Experts Profile
Julia Lambert Fogg, Ph.D.
Professor of Religion
Office Hours: by appointment
About
The Rev. Dr. Julia Lambert Fogg is Full Professor in the Religion Department. She specializes in the New Testament, first century Christianity, theologies from the margins, border crossing narratives, and cross-cultural reading practices. Named Professor of the Year by CLU class of 2008, she led the Religion department for 7 years as Chair (2009-2016). In her teaching she focuses on developing innovative, immersive and relational pedagogical methods, particularly for experiential and transformational learning with students. Dr. Fogg utilizes immersion and service learning methods to teach both theory and practice in her courses on Pauline letters, Global Jesus and Liberation Theology. She has lead CLU students on a travel seminar to Turkey. In her investigation of Paul’s letters, especially Philippians, Dr. Fogg argues that Paul understands salvation in terms of a present and future, material and spiritual, social communion between Christ and his followers embodied in their concrete daily practices. This puts community life at the center of theology and church practices. Dr. Fogg's current research focuses on biblical readings from the margins. Her book, Finding Jesus at the Border: Opening Our Hearts to the Stories of Our Immigrant Neighbors. (Baker-Brazos Press. Available April 2020) examines border crossing narratives in the gospels and shows how these illumine and are illumined by the experiences of young Latino/a immigrants who crossed borders to arrive in Southern California. Dr. Fogg is also dedicated to teaching in the Theological Education for Emerging Ministries (TEEM) program at CLU's seminary, PLTS in Berkeley.
Education
Ph.D., Emory University, Graduate Division of Religion, May 2006
Th.M. (cum Laude), Candler School of Theology, Emory University, 1997
M.Div. Yale Divinity School, 1996
B.A. (magna cum laude) Spanish Literature, Colgate University, 1992
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Sigma
Expertise
Primary:
Cultural & Literary Readings of the New Testament
Pauline Theology & Interpretation
Liberation Theologies in the Americas
Immigration, Border Crossing & Community Identity
Theological Education for a Changing Landscape
Biblical Greek
Secondary:
The Social World of First Century Mediterranean Cultures
The Art & Culture of Global Jesus
Revelation & Empire
Publications
Book publication: April 2020
This book explores contemporary US immigrant, dreamer, and deportee narratives in conversation with Jesus’s border crossing narratives in the Gospels and Paul’s border crossing and detention experiences in the New Testament Letters. I argue that Jesus, like many family members living among Christian communities today, crossed the social, political, ethnic, and geographical borders that so many have experienced today. Paul experienced incarceration for crossing social and political borders and articulates a Christology of border crossing out of that experience. Because Jesus crossed these borders we, as Jesus’s followers, should welcome those who also cross borders, learn from their experiences, and cultivate the skill of crossing borders to step out of our own geographic, ethnic, religious comfort zones to meet others in Christ.
Book Chapters
“Immigration, Migration and Border Crossing: Scenarios from the College Classroom.” Chapter 15 in Global Lutheranism: Vitality and Challenges. Edited by Peter Vethanayagamony and F. Voelker Griefenhagen. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Lutheran University Press, 2018.
“Philippians.” Pages 543-556. In The New Testament Fortress Commentary on the Bible. Edited by Margaret Aymer, Cynthia Briggs Kittredge, David A. Sánchez. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014.
“All the Senses of Revelation 8: Experiencing First Century Rhetorical Strategies,” in Teaching the Bible: Practical Strategies for Classroom Instruction, (ed. Patrick Gray and Mark Roncace; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, November 2005).
“Paul’s Letter to the Philippians: A Lesson in Citizenship,” in Teaching the Bible: Practical Strategies for Classroom Instruction, (ed. Patrick Gray and Mark Roncace; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, November 2005).
“Visual Exegesis: An Introduction to Biblical Interpretation,” in Teaching the Bible: Practical Strategies for Classroom Instruction, (ed. Patrick Gray and Mark Roncace; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, November 2005).
Articles in Biblical Commentaries
“Galatians,” The CEB Women’s Bible. Edited by Jaime Clark-Soles: Contemporary English Bible, UMC Publishing House, 2016.
“Ephesians,” The CEB Women’s Bible. Edited by Jaime Clark-Soles: Contemporary English Bible, UMC Publishing House, 2016.
