MARTIN WILLIAM MITTELSTADT
PUBLICATIONS
Updated September 2019
Professor of New Testament @ Evangel University (2000- )
Email: [email protected] Faculty Page: https://web.evangel.edu/Directory/Bios/Index.asp?username=MittelstadtM Academia.edu: https://evangel.academia.edu/MartinMittelstadt Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/mittelstadtm
BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS
• MENNOCOSTALS: MENNONITE AND PENTECOSTAL STORIES OF CONVERGENCE. Co-Edited with Brian K. Pipkin. Pentecostals, Peace-Making and Social Justice Series. Eugene, OR: Pickwick (WIPF & Stock), Forthcoming.
• WHAT’S SO LIBERAL ABOUT THE LIBERAL ARTS? ESSAYS IN HONOR OF JAMES AND TWILA EDWARDS: EXEMPLARS OF AN INTEGRATIVE, MULTI- DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION. Co-Edited with Paul W. Lewis. Frameworks: Interdisciplinary Studies for Faith and Learning 1. Eugene, OR: Pickwick (WIPF & Stock), 2016.
• THE THEOLOGY OF AMOS YONG AND THE NEW FACE OF PENTECOSTAL SCHOLARSHIP: PASSION FOR THE SPIRIT. Co-edited with Wolfgang Vondey. Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies Series 14. Leiden: Brill, 2013.
• READING LUKE-ACTS IN THE PENTECOSTAL TRADITION. Cleveland, TN: CPT Press, 2010. - Received "Book of the Year" Award from the Foundation for Pentecostal Scholarship (http://www.tffps.org) in 2011. - Translated into Chinese by Robert Chi Kong Yeung.
• FORGIVENESS, RECONCILIATION, AND RESTORATION: MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES FROM A PENTECOSTAL PERSPECTIVE. Co-edited with Geoffrey Sutton. Pentecostals, Peacemaking and Social Justice Series 3. Eugene, OR: Pickwick (WIPF & Stock), 2010. Page 2 of 16
• SPIRIT AND SUFFERING IN LUKE-ACTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR A PENTECOSTAL PNEUMATOLOGY. JPTSS 26. London: T & T Clark International, 2004.
• LEGACY: SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OF PENTECOSTAL CAMP AT MANHATTAN BEACH. Editor. Winnipeg: Manhattan Beach Retreat Centre, 2014.
ARTICLES / CHAPTERS / ESSAYS
• “Miriam Toews’ Women Talking: A Call for Artistic Prophethood.” First Presented for “This is my Body”: Addressing Global Violence Against Women (Society for Pentecostal Studies @ Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, CA, Forthcoming [2020]). • “Receiving Luke-Acts in the Pentecostal Tradition: The Rise of Reception History and a Call to Pentecostal Scholars” in Pneuma 40 (2018) 367-388. • “Canada’s First Martyr”: The Suspicious Death of Winnipeg’s WWI Pentecostal Conscientious Objector David Wells” in Manitoba History: The Journal of the Manitoba Historical Society 87 (Fall 2018) 12-18, http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/87/firstmartyr.shtml; and Didaskalia 28 (2017-2018), 129-144. First presented for Pentecostalism and Culture (Society for Pentecostal Studies @ Urshan College, Florissant, MO, 2017). • “Nothing to Sneeze At: Receiving Acts 19:11&12 in the Canadian Pentecostal Tradition,” in Reading St. Luke’s Text and Theology: A Pentecostal Voice. Essays in Honour of Roger Stronstad on His 75th Birthday. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, Forthcoming. Originally presented for The Good News of the Kingdom and the Poor in the Land (Society for Pentecostal Studies @ Pentecostal Theological Seminary, Cleveland, TN, 2018). Given as Public Lecture for Summit Pacific College and Canadian Pentecostal Research Network (June 28, 2018). • “Roger Stronstad: The Creation of a Pentecostal Biblical Scholar,” in Reading St. Luke’s Text and Theology: A Pentecostal Voice. Essays in Honour of Roger Stronstad on His 75th Birthday. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, Forthcoming. • “Reading Luke-Acts in the Mennocostal Tradition: Pentecostals, Mennonites, and Prophethood” in Our Lives as Mennocostals. Edited by Martin Mittelstadt and Brian Pipkin (Eugene, OR.: Pickwick Publications, Forthcoming) and in Community: Biblical and Theological Reflections in Honour of August H. Konkel. Edited by Rick Wadholm. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, Forthcoming. Given as Public Lecture for Summit Pacific College and Canadian Pentecostal Research Network (May 24, 2017). Page 3 of 16
