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Kutter Callaway

William K. Brehm Chair of Worship, Theology, and the Arts; Associate Dean of the Center for Advanced Theological Studies; and Associate Professor of Theology and Culture

BS, University of Colorado
MAT, Fuller Theological Seminary
MA, Fuller Theological Seminary
PhD in Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary
PhD in Psychological Science, Fuller Theological Seminary

Courses Taught

SF501: Foundations of Psychological Science

TC530: Theology and Film

TC533: Theology and TV

TC581: Worship, Theology, and the Arts Touchstone

TC588: Engaging Independent Film

TC849: A Theology of General Revelation

TC867/567: The Aesthetics of Atheism

TC860: Theology and Culture Methods

Campus Affiliations

Areas of Expertise

Theology and culture, theological aesthetics, public theology, media and technology, film, music, television and audiovisual culture, the church in contemporary culture

Videos

“If theology and the Christian faith are going to be intelligible or make sense to anyone in the modern world, it really has to come from a place of being conversant with culture. We need to honor and respect the things we’re engaged in dialogue with just as if it were a person sitting across a coffee table from us.”

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Bio

Kutter Callaway is the William K. Brehm Chair of Worship, Theology, and the Arts, as well as associate dean of the Center for Advanced Theological Studies, and associate professor of theology and culture. He is actively engaged in writing and speaking on the interaction between theology and culture—particularly film, television, and online media—in both academic and popular forums.

Dr. Callaway holds two PhDs, one in theology and the second in psychological science, both from Fuller. His most recent book is Theology for Psychology and Counseling: An Invitation to Holistic Christian Practice (2022). Past books include Techno-Sapiens in a Networked Era: Becoming Digital Neighbors (2020), which he coauthored with Fuller’s Associate Professor of Church in Contemporary Culture Ryan Bolger; The Aesthetics of Atheism: Theology and Imagination in Contemporary Culture (2019); Deep Focus: Film and Theology in Dialogue (2019); Breaking the Marriage Idol: Reconstructing our Cultural and Spiritual Norms (2018); Watching TV Religiously: Television and Theology in Dialogue (2016); and Scoring Transcendence: Contemporary Film Music as Religious Experience (2013). In addition, he contributed to God in the Movies (2017); Halos and Avatars (2010), the first book on theology and video games; and Don’t Stop Believin’ (2012), a dictionary of religion and popular culture.

Callaway cochairs the Religion, Film, and Visual Culture group at the American Academy of Religion. He also partnered with Paulist Productions to produce the YouTube series Should Christians Watch? His professional memberships include the American Academy of Religion, American Psychological Association, and the Society of Biblical Literature. He is ordained as a Baptist minister.

The Kutter Callaway Podcast is an ongoing conversation with artists, writers, thought leaders, and experts exploring the various ways in which culture and faith (or the lack thereof) inform and give rise to one another. Listen on Soundcloud or subscribe via iTunes.

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