Telford Work
Associate Professor of Theology

Phone: 805.565.6199
Email:work@westmont.edu
Campus Address: Porter Center 5
Web Site: http://telfordwork.net

Telford Work is Associate Professor of Theology, having taught at Westmont since 1999, with a brief hiatus during the 2002-2003 academic year. His courses include Introduction to Christian Doctrine (a GE requirement) and Topics in Theological History. His doctrine of scripture, Living and Active: Scripture in the Economy of Salvation, is forthcoming from Eerdmans. His articles have appeared in Theology Today, Scottish Journal of Theology, International Journal of Systematic Theology, Greek Orthodox Theological Review, Studies in Interreligious Dialogue, and in several collections from Oxford University Press. He is also associate editor of the Journal of Christian Theological Research. He has presented at the annual meetings of the Christian Theological Research Fellowship, the Wheaton Theology Conference, and the American Academy of Religion. He is a member of the ecclesiology study group of the Center for Evangelical and Catholic Theology. He is currently writing a study of Jesus from the perspective of the liturgical year. He is a graduate of Stanford University (B.A., Political Science), Fuller Theological Seminary (M.A., Theology and Biblical Studies), and Duke University (Ph.D., Religion [Theology and Ethics]). He is a native of southern California, and it shows. He and his wife, Kim, have four children: Jeremy, Daniel, Junia, and Benjamin.

Living and Active: Scripture in the Economy of Salvation (Eerdmans, 2001) For all of the Bible's popularity, confusion reigns about what the Bible is, its relationship to God and to its human authors and readers, and its proper use. Living and Active answers these fundamental questions by looking anew at Scripture from the perspective of Christian doctrine. Rather than treating the Bible as a sourcebook for theology, Telford Work uses systematic theology to build a compelling new doctrine of Scripture that allows us to see the Bible at work accomplishing God's purposes in the world. Throughout the book, Work incorporates insights from the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, Anabaptist, and evangelical traditions. He also interacts with patristic theology, historical-critical methods of interpretation, and postmodern thought. As a result, Living and Active is a relevant and ecumenical statement of Scripture.