• “No Time for Musings on Prayer: Confessions of a Theologian” with Wes Laturnus in The Pentecostal Testimony Magazine 98.1 (January / February, 2017) 10-11, http://digitaltestimonymag.ca/testimony/january_february_2017?pg=11#pg11 • “Luke-Acts, (In)Hospitality, and the Other: What If We Revise the Story?” in Christian Week (October 18, 2016), http://www.christianweek.org/luke-acts-inhospitality- revise-story/. • “When Prayer is Hard” in Influence Magazine 8 (October / November 2016): 48-55. Later posted on November 8, 2016, https://influencemagazine.com/practice/when- prayer-is-hard. Earlier version entitled “Musings on Prayer: Discoveries Along the Way from a Stumbling Theologian” in The Pentecostal Testimony Magazine 97.4 (July / August 2016) 12-14, http://testimony.paoc.org/articles/musings-on-prayer. • “Craig Keener’s Acts: An Exegetical Commentary Encyclopedia in Four Volumes: An Almost Exhaustive and Exhausting Work. A Review Essay” in Pneuma 38.1-2 (2016) 193-206. • “Is God’s Will Simpler than you Thought” in Vital Magazine - Assemblies of God (October 2015, https://vitalmagazine.com/Home/Article/Is-God-s-Will- Simpler-Than-You-Thought-/). Later published as Quit Overthinking It: Is finding God’s will for your life simpler than you think?” in The Pentecostal Testimony Magazine (February 2016), http://testimony.paoc.org/articles/quit- overthinking-it). • “Eat, Drink and Include: A Theology of Hospitality in Luke -Acts and Beyond” in What’s So Liberal About the Liberal Arts? Co-Edited with Paul W. Lewis. Frameworks: Interdisciplinary Studies for Faith and Learning 1. Eugene, OR: Pickwick (WIPF & Stock), 2016. An earlier version appeared in "Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: A Theology of Hospitality in Luke-Acts" in Word and World: Theology for Christian Ministry 34.2 (Spring, 2014) 31-39. (http://wordandworld.luthersem.edu/content/pdfs/34- 2_Identity_Community/34-2_Mittelstadt.pdf). Originally for Hermeneutics and the Spirit: Identities, Communities, and the Making of Meaning (Society for Pentecostal Studies @ Evangel University, Springfield, MO, 2014). • "Guest Editorial: 'Pentecostalisms, Peacemaking, and Social Justice/ Righteousness' in Canada and Abroad" in Canadian Journal for Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity 4 (2013) i-iv. • "Reimagining Luke-Acts: Amos Yong and the Biblical Foundation of Pentecostal Theology" in Passion for the Spirit: An Introduction to Amos Yong and the New Face of Pentecostal Scholarship. Edited by Wolfgang Vondey and Martin Mittelstadt. Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies Series 14. Leiden: Brill, 2013. Page 4 of 16
• "Loving God and Loving Others: Learning about Love from Psychological Science and Pentecostal Perspectives" in Journal of Psychology and Christianity 31.2 (Summer 2012) 157-166. Co-authored with Geoffrey Sutton. • "For Profit or Delight? Richard Pervo’s Contributions to Lukan Studies: A Review Essay" in Pneuma 33 (2011) 95-108. • "Academic and Pentecostal: An Appreciation of Roger Stronstad" in Canadian Journal of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity 1 (2010) 30- 62. Originally for New Voices, New Visions: Future and Hope of Pentecostal Theology (Society for Pentecostal Studies @ North Central University, Minneapolis, MN, 2010). • "Commendation for a Pentecostal Classic: Roger Stronstad’s “The Charismatic Theology of St. Luke” (Peabody: Mass; Hendrickson Publishers, 1984) in Pentecostal Testimony 90 (November 2009) and Enrich: A Journal for Pentecostal Ministry (Summer 2010). • "Pentecostals and the Gospel of Peace: Spirit and Reconciliation in Luke- Acts" in Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Restoration: Multidisciplinary Studies from a Pentecostal Perspective. Edited by Martin Mittelstadt and Geoffrey Sutton. Pentecostals, Peacemaking and Social Justice Series 3. Eugene, OR: Pickwick (WIPF & Stock), 2010. • "The Social Conscience of Stanley Horton" in Assemblies of God Heritage 28 (2009) 15-19. Co-authored with Matthew Paugh (http://ifphc.org/Uploads/Biographies/2009_03.pdf). • "Finding Peace: A Personal and Vocational Narrative" Posted on Renewal Dynamics: Regent University School of Divinity Blog in 3 Parts, 2011 (http://renewaldynamics.com/author/mittelstadtm/). • "My Life as a Mennocostal: A Personal and Theological Narrative" in Pentecostals and Nonviolence: Reclaiming a Heritage. Edited by Paul Alexander; Foreword by Stanley Hauerwas. Pentecostals, Peacemaking, and Social Justice Series 5. (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2012). Also in Theodidaktos: A Journal of EMC Theology and Education 3:2 (Fall 2008) 10-17, see http://www.emconf.ca/theodidaktos-03-02.pdf, and in Brethren in Christ History & Life 32:1 (Spring 2009) 97-120. Originally presented @ Messiah College, Schrag Lectureship Series on April 8, 2008. • "Spirit and Peace in Luke-Acts: Possibilities for Pentecostal/Anabaptist Dialogue" in Didaskalia 20 (Fall 2009) 17-41. Originally for Pentecostal Intersections: What Does the Spirit Have to Say Through the Academy? (Society for Pentecostal Studies @ Eugene Bible College, Eugene, OR, 2009). Earlier version presented @ Messiah College, Schrag Lectureship Series on April 9, 2008. Page 5 of 16
