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Vincent E. Bacote 387 Sandhurst Circle #8 Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 Education Drew University, Madison, NJ, Ph.D.in Theological and Religious Studies, 2002 Drew University, M. Phil., 1995. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, M. Div., emphasis in Urban Ministry, 1994. The Citadel, B.S., Biology, 1987. Dissertation: The Role of the Holy Spirit in Creation and History with special reference to Abraham Kuyper Committee Chair: Donald Dayton Comprehensive Exam Areas: John Calvin Neopragmatism in Richard Rorty and Cornel West Public Theology Abraham Kuyper and Sphere Sovereignty. Faculty Positions Associate Professor of Theology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 2006- . Assistant Professor of Theology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, 2002-2006. Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, 2000-2001. Adjunct Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary (Summers), 2004- Adjunct Professor, Kilns College, 2017- Adjunct Professor, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009-2014 Teaching Assistant, Department of Theology, New York Theological Seminary, 1996-97. Courses Taught Christian Thought (2 and 4 hour versions) Christian Theology (Wheaton College, Northern Seminary) Christian Traditions (MABS program) Freshman Experience Faith and Globalization God/Bible/Holy Spirit (Cru IBS) Gospel, Church and Culture Theology of the Holy Spirit Theology of Culture Majority World Theologies (MABS program) Political Theology Neocalvinism Politics and Culture: Kuyper Theological Discernment in Film and Music Theologies of Transformation Senior Seminar Anthropology, Hamartiology, and Soteriology, ECWA Theological Seminary, Igbaja, Nigeria, May-June 2007 Christian Ethical Traditions: African-American, Evangelical, and Emergent, Fuller Theological Seminary 2007-2010, 2013 Global Empire or Christ’s Kingdom: Should Christians Run the World? Fuller Theological Seminary 2005, 2006 Theologies of Public Engagement. Fuller Theological Seminary, 2004 Theological Anthropology The Holy Spirit, Willow Creek Community Church, November 2010. “What Does it Mean to be The Church?” Village Church of Barrington, December 2003. The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Christ Community Church, Summer 2002. “Not Just a Third Wheel: The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit.” River Glen Presbyterian Church, Naperville, IL. January-February 2000. Honors Magna Cum Laude, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1993, 1994. Dean's List, The Citadel, 1986, 1987. Gold Stars, The Citadel, 1984. Tri Beta Biological Honor Society, The Citadel (Charter Member), 1987. Awards Shirley Sugarman Tuition Scholarship, Drew University, 1995-1999. Alumni Association Award, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1993. Black-Hispanic Grant, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1990-1994. Activities Director, Center for Applied Christian Ethics, Wheaton College, 2007- Biblical and Theological Studies Associate Dean Search Committee, 2016. Center for Urban Engagement Committee, 2015- McKenna Mentor Guided Scholarship program, 2016. Steering Committee, Evangelical Studies Group (American Academy of Religion) Steering Committee, Systematic Theology Group (Evangelical Theological Society), 2005-17 Review Task Force related to Dr. Larycia Hawkins, 2016. Wheaton College Nominating Committee, 2011-2013 Faith and Learning Paper Reader, 2011, 2016-18 HNGR Visit (Uganda and Indonesia), 2011-12 Wheaton College B.R.I.D.G.E. Program Instructor, 2011-2014 Wheaton College Peer Review Evaluator, 2011, 2016 Board of Trustees, Center for Public Justice, 2009-2015 Contributing Editor, Cultural Encounters Journal, 2010- Wheaton College Presidential Transition Team, 2009-10 Wheaton College Military Affairs Committee, 2008- Wheaton College Taskforce on Sexual Identity, 2008-2016 African-American Church Lecture Committee, 2004- Panelist, Ask God television program, 2007 Editor, Precepts for Living® Bible Commentary, 2007-2012 Columnist, Comment Magazine (https://www.cardus.ca/comment/), 2004-. President, Christian Theological Research Fellowship, 2004-2006. Diversity Task Force, Evangelical Free Church of America, 2004-2008. Board Secretary, The Vine, 2003-2005. Advisory Council, Faith As A Way of Life Project, Yale Divinity School (Miroslav Volf, Director), 2003-2007. Participant, Health and Transformation in Afro-Christian Worship. Calvin Seminars on Christian Scholarship, July 2003. Co-Vice President, Christian Theological Research Fellowship, 2001-2003. Session Chair, Christian Theological Research Fellowship, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, November 2000. Presiding Officer (Member-at-Large), Christian Theological Research Fellowship, 1999-2001. Graduate Representative, Mid-Atlantic