“Colossians,” The CEB Women’s Bible. Edited by Jaime Clark-Soles: Contemporary English Bible, UMC Publishing House, 2016.
“Mark,” The CEB Student Bible. Edited by Elizabeth Corrie. Nashville, TN: Contemporary English Bible, UMC Publishing House. August 2015.
“2 Corinthians,” The CEB Student Bible. Edited by Elizabeth Corrie. Nashville, TN: Contemporary English Bible, UMC Publishing House. August 2015.
“1 Thessalonians,” The CEB Student Bible. Edited by Elizabeth Corrie. Nashville, TN: Contemporary English Bible, UMC Publishing House. August 2015.
“2 Thessalonians,” The CEB Student Bible. Edited by Elizabeth Corrie. Nashville, TN: Contemporary English Bible, UMC Publishing House. August 2015.
“Galatians,” The CEB Student Bible. Edited by Elizabeth Corrie. Nashville, TN: Contemporary English Bible, UMC Publishing House. August 2015.
“Philippians,” “James,” The CEB Student Bible. Edited by Elizabeth Corrie. Nashville, TN: Contemporary English Bible, UMC Publishing House. August 2015.
“James,” The CEB Student Bible. Edited by Elizabeth Corrie. Nashville, TN: Contemporary English Bible, UMC Publishing House. August 2015.
On-Line Journals
“Comentario del San Juan 18:1-19:42,” April 19, 2019. Working Preacher Commentary, an on-line journal en español. Edited by Andrés Albertsen. http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=4030
“Comentario del San Juan 20:1-18,” April 21, 2019. Working Preacher Commentary, an on-line journal en español. Edited by Andrés Albertsen. http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=4044
“Comentario del San Juan 20:19-31,” April 28, 2019. Working Preacher Commentary, an on-line journal en español. Edited by Andrés Albertsen. http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=4045
“Comentario del San Juan 21:1-19,” May 5, 2019. Working Preacher Commentary, an on-line journal en español. Edited by Andrés Albertsen. http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=4046
“Comentario del San Juan 1:1-9 (10-18),” January 3, 2016. Working Preacher Commentary, an on-line journal en español. Edited by Andrés Albertsen. http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=2743
“Comentario del San Lucas 2:1-14, (15-20),” Dec 24, 2015. Working Preacher Commentary, an on-line journal en español. Edited by Andrés Albertson. http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=2738
“Comentario del San Lucas 2:41-52,” Dec 27, 2015.Working Preacher Commentary, an on-line journal en español. Edited by Andrés Albertson. http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=2739
“Comentario del San Juan 1:1-9 (10-18),” January 3, 2016. Working Preacher Commentary, an on-line journal en español. Edited by Andrés Albertson. http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=2743
“Comentario del San Mateo 2:1-12,” January 6, 2016.Working Preacher Commentary, an on-line journal en español. Edited by Andrés Albertson. http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=2740
“A Response to ‘Personalized vs. Parallel Eating,’” Leaven: Vol 20:1 (2012): article 5. Available at: http://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/leaven/vol20/iss1/5
On-Line Pedagogical Resources
“God’s Story in Scripture: Border Crossing.” The Practice Discipleship Initiative written for The Network, and presented at Extravaganza Youth Conference, Jan 2015. Available on-line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raC4vmz4Lp8&feature=youtu.be.
“Story in Scripture.” The Practice Discipleship Initiative, March 3, 2015. http://www.elcayouthministrynetwork.wildapricot.org/pdproject
“Prepping Class with Newspaper in Hand.” Seminarium: Elements of Great Teaching, August 25 2014. http://www.highly.co/hl/541230186c696c5b21120000,.
“Sustainable Service Learning: A SLO Transformation.” Seminarium: Elements of Great Teaching, July 11, 2014, http://seminariumblog.org/general/semclass/sustainable-service-learning/.
Creation of on-line and in-class Teaching Materials for Introducing the New Testament: A Historical Literary and Theological Survey, by Mark Allen Powell, Baker Publishing, 2009.
Encyclopedic Entries
“Antioch.” Society of Biblical Literature’s Bible Odyssey. June 2014, http://www.bibleodyssey.org/places/main-articles/antioch.aspx.