• "Life in the Spirit and the Way of the Cross" in Enrichment (Fall 2008) http://www.enrichmentjournal.ag.org/200804/200804_000_Life_in_the_Spir it.cfm. Also published in Enrich: A Journal for Pentecostal Ministry 4:2 (Fall 2005) 26-30. • "Spirit and Kingdom in the Writings of Luke and Paul: An Attempt to Reconcile these Concepts by Youngmo Cho: A Review Essay" in Journal of Pentecostal Theology 16.2 (2008) 103-112. • "Reading Luke-Acts in the Pentecostal Tradition: The History and Status of Luke-Acts Research" in The Role of Experience in Christian Life and Thought - Pentecostal Insights (Society for Pentecostal Studies 2007 @ Lee University, Cleveland, TN, 2007). • "Pentecostal Studies Resource Guide" in Defining Issues in Pentecostalism: Classical and Emergent. Edited by Steven M. Studebaker. McMaster Divinity College Press Theological Studies Series. Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications, Wipf & Stock, 2008. • "Spirit and Suffering in Contemporary Pentecostalism: The Lukan Epic Continues" in Defining Issues in Pentecostalism: Classical and Emergent. Edited by Steven M. Studebaker. McMaster Divinity College Press Theological Studies Series. Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications, Wipf & Stock, 2008. Originally presented @ McMaster Divinity School, Hamilton, Ontario on February 10, 2007. • "Scripture in the Pentecostal Tradition" in Canadian Pentecostalism: Transition and Transformation. Editor: Michael Wilkinson. Montreal: McGill/Queens University Press, 2008. Originally for Memories of the Azusa Street Revival: Interrogations and Interpretations (Society for Pentecostal Studies 2006 @ Fuller Seminary, Pasadena, CA, 2006). • "Popular Christianity in Branson: Nebulous and Negligent? A Review Essay of Aaron K. Ketchell’s 'Holy Hills of the Ozarks: Religion and Tourism in Branson, Missouri'" in Pax Pneuma 3 (Winter 2007-2008). • "Power and Powerlessness in Pentecostal Theology: A Review Essay on Amos Yong’s 'Theology and Down Syndrome: Reimagining Disability in Late Modernity' (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2007)" in Pneuma 30 (2008) 137-145. Co-authored with Jeff Hittenberger.
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DICTIONARY/ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
• “Exegesis” in Encyclopedia of Global Pentecostalism. Editor: Michael Wilkinson. Leiden: Brill, Forthcoming. • “Bartleman, Frank” in Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States. Editors: George Thomas Kurian and Mark Lamport. Landham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2016, 205. • “Flower, J. Roswell and Alice Reynolds” in Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States. Editors: George Thomas Kurian and Mark Lamport. Landham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2016, 901-902. • “National Association of New Apostolic Churches” in Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States. Editors: George Thomas Kurian and Mark Lamport. Landham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2016, 1590-1591. • “Shakarian, Demos” in Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States. Editors: George Thomas Kurian and Mark Lamport. Landham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2016, 2091-2092. • "The Latter Rain Movement" in A Handbook of Pentecostal Christianity. Editor: Adam Stewart. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2012, 135-138. • "Pentecostal Academic Societies" in A Handbook of Pentecostal Christianity. Editor: Adam Stewart. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2012, 9-13. • "Bennett, Dennis" in Dictionary of Christian Spirituality. Editor: Glen G. Scorgie. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011, 301. • "Du Plessis, David" in Dictionary of Christian Spirituality. Editor: Glen G. Scorgie. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011, 417. • "Glossolalia" in Dictionary of Christian Spirituality. Editor: Glen G. Scorgie. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011, 477-478. • "Hospitality" in Dictionary of Christian Spirituality. Editor: Glen G. Scorgie. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011, 509-510. • "MacNutt, Francis" in Dictionary of Christian Spirituality. Editor: Glen G. Scorgie. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011, 595. • "Seymour, William" in Dictionary of Christian Spirituality. Editor: Glen G. Scorgie. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011, 746-747. • "Christology" in Encyclopedia of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity. Editor: Stanley Burgess. New York: Routledge, 2006.
