Matthew Rindge

Dr. Rindge joined the Religious Studies faculty in 2008, after teaching at Emory University, Candler School of Theology, and Columbia Theological Seminary. He has also taught in Chile, Argentina, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Italy.

He has twice been honored with a Gonzaga University Exemplary Faculty Award (2012, 2018).

Dr. Rindge is the author of Bible and Film: The Basics (Routledge, 2021), Profane Parables: Film and the American Dream (Baylor University Press, 2016), and Jesus’ Parable of the Rich Fool: Luke 12:13-34 among Ancient Conversations on Death and Possessions (SBL, 2011).

He has published over twenty-five articles, chapters, and essays on issues related to Bible and Film, New Testament, and the Hebrew Bible. His articles on religion, culture, and race have appeared in outlets such as The Washington Post.

Dr. Rindge received the Society of Biblical Literature’s Paul J. Achtemeier Award in New Testament Scholarship (2011), awarded to a scholar only once in their career. For six years he chaired SBL’s Bible and Film section, and he now serves on its steering committee.

For several years Dr. Rindge served on Gonzaga’s Sexual Assault Response Team.