Collin Cornell
Assistant Professor of Bible and Mission
BA, Columbia International University
MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary
PhD, Emory University
Courses Taught
BI504: Bible and Mission
MI804a: Missiology as a Discipline
OT517: Psalms
OT500: Old Testament Introduction
Campus Affiliations
Areas of Expertise
Old Testament, Psalms, tabernacle, ancient Israelite religion, Hellenistic Judaism, Transjordanian religions, Elephantine, Old Testament missiology, theological interpretation of Scripture, K. H. Miskotte Society of Biblical Literature American Society of Missiology Society for Post-Supersessionist Theology Society for Dialectical TheologyAssociation Memberships
Current Research
“We hallow God’s name in concert with all earthly creatures. We pray for God to loose us from our common predicament of captivity. We trust in a God who is not just Our Father, a parent to humans, but the God and Father of all that exists.”
A quote from Collin Cornell’s article, “How to Pray the Lord’s Prayer with All Creatures”
Bio
Collin Cornell joined the Fuller faculty in 2023 as assistant professor of Bible and mission. Dually appointed to the Bible department and the mission department, he teaches classes at Fuller’s Texas campus in Old Testament and missiology, particularly biblical theology of mission. His research interests center on the history of religions and biblical theology, and he publishes on a range of related topics including: Psalms, Tabernacle texts, Levantine religious traditions, post-supersessionist hermeneutics, and ecological interpretation.
Prior to Fuller, Dr. Cornell taught as visiting faculty at the University of the South (Sewanee), Duke Divinity School, and Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He also managed Sewanee’s Center for Religion and Environment, coordinated Sewanee’s Indigenous Engagement Initiative, and acted as academic dean of the Stevenson School for Ministry, a local formation school of the Episcopal church. Cornell recently authored three books: God Draws Near: Rethinking the Biblical Theology of Mission (2025), Monotheism and Divine Aggression (2023), and Divine Aggression in Psalms and Inscriptions (2021). He also edited Divine Doppelgängers: YHWH’s Ancient Look-Alikes (2020); coedited a volume of essays by Brent A. Strawn, The Incomparable God: Readings in Biblical Theology (2023); and cotranslated a book by Dutch theologian and antifascist K. H. Miskotte, Biblical ABCs: The Basics of Christian Resistance (2021).
Collin and his spouse are members of a New Worshipping Community in the Presbyterian church (USA).
View Cornell’s CV here.
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