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Publications by Dr. Michael Cartwright

Books: (Single Author) Practices, Politics, and Performance: Toward a Communal Hermeneutic for . Princeton Theological Monographs Series No.57. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Books, 2006.

Books: (Multiple Authors) Watching Over One Another in Love: Reclaiming the Wesleyan Rule of Life for the Church's Mission with Andrew D. Kinsey (Wipf & Stock Publishing Co., 2011). Profiles in Service: 1905-2005 with Rebecca Blair and James Fuller (U of , 2006).

Books: (Edited/Co-edited) Called to Unite Knowledge & Vital Piety: 's Wesleyan-Related Universities with Merle D. Strege (University of Indianapolis Press, 2012). Exploring Christian Mission Beyond Christendom: United Methodist Perspectives (University of Indianapolis Press, 2010). The Jewish-Christian Schism Revisited by John Howard Yoder, co-edited with Peter Ochs for the "Radical Traditions" series (London, SCM Publishing Company, 2003; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2003; reprinted by Herald Press, 2009). The Hauerwas Reader, Co-editor with John Berkman, (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2001). The Royal Priesthood: Essays Ecclesiological and Ecumenical by John Howard Yoder (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1994; reprinted Herald Press, 1998).

Articles: (juried journals) Scripture and Ethics Symposium: "Learning to 'Plunder the Egyptians' with Prophetic Urgency" The Covenant Quarterly February May 2011, Vol. 69, Nos. 1-2. "The Founding of Indiana Central University: Another Chapter in the History of United Brethren Higher Education" in Methodist History Vol. XLVI (July 2008) No. 4, 212-222. "Sharing the Table of Study: Jewish-Christian-Muslim Trialogue on Jonah Texts” in The Journal of Scriptural Reasoning Vol. 3, No. 1 (on-line journal of the Society of Scriptural Reasoning). " Sharing the House of God: Learning to Read Scripture with Anabaptists" in Mennonite Quarterly Review Vol. 74(October 2000): 593-621. "Church Discipline in the American Methodist Experience" in Wesleyan Theological Journal Vol. 34, No. 2 (Fall 1999), 7-51. "Remembering Our Hope: The Ecumenical Significance of Evangelical Revisionism" in Faith and Freedom: A Journal of Christian Ethics (Australia), 5/1-2 (June 1996): 48-53. "Ideology and the Interpretation of the Bible in the African-American Christian Tradition" in Modern 9/2 (April 1993): 141-158. "The Uses of Scripture in Christian Ethics--After Bakhtin" in The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics 1992(Georgetown University Press, 1992), 263-276. "The Pathos and Promise of American Methodist " in Asbury Theological Journal 47/1 (April 1992): 5-25. "The Practice and Performance of Scripture: Grounding Christian Ethics in a Communal Hermeneutic" in The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics 1988 (Georgetown University Press, 1988), 31-53. "A Call to Ecclesial Responsibility" and "Response to Gary Shiplett" in Quarterly Review, 8 (Spring 1988): 54-59, 65-68.

