 2027, 2028, 2029), and authoring the Anchor Yale Commentary on the Gospel of Thomas (Yale University Press, 2034).
| 2016 - Present | Professor, New Testament and Early Christianity and Graduate Program Director, Loyola University Chicago ‐ Department of Theology | |
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Grants
| 2024 - 2025 | The Gospel of Thomas, Anchor Yale Commentary |
| Catholic Biblical Association of America | |
| $15,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2018 - Present | Member, Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas | 2016 - Present | Member, Chicago Society of Biblical Research | 2016 - Present | Member, North American Society for the Study of Christian Apocryphal Literature | 2007 - Present | Member, Catholic Biblical Association of America | 2003 - Present | Member, Society of Biblical Literature |
Courses
- THEO 424: Synoptic Gospels (Graduare Course)
- THEO 100: Introduction to Christian Theology (Undergraduate Course)
- THEO 311: The Meaning of Jesus Christ: A Survey of His Reception Throughout History (Undergraduate Course)
- THEO 527: Gospel of Thomas (Graduate Course)
- THEO 420/515: Gospel of Mark (Graduate Course)
- THEO 420/517: Gospel of John (Graduate Course)
- THEO 429./523: Historical Jesus (Graduate Course)
- THEO 267: Jesus in Film (Undergraduate Course)
- THEO 232: Introduction to the New Testament (Undergraduate Course)
| January 2023 - May 2025 | MA, Loyola University Chicago ‐ Philosophy | |
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| January 2002 - May 2008 | PhD, Catholic University of America ‐ Biblical Studies (New Testament) | |
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| August 1997 - May 2001 | ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary ‐ New Testament Studies | |
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| September 1995 - December 1995 | Istanbul University, Beyazit ‐ Language Study (Turkish) | |
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| August 1991 - May 1995 | BS, East Carolina University ‐ Communications | |
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