Dr. Robert O. Smith
University of North Texas
History
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Education

PhD, Baylor University, 2010.
Major: Religion, Politics and Society
MA, Luther Seminary, 2003.
Major: Islamic Studies
MDiv, Luther Seminary, 2003.
Major: Christian Ministry
BA, Oklahoma State University, 1998.
Major: Philosophy

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
Assistant Professor of History, University of North Texas. (September 1, 2022 – Present).
Director, University of Notre Dame. (July 1, 2015 – July 30, 2019).
Academic Director, University of Notre Dame. (November 1, 2014 – July 1, 2015).

Professional Memberships

American Historical Association. (2010 – Present).

American Academy of Religion. (2003 – Present).

International Bonhoeffer Society - English Language Section. (2003 – Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
ENGL 6810, Topics in Critical Theory, 1 course.
HIST 2620, United States History Since 1865, 2 courses.
HIST 4217, Jew, Greek, and Roman : Backgrounds of Early Christianity, 2 courses.
HIST 4263, Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American History, 1 course.
HIST 5110, Studies in United States History, 1 course.
HIST 5900, Special Problems, 1 course.
HIST 6900, Special Problems, 1 course.

Teaching at Other Institutions

University of Notre Dame, Spring 2015.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book
Smith, R. O. (2014). Comprehending Christian Zionism: Perspectives in Comparison.
Smith, R. O. (2013). More Desired than Our Owne Salvation: The Roots of Christian Zionism. New York: Oxford University Press. https://academic.oup.com/book/25941
Smith, R. O. (2013). More Desired than Our Owne Salvation: The Roots of Christian Zionism. 225. New York:: Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/more-desired-than-our-owne-salvation-9780199993246?cc=us&lang=en&#
Smith, R. O. (2006). Christians and a Land Called Holy: How We Can Foster Peace, Justice and Hope.
Book Chapter
Smith, R. O. (2023). An Urgent Call to Challenge Christian Zionism. Blessed are the Peacemakers: Theology, Compassion, and Action for a Global Mission. 351-364. Helsinki: Luther-Agricola Society.
Smith, R. O. (2023). Pandemic Politics: Critical Social Theory and Societal Chaplaincy. Theology and Ethics for the Public Church: Mission in the 21st Century World. 171-185. Minneapolis: Fortress Press.
Smith, R. O. (2022). Christian Zionism, Settler Coloniality, and Supersessionist Anxiety. Global Transformation of Christian Zionism, ed. Yoshihiro Yakushige. Kyoto: Kyoto University Press.
Smith, R. O. (2021). The Ecumenical Deal, the Judeo-Christian Tradition, and the Christian Colonization of Judaism.
Smith, R. O. (2019). State(s) of Exception: Christian Zionism, Replacement Theology, and the Right of Conquest.
Editor of a Special Issue of Dialog Journal
Rowe, T. T., Smith, R. O., Woods, J., Crockett, C., Grau, M., Pranger, J., Weaks, D. Theological Responses to Energy and Extraction. Other. (Summer 2023), .
Journal Article
Smith, R. O., Martinez, A. Y. (2023). Critical Race Religious Literacy: Exposing the Taproot of Contemporary Evangelical Attacks on CRT. Journal of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies. 1(1), 83-104. https://scholar.stjohns.edu/jcres/vol1/iss1/7/
Smith, R. O. (2023). Christian Responsibility and Anti-Jewish Theology: Revisiting “Reclaiming Bonhoeffer After Auschwitz. Nexus: Essays in German Jewish Studies. (6), . Rochester, NY: Camden House.
Smith, R. O. (2023). Acknowledge the Land: An Indigenous Historical Reflection on Extractive Theology. Dialog. 62(2), 148-155.
Smith, R. O., Younan, M. A. (2023). Critical Approaches to Christian Zionism. International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church. 22(4), 324-332.
Smith, R. O. (2021). “The Ecumenical Deal, the Judeo-Christian Tradition, and the Christian Colonization of Judaism,”.
Smith, R. O. (2019). “Bonhoeffer Moment(s)?: Learning to See ‘From Below’ in Indian Country,”.
Smith, R. O. (2019). “Disintegrating the Hyphen: The ‘Judeo-Christian Tradition’ and the Christian Colonization of Judaism,”.
Smith, R. O. (2019). “State(s) of Exception: Christian Zionism, Replacement Theology, and the Right of Conquest,”.
Smith, R. O. (2018). “Sanctifying the Settler-Colonial Gaze: Nineteenth-Century American Christian Pilgrimage to the Holy Land,”.
Smith, R. O. (2018). “Today, Know This,”.
Smith, R. O. (2016). “Civilization, Savagism, and the Presence of Burning Children,”.
Smith, R. O. (2014). “Prophecy, the Pope, and the Turk: Luther’s Pastoral Apocalyptic,”.
Smith, R. O. (2014). “Reading Palestine Realities with American Indian Eyes,”.
Smith, R. O. (2012). “Anglo-American Christian Zionism: Implications for Palestinian Christians,”.
Smith, R. O. (2012). “Interpreting the Bible, Interpreting the World: Anglo-American Christian Zionism and Palestinian Christian Concerns,”.
Smith, R. O. (2012). “Replacement Theology, Christian Zionism, and the Anglo-American Protestant Tradition of Judeo-Centric Prophecy Interpretation,”.
Smith, R. O. (2011). “American Expansionism, Theologies, and the Israel/Palestine Question,”.
Smith, R. O. (2009). “Toward a Lutheran Response to Christian Zionism,”.
Smith, R. O. (2007). “Implications of Christian Zionism for Interfaith Relations,”.
Smith, R. O. (2007). “Jewish-Christian Difficulties in Challenging Christian Zionism,”.
Smith, R. O. (2007). “Luther, the Turks and Islam,”.
Smith, R. O. (2006). “Bonhoeffer and Musical Metaphor,”.
Smith, R. O. (2005). “Palestinian Nationalism(s): Religious and Secular,”.
Smith, R. O. (2005). “Response to the Respondents,”.
Smith, R. O. (2005). “Secular and Religious: ELCJHL Contributions to Palestinian Nationalism,”.
Smith, R. O. (2004). “Between Restoration & Liberation: Theopolitical Contributions & Responses to U.S. Foreign Policy in Israel/Palestine,”.
Smith, R. O. (2004). “Reclaiming Bonhoeffer After Auschwitz,”.
Smith, R. O. (2004). “Response to Dahill on Bonhoeffer,”.

Service

University Service

Committee Chair, Exploratory Committee for Developing a Native American and Indigenous Studies Program. (March 15, 2023 – Present).

Committee Chair, Native American Heritage Month Committee. (November 1, 2022 – Present).

Faculty Advisor, Native American Student Association. (November 1, 2022 – Present).