Chapters/Articles in Books: "Answering the Call to Reform: Wesleyans on the Stage of Higher Education in Indiana" (Introduction to Called to Unite Knowledge & Vital Piety: Indiana's Wesleyan Related Universities edited by Michael G. Cartwright and Merle D. Strege (University of Indianapolis Press, 2012), 1-26. "Who Do We Think We Are? Wesleyans on the University Stage in the Twenty-First Century" (Chapter Nine) in Called to Unite Knowledge & Vital Piety: Indiana's Wesleyan Related Universities edited by Michael G. Cartwright and Merle D. Strege (University of Indianapolis Press, 2012), 157-196. "Practicing Truth and Honor as Verger of te Church-Related University: Assessing Hauerwas's Contributions to Moral Formation in Higher Education" in Unsettling Arguments: A Festchrift on the Occassion of 's 70th Birthday edited by Charles Collier, Kelly Johnson, and Charles Pinches, (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2010), 332-352. "Conflicting Interpretations of " in Christian Political Ethics edited by John Coleman (Princeton University Press, 2009). This text is a revised version of a previously published essay in Nardin as listed below. "Raising Up Leaders for the Kingdom: Methodist Involvement in the Struggle for Racial Integration of Van Buren High School" in Conscience in Crisis: Arkansas Methodists in the Civil Rights Struggle edited by James T. Clemons and Kelly L. Farr (Little Rock, AR: The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, 2007), 39-61. "Leading Arkansas Methodists 'Out of the Widerness of Fear and Prejudice': The Struggle for Racial Integration of Hendrix College, 1955-1965" in Conscience in Crisis: Arkansas Methodists in the Civil Rights Struggle edited by James T. Clemons and Kelly L. Farr (Little Rock, AR: The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, 2007), 62-91. “Misleading Metaphors and Muddled Missions: Vocation and Formation of Students at An Ecclesially Based University” in Contested Allegiances: The Ecclesial-Based University edited by John Wright and Michael Budde (Brazos Press, 2004). "Being Sent -- Witness" for The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics edited by Samuel Wells and Stanley Hauerwas (forthcoming from Blackwell, 2004), pp. 481-494. This article has been updated for a second edition forthcoming. "Afterword: 'If Abraham is Our Father...': The Problem of Christian Supersessionism After John Howard Yoder" in The Jewish-Christian Schism Revisited (SCM, 2003), 205-240. "Afterword: Stanley Hauerwas's Essays in Theological Ethics: A Reader's Guide" in The Hauerwas Reader (Duke University Press, 2001). "The Once and Future Church Revisited" in Embodied Holiness: Toward a Corporate Theology of Spiritual Growth, edited by Michael E. Lodahl and Samuel M. Powell (InterVarsity Press, 1999), 115-144. "The Discipline in Black and White: Conflicting Legacies of Nineteenth Century African- American Methodist and Euro-American Methodist Disciplinary Practices " in The Discipline and the Disciplines edited by Dennis Campbell, Russell Richey and William B. Lawrence Vol. 3. in the United and American Culture series (Abingdon, 1999), 105-135. "Sorting the Wheat from the Tares: Interpreting Niebuhr's Interpretation of Christian Ethics" in The Wisdom of the Cross: Essays in Honor of John Howard Yoder" ed. Stanley Hauerwas, Chris Huebner, Harry Huebner and Mark Nation (Eerdmans, 1999), 349-372. "Wrestling With Scripture: Can Euro-American Christians and African-American Christians Read Scripture Together" in The Gospel in Black & White: Theological Resources for Racial Reconciliation ed. Dennis L. Okholm (InterVarsity Press, 1997), 71-114, 170-181. "Conflicting Interpretations of Christian Pacifism" in The Ethics of War and Peace: Religious and Secular Perspectives, ed. Terry Nardin (Princeton University Press, 1996), 197-213. Reprinted in new edition for 2005. "Radical Reform, Radical Catholicity: John Howard Yoder's Vision of the Faithful Church" Editorial Introduction to The Royal Priesthood: Essays Ecclesiological and Ecumenical by John H. Yoder, ed. Michael G. Cartwright (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co.,1994), 1-49. "Biblical Argument in International Relations" (chapter 13) in Traditions of International Ethics ed. Terry Nardin and David Mapel (Cambridge University Press, 1992), 270-296. "Looking Both Ways: A `Holy Experiment' in American Higher Education" in Schooling Christians: "Holy Experiments" in American Education ed. Stanley Hauerwas & John Westerhoff (Eerdmans, 1992), 184-213. "Vital Congregations: Mission and Vision in the Local Church" chapter co-authored with L. Gregory Jones for The Mission of the Church in Methodist Perspective ed. Alan Padgett (Edwin Mellen Press, 1992), 85-120. “Hermeneutics” in The Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement (Geneva, : World Council of Churches, 1991; Grand Rapids, MI; Eerdmans Pub. Co.,1991), 454-458. This article has been updated for the 2nd Edition of The Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement, 2002. 513-518.

