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Greg S. Peters 13800 BIOLA AVE LA MIRADA, CA 90639 PHONE: (562) 944-0351 X3262 EMAIL: [email protected] GREG S. PETERS CURRENT EMPLOYMENT 2010 – Present Biola University - La Mirada, CA Assistant Professor of Medieval and Spiritual Theology, Torrey Honors Institute EDUCATION 2003 University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto, Ontario Ph.D. in Medieval Christian History and Institutional/Social Christian History Supervisor: Professor T. Allan Smith, CSB Dissertation: A Treasury of Divine Knowledge and Wisdom’: The Twelfth Century Byzantine Spiritual Theology of Peter of Damascus. The thesis examines the abundant writings of the twelfth century Byzantine monk Peter of Damascus (fl. ca. 1156/7), providing a synthetic exposition of his spiritual theology in relationship to earlier Byzantine spiritual authors. 1999 St. John’s University School of Theology, Collegeville, Minnesota M.A. in Christian History and Monastic Studies Supervisor: Professor Columba Stewart, OSB Dissertation: From Orthodoxy to Heresy: A Biblical and Historical Examination of syneisaktism in the Early Church. The thesis examines and contrasts Paul’s teaching in 1 Corinthians 7 and fourth century arguments used against celibate men and women who cohabited together for mutual support and protection. 1996 Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas M.A.in Biblical Studies 1994 Philadelphia College of Bible, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania B.S. in Biblical Studies ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES 2012—Present Anglican House Publishers Editor 2008—Present Ecclesiology Consultation, Evangelical Theological Society Chair 2007-Present Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care th May 2013 48 International Congress on Medieval Studies Organized Sponsored Session entitled “The Language of Reform in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Monasticism: East and West” th May 2009 44 International Congress on Medieval Studies Organized Sponsored Session entitled “Monastic Life and Monastic Lives,” May 2001 Organized Special Session entitled “Monastic Benevolence: Comparisons West and East” for the 36th International Congress on Medieval Studies Consulting Editor March 30— University of St. Michael’s College April 1 2001 Co-organizer with T. Allan Smith of Conference on Byzantine Monasticisms ACADEMIC SERVICE 2010-2013 University Personnel Committee - Biola University 2001-2002 Toronto School of Theology - Advanced Degree Council Student Representative 2000-2002 Advanced Degree Student Association - Toronto School of Theology President 2000-2001 University of St. Michael’s College, Dean Search Committee Student Representative 1999-2001 Toronto School of Theology – Historical Department Student Representative 1997-1998 Association of Theological Schools Subcommittee on Curriculum and Library at St. John’s School of Theology Student Representative 1992-1993 Student Theological Society - Philadelphia College of Bible President PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Spirituality International (Titus Brandsma Institute, Nijmegen) Research Associate, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA Anglo-Catholic History Society Network for Late Antique and Early Medieval Monasticism Medieval Academy of America American Catholic Historical Association Byzantine Studies Association of North America American Society of Church History American Benedictine Academy Society of the Study of Anglicanism Evangelical Theological Society GRANTS AND AWARDS 2010 American Benedictine Academy, Monastic Studies Grant January ($750) 2008 Newman Scholarship, National Institute of Newman Studies August ($2500) Fall 2010 Research and Development Grant, Biola University ($3,500) Fall 2007 Research and Development Grant, Biola University ($4100) Spring 2006 Research and Development Grant, Biola University ($750) Fall 2006 Research and Development Grant, Biola University ($1450) 2005 Peer-Learning Group, Seminars in Christian Scholarship, Calvin College September ($200; amount matched by the Torrey Honors Institute) 2005-2006 Faculty Spiritual Direction Grant, Institute for Spiritual Formation, Talbot School of Theology ($300) 2002-2003 Toronto School of Theology, John M. Kelly Award, University of St. Michael’s College, Faculty of Theology Fellowship 1999-2003 University of St. Michael’s College Conference Travel Grant, May 2001 and November 2001 1997-1999 St. John’s School of Theology Fellowship October 1998 Graduate Theological Studies Travel Grant, St. John’s School of Theology May 1999 Graduate Theological Studies Travel Grant, St. John’s School of Theology 1996 M.A. with Honors, Dallas Theological Seminary EXPERIENCE Spring 2007-Present Torrey Honors Institute Director: Rome, Italy 2014 On Renaissance Literature 2013 On the Church 2012 Rome in Literature 2011 On Reformation 2010 On the Spiritual Ascent 2009 On Martyrs and Monks 2008 On