About the Contributor
Christopher B. Barnett specializes in modern theology, Christian spirituality, the philosophy of technology, and the relation between theology and the arts (especially cinema and literature). He received his doctor of philosophy in theology from the University of Oxford and taught at Berry College in Mount Berry, Georgia, prior to coming to Villanova University, where he is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. He also has served as Guest Researcher at the Unitätsarchiv in Herrnhut, Germany, and at Søren Kierkegaard Forskningscenteret in Copenhagen.
In addition to several articles and book chapters, Dr. Barnett has authored three books, Kierkegaard, Pietism and Holiness (Ashgate, 2011), From Despair to Faith: The Spirituality of Søren Kierkegaard (Fortress, 2014), and Kierkegaard and the Question Concerning Technology (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019), and is working on Historical Dictionary of Kierkegaard’s Philosophy (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021). He has also coedited two volumes, Theology and the Films of Terrence Malick (Routledge, 2016) and Scorsese as Theologian (Brill, 2019). Raised in Birmingham, Alabama, he now lives in the Philadelphia area.