Meet
The Faculty
 Dr. Ned Wisnefske
Dr. Wisnefske
came to Roanoke College in 1985 after teaching at Luther Seminary. His background
is in modern theology and philosophy. Currently
he is exploring the idea that there is a domain of moral truth common to
all persons. If so, it can provide common ground between believers and
non-believers, and common convictions for people from divergent backgrounds
and different disciplines. Office phone: (540) 375-2372. Email: wisnefsk@roanoke.edu.
 Dr. Hans Zorn
Dr. Zorn is associate professor of philosophy and co-director of the General
Studies Program. He came to Roanoke in 1990. His background is in ancient philosophy
and the philosophy of religion. Office phone: (540) 375-2024. Email: zorn@roanoke.edu.
 Dr. Jennifer Maclean
Dr. Maclean has taught at Roanoke College since 1996. Her training is in
the New Testament and Christian origins, and she is particularly interested
in the history of the Pauline communities after the death of the apostle
Paul. The literary productions of these inheritors of Paul and their
interpretation of oral Christian traditions and Pauline texts are particular
areas of her research. She is also currently completing for publication
the Heroikos by Philostratus, a sophist from the 3rd century CE. Office
phone: (540) 375-2377. Email: jmaclean@roanoke.edu. Click here for Dr.
Maclean's page.
 Dr. Paul Hinlicky
Dr. Hinlicky came to Roanoke College after six years of service in post-communist
Slovakia as a missionary professor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America, of which he is an ordained minister. His background is in
classical theology and modern continental philosophy. Committed to the
tradition of Lutheran confessional theology, he is interested in developing
an ecumenically-oriented Christian systematic theology and ethics. He
is concerned to meet varied contemporary challenges, preeminently the
scientific view of the history of the cosmos, the dangers of cultural
nihilism, and the disunity of the churches. Office phone: (540) 375-2454.
Email: hinlicky@roanoke.edu. Click here for Dr. Hinlicky's page.
 Dr. Gerald McDermott
Dr. McDermott started teaching at Roanoke College in 1989. He teaches courses
in both American religion and the world religions. He has written books
on the relationship between faith and serious illness, how Christians
should think about the world religions, and the American theologian Jonathan
Edwards. His most recent book on Edwards traces Edwards' battle with
the Deists over the challenge of the world religions. Office phone: (540)
375-2375. Email: mcdermot@roanoke.edu. Click here for Dr. McDermott's
page
 Dr. Robert Benne
Dr. Benne is director of the Center for Religion and Society. He came to
Roanoke from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago in 1982. He is
a leading figure in Lutheran ethics and social thought. A selection of
his publications illustrates his interests: The Ethic of Democratic Capitalism:
A Moral Reassessment; Ordinary Saints: An Introduction to the Christian
Life; The Paradoxical Vision: A Public Theology for the Twenty-first
Century; Seeing is Believing: Vision of Life Through Film. He is currently
working on a study of higher education in Lutheran and other Christian
denominations. Office phone: (540) 375-2378. Email: benne@roanoke.edu.
 Dr. Brent Adkins
Dr. Adkins is an assistant professor of Philosophy. His primary interests are
19th and 20th Century European philosophy, popular culture, and politics.
He has published articles in Kantian Review and International Philosophical
Quarterly, and is currently working on a book on the role of death in Hegel
and Heidegger. Office phone:(540) 378-5152. Email:adkins@roanoke.edu.
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