Region AAR Executive Committee (1997-98). Section Head, Religion in America, Mid Atlantic American Academy of Religion, Annual Meeting, March 1998. Theology of the Marketplace Committee, Drew University (1996-97). Association of Believers for Black America, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1990-94 (Vice President, 1992-93, President 1994). Other Employment Research Staff, Ancient Christian Commentary Project, Thomas C. Oden, Editor, 1995-99. Publications Scholarly Eschatology and Ethics. Baker Academic, Forthcoming. Evangelical Theology. Brill, Forthcoming. “A Different Kind of Public Theologian?”, Commentary on America’s Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation, by Grant Wacker. Syndicate Theology, May 9, 2016. https://syndicate.network/symposia/theology/americas-pastor/ “Social Justice and Christian Obedience: Present and Future Challenges,” in The Church and Social Responsibility: Essays on Evangelicalism and Social Justice. Edited by Jordan J. Ballor and Robert Joustra.(Grand Rapids: Christian’s Library Press, 2015), 103-110. The Political Disciple: A Theology of Public Life. Zondervan, 2015. “Erasing Race: Racial Identity and Theological Anthropology,” in Black Scholars in White Space. Edited by Anthony B. Bradley. (Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2015), 123-138. “How Should I Live?” in Theology Questions Everyone Asks: Christian Faith in Plain Language, eds. Gary M. Burge and David Lauber, IVP Academic, 2014. “Beyond Faithful Presence: Abraham Kuyper’s Legacy for Common Grace and Cultural Development,” Journal of Markets and Morality 16, no. 1 (Spring 2013), 195-205. “Ethnic Scarcity in Evangelical Theology: Where Are the Authors?” in Aliens in the Promised Land: Why Minority Leadership Is Overlooked in White Christian Churches and Institutions, ed. Anthony B. Bradley, P&R Publishing, 2013. “Natural Law: Friend of Common Grace?” in Natural Law and Evangelical Political Thought, eds. Jesse Covington, Bryan McGraw and Micah Watson, Lexington Books, 2012. “African American Theology: Retrospect and Prospect” in Global Theology in Evangelical Perspective: Exploring the Contextual Nature of Theology and Mission, eds. Jeffrey P. Greenman and Gene L. Green, IVP Academic, 2012. “More Than Victims: The Benefits of a Theological Vision,” in Keep Your Head Up: America’s New Black Christian Leaders, Social Consciousness, & The Cosby Conversation, ed. Anthony B. Bradley, Crossway, 2012. “Creation,” in Prophetic Evangelicals: Envisioning a Just and Peaceable Kingdom, eds. Bruce Ellis Benson, Malinda Elizabeth Berry and Peter Goodwin Heltzel, Eerdmans, 2012. Editor, UMI Annual Sunday School Lesson Commentary. Precepts for Living® 2011-2012. Based on the International Uniform Lessons. Vol. 14. Chicago:UMI, 2011. Editor, Precepts for Living®Annual Commentary: Pastor’s Edition 2011-2012. 4th edition. Chicago:UMI, 2011. “A Response and a Strategy,” in Creation and Salvation: Dialogue on Abraham Kuyper’s Legacy for Contemporary Ecotheology, ed. Ernst Conradie, Brill, 2011. “Abraham Kuyper” in Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology, eds. David Fergusson, Karen Kilby and Iain Torrance, Cambridge University Press, 2011. “Introduction” to Wisdom and Wonder: Common Grace in Science and Art, by Abraham Kuyper. Christian’s Library Press, 2011. Editor, UMI Annual Sunday School Lesson Commentary. Precepts for Living® 2010-2011. Based on the International Uniform Lessons. Vol. 9. Chicago:UMI, 2010. Editor, Precepts for Living®Annual Commentary: Pastor’s Edition 2010-2011. 3rd edition. Chicago:UMI, 2010. Editor, UMI Annual Sunday School Lesson Commentary. Precepts for Living® 2009-2010. Based on the International Uniform Lessons. Vol. 9. Chicago:UMI, 2009. “African American Theology Reconsidered,” Books and Culture, September/October 2009, 26-27. “Abraham Kuyper’s Rhetorical Public Theology with Implications for Faith and Learning,” Christian Scholar’s Review 37:4 (2008), 407-425. “John Calvin on Sovereignty,” in The Sovereignty of God Debate, eds. D. Stephen Long and George Kalantzis, Cascade Books, 2008. Editor, UMI Annual Sunday School Lesson Commentary. Precepts for Living® 2007-2008. Based on the International Uniform Lessons. Vol. 10. Chicago:UMI, 2007. “Church As a Lifestyle: Distinctive or Typical?,” in This Side of Heaven: Race, Ethnicity, and Christian Faith, eds. Robert J. Priest and Alvaro L. Nieves, Oxford University Press, 2007. The Spirit in Public Theology: Appropriating the Legacy of Abraham Kuyper, Baker Academic, 2005. “Justice” in Dictionary for the Theological Interpretation of the Bible, eds. Kevin Vanhoozer, Craig R. Bartholomew, N.T. Wright, and Daniel J. Treier, Baker Academic, 2005. With Stephen R. Spencer, “What are the Theological Implications for Natural Science,” in Not Just Science: Questions Where Christian Faith and Natural Science Intersect, eds.