Paul Boles, PhD

Program Director and Professor, Department of Theology

Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Duke 250

Paul Boles, PhD, brings his years of church ministry as an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and work as a hospice chaplain to his teaching and scholarship, focusing his interests on the experience and reception of the church’s beliefs. His primary interest is in the history of preaching as a public performance of biblical interpretation. Boles has presented nationally and internationally and published work on the 2nd/ 3rd century Church Father, Origen’s use of allegory in the pulpit and the way in which different methods of interpreting the Bible brought about different experiences of the Bible in the early Church.

Education

PhD, History of Christianity, Claremont Graduate University
MDiv, San Francisco Theological Seminary
BA, Biblical Studies, Azusa Pacific University

Credentials/Certifications

Ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament, Presbyterian Church (USA)

Academic Area

School of Theology

Courses Taught

THEO 200 - Theology & the Christian Life
THEO 352 - Church History: Apostolic Era to the Eve of the Reformation
THEO 354 - Church History: The Eve of the Reformation to the Present
THEO 423 - Church History Seminar: The History of Preaching
THEO 442 - Theological Movements
THEO 495 - Topics in Systematic Theology