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Michael J. Sleasman

Managing Director and Research Scholar

 

Michael J. Sleasman, PhD, MDiv

Michael J. Sleasman, PhD, is the Managing Director and Research Scholar for The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity. He serves as an adjunct instructor and online course tutor at the college and graduate level of a number of institutions, including in the past Trinity International University and Wheaton College in the areas of philosophy, theology and ethics. His particular area of specialization is in the area of technological (especially computer and cyber-technology) ethics.

He is currently involved as a coordinating editor to develop online theological curriculum for Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Michael recently completed his doctorate in theological studies with a concentration in systematic theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. His dissertation research examined eschatological hope in light of virtue theory.

He has co-edited and contributed several essays to the recently published volume Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends, edited by Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Charles A. Anderson, Michael J. Sleasman. In addition, he has written a number of book reviews for various journals as well as two articles ("Post-Conservative Theology" and "Christianity and the New Technologies") for the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization (Blackwell). Michael was a participant in the 2006 Calvin College Summer Seminar “Taste and See that the Lord is Good: Liturgical Participation and the Dynamics of Happiness” directed by Ellen T. Charry.

Michael can be reached at: msleasman@cbhd.org.

Reviews by Michael Sleasman:

  • “Albert R. Jonsen: Bioethics Beyond the Headlines: Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides?” Ethics and Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics (Forthcoming).
  • “Lisa Sowle Cahill: Theological Bioethics: Participation, Justice, Change” Ethics and Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics (Forthcoming).
  • “Marilyn E. Coors: The Matrix: Charting an Ethics of Inheritable Genetic Modification” Ethics and Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics 23:1(2007), 57.
  • “Edwin C. Hui: At the Beginning of Life: Dilemmas in Theological Bioethics” Ethics and Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics 22:2 (2006), 120-121.
  • “Sam Van Eman: On Earth as it is in Advertising? Moving from Commercial Hype to Gospel Hope” Reviews in Religion and Theology 13:4 (2006), 524-526.
  • “Oliver O’Donovan: The Ways of Judgment” Reviews in Religion and Theology 13:3 (2006), 409-10.
  • “Stan Nussbaum: American Cultural Baggage” Reviews in Religion and Theology 13:2 (2006), 252-53.
  • “Derek Jeffreys: Defending Human Dignity” Trinity Journal 26:2 (2005), 346-348.
  • “Dennis Hollinger: Choosing the Good” Trinity Journal 25:1 (2004), 127-29.
  • “Quentin Schultze: Habits of the High-Tech Heart” Trinity Journal 24:2 (2003), 313-14.

Essays & Other Publications by Michael Sleasman:

  • “Christianity and the New Technologies” in Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization (ed. George Kurian; Blackwell, Forthcoming).
  • “Post-Conservative Theology” in Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization (ed. George Kurian; Blackwell, Forthcoming).
  • Co-editor, Kevin Vanhoozer, Charles Anderson, Michael Sleasman, eds. Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends. (Baker Academic, 2007).
  • “Swords, Sandals and Saviors: Visions of Hope in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator” in Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends. (Baker Academic, 2007).
  • Co-author, Jeremy Lawson, Charles Anderson & Michael Sleasman “The Gospel according to Safeway: The Checkout Line and the Good Life” in Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends. (Baker Academic, 2007).
  • Co-author, Charles Anderson & Michael Sleasman “Putting it into Practice: Weddings for Everyday Theologians” in Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends. (Baker Academic, 2007).
  • Devotional: “True Strength” in A Gathered Stillness: Devotional Thoughts from the Malone College Family. Edited by Amber Baker Balash (Canton, OH: Malone College, 2005).