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BOOK REVIEWS + BOOK NOTES
• “Jesus the Spirit Baptizer: Christology in Light of Pentecost” by Frank D. Macchia. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2018 in Pneuma, Forthcoming. • “Spirit-Filled World: Religious Dis/Continuity in African Pentecostalism” by Allan Heaton Anderson. Charis: Christianity and Renewal – Interdisciplinary Studies. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018 in Religious Studies Review, Forthcoming. • “The Crucifixion of the Warrior God: Interpreting the Old Testament’s Violent Portraits of God in the Light of the Cross (in Two Volumes)” by Gregory A. Boyd. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2017 delivered in part at the Society for Pentecostal Studies Track at SBL (Denver 2018) and published in Pneuma, Forthcoming. • “The Gospel according to Luke. Volume I: Luke 1-9:50 &The Gospel according to Luke. Volume II: Luke 9:51-24” by Michael Wolter. Translated by Wayne Coppins and Simon Gatherole. Baylor-Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity 5. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2016 & 2017 in Catholic Biblical Quarterly (July 2019), Forthcoming. • “Crippled Grace: Disability, Virtue Ethics, and the Good Life” by Shane Clifton. Studies in Religion, Theology, and Disability Series. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2018 in Pneuma 40.4 (2018) 607-609. • “Jesus Before Pentecost” by William P. Atkinson. Cambridge, UK: Lutterworth, 2016 in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 80.4 (October 2018) 720-721. • “Reading the Bible across Contexts: Luke’s Gospel, Socio-Economic Marginality, and Latin-American Biblical Hermeneutics” by Esa J. Autero. Biblical Interpretation Series, 145. Boston, MA: Brill, 2016 in Canadian Journal of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity, Forthcoming. • “Charismatic Practice and Catholic Parish Life: The Incipient Pentecostalization of the Church in Guatemala and Latin America” by Jakob Egeris Thorsen. Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies 17. Leiden: Brill, 2015 in Pneuma Review (Sept 9, 2018), http://pneumareview.com/jakob-thorsen-charismatic-practice-and- catholic-parish-life/ • “Salvation with a Smile: Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church, and American Christianity” by Philip Luke Sinitiere. New York; New York University Press, 2015 in Pneuma 38.3 (2016) 361-363. • “Azusa, Rome, and Zion: Pentecostal Faith, Catholic Reform, and Jewish Faith” by Peter Hocken. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2016 in Canadian Journal of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity 7 (2016) 120-122. https://journal.twu.ca/index.php/CJPC/issue/view/13 • “Jesus Behaving Badly: The Puzzling Paradoxes of the Man from Galilee by Mark L. Strauss. Downers Grove: IVP, 2015 in Pneuma Review (June 10, 2016), http://pneumareview.com/mark-strauss-jesus-behaving-badly/.
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• “Rediscovering Jesus: An Introduction to Biblical, Religious and Cultural Perspectives on Christ.” By David B. Capes, Rodney Reeves, and E. Randolph Richards. Downers Grove: IVP, 2015 in Pneuma Review (December 17, 2015), http://pneumareview.com/rediscovering-jesus-reviewed-by-martin-mittelstadt/. An earlier version of this review was presented at the Greater Springfield Bible Professors of Conference on Oct 6, 2015. • “What has Wittenberg to Do with Azusa? Luther’s Theology of the Cross and Pentecostal Triumphalism.” By David J. Courey. London: T & T Clark, 2015 in Canadian Journal of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity 6 (2015) 80-82. • “Pentecostalism in Africa: Presence and Impact of Pneumatic Christianity in Postcolonial Studies.” Edited by Martin Lindhardt. Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies 15. Leiden: Brill, 2015 in Encounter 12 (Fall 2015) 1-3. https://agts.edu/encounter/book_reviews/2015_Fall/Mittelstadt_Pentecostalism_in_A frica__%20Book_Review_Rev.pdf • "The Cambridge Companion to Pentecostalism." Edited by Cecil M. Robeck and Amos Yong. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014 in Pneuma Review, Jan. 4, 2015. http://pneumareview.com/mel-robeck-and-amos-yong-the-cambridge- companion-to-pentecostalism/ • "The Gospel in the Marketplace of Ideas: Paul's Mars Hill Experience for our Pluralistic World." By Paul Copan and Kenneth D. Litwak. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2014 in Religious Studies Review 41.2 (2015) 55-56. • "The Holy Spirit and the Christian Life: Historical, Interdisciplinary and Renewal Perspectives." Edited by Wolfgang Vondey. Charis: Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies 1. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014 in Religious Studies Review 41.1 (2015) 16. • "The Nonviolent Life." By John Dear. Long Beach, CA: Pace e Bene Press, 2013 in Religious Studies Review 41.1 (2015) 11. • "Reading a Different Story: A Christian Scholar's Journey from America to Africa." By Susan VanZanten. Turning South: Christian Scholars in an Age of World Christianity 2. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013 in Religious Studies Review 40.4 (2014) 209. • "Christian Political Witness." Edited by George Kalantzis and Gregory W. Lee. Downer's Grove: IVP Academic, 2014 in Religious Studies Review 40.4 (2014) 204- 205. • "Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel." By Kate Bowler. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014 in Canadian Journal of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity 5 (2014) 76-78.