Articles: (commissioned): "Learning about Providence with 'Hannah's Child'" for Faith & Leadership (July 20, 2010). “Stanley Hauerwas and the University” for Faith & Leadership (July 20, 2010). "Christian Engagements with Other Religions: An Ethos of Hospitality Makes a Difference" for The Matthew's House Project blog (March 2009). "Treasures from the United Methodist Attic" for Hoosier United Methodist Together (September 2008), p.9 “Offering Hospitality Under the Cross and Flame” -- cover story for the United Methodist ministries in Higher Education issue of Hoosier United Methodists Together (Winter 2003), 12- 15. “The `General Rules' Revisited” in Catalyst: Contemporary Evangelical Resources for United Methodist Seminarians Vol. 24, No. 4 (April 1998): 1-2. “Radical Catholicity: the Witness of John H. Yoder 1927-1997” memorial article about the lifework of the Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder for The Christian Century, (January 21, 1998): 44-46. “The Gospel's Radical Alternative: A Dialogue on Christian Peacemaking in the Nuclear Age” (with Stanley Hauerwas), in The Other Side, Vol. 23, No. 6 (July-August 1987): 22-26, 45. See also the “response article” by Jim and Shelley Douglass in the same issue. “Christian Reflection on Peace” ( article for United Methodist Curriculum publication) Youth Counselor Teacher, (Fall, 1987): 13-17.

Review Essay Articles: “American Protestant Story-telling in the New Old Church” Cresset: A Review of Literature, Arts and Public Affairs Vol. LXVIII, No.4 (April 2005), 22-25. “Shall We Gather At the River? Introducing the Incomplete Angler: A Review Essay” [on recent books about Interreligious Dialogue (Diana Eck, Mark S. Heim, et al.)] for The Cresset: A Review of Literature, Arts and Public Affairs Vol. LXII, No. 1 (October 1998), 23-27. “Hans Frei's Types of ” in PRO ECCLESIA: A Journal of Evangelical and Catholic Theology 3(Summer 1994): 362-372. “Can the Bible Tell Us How to Be?” The Cresset: A Review of Literature, Arts and Public Affairs 56 (May 1993): 19-23. “The Prospect of a Wesleyan Social Ethic” Catalyst: Contemporary Evangelical Resources for United Methodist Seminarians 19/2 (March 1993): 1, 7-8. “The Use of the Bible in Christian Ethics” Catalyst: Contemporary Evangelical Resources for United Methodist Seminarians 17/2 (February 1991): 1, 7-8. “Plenty of Resources on the Path to Peace” The Review of Books and Religion,Vol. 15, No. 3- 4 (April/May 1987): 14-15. “No Peace But Strife Closed in the Sod” (omnibus book review of recent publications by Christian pacifists), The Review of Books and Religion Vol. 14, No. 6 (November 1986): 5-7, 10- 11.

Book Reviews: Book reviews of various lengths have been published in a variety of journals and periodicals since 1985: These include: Modern Theology, The Journal of Religion, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Religious Studies Review, Critical Review of Books in Religion for 1993, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Journal of Church and State, The Christian Century, Theology Today, Mennonite Quarterly Review, The Princeton Theological Seminary Bulletin, Pro Ecclesia: A Journal of Catholic and Evangelical Theology, Circuit Rider (UMC magazine for clergy), Currents in Theology and Mission (Lutheran publication), and Teaching Religion and Theology, Journal for Peace and Social Justice, and The Cresset: A Review of Literature, Arts and Public Affairs.

