Murray W. Dempster Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics
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Murray W. Dempster Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics Southeastern University Lakeland, Florida 33801-6034 Direct Line: 863 667-5155 Fax: 863 667-5200 E-mail: [email protected] SEU Website: http://[email protected] EDUCATION BACKGROUND DEGREES: Ph.D. University of Southern California (1980). Program: Religion: Social Ethics. Dissertation: “Rhetorical Logic in Ethical Justification: A Critical Exposition of Chaim Perelman's 'New Rhetoric' and its Potential Bearing on Understanding Christian Moral Reasoning.” M.A. University of Southern California (1969). Program: Religion: Social Ethics. Thesis: “The Role of Scripture in the Social Ethical Writings of Carl F. H. Henry: A Metaethical Analysis.” B.A. Southern California College (1968). Major: Religion: Biblical Studies. Diploma. Canadian Northwest Bible Institute (1963). Major: Ministerial Studies. ACADEMIC AWARDS: Layne Foundation Fellowship, University of Southern California, 1971-74 (Ph.D. Program). U.S.C. Social Ethics Scholarship, University of Southern California, 1968-69 (M.A. Program). U.S.C. Tuition Scholarship, University of Southern California, 1968-69 (M.A. Program). Graduated summa cum laude, Southern California College, 1968. S.C.C. Tuition Scholarship, Southern California College, 1967-68. Valedictorian, Canadian Northwest Bible Institute, 1963. Class Academic Achievement Award, Canadian Northwest Bible Institute, 1961, 1962, 1963. Murray W. Dempster Page 2 PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics, Southeastern University (2010-present) Executor, The Estate of Bruce Howard Lindsay, and Trustee, The Bruce Howard Lindsay Revocable Trust [Vanguard University Sole Beneficiary] (2009-present) Chancellor, Vanguard University of Southern California (2008-2009) President, Vanguard University of Southern California (2000-2008) Provost, Vanguard University of Southern California (1999-2000) Vice President for Academic Affairs & Dean, Southern California College (1995-1999). Vice President for Academic Affairs & Dean-elect, Southern California College (1994-95). Professor of Social Ethics, Southern California College (1987-2009). Founding Director of the Graduate Program, Southern California College (1982-85). Associate Professor of Social Ethics, Southern California College (1980-87). Senior Pastor, First Assembly of God, Fullerton, California (1978-80). Adjunct Professor of Religion, Southern California College (1978-80). Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Southern California College (1971-78). Chairman of the Division of Religion, Southern California College (1974-77). Campus Pastor and Men’s Head Resident, Southern California College (1970-71). Dean of Men and Men’s Head Resident, Southern California College (1969-70). Associate Minister, First Assembly of God, Long Beach, California (1965-68). Assistant Minister, Central Pentecostal Tabernacle, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (1962-65). RELATED TEACHING ACTIVITY: Visiting Professor, Post-Summer Intensive Course (June 27-July 1, 2005), BTHM/PHIM 640/THEM639: The Church and Contemporary Moral Issues, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, Springfield, Missouri. Visiting Professor in Christian Social Ethics, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA (From 1980 through 1994), Taught basic ET 501 Christian Ethics in Orange County and Sacramento Extensions and THO 529 Evangelical Social Ethics on main campus in Pasadena and in the Extension Center in San Diego and ET 503 The Bible and Social Ethics on main campus in Pasadena and in Extension Centers in Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco (Menlo Park), Oakland and Sacramento. Visiting Professor, Spring Intensive Course (May 4-8, 1992), THS 426: Biblical Basis of Moral Character, Northwest Bible College, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. CREATIVE SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY BOOKS: Co-editor with Byron D. Klaus and Douglas Petersen, The Globalization of Pentecostalism: A Religion Made to Travel (Oxford, England, UK and Irvine, CA, USA: Regnum Books International, 1999). Murray W. Dempster Page 3 Co-editor with Byron D. Klaus and Douglas Petersen, Called and Empowered: Global Mission in Pentecostal Perspective (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1991). Co-author with Augustus Cerillo, Jr., Salt and Light: Evangelical Political Thought in Modern America (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1989). JOURNAL ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND REVIEWS: “‘Crossing Borders’: Arguments Used by Early American Pentecostals in Support of the Global Character of Pacifism,” in Pentecostals and Nonviolence: Reclaiming a Heritage, Pentecostals, Peacemaking, and Social Justice Series 5, ed. Paul Alexander and Jay Beaman (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2012), pp. 108-129. A reprint of “‘Crossing Borders:’ Arguments Used by Early American Pentecostals in Support of the Global Character of Pacifism,” EPTA Bulletin: Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association 10/2 (1991): 63-88. Review, Paul Alexander, Peace to War: Shifting Allegiances in the Assemblies of God, vol. 9 of C. Henry Smith Series Editor, J. Denny Weaver (9 vols.; Telford, PA: Cascadia Publishing House, 2009), 429 pp., in Pax Pneuma: The Journal of Pentecostals and Charismatics for Peace & Justice 6.1 (Spring 2012): 73-76. Review, Paul Alexander, Peace to War: Shifting Allegiances in the Assemblies of God, vol. 9 of C. Henry Smith Series Editor, J. Denny Weaver (9 vols.; Telford, PA: Cascadia Publishing House, 2009), 429 pp., in Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies (14, 2011): 176-181. [Released 2013]. “Swimming Upstream: My Call to the Pentecostal Academy,” in Steven M. Fettke and Robby Waddell (eds.), Pentecostals in the Academy: Testimonies of Call (Cleveland, TN: CPT Press, 2012), pp. 41-72. Review, Michael Wilkinson and Steven M. Studebaker, ed., A Liberating Spirit: Pentecostals and Social Action in North America, Pentecostals, Peacemaking, and Social Justice Series 2 (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2010), xiii + 274 pp., in Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies (34, 2012): 445-446. “Eschatology, Spirit Baptism, and Inclusiveness: An Exploration into the Hallmarks of a Pentecostal Social Ethic,” in Fresh Perspectives on Pentecostal Eschatologies, ed. Peter F. Althouse and Robert C. Waddell (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2010), 155- 188. “The Structure of a Christian Ethic Informed by Pentecostal Experience: Soundings in the Moral Significance of Glossolalia,” in The Spirit and Spirituality: Essays in Honor of Russell P. Spittler, ed. Wonsuk Ma and Robert P. Menzies (London and New York: T&T Clark International, 2004), 108-140. Murray W. Dempster Page 4 “Pacifism in Pentecostalism: The Case of the Assemblies of God,” in The Fragmentation of the Church and its Unity in Peacemaking, ed. Jeffrey Gros and John D. Rempel (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001), 137-165. A reprint of “Pacifism in Pentecostalism: The Case of the Assemblies of God,” in Proclaim Peace: Voices of Christian Pacifism from Unexpected Sources, ed. Theron F. Schlabach and Richard T. Hughes (Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1997), 31-57. “Social Concern in the Context of Jesus' Kingdom Mission and Ministry,” Transformation: An International Dialogue on Mission and Ethics, 16 (April/June 1999): 43-53. Reprinted under the title, “A Theology of the Kingdom—A Pentecostal Contribution,” in Mission as Transformation: A Theology of the Whole Gospel, ed. Vinay Samuel and Chris Sugden (Oxford, England, UK and Irvine, CA, USA: Regnum Books International, 1999), 45-75. “Issues Facing Pentecostalism in a Post-Modern World: An Introductory Overview,” in The Globalization of Pentecostalism: A Religion Made to Travel, ed. Murray W. Dempster, Byron D. Klaus and Douglas Petersen (Oxford, England, UK and Irvine, CA, USA: Regnum Books International, 1999), 261-267. “Pacifism in Pentecostalism: The Case of the Assemblies of God,” in Proclaim Peace: Voices of Christian Pacifism from Unexpected Sources, ed. Theron F. Schlabach and Richard T. Hughes (Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1997), 31-57. Co-author with Augustus Cerillo, Jr., “Salt and Light,” in Issues in American Christianity: Primary Sources with Introductions, ed. Keith J. Hardman (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1993), 300-305. A reprint of Chapter 6 introductory narrative, “The Fundamentalist New Right Activates the Grass Roots,” Salt and Light: Evangelical Political Thought in Modern America. “Christian Social Concern in Pentecostal Perspective: Reformulating Pentecostal Eschatology,” Journal of Pentecostal Theology 2 (April 1993): 53-66. “Scholars at the Sixth Conference of Pentecostal and Charismatic Research in Europe Declare Solidarity in Ending Apartheid in South Africa,” Transformation: An International Dialogue on Evangelical Social Ethics 9 (January/March 1992): 32-33. “‘Crossing Borders:’ Arguments Used by Early American Pentecostals in Support of the Global Character of Pacifism,” EPTA Bulletin: Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association 10/2 (1991): 63-88. “Evangelism, Social Concern, and the Kingdom of God” in Called and Empowered: Global Mission in Pentecostal Perspective, ed. Murray W. Dempster, Byron D. Klaus and Douglas Petersen (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1991), 22-43 Co-author with Augustus Cerillo, Jr., “Carl F.H. Henry's Early Apologetic for an Evangelical Social Ethic, 1942-1956,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 34 (September 1991): 365-379. Murray W. Dempster Page 5 “Reassessing the Moral Rhetoric of Early American