the Nature and Form of Beauty Fall 2011 – Present Torrey Honors Institute Chair, Johnson House Fall 2007 - Present St. John’s School of Theology - Collegeville, MN Visiting Professor of Monastic Studies 2007 and 2010 Medieval Monastic Spirituality 2009 Monasticism in the British and Irish Isles: From Its Origins to the Dissolution 2013 Medieval Monastic History Winter 2007 – Present Nashotah House Theological Seminary - Nashotah, WI Adjunct Assistant Professor of Church History and Ascetical Theology 3 2007-2008 Church History Survey 2008 History and Theology of Priestly Spirituality 2013 Anglican Monasticism: History, Spirituality and Implications Fall 2008—Present Torrey Honors Institute Director of Faculty Advancement Fall 2011 Gordon College, Gordon-in-Orviet, Orvieto, Italy Visiting Professor Dante’s Divine Comedy Winter 2010 C.P. Haggard Graduate School of Theology, Azusa Pacific University – Azusa, CA Adjunct Professor of Anglican Church History 2005 – 2010 Talbot School of Theology La Mirada, CA Associate Professor of Medieval and Spiritual Theology, Talbot School of Theology 2004-2006 Trinity College, University of Toronto - Toronto, Ontario Spring Sessional Instructor 2004 English Spirituality in the High and Late Middle Ages 2005 Medieval Spiritual Theology: Anselm of Canterbury, Richard of St. Victor and Thomas Aquinas Fall 2002 Biola University, La Mirada, CA Visiting Professor Institute for Spiritual Formation History and Traditions of Christian Spirituality Fall 2000 University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto, Canada Collaborative Instructor Christian Monasticisms PUBLICATIONS Peter of Damascus: Byzantine Monk and Spiritual Theologian (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2011) Reforming the Monastery: Protestant Theologies of Religious Life (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2014) The Road to the Future Lies in the Past: A History of Christian Monasticism (Baker Academic, in progress) The Church’s Inheritance: Evangelical Themes in the Medieval Church (in progress) Editor Priesthood and Holy Orders in the Middle Ages (Leiden: Brill, in progress) ARTICLES – BOOK CHAPTERS – REFERENCE WORK ENTRIES: “Monasticism: Instrument of the Holy Spirit in the Renewal, Revival and Revitalization of Today’s Church,” in The Holy Spirit and the Christian Life, ed. Wolfgang Vondey (Palgrave, forthcoming) “John Henry Newman’s Theology of the Monastic/Religious Life as a Means to Holiness,” Newman Studies Journal 10.2 (Fall 2013): 7-17. “Spiritual Theology: An Historic Overview” and “The Medieval Traditions” in A Guide to Spiritual Classics, eds. Jamin Goggin and Kyle Stroebel, (InterVarsity Press, 2013), 79-94 and 221-246. 4 “Ascetical Theology,” “Benedictines,” “Cistercians,” “Monasteries” and “Monastic Orders” in Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, 4 Volumes, ed. G.T. Kurian (Oxford/Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, 2011): 145- 146, 232-233, 560-562, 1544-1551 and 1551-1555. “Desiderius Erasmus: In Praise of Folly,” in The Great Books Reader: Excerpts and Essays on the Most Influential Books in Western Civilization, ed. John Mark Reynolds (Bethany Books, 2011): 219-236. “Asceticism,” “Cassian, John,” “Climacus, John,” “Deification,” “Evagrius of Pontus,” “Hesychasm,” “Hilton, Walter,” “Monasticism,” “Peter of Damascus,” “Richard Rolle” and “Thomas à Kempis,” in Dictionary of Christian Spirituality, ed. Glen Scorgie et al (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011): 276-277, 339-340, 361, 392-394, 434-435, 499-500, 502, 618-620, 671, 721-722 and 796-797. “On Spiritual Theology: A Primer,” Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care 4.1 (2011): 5-26. “Religious Orders and Pastoral Care in the Late Middle Ages,” in Pastoral Care in the Late Middle Ages, ed. Ronald J. Stansbury, ed. (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2010), 263-284. “Adalard, abbot of Corbie (d. 826),” “Almoner,” “Bruno the Carthusian,” “Caen (Cadomum),” “Chapter (capitulum),” “Chapter of Faults,” “Charterhouse,” “Church, collegiate,” “Clairvaux (including abbey),” “Dijon,” th “Dunfermline, abbey,” “General Chapter,” “Holyrood, abbey,” “Maurus, St, (6 century),” “Mellifont, abbey,” “Melrose, abbey,” “Pontigny, abbey,” “Sulpicius Severus (d. 420),” “White Monks,” and “Windeshein, abbey,” in The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages, ed. Robert E. Bjork (Oxford University Press, 2010): 7, 44, 297, 319, 365, 371, 394, 402, 503, 519, 692, 807, 1106, 1121-22, 1335, 1580, 1728 and 1736. “Walter Hilton,” “Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain” and “Nil Sorsky,” in Encyclopedia of Christian Literature, 2 Volumes, ed. G.T. Kurian (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2010): 367, 493-494 and 569-570. “Do as I Say, Not as I Do: Monastic Vitae as Reforming Documents,” in Tjurunga: An Australasian Benedictine Review 77 (2009): 17-30. “The Place of
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