Peter D. Jauhiainen
PETER D. JAUHIAINEN
330 Nielsen Hall
319-398-5899 ext. 5709
COURSES I TEACH:
Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Introduction to Religions of the East
Religion in the United States
Introduction to Islam
Introduction to Religions of the World
EDUCATION:
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Ph.D., May 1997
Dissertation: “An Enlightenment Calvinist: Samuel Hopkins and the Pursuit of Benevolence”
Advisor, Theodore Dwight Bozeman
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, M.Div. 1986
Master’s Thesis: “The New Religious Right and the Secular Humanist Conspiracy to Subvert
America”
Advisor, James H. Moorhead
Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, B.A., Philosophy 1983
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Professor, Kirkwood.Community College, 2010-present
Associate Professor, Kirkwood Community College, 2003-2010
Assistant Professor, Kirkwood Community College, 1996-2003
Instructor, Kirkwood Community College, 1994-96
Instructor, Wartburg College, 1996
Religions of the World
Instructor, The University of Northern Iowa, 1993-94
Religions of the World
Instructor, Cornell College, 1993
Religions of the World
Instructor, The University of Iowa, 1992-93
Religion and Society (Correspondence Course)
Instructor, The University of Iowa, 1992
The Judeo-Christian Tradition
Teaching Assistant, The University of Iowa, 1988-93
The Judeo-Christian Tradition
Quest for Human Destiny
Course Coordinator, The University of Iowa, 1990-92
The Judeo-Christian Tradition
Research Assistant, The University of Iowa, 1987-88
Teaching Assistant, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1986
Piety and Politics: Christian Social Thought in America
PUBLICATIONS:
“Hopkins and Hopkinsianism,” in Doug Sweeny and Oliver Crisp, ed., “After Jonathan Edwards: The Courses of the New England Theology” (Oxford University Press, 2012).
“Samuel Hopkins,” in the Encyclopedia of the American Enlightenment, ed. Mark Spencer, New York: Continuum Press (2012).
“Samuel Hopkins,” in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, ed. Brian Harrison, Oxford: Oxford University Press (2004).
“Samuel Hopkins,” in Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals, ed. Timothy Larsen, Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press (2003).
“Samuel Hopkins,” in Encyclopedia of Protestantism, ed. Hans J. Hillerbrand, 4 vols., New York: Routledge Press (Fall, 2002).
“The Pragmatic Dimension of the Community College and its Impact on Religious Studies,” Religious Studies News: AAR Edition, vol. 17, No. 4, October, 2002, v, xi.
“’Reasoning Out of the Scriptures’: Samuel Hopkins, the Theological Enterprise, and the Deist
Threat,” The Journal of Presbyterian History 79:2, Summer 2001.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS:
“Confucius: The Teacher as Exemplar,” Community College Humanities Association, Central Division Conference, Madison, WI, October 11, 2002.
“American Religion at the Crossroads: The ‘Melting Pot’ and the Pluralist Ideal,” Community College Humanities Association, Central Division Conference, Cedar Rapids, IA, October 2000.
“Against the ‘Pretended Philosophers’ of the Enlightenment: Samuel Hopkins and Scriptural
Authority,” American Society of Church History, Spring Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 1999.
“The Pragmatic Dimension of the Community College and its Impact on Religious Studies,” American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 1998.
“The Role of Self-Love in Samuel Hopkins’s Theology of Disinterested Benevolence,” American Society of Church History, Spring Meeting, Nashville, TN, April 1997.
“Samuel Hopkins and the Benevolent Sovereignty of God,” American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature, Upper Midwest Regional Meeting, St. Paul, MN, April 1996.
FACULTY COMMITTEES:
Chair, Honors Program, Kirkwood Community College, 2003-present
Chair, Academic Diversity Committee, Kirkwood Community College, 2002-2004
Academic Diversity Committee, 2000-2004
Curriculum and Instruction Committee, 1998-2001.
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS:
“The Voice of God: Eastern Religions,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Oct. 2011.
“Anti-Muslim Backlash and the American Political Landscape,” MLK Staff Development Day, Kirkwood Community College, Jan. 17, 2011.
“When Religion Becomes Evil,” Cedar River Theological Forum, Dec. 9, 2010.
