Blake O. McKinney
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EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in History, The University of Alabama, 2021
Dissertation: “The National and International Church: National Socialism, German Protestantism, and the Watching World”
Master of Arts in History, The University of Alabama, 2015
Advanced Master of Divinity in Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011
Bachelor of Arts in Music and Christian Studies, Union University, 2008
RESEARCH INTEREST
His research interests include the German Church Struggle, National Socialist Germany, and the role of international Protestantism in German Church/State relations.
Dr. McKinney serves as assistant professor of history and humanities at Texas Baptist College. His research interests include the German Church Struggle, National Socialist Germany, and the role of international Protestantism in German Church/State relations.
He is currently working on a few book projects. He has published original research in Church History, contributed chapters to two Seminary Hill Press books, written book reviews for several journals, and authored a report on a Latte-art Throwdown for Barista Magazine. He is an associate editor of the Contemporary Church History Quarterly and serves on the editorial council of the Southwestern Journal of Theology.
Dr. McKinney has presented his scholarship at many academic meetings including the German Studies Association, the Southeast German Studies Workshop, and the Council of Europeanists.
He and his wife, Jennifer, hail from the state of Tennessee. They have two daughters, and as a family, they enjoy music, the Chicago Cubs, Alabama football, and travel.
Served as a music minister or interim music minister for several years in Tennessee and Alabama.
“‘One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism’ in the land of ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer: The Fifth Baptist World Congress (Berlin, 1934)” in Church History 87.1 (2018), 122-148. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009640718000823
“Who are Southern Baptists?” in Southwestern Journal of Theology 65.2 (2023), 41-55.
https://equipthecalled.com/swjt-journal-article/who-are-southern-baptists/
Meet Blake McKinney
Teaching in higher education is a special calling in life that not many have. Blake McKinney, assistant professor of history and humanities at Texas Baptist College, has felt this calling since he was in his undergraduate program at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee.
McKinney earned a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in music and Christian studies while at Union...