Forewords to Books Published by Other People: Concern for Education: Essays on Christian Higher Education, 1958-1966 edited by Virgil Vogt (includes two essays by John Howard Yoder) (Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2009). Forward Be Our Watchword: Indiana Methodism and the Modern Middle Class by Kevin Corn (University of Indianapolis Press, 2008), v-viii. Frontier : The Life and Times of Robert Richford Roberts by Marion Worth Tippy (2002 Wipf & Stock Publishers reprint of the 1950 book originally published by Abingdon Press), i-iii. Monographs, Booklets & Other Publications: Education for Service: A Reader, A Resource of the Frederick D. Hill Archives (University of Indianapolis, 2008). The Crossings Mural: Reaching Out - Gathering In - Loving One Another about the work of art commissioned for the Ecumenical & Interfaith Programs Office at University of Indianapolis, 2007. United Methodist Connections at UIndy: Echoes of the Past in Conversations of the Present Booklet #2 ”United Methodist Connections - Then and Now“ (2004) produced for use at the University of Indianapolis. United Brethren Memories in the University Heights Neighborhood: Echoes of the Past in Conversations of the Present Booklet #1 (2004). Women in Ministry Associated with Indiana Central and the University of Indianapolis: Chapters from a Neglected story of “Education for Service” (2003) Crossings Project Booklet #2. Giving and Receiving Hospitality - interpretive resource developed to explain the work of the Ecumenical and Interfaith Programs at the University of Indianapolis. (2003) Shalom in the City: A Tale of Two Churches -- “E-Pamphlet” in the Radical Discipleship series published by The Ekklesia Project available at web-site for The Ekklesia Project www.ekklesiaproject.org (2003) Who Is the Woman Holding the Cross? A Roberts Park Mystery - privately printed booklet about statuary at Roberts Park United Methodist Church (2002). Vocare: What Happened On the Way from Interpreter's House? privately printed booklet (Indianapolis, University of Indianapolis Press, 2000). History of Tabernacle United Methodist Church: 1784-1984, editor and author (Henderson, NC: Tabernacle United Methodist Church History Committee, 1984). Toward a Theology of Cooperation, Hinton Monograph #21 (Hayesville, NC: Hinton Rural Life Center, 1982).

Edited Resources for Theological Exploration of Vocation: "Continuing the Conversation: A Readers' Guide to Called to Unite Knowledge & Vital Piety" co- written with Andrew D. Kinsey, Wesleyan Connexion Project Resources (2012) "Exploring the Past, Renewing the Church: Wesleyan Resources for our Mission Together" co- edited with Andry D. Kinsey, Wesleyan Connexion Project Resources (2010) Series of Crossing Reflections 11 papers developed for use by students in the Christian Vocations Program at the University of Indianapolis Sankofa Paper #1 "The Sacred World of Black Folks" by Dr. Gene Blair and Rev. Glandion Carney (2006) Sankofa Paper #2 "Singing Heaven's Music in God's World" by Rev. Dr. James Early Massey (2007) Resources for Further Inquiry and Conversation: Occasional Papers #2 of the St. Brigid of Kildare Methodist-Benedictine Consultation (2006) Conversations Along the Way: Occasional Papers #1 of the St. Brigid of Kildare Methodist- Benedictine Consultation (2004) Book-Length Works-in-Progress: "Wisdom-Reincorporated: The Business of the Church-Related University" "Remembering Our Hope: Exploring Traditions of Christian Spirituality" (manuscript of a work- in-progress).

Works-in-Progress: Articles and Resources for Church Leaders "What Does Have to Do with Benedict of Nursia? "Re-Reading“The General Rules of the People Called Methodist” as a Rule of Life for Spiritual Formation." "Gospel Talk" with Jon Stock resource about the Christian Practice of Giving and Receiving Counsel (written for use by Christian congregations for the Congregational Formation Initiative of the Ekklesia Project; submitted in 2008 to editors for review and testing).

Papers and Presentations: Lectureships at Colleges and Seminaries: "Mars Hill Revisited: Christian Engagements with Other Religions" – Initial lecture in symposium at Anderson University (Oct. 24, 2006) and Taylor University (Oct. 25, 2006). "Nostalgia and the Problem of Amnesia in Contemporary Protestant Spirituality" – the 2005 Miller Lecture at Valparaiso University, Nov. 15, 2005. "Hospitality as a Mark of Excellence" – President’s Convocation address at the University of Indianapolis, Sept. 2, 2003. "With Ears Tingling and Hearts Enlightened: Cultivating Enriched Imaginations about Christian Vocation" (keynote address) for the Convocation on Cultivating a Culture of Call at , October 21, 2005. See also the related presentation to students at this same event entitled "On Stage, With Brothers and Sisters, God Directing." "Dialogical Engagements: On Being Christian and Multicultural" – the 1995 Smith-Willson Lectures presented at Southwestern College in Kansas, Winfield, KS, Nov. 2-3, 1995. "Transmitting a Heritage of Faith and Contemplation" -- keynote lectures for the (North American) Mennonite Secondary Educators Conference, Laurelville, PA, Sept. 30--Oct. 2, 1993. "The Theology and Ethics of Abortion: A Protestant Perspective" – for the 1991 Petticrew Seminar on Faith in Action at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, IN, April 15, 1991.

