Faculty Profile

Terra Rowe

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Philosophy and Religion
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

Education

PhD, Drew University, 2016.
Major: Theological Studies
Degree Specialization: Philosophical Studies
Dissertation Title: Toward a Better Worldliness: Ecology, Economy and the Protestant Tradition
MA, The Lutheran Seminary at Philadelphia, 2009.
Major: Theology
Degree Specialization: Feminist theology
Dissertation Title: Lutheran Feminist Aesthetics
MA, Wartburg Seminary, 2007.
Major: Diaconal Ministry
Degree Specialization: Lutheran Theology
Dissertation Title: Hermeneutic of the Cross: A Contemporary Reading of Luther's Theology of the Cross as a Hermeneutic of Life
BA, Luther College, 2003.
Major: Psychology

Current Scheduled Teaching*

PHIL 6950.711, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2024
PHIL 6710.001, Ecofeminism: Women's Studies and Environmental Ethics, Spring 2024 Syllabus
PHIL 3640.001, Gender and Christianity, Spring 2024 Syllabus

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching*

PHIL 6950.702, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2023
PHIL 3520.001, Early Christian Thought, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 5900.005, Special Problems, Fall 2023 Syllabus
PHIL 5910.002, Special Problems, Fall 2023 Syllabus
PHIL 2070.003, World Religions, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6950.711, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2023
PHIL 3650.001, Religion and Science, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6900.006, Special Problems, Spring 2023 Syllabus
PHIL 3660.001, Western Religion and the Environment, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6950.702, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2022
PHIL 3140.001, Religion and American Society, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6760.001, Topics in Environmental Philosophy, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6900.006, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2022 Syllabus
PHIL 6950.711, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2022
PHIL 3520.001, Early Christian Thought, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 5950.002, Master's Thesis, Spring 2022
PHIL 6900.006, Special Problems, Spring 2022 Syllabus
PHIL 3660.001, Western Religion and the Environment, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 3500.001, Christianity and Philosophy, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6950.702, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021
PHIL 3650.001, Religion and Science, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 5900.710, Special Problems, Fall 2021 Syllabus
PHIL 6900.716, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2021 Syllabus
PHIL 6950.006, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2021
PHIL 3520.001, Early Christian Thought, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6550.001, Religion and Science, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6950.005, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2020
PHIL 3650.001, Religion and Science, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6900.716, Special Problems, Fall 8W2 2020 Syllabus
PHIL 2070.001, Great Religions, Summer 5W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 2070.005, Great Religions, Summer 5W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 3500.001, Christianity and Philosophy, Spring 2020 Syllabus
PHIL 6950.711, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2020
PHIL 2070.001, Great Religions, Spring 2020 Syllabus
PHIL 4951.006, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2020
PHIL 2400.001, Religion and American Society, Spring 2020 Syllabus
PHIL 6950.702, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2019
PHIL 6710.001, Ecofeminism: Women's Studies and Environmental Ethics, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 2070.901, Great Religions, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 3996.704, Honors College Mentored Research Experience, Fall 2019
PHIL 6950.711, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2019
PHIL 3520.001, Early Christian Thought, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 2070.901, Great Religions, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 3650.001, Religion and Science, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 2070.001, Great Religions, Summer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 2070.005, Great Religions, Summer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 3500.001, Christianity and Philosophy, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 2400.001, Religion and American Society, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6710.001, Ecofeminism: Women's Studies and Environmental Ethics, Fall 2017 SPOT
PHIL 3650.001, Religion and Science, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Publications

