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C. Douglas Weaver Academic Experience Education C. DOUGLAS WEAVER 1028 South Haven Dr. | Hewitt, TX 76643 o- 1-254-710-7283 | e- [email protected] ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Baylor University Department of Religion, Waco, Texas (2003- Present) Professor of Religion (tenured; 2012 - Present) Director of J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies (Summer 2015 – Present) Director of Undergraduate Studies (2006 - Present) Coordinator, Baptist Studies for Research (2010 - Present) Graduate Faculty (2009 - Present) Affiliate Faculty, G. W. Truett Baptist Theological Seminary (2003 - Present) Associate Professor (2008-2012); Assistant Professor of Religion (2003 - 2008) Brewton-Parker College Mt. Vernon, Georgia (1989-2003) Chair, Division of Religion and Philosophy (1993-2003) Barney Averitt Professor of Christianity (2001-2003) Barney Averitt Associate Professor of Christianity (1993-2001) Assistant Professor of Christianity (1989-1992) Other Academic Positions Director of Admissions and Financial Aid with rank of Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Bluefield College, Bluefield, Virginia (1986-1989) Adjunct Professor of Church History, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky (1985-1986) Lecturer, Bellarmine College, Louisville, Kentucky (1985-1986) EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (1985) Dissertation Title: “The Healer-Prophet: William Marrion Branham, 1909-1965: A Paradigm of the Prophetic in American Pentecostalism” Areas of Concentration: Baptist History, American Religion, Early Christianity Special Studies: The University of Kentucky, St. Meinrad Archabbey (Indiana) Master of Divinity, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (1981) Bachelor of Arts, Mississippi College (1978) Major: Religion; Minor: History Graduated with “Special Distinction” 1 Member, Phi Alpha Theta, National Honor Society in History Member, Alpha Chi, National Honor Scholarship Society PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed: Books Mirrors and Microscopes: Historical Perceptions of Baptists. Papers from the International Conference on Baptist Studies VI. C. Douglas Weaver, ed., Paternoster Press, 2015. Exploring Christian Heritage: A Reader in History and Theology. C. Douglas Weaver, Rady Roldan-Figueroa and Brandon Frick, eds. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2012. Mullins, E. Y. The Axioms of Religion. C. Douglas Weaver, ed., Macon: Mercer University Press, 2010 (original publication: 1908). 224 pp. plus indexes. I annotated the text and wrote an introductory chapter that assessed Mullins’ contribution to Baptist life. Barr, Beth Allison, Bill J. Leonard, Mikeal C. Parsons, and C. Douglas Weaver, eds. The Acts of the Apostles: Four Centuries of Baptist Interpretation. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2009. 904 pp. plus indexes. In Search of the New Testament Church: The Baptist Story. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2008. 278 pp. plus index. The Healer-Prophet, William Marrion Branham: A Study of the Prophetic in American Pentecostalism. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2000. 180 pp. plus indexes. This is a paperback reprint of my 1987 book with the same name, with a new preface that updates the story and a new forward by David Edwin Harrell of Auburn University. **The paperback edition entered its second printing in 2006. Peer Reviewed: Articles Editor, Festschrift of Bill J. Leonard, Perspectives in Religious Studies 42, 2 (Summer 2015). Including C. Douglas Weaver, “Editorial Introduction: For Bill J. Leonard, Teacher and Friend,” 109-114. “McPhersonism? Aimee Semple McPherson and her Baptist Opponents (and Supporters),” Perspectives in Religious Studies 42, 2 (Summer 2015): 127-142. “Restoring the New Testament Church? Baptist Self-Perception(s) in America from the Mid- Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries.” In C. Douglas Weaver, ed., Mirrors and Microscopes: Historical Perceptions of Baptists. Papers from the International Conference on Baptist Studies VI. Paternoster Press, Forthcoming, 2015. 2 Editor, Festschrift of Walter Shurden, Baptist History and Heritage 50, 1 (Spring 2015). Including C. Douglas Weaver, “A Tribute to Buddy Shurden,” pp. 4-9. “Baptist Ecclesiology in Historical Perspective.” Perspectives in Religious Studies 41, 3 (Fall 2014): 277-296. “Baptists, the Holy Spirit and Corporate Worship,” American Baptist Quarterly 31 (Summer, 2014): 179-198. “Baptists and Holiness in the Nineteenth Century: A Story Rarely Told,” 49, 1, Wesleyan Theological Journal (Spring 2014): 156-174. “William Fristoe (1742-1828): The Making of a Virginia Baptist Leader.” In Terry Wolever Long, ed., A Noble Company: Biographical Essays on Notable Particular-Regular Baptists in America, Volume 4 (Springfield, Missouri: Particular Baptist Press, 2014), 83-112. “Baptist