“Killing in the American Colonies,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Sept. 19, 2010
“Current Trends in American Religion,” First Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Jan. 7 and 14, 2010.
“Current Trends in American Religion,” Cedar River Theological Forum, Cedar Rapids, IA, March 12, 2009.
“Muslim Women and the Veil,” MLK Staff Development Day, Kirkwood Community College, Jan. 19, 2009.
“Life’s Beginnings: Religious Views,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Mar. 22, 2008.
“Eastern Views of the Neighbor,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Sept. 21, 2008.
“Current Trends in American Religion,” First United Methodist Church, Marion, IA, June 2008.
“Americans’ Shared Cultural Values,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, May 4, 2008.
“Religious Extremism,” Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Mar. 18, 2007.
“Fundamentalism, Evangelicalism, and Pentecostalism,” Trinity Episcopal Church, Iowa City, Oct. 29 and Nov. 5, 2006
“Religious Extremism,” Conference of Clergy, Cedar Rapids, IA, Nov. 2, 2006.
“Religion and Politics: Concerns of Christians Today”, First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, Sept. 10, 2006
Four week discussion of John Gottman’s “Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Summer 2006.
“Evangelicalism,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Spring 2005.
“The 2004 Presidential Election: A Look at the Polling Data,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Dec. 2004
“What Americans believe,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Sept. 2004.
“A ‘Christian America’: Fact or Fiction?,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Oct. 2003.
“The Basic Doctrine of Islam and How Militant Muslims Interpret It,” St. John’s Catholic Church, Mt. Vernon, IA, April 6, 2003.
“Pivotal Transitions in Christian History,” Christ Episcopal Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Feb-Mar, 2003.
“A Matter of Death and Life: The Death of Ivan Ilych and Tuesdays with Morrie,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Jan-Feb, 2003.
“Confucius: The Teacher as Exemplar,” Kirkwood Employee Staff Development Day, Jan. 20, 2003.
“Understanding Islamic Fundamentalism,” Kirkwood Employee Staff Development Day, Jan. 21, 2002.
“Practicing Our Faith,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Sept-Oct., 2001.
“Current Trends in American Religion,” Ely Presbyterian Church, Ely, IA, April, 2001.
“Conversations on the Lord’s Prayer,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Jan-Feb, 2001.
“The Religious ‘Melting Pot’ and the Pluralist Ideal,” Kirkwood Employee Staff Development Day, Jan., 2001.
Moderator, Ethical Perspectives on the News, KCRG TV, Cedar Rapids, IA, November 2000-September 2002.
“The Disparity Between CEO Salaries and Worker Wages,” panelist, Ethical Perspectives on the
News, KCRG TV, Cedar Rapids, IA, November 12, 2000.
“Prayer and the Public Schools,” panelist, Ethical Perspectives on the News, KCRG TV, Cedar
Rapids, IA, August 6, 2000.
“Current Trends in American Religion,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Spring 2000.
“Mary Pipher’s The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Spring 1999.
“Galatians,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Spring 1998.
“Genesis 1-3,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Fall 1997.
“A Brief Overview of the History of Christianity,” First Presbyterian Church, Fall 1996.
“’Culture Wars’: Religious-Political Conflict in America Today,” Ely Presbyterian Church, Ely, IA,
Spring 1996.
“’Culture Wars’: Religious-Political Conflict in America Today,” First Presbyterian Church,
Mt. Vernon, IA, Spring 1996.
“Islam,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Spring 1996.
“Money, Sex, and Power,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Fall 1995.
“’Culture Wars’: Religious-Political Conflict in America Today,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar
Rapids, IA, Fall 1995.
“C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA, Spring 1995.
“Theological Viewpoints of the Reformed Tradition,” First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA,
Fall 1994.
“A Christian America: Fact or Fiction?,” St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, Iowa City, IA, Spring
1992.
AWARDS:
Kirkwood Community College
Making a Difference Award, 1999
-Involves nomination by graduating students for outstanding teaching and contributions to their Kirkwood educational experience.
The University of Iowa
Council on Teaching Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 1992
Alice Lampe Heidel Award, School of Religion, 1991
Louis Penningroth Scholarship Award, School of Religion, 1989
LANGUAGES STUDIED:
Greek, Latin, French, German
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
The American Society of Church History
The American Academy of Religion
The Community College Humanities Association