Biographical Information:
Todd E. Johnson joined Fuller in 2005 and is the William K. and Delores S. Brehm Associate Professor of Worship, Theology and the Arts. As a member of the Center for Advanced Theological Studies faculty, he is the lead professor in the new PhD concentration in Christian Worship (formerly Worship and Culture).
Johnson has a wide range of experience in education, ministry, and social services. Before coming to Fuller, he served on the faculties of North Park Theological Seminary and Loyola University, Chicago. Ordained in the Evangelical Covenant Church, he has 20 years of experience in church and campus ministry and has been involved in inner-city youth work and community projects in Chicago and the surrounding area.
Johnson is the editor of The Conviction of Things Not Seen: Worship and Ministry in the 21st Century (2002) and coauthor of Performing the Sacred: Theology and Theatre in Dialogue, which will be released in 2009 as part of the Engaging Culture series edited by Fuller professors Robert Johnston and William Dyrness. Johnson is also the recipient of grants through the Calvin Institute of
Christian Worship to develop a multimedia resource for teaching worship
and to study the place of chapel in seminary education. He is a member of the North American Academy of Liturgy, the Academy of Homiletics, the American Academy of Religion, the American Society of Church History, and the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality, and serves as an editorial board member for Questions Liturgique.
Areas of Expertise, Research, Writing, and Teaching:
Liturgical and sacramental theology, liturgical history, homiletics, ritual studies, spirituality and mysticism