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• "David du Plessis and the Assemblies of God: The Struggle for the Soul of a Movement." By Joshua R. Ziefle. Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies 13. Leiden: Brill, 2013 in Encounter: Journal for Pentecostal Ministry 11 (Summer 2014) 1-3. https://agts.edu/encounter/book_reviews/2014fall/Mittelstadt__Book_Review_of_Zief le_Final.pdf. • "Pentecostal and Holiness Statements on War and Peace." By Jay Beaman and Brian K. Pipkin. Pentecostals, Peacemaking, and Social Justice Series 6. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2013 in Pneuma 37.4 (2015) 303-305. • "On the Cessation of the Charismata: The Protestant Polemic of Post-Biblical Miracles." Revised and Expanded. By Jon Mark Ruthven. Tulsa: Word and Spirit Press, 2011 in Enrichment, Forthcoming. • "Soundings in Cultural Criticism: Perspectives and Methods in Culture, Power and Identity in the New Testament. Edited by Francisco Lozado, Jr. and Greg Carey. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013 in Religious Studies Review 40.1 (2014) 47. • "The Prophet Jesus and the Renewal of Israel: Moving Beyond a Diversionary Debate." By Richard Horsley. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012 in Pneuma 36.1 (2014) 154-156. • "Baptism in the Spirit: Luke-Acts and the Dunn Debate." By William P. Atkinson. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2011 in Enrichment 10.1 (Winter 2014) 122. • "Christianity and Culture in the City: A Postcolonial Approach." Edited by Samuel Cruz. Lexington Books: New York, 2013 in Religious Studies Review 40.1 (2014) 22. • "Global Pentecostal Movements: Migration, Mission, and Public Religion." Edited by Michael Wilkinson. International Studies in Religion and Society, 14. Leiden: Brill, 2012 in Encounter: Journal for Pentecostal Ministry 10 (Fall 2013) 1-3. http://www.agts.edu/encounter/book_reviews/2013fall/Book%20Review__M ittelstadt__Global%20%20Pentecostalism__in%20template%20and%20edit ed__09%2013%2013.pdf. • "The Political Aims of Jesus." By Douglas E. Oakman. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2012 in Religious Studies Review 39.4 (2013) 265. • "Caesar and the Lamb: Early Christian Attitudes on War and Military Service." By George Kalantzis. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2012 in Pax Pneuma. • "Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible." By E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O'Brien. Downers Grove: Inter Varsity Press, 2012 in Religious Studies Review 39.2 (2013) 86. • "Luke." By David E. Garland. Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, 3. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011 and “Acts." By Eckhard J. Schnabel. Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, 5. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2012 in Pneuma 35 (2013) 457-458. Page 10 of 16
• "Sharing Possessions: What Faith Demands." By Luke Timothy Johnson. Revised Edition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011 in Religious Studies Review 39.2 (2013) 83-84. • "Onesimus Our Brother: Reading Religion, Race and Culture in Philemon." Edited by Matthew V. Johnson, James A. Noel, and Demetrius Williams. Paul in Critical Context Series. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2012 in Religious Studies Review 39.2 (2013) 113-114. • "A Faith Not Worth Fighting For: Addressing Commonly Asked Questions About Christian Nonviolence." Edited by Tripp York and Justin Bronson Barringer. The Peaceable Kingdom Series. Telford, PA: Cascadia Publishing House, 2012 in Religious Studies Review 39.2 (2013) 92. • "The Activist Impulse: Essays on the Intersection of Evangelicalism and Anabaptism." Edited by Jared S. Buckholder and David C. Cramer. Eugene: Pickwick Publications, 2012 in Religious Studies Review, 39.2 (2013) 80. • "Clothing." By Michele Saracino. 2012; "Dreaming." By Barbara A. Holmes. 2012; "Eating and Drinking." By Elizabeth T. Groppe. 2011; "Shopping." By Michelle A. Gonzalez. 2010; "Traveling." By Joerg Rieger. 2011. Christian Exploration of Daily Living Series (Editor: David Jensen). Minneapolis: Fortress Press in Word and World (2012). • "Hearing the Silence: Jesus on the Edge and God in the Gap. Luke 4 in Narrative Perspective." By Bruce W. Longenecker. Eugene, Cascade Books, 2012 in Religious Studies Review 39.2 (2013) 111. • "The Gospel Revisited: Towards a Pentecostal Theology of Worship and Witness." By Kenneth J. Archer. Eugene, Pickwick Publications, 2011 in Theology Today 71.3 (October 2014) 359-361. • "The Heterodox Yoder." By Paul Martens. Eugene: Cascade Books, 2012 in Religious Studies Review 39.2 (2013) 64. • "Empowered Believers: The Holy Spirit in the Book of Acts." By Gonzalo Haya-Prats. Eugene: Cascade Books, 2011 in Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research 4 (2012) 149-154. Co-authored with James Shelton and Lyle Story. • "Empowered Believers: The Holy Spirit in the Book of Acts." By Gonzalo Haya-Prats. Eugene: Cascade Books, 2011 in Theological Studies 73:1 (March 2012) 208-210. • “The Politics of Yahweh: John Howard Yoder, The Old Testament, and the People of God.” By John C. Nugent. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2011 in Religious Studies Review, 38.4 (2012) 226-227. • “Among the Gentiles: Greco-Roman Religion and Christianity.” By Luke Timothy Johnson. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009 in Religious Studies Review, 38.4 (2012) 236. Page 11 of 16