Academic Lectures, Papers and Presentations: (Selected List) "Standing on the Threshold of the 20th Century – A Case Study: How Bishop Ezekiel Kephart Engaged the World's Religions" at the 46th annual meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society to be held at Trevecca University, Nashville, TN, March 3, 2012. "Immigrant Aspirations . . .: A Response to Testing Our National Covenant: Fears and Appetites in American Politics" panel discussion responding to the work of William F. May presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Washington, D.C., Jan.7, 2012. "On Being Useful to One Another: The Challenge of Reincorporating Wisdom in the Church- Related University" at the Symposium on Faith & Culture: Educating for Wisdom in the 21st Century University at Baylor University, October 29, 2011 "The General Rules as a Rule of Life for Spiritual Formation" – presented at the Wesleyan Connexion Project (a program of the Board of Ordained Ministry of the Indiana Conference UMC) held at the University of Indianapolis, June 7, 2010. "The and the Holiness Manifesto" – response to Donald Thorsen’s paper at the Wesleyan Ethics Group for the Society of Christian Ethics Meeting in San Jose, California, January 7, 2010. "Galuth Revisited" – for the session on "Re-Reading Scripture with John Howard Yoder" (session hosted by the Society of Christian Ethics) at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature in New Orleans, LA (Nov, 22, 2009). "Pilgram Marpeck: An Ecumenical Response" – presented at the Conference on The Legacy of Pilgram Marpeck in the 21st Century at Bluffton University, June 13, 2009. Response to Nathan Kerr’s book Christ, History and Apocalyptic: The Politics of Christian Mission for the Wesleyan Theological Society at Anderson University (March 7, 2009). Response to The Schooled Heart: Moral Formation in American Higher Education by Michael Beatty and Douglas V. Henry in the Christianity and Academia Group at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Chicago, IL (Nov. 1, 2008). "The Four Wheels of United Methodist Connectionalism" – presented at South Indiana Conference UMC (June 2008). http://uindy.edu/eip/files/four_wheels.pdf "An Evangelical Order in the Church Catholic? An Ecclesiological Conundrum" – for the Centennial Conference held at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, Jan. 28-30, 2008. "The Business of the Church-Related University Revisited" – Paper presented for the Christianity and Academia Working Group at the American Academy of Religion Meeting, Chicago, IL (2007). "Josiah Strong’s Our Country and Theophilus Gould ’s The End of the World Revisited" – for session on The Bible and 19th Century Public Theology at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Nov. 20, 2006. "The Wesleyan Rule of Life" – set of four presentations made to the Residence-in Ministry Group of candidates of the South Indiana Conference UMC held at St. Meinrad, Indiana, Jan. 5-7, 2006. "Models from Our Past for Leadership in Our Future" – Second Annual Convocation of for the South Indiana Conference UMC, in Columbus, Indiana, Oct. 19, 2005. "Giving and Receiving Counsel in a Divided Church" – for the Ekklesia Project Annual Conference on "Discipleship in a Divided Church," at DePaul University, August 1, 2003. "Presiding With Wisdom Without Prescinding From Commitment: Reflections on the use of Psalm 78 in Presidential Inaugurations at Church-related Colleges and Universities" – at the Society of Scriptural Reasoning Conference, Cambridge University, May 26-30, 2003. "Why the Christian Church is Not Vengeful" for the Penner Lectures Debate on Christian Attitudes to Preemptive War at Wheaton College, March 19, 2003. "Reading Scripture with the Children of Abraham" at Re-examining Reconciliation Conference, Valparaiso University, Feb. 1, 2003. "Breakfast with the Author" (The Hauerwas Reader) annual meeting of the Society for Christian Ethics, Vancouver, B. C. January 11-14, 2002. "Civil Religion in the Heartland" at the 2nd Annual Gathering of the Ekklesia Project, Chicago, Illinois, August 3-5, 2000. "Windows Onto Which Kingdom(s): The Constantinian Typology Revisited" at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Washington, D. C. January 8-10, 2000. "The Once and Future Church Revisited" at Point Loma College Conference on Holiness and Community, San Diego, CA on Feb. 26-28, 1998. "Does the Society of Friends Have a Means of Grace, or Are Religious Friends a Means of Grace for Others?"Presented to Whitewater Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, North Meadow Circle of Friends in Indianapolis, Indiana, January 17, 1998. "‘Transcripts of the Trinity’? Performance and Embodiment in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century African-American Methodist