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Mark Coulter

Matt
Coulter

PhD Student, Theology

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Faculty Mentor

Dr. Sebastian Kim

About Matt

Matt Coulter has a passion for justice at a communal and sociopolitical level that drives his research interests: how theology has played and can play a role in both the hinderance and the advancement of those goals. He is studying public theology under Dr. Sebastian Kim with a focus on the intersection of atonement metaphors and social justice. Matt has a Master of Divinity from Fuller and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Wyoming, and has seven years experience as a teaching pastor and community pastor. He currently lives in Wyoming with his wife and two teenage sons.

Education

Fuller Theological Seminary

2019

Master of Divinity

Montana State University-Billings

2002

B.A. in Communication

Research Interests

Public theology, atonement metaphors and social justice, historical criticism of the Old Testament

Publications

Justice and the Atonement: A Public Theology to Confront Police Brutality in America.

International Journal of Public Theology 18, no. 1 (2024): 120–39.

This article proposes a public theology of justice in light of police brutality and broad injustice in American policing. That public theology is created through rediscovering the socially and politically transformative nature of the atonement to build a foundation for understanding justice as a proactive, communal, and transformative force. By diagnosing the sickness via historical context and engaging with a plurality of voices, the result is an holistic approach within a framework that catalyzes the conversation forward toward transformative justice.

T&T Clark Handbook of Public Theology, edited by Christoph Hübenthal and Christiane Alpers.

International Journal of Public Theology, 17 no.1 (2024): 136-138.

Book review of the installment relating to public theology in this well-renowned series.

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