• “The Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus: Luke’s Account of God’s Unfolding Plan.” By Allan J. Thompson. NSBT 27. Downer’s Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2011 in Religious Studies Review, 38.4 (2012) 238-239. • “Prophetic Jesus, Prophetic Church: The Challenge of Luke-Acts to Contemporary Christians.” By Luke Timothy Johnson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011 & “The Spirit and the ‘Other’: Social Identity, Ethnicity, and Intergroup Reconciliation in Luke- Acts.” By Aaron J. Kuecker. Library of New Testament Studies (JSNTS), 444. London: T & T Clark, 2011 in Pneuma, 35 (2013) 120-122. • "Come Out, My People! God’s Call Out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond." By Wes Howard-Brook. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2010 in Religious Studies Review 38.3 (2012) 148. • "Winds from the North: Canadian Contributions to the Pentecostal Movement." Edited by Michael Wilkinson and Peter Althouse. Leiden: Brill, 2010 in Enrich: A Journal for Pentecostal Ministry (Spring/Summer 2013); appeared earlier in Encounter: Journal for Pentecostal Ministry 9 (Summer 2012). http://www.agts.edu/encounter/book_reviews/2012summer/review_mittelst adt.html. • “Finding Pieces of the Puzzle: A Fresh Look at the Christian Story.” By Ronald A. N. Kydd. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2011 in Religious Studies Review 38.3 (2012) 174. • “A Postcolonial Reading of the Acts of the Apostles.” By Rubén Muñoz-Larrondo. Studies in Biblical Literature 147. New York: Peter Lang, 2012 in Journal of Postcolonial Theory and Theology 2 (October 2012) http://postcolonialnetworks.com/2012/09/27/_on_munoz-larrondo/. • "Third Way Allegiance: Christian Witness in the Shadow of Religious Empire." By Tripp York. Telford, PA: Cascadia Publishing House, 2011 in Religious Studies Review 38.3 (2012) 156. • “Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts." 2 vols. By Craig S. Keener. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2011 in Pneuma 34.3 (2012) 459-460; Later published in Enrichment 18.2 (Spring 2013) 122; and Enrich: The Leadership Magazine of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (November/December 2013) 46-47. - Received First Place Award in the "Critical Review" Category for the 2014 Higher Goals Awards sponsored by the Evangelical Press Association (via Enrichment Journal). • "The World's Christians: Who They Are, Where They Are, and How They Got There." By Douglas Jacobsen. Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons, 2011 in Religious Studies Review 38.3 (2012) 148-149. Page 12 of 16
• "The Spirit of Food: Thirty-Four Writers on Feasting and Fasting toward God." Edited by Leslie Leyland Fields. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2010 in Religious Studies Review 38.2 (2012) 76. • "Regulations Concerning Tongues and Prophecy in 1 Corinthians 14.26- 40: Relevance Beyond the Corinthian Church." By Elim Hiu. London: T & T Clark International, 2010 in Journal of Evangelical Theological Society 55.1 (March 2012) 193-196. • Peace Be with You: Christ’s Benediction Amid Violent Empires. By Sharon L. Baker and Michael Hardin. Telford, PA: Cascadia Publishing House, 2010 in Religious Studies Review 37.4 (2011) 265. • "Pentecostalism in America." By Roger G. Robins. Santa Barbara: Praeger Press, 2010 in Religious Studies Review 37.4 (2011) 298-299. • "Dwelling with Philippians: A Conversation with Scripture through Image and Word." Edited by Elizabeth Steele Halstead, Paul Detterman, Joyce Borger, and John Witvliet. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010 in Religious Studies Review 37.4 (2011) 262. • "Taking Your Soul to Work: Overcoming the Nine Deadly Sins of the Workplace." By R. Paul Stevens and Alvin Ung. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010 in Religious Studies Review, 37.3 (2011) 198. • "Who Would Jesus Kill? War, Peace, and the Christian Tradition." By Mark J. Allman. Winona, MN: Anselm Academic, 2008 in Religious Studies Review 37.4 (2011) 275. • "Two Paradigms for Divine Healing: Fred F. Bosworth, Kenneth E. Hagin, Agnes Sanford, and Francis MacNutt in Dialogue." By Pavel Hejzlar. Leiden: Brill, 2010 in Encounter: Journal for Pentecostal Ministry 8 (2011). http://www.agts.edu/encounter/book_reviews/2011summer/Review_Mittlest adt.pdf. • "In the Days of Caesar: Pentecostalism and Political Theology." By Amos Yong. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010 in Canadian Journal of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity 2 (2011). • "Shalom Church: The Body of Christ as Ministering Community." By Craig Nessan. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2010 in Religious Studies Review 37.3 (2011) 195. • "Healing in the Bible: Theological Insight for Christian Ministry." By Frederick J. Gaiser. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2010 in Religious Studies Review 37.2 (2011) 112. • "Jesus in an Age of Terror: Scholarly Projects for a New American Century." By James G. Crossley. London: Equinox Publications, 2010 in Religious Studies Review 37.1 (2011) 53. Page 13 of 16
