Naomi Noguchi Reese is an associate professor of theological studies at Highlands College in Birmingham, Alabama. She has contributed entries to the Dictionary of Christianity and Science (2017) and Lexham Survey of Theology (2018), as well as journal articles to Evangelical Review of Theology (2017) and Southeastern Theological Review (2020). She also recently authored ""Theology of Silence: Endo Shusaku and the Divine Drama of Silence"" for the Evangelical Quarterly (2023). She is a native of Japan.
""Naomi Noguchi Reese has provided in this work a well-organized, deftly written analysis of Colin Gunton's contribution to public theology. Gunton is one of the most important British theologians of the last century, and this important work is a most worthy systematic engagement with his theology."" --Graham A. Cole, professor emeritus of biblical and systemic theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School ""In exploring the implications of pneumatology in Colin Gunton's public theology, Naomi Reese develops a rich, trinitarian public theology of her own which enables the church to 'see the world through the eyes of the eschatological Spirit.' An important contribution to our understanding of Gunton's theology in its own right, Seeking the Welfare of the City also points the way toward a genuinely trinitarian public theology."" --Harold Netland, professor of philosophy of religion and intercultural studies, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School