Christianity" for the Tenth Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies at Somerville College, Oxford, England on August 21, 1997. "Embedment, Embodiment and Emplotment: The Never-Ending Conversation with Scripture" Response to papers by Walter Brueggemann and Lisa Sowle Cahill for the inaugural session of the consultation on Character Ethics and Biblical Interpretation for the annual meeting of the society of Biblical Literature, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 25, 1996. "Wrestling With Scripture: Can African-American Christian and Euro-American Christian Read Scripture Together?" At the Conference on the Role of Theology in Racial Reconciliation: The Gospel in Black and White at Wheaton College, April 18, 1996. "Solidarity in Salvation: The Grammar of Conversion in ‘Wrestling Jacob’ and ‘Wrastlin’ Jacob’" – paper to be presented at a joint session of the Afro-American History Group and the Wesleyan Studies Group at the meeting of the American Academy of Religion meeting in , Nov. 18-22, 1995. Response to Wayne Meeks’ The Origins of Christian Morality for Conference on "The New Testament and Ethics" held at Duke University, Durham, NC, March 30-April 2, 1995. "The Nineteenth Century Legacy of American Methodist Disciplinary Practice" contribution to panel discussion on "Paradigms for Interpreting American Religious History" for the Wesleyan Studies Group of the American Academy of Religion meeting in Chicago, November 22, 1994. This presentation was based on an earlier presentation by the same title given at the “United Methodism and American Culture” conference held at the Divinity School of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, Sept. 1994. "Who Will Lead Our People Out of the Wilderness?" paper presented before the Quinquennial Meeting of the World Methodist Historical Society and the annual meeting of the Historical Society of United Methodist Church at Madison, NJ August 13-16, 1994. "The Moral Vision of James Baldwin" paper given at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Chicago, IL, January 7, 1994. "The Pair So Long Disjoined: Doctrine and Discipline in American Methodism" for the Concept of the Believer’s Church Conference, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana, May 20-23, 1992. "Ideology and the Interpretation of the Bible in the African-American Christian Tradition," paper presented at the Ideological Readings of Texts Consultation at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Kansas City, KS, Nov. 25, 1991. "The Bible in African-American Culture: Recovering the Black Church’s Hermeneutic Tradition" paper presented at the Bible in American Cultures Consultation at the American Academy of Religion, Kansas City, KS, November 23, 1991. "Looking Both Ways: A View From the Academy" Church-College Relations Symposium, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, April 6, 1991. "Emplotments of History in the Discourses of Just War and Pacifism" paper given at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Arlington, VA, January 19, 1990. "Biblical Argument in International Affairs" at Conference on Traditions of International Ethics held at the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, October 26-28 1989. "Toward a Communal Hermeneutic for Christian Ethics" paper given at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics held in Durham, NC, January, 1988. "The Moral Authority of Scripture" paper presented at the Steel Center for the Study of Religion and Philosophy, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, October 17, 1987.

Collaborative Scholarship Projects: (Selected List) Wesleyan Connexion Project, a Clergy Leadership Formation Program of the Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, 2006-2012 Member of the Design Team for the Sankofa Spiritual Formation Community developed by Upper Room Ministries, 2004-2008. "The Tent of Meeting" Project of the Scriptural Reasoning Theory Group (2003-2004). "The Church-Related University in a Liberal Democratic Society" (2001-2003), directed by John Wright and Michael Budde, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA. "Theology and Race Working Group" for the Project on Lived Theology (2000-2001), directed by Assoc. Prof. Charles Marsh, University of Virginia (Dept. of Religion). "Faith and Academy Partnerships in Teaching Ethics" project at Garrett-Evangelical Divinity School Project on funded by the Louisville Institute (2000-2002). "United Methodism and American Culture" Project at Duke University Divinity School funded by the Lilly Endowment, September 1993-August 1996. "The Ethics of War and Peace" Project of the Ethikon Institute (1993-95). "Traditions of International Ethics" Project, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs (1989-1992.