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book
Rowe, T. T. (2022). Of Modern Extraction: Experiments in Critical Petro-theology. New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark.
Rowe, T. T. (2017). Toward a Better Worldliness: Economy, Ecology, and the Protestant Tradition. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.
Book Chapter
Rowe, T. T. (2024). Petrocultures and Christianity in the United States. Religion and Nature in North America (book version).
Rowe, T. T., Bauman, W., O'Brien, K., Bohannon, R. Energy. Grounding Religion: A Field Guide to the Study of Religion and Ecology (3rd ed). Routledge.
Rowe, T. (2022). Crux of the Matter: Theology of the Cross and the Modern Extractive Imaginary. The Crux of Theology: Freedom, Justice, Peace. Edited by Allen Jorgenson and Kris Kvam. Minneapolis, MN: Lexington/ Fortress Academic (under contract, to be published, 2022).
Rowe, T. T., Bergmann, S., Rigby, K., Scott, P. The Matter of Oil: Extraction Vitalisms and Enchantment. Religion, Materialism and Ecology. Routledge.
Rowe, T. T. Oily Animations: On Protestantism and Petroleum. Immanence in Religions and in the New Critical Materialisms. Edited by Whitney Bauman.. New York, NY: Fordham University Press.
Rowe, T. T. (2019). Response to Joerg Rieger and Annika Rieger on Working with Environmental Economists. Christian Theology and Climate Change. T and T Clark, Handbook Series.
Rowe, T. T. (2019). Genus precarious: Luther in the Anthropocene. Luther from the Subaltern: The Alternative Luther.
Rowe, T. T. (2017). Grace in Intra-action. Entangled Worlds: Science, Religion, Materiality. NY, NY: Fordham University Press.
Rowe, T. T. (2016). Grace and Climate Change: The Free Gift in Capitalism and Protestantism. Eco-Reformation: Grace and Hope for a Planet in Peril. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock.
Rowe, T. T. (2014). The Divinanimality of Lord Sequoia. Divinanimality: Creaturely Theology. NY, NY: Fordham University Press.
Book Review
Schwerin Rowe, T. Review of Mark I. Wallace, When God Was a Bird: Christianity, Animism, and the Re-enchantment of the World. Environmental Values.
Rowe, T. T. (2016). Review of Kirisi I. Stjerna's _The Annotated Luther: Word and Faith. The American Academy of Religion online.
Rowe, T. T. (2016). Review of Timothy J. Wengert's _The Annotated Luther: The Roots of Reform_. The American Academy of Religion online.
Rowe, T. T. (2013). “Cultivating Unity: Within the Biodiversity of God,”. 40, 6. http://currentsjournal.org/index.php/currents/index
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), .
Editorial
Rowe, T. T. (2022). Staying with Holy Saturday. Other.
Encyclopedia Article
Rowe, T. Petrocultures and Christianity in the United States. Bloomsbury Religion in North America, edited by Laurel Schneider and Whitney Bauman. Bloomsbury, digital publication, to be published 2021.
Rowe, T. T., Trelstad, M. (2017). Feminist Responses to Luther. Encyclopedia of Martin Luther and the Reformation. Rowman and Littlefield.
Rowe, T. T. (2017). Liberalism. Encyclopedia of Martin Luther and the Reformation. Rowman and Littlefield.
Rowe, T. T. (2017). Renaissance, Recent Luther. Encyclopedia of Martin Luther and the Reformation. Rowman and Littlefield.
Journal Article
Rowe, T. T. (2023). Petro-theology: Critical engagement with theologies of energy and extraction. Dialog.
Rowe, T. T., Rasmussen, L. Interview with Larry Rasmussen. Other. (Summer 2023), .
Rowe, T. T. Introduction to Theological Responses to Energy and Extraction. Other. (Summer 2023), .
Rowe, T. T. (2017). Communicating a Protesting Protestant Heritage. 56(3), 279-289.
Rowe, T. T. (2016). Communicating Grace. 43(4), .
Rowe, T. T. (2016). Protestant Ghosts and Spirits of Capitalism: Ecology, Economy, and the Reformation Tradition. 55(1), 50-61.
Rowe, T. T. (2015). Freedom Is Not Free?: Posthumanist, Ecological Reflections on Christian Freedom and Responsibility. 54(1), 61-71. Wiley Periodicals.

Awarded Grants

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Rowe, T., "UNT Faculty Summer Research Grant," Sponsored by Faculty Success, Local, $3000 Funded. (June 2021July 2021).
Grant - Service
Klaver, I. J. (Co-Principal), Kim, D. (Co-Principal), Samantha, L. (Co-Principal), Terra, R. (Co-Principal), "Women Philosophers Mentoring Group Grant," Sponsored by CLASS Dean's Office, University of North Texas, $5000.00 Funded. (September 2018August 2019).
Sponsored Research
Rowe, T., Berry, E. (Co-Principal), "Energy, Extraction and Religion," Sponsored by American Academy of Religion, National, Funded. (January 2022 – Present).
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