Home / People / Dr. Steven Harmon Dr. Steven Harmon Professor of Historical Theology Education B.A., Howard Payne University M.Div., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Additional study: The Catholic University of America; Westf盲lischen Wilhelms-Universit盲t, M眉nster, Germany; University of Dallas; Duke University Divinity School Biography Steven R. Harmon began teaching in the School of Divinity in 2010. He regularly teaches Christian History and Theology I and II, Christian Ethics, Theological Integration Capstone Seminar, and elective courses in Christian history and theology. Dr. Harmon is the author of听听(Rowman & Littlefield),听听(Paternoster),听听(Cascade Books),听听(Baylor University Press), and听听(New City Press); he is co-editor and co-author with Amy L. Chilton of听听(Mercer University Press) and with Teun van der Leer, Henk Bakker, and Elizabeth Newman of听听(Cascade Books). He has also published numerous journal articles, chapters in multi-author books, and general readership publications. Dr. Harmon serves on the editorial boards of听Pacific Journal of Baptist Research, the听Journal of Baptist Theology in Context,听and the Centre for Baptist Studies in Oxford Publications series, and previously served as听Book Review Editor for听Perspectives in Religious Studies听and Associate Editor of听Review and Expositor. Prior to teaching in the School of Divinity, Dr. Harmon was Associate Professor of Christian Theology at Campbell University Divinity School in Buies Creek, North Carolina and Associate Professor of Divinity at Samford University鈥檚 Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama. He has served as Visiting Professor at Duke University Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina and Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Harmon has served as pastor of three churches in Texas, interim pastor of churches in North Carolina, and guest preacher and teacher in numerous congregations in Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Maryland, and Virginia. He is a member of St. John’s Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is an active member of the Commission on Doctrine and Christian Unity of the Baptist World Alliance, which he has represented in ecumenical dialogues with the Anglican Communion, the Catholic Church, and the Eastern Orthodox churches, and as a plenary member of the World Council of Churches Commission on Faith and Order. Dr. Harmon hails from Texas. He is married to Kheresa Wedding Harmon, who serves as Minister for Children and Their Families at St. John’s Baptist Church in Charlotte, and they are the parents of a high school-age son, Timothy. Dr. Harmon鈥檚 hobbies include running, reading, listening to a wide variety of music 鈥渇rom Bach to Bono,鈥� playing the electric guitar (especially U2 covers) and occasionally the French horn and alto recorder, and traveling.