Ecclesiology from John Clarke to E. Y. Mullins: The Personal, The Communal, and the Eschatological,” Perspectives in Religious Studies (Fall 2013): 219-234. “David Thomas and the Regular Baptists in Colonial Virginia (reprint).” In Terry Wolever Long, ed., A Noble Company: Biographical Essays on Notable Particular-Regular Baptists in America, Volume 3 (Springfield, Missouri: Particular Baptist Press, 2013), 307-332. “Early English Baptists: Individual Conscience and Eschatological Ecclesiology.” Perspectives in Religious Studies 38, 4 (Summer 2011): 141-158. “Reuben Alley: The SBC Conflict and Academic Freedom,” Baptist History and Heritage, 46, 2 (Summer 2011): 33-48. “A Stink in Your Nostrils? A Sermon on the Baptist Distinctive of the Believers’ Church,” in Distinctly Baptist: Proclaiming Identity in a New Generation, Brian C. Brewer, ed. Valley Forge: Judson Press, 2011. See pp. 78-86. “E. Y. Mullins: Soul Competency and Social Ministry.” Perspectives in Religious Studies 36, 4 (Winter 2009): 445-460. “The Risk of Majority Faith.” Baptist History and Heritage 44, 3 (Summer/Fall 2009): 53-58. Pamela R. Durso and C. Douglas Weaver, “So Many Books, So Little Time to Read: Baptist Historiography, 1979-2009,” Baptist History and Heritage 44, 2 (Spring 2009): 18-30. “Baptists and the First Amendment: A Historical Overview.” Baptist History and Heritage 43, 3 (Summer/Fall 2008): 8-26. “The Baptist Ecclesiology of E. Y. Mullins: Individualism and the New Testament Church.” Baptist History and Heritage 43, 1 (Winter 2008): 18-34. 3 “Baptists and Denominational Identity and the Turn Toward Creedalism: 2000,” in Mike Williams and Walter B. Shurden, eds. Turning Points in Baptist History. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2008. See pp. 288-301. Guest Editor. “Editorial Introduction” for the “Baptist Education Issue.” Perspectives in Religious Studies 34, 4 (Winter 2007): 357-363. “I Don’t Let Nobody Blow Smoke on My Blue Skies”: A Study of the “SBC Controversy” in a Local Church.” Baptist History and Heritage 42, 1 (Winter 2007): 94-107. “Southern Baptists” in The Baptist River: Essays on Many Tributaries of a Diverse Tradition. Glenn Jonas, ed. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2006. See chapter three, pp. 45-67. “Second Baptist Church, Atlanta: A Paradigm of Southern Baptist Identity in the Nineteenth Century,” in Festschrift Walter B. Shurden: Distinctively Baptist, Essays on Baptist History. Marc A. Jolley, ed. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2005. See chapter seven, pp. 75-97. “Youth For Calvin: Reformed Theology and Baptist Collegians.” (co-author with former student, Nathan Finn). Baptist History and Heritage 39, 2 (Spring 2004): 40-55. “The Spirituality of Martin Luther King, Jr.” Perspectives in Religious Studies 31, 1 (Spring 2004): 55-70. The Story of Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church.” Viewpoints: Georgia Baptist History 19 (2004): 79-88. “Preserving an Imperiled Heritage: A History of the William H. Whitsitt Baptist Heritage Society.” American Baptist Quarterly 22, 3 (September 2003): 377-384. “From Saint to Sinner: Missionary Pioneer to Gospel Mission Convert--The Legacy of Martha Loftin Wilson.” Viewpoints: Georgia Baptist History 18 (2002): 71-85. "David Thomas and the Regular Baptists in Colonial Virginia." Baptist History and Heritage 18, 4 (October 1983): 3-19. Peer Reviewed: Books in Process Baptist and the Holy Spirit: Interactions with the Pentecostal Tradition (tentative title; in process). Peer Reviewed: Articles in Process “Samuel Eastman: 19th Century American Baptist (Pioneer) Missionary and Evangelist.” In Gary Long, ed., A Noble Company, Volume 5, Particular Baptist Press, Forthcoming. 4 “E. Y. Mullins: Freedom of Conscience (1860-1928),” in Michael Williams, ed. Witnesses to the Baptist Heritage: Thirty-Five Baptists Every Christian Should Know. Macon: Mercer University Press, February 2016. Peer Reviewed: Ongoing Editorial Project Series: Early English Baptist Texts, 11 vols. Co-editor with Rady Roldan-Figueroa. Macon: Mercer University Press, forthcoming. These new editions of primary source full texts (e.g., the writings of John Smyth) will include critical introductions. OTHER PUBLICATIONS Books Walter Shurden with C. Douglas Weaver. Baptist Freedom: Celebrating our Baptist Heritage. Macon: GA: NextSunday Resources, 2013. Includes a reprint of: “Baptists and Their Freedoms, Acts 5:27-32,” Smyth and Helwys Sunday School Literature, Vol. 19, no., 1, pp. 5-10, September 6, 2009. Second to None: A History of Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia. Nashville: Baptist History and Heritage Society and Fields Publishing, Inc., 2004. 246 pp. plus appendices, index. Every Town Needs a Downtown Church: A History of First Baptist Church, Gainesville, Florida. Nashville: Baptist History and Heritage Society and Fields Publishing, Inc., 2000.
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