Faculty

Dr. Andrew Minto

Professor of Theology

284-6528

aminto@franciscan.edu

Education

• Ph.D. Biblical Studies - Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C.
• MA Theology - Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH
• BA General Studies - Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA
• Loyola University of New Orleans, New Orleans LA

Professional Experience

• Account Executive - Merrill Lynch, Shreveport, LA
• Office Manager - Blazer Financial Services, Shreveport
• Consultant - Redeemer Pacific College, Vancouver, British Columbia
• Assistant Editor - Fides Quaerens Intellectum
• Reviewer for Oxford University Press’s proposed New Study Bible in the Catholic Tradition

Educational Administrative Experience

• Tenure Board, 2000 to 2007
• Curriculum Committee, 2006 to 2007, 2009 to present
• Personnel Advisory Committee (elected position, 2 yrs), 2006 to 2007
• Redeemer Pacific College, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Board of Governors, 2004 to present
• Task Force on Merit, Promotion, and Tenure, Co-Chair, 2001-2005 (appointment by Dean of Academic Affairs)
• Faculty Welfare Committee Fall 1998-Spring 2003 (elected position, Chair from Fall 1999-Spring 2003)
• Core Curriculum Task Force 1998-2000 (appointed by the Provost)
• Academic Standards Committee 1993-1998
• Director of Graduate Theology, Franciscan University 1988-1995

Awards

• Franciscan University Founders Award, 1999
• Franciscan University Campus Leadership and Teaching Award, 2004

Professional Associations

• Catholic Biblical Association
• Society of Biblical Literature

Theology Courses Offered

• Christian Marriage (Undergraduate)
• Christian Moral Principles (Undergraduate)
• Theology of Healing (Undergraduate)
• Apostolic Fathers (Undergraduate and Graduate)
• Special Topics: The Grace of Renewal (Graduate)

Scripture Courses Offered

• Introduction to Old Testament (Undergraduate)
• Introduction to New Testament (Undergraduate)
• Introduction to Scripture (Undergraduate)
• Principles of Biblical Study I (Undergraduate)
• Principles of Biblical Study II (Undergraduate)
• Genesis 1-11: Exegesis and Rabbinic and Patristic Interpretation (Undergraduate and Graduate)
• Isaiah (Undergraduate and Graduate)
• Messiah and Messianism in Isaiah 1-39 (Undergraduate and Graduate)
• Jeremiah (Undergraduate and Graduate)
• Psalms (Undergraduate and Graduate)
• Mark (Undergraduate and Graduate)
• Romans (Undergraduate and Graduate)
• Galatians (Undergraduate and Graduate)
• Pastoral Epistles (Undergraduate and Graduate)
• Johannine Epistles (Undergraduate and Graduate)
• James, Jude, 1 & 2 Peter (developed for Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, England) (Undergraduate and Graduate)
• Pauline Soteriology (Undergraduate and Graduate)
• Discipleship and Mission in Luke-Acts: A Narrative & Lexemic Study (Undergraduate and Graduate)
• Biblical Foundations (Hermeneutics) (Graduate)
• Biblical Foundations of Christian Marriage and Family (Graduate)