Skip to main content
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
 logo
  • Apply
  • Visit
  • Calendars
  • Search
Brain Health Research Institute
Menu Search
  • About
    Close
    • About Overview
    • Mission
    • Leadership & Committees
    • Participants & Partners
    • KSU Research Institutes & Initiatives
    • Support the Brain Health Research Institute
    • Directions
  • Research
    Close
    • Research Overview
    • BHRI Research Focus Groups
    • Research Facilities & Collaboratories
    • Neurodiversity Research Initiative (NRI)
  • Members
    Close
    • Members Overview
    • BHRI Member Portals
    • Regular Member Directory
    • Affiliate Member Directory
    • Student Member Directory
    • Alumni Member Directory
  • Funding Opportunities
    Close
    • Funding Opportunities Overview
    • Pilot Grant Program
  • News & Events
    Close
    • News & Events Overview
    • Virtual BHRI Seminar Series - Chen Liu, Ph.D.
    • BHRI Collaboratory Open House
    • Upcoming Events
    • BHRI Newsletters
    • Brains on Tap
    • Past Seminars/Forums
    • Past Symposia
  • Student Research Opportunities
    Close
    • Student Research Opportunities Overview
    • BHRI Undergraduate Fellows Program
    • Student Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
  • Calendars
  • Search
  • Apply
  • Visit
Live Chat
David Odell-Scott

David Odell-Scott

College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Dean & Professor
Campus:
Kent
Office Location:
Bowman Hall
Office Hours:
By Appointment
Contact Information
Email:
dodellsc@kent.edu
Phone:
330-672-0271

Biography

David Odell-Scott is an Associate Dean and Professor in the College of Arts & Sciences. In addition to his role as Associate Dean and Professor, he serves as the Director for the Center for Comparative and Integrative Studies, as well as  the Coordinator for the Religion Studies Program. 

During his time at , he has served as the director for many Graduate Student theses, as well as Undergraduate Honors theses.

For more information on his past and present involvement, please see his Curriculum Vitae (CV) below.    

 

Publications

MONOGRAPHS

1. The Sense of Quoting: A Semiotic Case Study of Biblical Quotations. 

Brill Research Perspectives: Religion Studies.  Brill Academic Publishers: Leiden and Boston.  2018.

2. Paul’s Critique of Theocracy: A/Theocracy in Corinthians and Galatians.  

Two Series: Library of New Testament Studies and Playing the Text.  T & T Clark International, Imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi & Sydney. 2003 -Hard cover, 2009 - Paper back.

3. A Post-Patriarchal Christology.  The Academy Series of the American Academy of Religion, reissed by Oxford University Press 1991. 

EDITED BOOK

4. Reading Romans with Contemporary Philosophers and Theologians.  Editor and “Preface.” Volume VII of the Romans through History and Cultures Series, General Editors: Cristina Grenholm and Daniel Patte. T & T Clark International, New York and London, England. 2007.

5. Democracy and Religion: Free Exercise and Diverse Visions. Editor and “Preface,” Third Annual Symposium on Democracy, .  Press, Kent, Ohio. 2004. Print, ePUB & ePDF. 

BOOK CHAPTERS AND ENTRIES

6. “Semiotics,” co-authored with George Aiecher, in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation, 

Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York (2013).

7. “Metaphysics and Christian Theology,” in Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity.  Cambridge University Press: Cambridge and New York; 2010.  

8. “William of Ockham,” in Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity.  2010.

9. “One with Another,” in Reading Romans with Contemporary Philosophers and Theologians, Volume VII, Romans through History and Cultures Series; T & T Clark International, New York and London, England. 2007.    

10. “The Question of Patriarchy and Heterosexual Eroticism in Romans and Corinthians,” Gender, Tradition and Romans: Shared Ground, Uncertain Borders.  Romans through History and Cultures Series, Volume V.  Editors Cristina Grenholm and Daniel Patte, (T. & T. Clark International: New York and London; 2005).

11. “Deconstruction,” in Handbook of Postmodern Biblical Interpretation, ed. Andrew K. M. Adam. Chalice Press, St. Louis, 2000.

REFEREED ACADEMIC ARTICLES

12. “Editor’s Dilemma,” Biblical Theology Bulletin, 30.2. (May, 2000). 

13. "A/t-Onement, Exclusion and Orthodoxy: 2 Corinthians 6:11-7:4," COV&R: The Bulletin of the Colloquium on Violence & Religion, No. 10.7 (1996). 

14. "Paul's Skeptical Critique of a Primitive Christian Metaphysical Theology," Encounter 56.2.127-146 (1995). 

15. "A Recent History of An Ignored Interpretation: The Egalitarian Interpretation of 1 Cor 14:34-36." Biblical Literacy Today, 9.3.11-12 (Winter, 1994-1995).

16. "In Defense of an Egalitarian Interpretation of First Corinthians 14:34-36: A Reply to Murphy-O'Connor's Critique," Biblical Theology Bulletin, 17.3. (July, 1987).  

17. "Let The Women Speak In Church: An Egalitarian Interpretation of First Corinthians 14:33b-36," Biblical Theology Bulletin, 13.3: (July, 1983). 

REFEREED ACADEMIC NOTE/LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

18. “Letter to the Editor,” Religion in the News, 11.2.22 (Fall, 2008).  

INVITED POPULAR PUBLICATIONS 

19. "Communion Meditations," Table Talk.  Jane McAvoy, Ed.  Chalice Press, St. Louis; 1993

20. "Women in Corinth," The Disciple (January, 1988).

21. “The Status of Women in Corinthians," The Tennessean, guest editor (December 8, 1987)

22. "Women in Corinth," Biblical Literacy Today, 3.3 (Spring, 1989)

Education

Ph.D., Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
M.Div., Vanderbilt University
B.A., Texas Christian University

Expertise

analysis and interpretation of religious artifacts and texts
the letters of st. paul
status of women
religions east and west
religion and violence
religion and democracy
semoitic methods and hermeneutics

Affiliations

  • Affiliate (fellow) of the Pluralism Project at Harvard University; Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Ohio Pluralism Project at ; Fellow
  • Westar Institute; Program Chair (2002-2012) Semiotics and Exegesis Section
  • Society of Biblical Literature; Member
  • American Academy of Religion
  • member
  • American Philosophical Association; Member
  • North American Tillich Society; Member
  • Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy.
  • Documents

    PDF icon

    Research Institutes and Initiatives

    Global Understanding Research Initiative
    Brain Health Research Institute

    Street Address

    1175 Lefton Esplanade
    Kent, OH 44242


    Mailing Address

    800 E. Summit St.
    Kent, OH 44242

    Contact Us

    330-672-1855 brainhealth@kent.edu
    Contact Us
    • 330-672-3000
    • info@kent.edu

    QUICK LINKS
    • Biological Sciences
    • Psychological Sciences
    • School of Biomedical Sciences
    • snapchat
    • ...
    Information
    • Accessibility
    • Annual Security Reports
    • For Our Alumni
    • For the Media
    • Health Services
    • Jobs & Employment
    • Privacy Statement
    • HEERF CARES/CRRSAA/ARP Act Reporting and Disclosure
    • Website Feedback
     logo
    © 2025 All rights reserved.