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Tyler Sherron, Ph.D.
Assistant ProfessorCollege of Arts & SciencesBiblical & Theological Studies Department

Tyler Sherron, Ph.D.

Bio

Tyler Sherron holds a Th.M. in Historical Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary (2017) and a Ph.D. in Humanities – History of Ideas from The University of Texas at Dallas (2022). He is also an ordained minister in the non-denominational, evangelical Church. His research centers largely on the life and thought of Jonathan Edwards, with whom he shares a preoccupation with understanding the experience of the life of God in the human soul.

He resides in Chesapeake with his wife, Allie, and son, Haddon (3). They enjoy exploring the countryside for tiny towns, churches, shops and antique stores. And as recent transplants from Texas, they are still looking for barbeque and Tex-Mex substitutes! In his spare time, Tyler enjoys woodworking and cooking, and if anyone will indulge him, he would love the chance to blunder his queen in a good game of chess.

Publications

  • “Jonathan Edwards’s Self-Love Theory: A Revision.” Jonathan Edwards Studies 12, no. ½ (2022): 36-47.
  • Review of Ross Hastings, Jonathan Edwards and the Life of God: Toward an Evangelical Theology of Participation. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2015. xvi + 524 pp. $69.00. in Bibliotheca Sacra. Volume 174. Number 694 (April – June 2017).

Affiliations

  • Evangelical Theological Society (2019 to Present)
  • American Society for Church History (January 2019 to Present)

Awards

  • Nomination, CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award in Humanities and Fine Arts (2023). This nomination goes to “dissertations representing original work that makes an unusually significant contribution to their disciplines.”
  • Frank R. Rossiter Book Award, PhD, The University of Texas at Dallas (2023). “The Rossiter Award is granted in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and scholarly accomplishment by a doctoral student who has graduated in the previous calendar year.”
  • Best Dissertation Award, PhD, The University of Texas at Dallas (2022)
  • Edwin C. Deibler Award in Historical Theology, ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary (2017)

Research Interests

  • History of Christianity
  • American Christianity
  • Jonathan Edwards
  • Historical Theology
  • Theological Ethics