Short Bio for
Ronald L. Farmer

Ronald L. Farmer is the Irvin C. and Edy Chapman Dean of the Wallace All Faiths Chapel and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Chapman University. Prior to assuming his current position in 1997, he taught at the University of Missouri and the University of Cincinnati. In addition to teaching and ministry, Dr. Farmer is active in scholarly research. He chaired the Bible and Contemporary Theologies Group of the Society of Biblical Literature, serves on the Advisory Council of the Process and Faith Program at Claremont School of Theology, and is a contributing editor for Creative Transformation magazine. His publications include Beyond the Impasse: The Promise of a Process Hermeneutic (1997), the first book-length exposition of this promising interpretive method; Revelation in Chalice Commentaries for Today (2005); and a mystery/suspense novel, Awakening (2009), in which “recent discoveries in the study of human consciousness, physics, and spirituality converge with life-altering force.” He has also written over four dozen essays, articles, and book reviews in various books and journals, and has delivered numerous papers, lectures, and seminars in the areas of biblical studies, hermeneutics, and ethics. He appeared in a two-hour History Channel documentary, for which he also served as a history consultant. Currently, he is working on his second novel and co-editing a collection of essays promoting interfaith dialogue and cooperation among Jews, Christians, and Muslims. He lives in Southern California with his author-teacher wife, Patricia Adams Farmer.

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