• "Radical Ecumenicity: Pursuing Unity and Continuity after John Howard Yoder." Edited by John C. Nugent. Abilene, Texas: Abilene Christian University Press, 2010 in Religious Studies Review 36.4 (2010) 281. • "One Volume Dalit Bible Commentary." Edited by T. K. John, S.J. and James Massey. New Delhi, India: Center for Dalit/Subaltern Studies, 2010 in Religious Studies Review,36.4 (2010) 278. • "The Historical Jesus: Five Views." Edited by James K. Beilby and Paul Rhodes Eddy. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2009 in Encounter: Journal for Pentecostal Ministry 7 (2010). http://www.agts.edu/encounter/book_reviews/2010summer/review_mittelst adt.html. • "Trajectories in the Book of Acts: Essays in Honor of John Wesley Wyckoff." Edited by Paul Alexander, Jordan Daniel May, and Robert G. Reid. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2010 in Pneuma 22 (2011) 146-147. • "Power and Practices: Engaging the W ork of John Howard Yoder." Edited by Jeremy Bergen and Anthony Siegrist. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2009 in Religious Studies Review, 36.3 (2010) 209. • "Peace to War: Shifting Allegiances in the Assemblies of God." By Paul Alexander. Telford, PA: Cascadia Publishing House, 2008 in Pneuma 32 (2010) 154-155; appeared earlier in Encounter: Journal for Pentecostal Ministry (Summer 2009). http://www.agts.edu/encounter/book_reviews/2009summer/review_mittelst adt.html. • "One World, Many Neighbors: A Christian Perspective on Worldviews." By Perry C. Cotham. Abilene, Texas: Abilene Christian University Press, 2008 in Religious Studies Review 35.3 (2009) 240. • "Living Gently in a Violent World: The Prophetic Witness of Weakness." By Stanley Hauerwas and Jean Vanier. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2008 in Religious Studies Review 35.2 (2009) 119. • "After McDonaldization: Mission, Ministry and Christian Discipleship in an Age of Uncertainty." By John Drane. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2008 in Religious Studies Review 35.2 (2009) 117. • "Hospitality & the Other: Pentecost, Christian Practice, and the Neighbor." By Amos Yong. Faith Meets Faith Series. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2008 in Pneuma Review 12 (2009). http://www.pneumafoundation.org/article.jsp?article=/AYong- HospitalityOther-MMittlestadt.xml. • "Of Widows and Meals: Communal Meals in the Book of Acts." By Reta Halteman Finger. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007 in Pneuma 30:2 (2008) 197-198. Page 14 of 16
• "Water from a Deep Well: Christian Spirituality from Early Martyrs to Modern Missionaries." By Gerald L. Sittser. Grand Rapids: IVP, 2007 in Religious Studies Review, 34.3 (2008) 179. • "Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy." By Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt and David L. Weaver-Zercher. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2007 in Religious Studies Review 34:2 (June 2008) 121-122. • "Brokenness and Blessing: Towards a Biblical Spirituality of Brokenness." By Frances M. Young. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007 in Religious Studies Review, 34.2 (June 2008) 121-22. • "Plain Secrets: An Outsider among the Amish." By Joe Mackall. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2007 in Religious Studies Review 34.2 (2008) 122. • "Practicing the Politics of Jesus: The Origins and Significance of John Howard Yoder's Social Ethics." By Earl Zimmerman. Telford, Pennsylvania: Cascadia Press, 2007 in Religious Studies Review, 34.2 (2008) 93. • "Forgiveness: A Legacy of the West Nickel Mines Amish School." By John L. Ruth. Scottdale, Pennsylvania: Herald Press, 2007 in Religious Studies Review, 33:4 (2007) 322. • "Raging with Compassion: Pastoral Responses to the Problem of Evil." By John Swinton. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007) in Religious Studies Review 33:3 (2007) 220. • "Untamed Hospitality: Welcoming God and Other Strangers." By Elizabeth Newman. The Christian Practices of Everyday Life Series. (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2007) in Religious Studies Review 33:2 (2007) 119. • "Martin Dibelius, The Book of Acts: Form, Style and Theology." Edited by K.C. Hanson (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress Press, 2004) in Pneuma 27.2 (2005) 393-394.
FOREWORDS
• “Foreword” in Compassionate Christianity: A Missional Approach to Loving God and Our Neighbors. By Jerry M. Ireland. Regnum Books: London, Forthcoming. • “Foreword” in Who is Present in Absence? A Pentecostal Theological Praxis of Suffering and Healing. By Pamela F. Engelbert. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2018.
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• “A Prophet for our Time” in An Anaylsis of Ethical Issues in the History of the Assemblies of God. By Howard N. Kenyon. Pentecostals, Peacemaking, and Social Justice Series. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2018. Dissertation at Baylor University, 1988.
MEDIA INTERVIEWS
• “How Pentecostal Churches Took Over the World” by Dave Roos. How Stuff Works: Online Media for NPR (Friday, June 14, 2019) https://people.howstuffworks.com/pentecostal.htm • “What Pentecost is All About and What Pentecostalism Offers the Postmodern West” by Brandon Showalter. The Christian Post (Sunday, June 9, 2019) https://www.christianpost.com/news/what-pentecost-is-all-about- and-what-pentecostalism-offers-the-postmodern-west-historian.html
BOOK ENDORSEMENTS
• Between History and Spirit: The Apostolic Witness of the Book of Acts. By Craig S. Keener. Eugene, OR: Cascade Publications, 2019. • What Shall We Do? Eschatology and Ethics in Luke-Acts. By Joseph M. Lear, Jr. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2018. • Two Can Play that Game. Manipulation, Counter-Manipulation, and Recognition in John 21 through the Eyes of Genesis. By David Eric Lowdermilk. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2016. • Acts: Catholic Commentary on the Sacred Scriptures. William S. Kurz, S.J. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013. • The Charismatic Theology of St. Luke: Trajectories from the Old Testament to Luke-Acts. Revised Edition. By Roger Stronstad. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2012. • Trajectories in the Book of Acts: Essays in Honor of John Wesley Wychoff. Edited by Paul Alexander, Jordan Daniel May, and Robert G. Reid. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2010. • Pentecostal Pacifism: The Origin, Development, and Rejection of Pacific Belief among Pentecostals. By Jay Beaman (with a Foreword by John Howard Yoder). Pentecostals, Peacemaking, and Social Justice Series 1. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2009.
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EDITORIAL WORK
• Co-Editor for Canadian Journal of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity, 2016-. Formerly Review Editor, 2010-2015. https://journal.twu.ca/index.php/CJPC/issue/archive • Series Co-editor for Pentecostals, Peacemaking and Social Justice. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2016-. http://wipfandstock.com/catalog/series/view/id/37/ • Series Co-editor for Frameworks: Interdisciplinary Studies for Faith and Learning. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2015-. http://wipfandstock.com/catalog/category/browse/?t_imprint=13442&t_serie s=60962 • Peer Reviewer for Pneuma: Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies; Journal for Pentecostal Theology; Journal of Pentecostal Theology.
SOCIETIES/ORGANIZATIONS
• Society for Pentecostal Studies (http://www.sps-usa.org). o Executive Committee, 2017-2021. o Vice President/ Program Chair, 2018-2019. o President, 2019-2020. • Joint International Commission for Pentecostal and Roman Catholic Dialogue. Member: Seventh Phase, 2018-2022. http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/sub- index/index_pentecostals.htm • Springfield Local Pentecostal and Roman Catholic Dialogue. Co-chair, 2010-. • Missourians for Alternatives for the Death Penalty, 2011-.