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Glenn A. Moots Professor Chairman, Philosophy and Political Science Director, Forum for Citizenship and Enterprise Glenn A. Moots Professor Chairman, Philosophy and Political Science Director, Forum for Citizenship and Enterprise Northwood University 4000 Whiting Dr. Midland, MI 48640 (989) 837-4255 [email protected] ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Ph.D. (Political Science) Louisiana State University Political Theory/Comparative Politics Baton Rouge, Louisiana M.A. (Philosophy) Louisiana State University Ancient/Early Modern/Continental Baton Rouge, Louisiana M.S. (Financial Economics) Walsh College Economic Theory/Financial Analysis Troy, Michigan M.A. (Political Science) Louisiana State University Political Theory/Comparative Politics Baton Rouge, Louisiana B.A. (Political Science/Asian Studies) University of Michigan Politics/Culture of East Asia and Middle East Ann Arbor, MI Liberal Arts Education/ Officer Training United States Military Academy West Point, New York Aspen Institute Seminar Aspen Institute (formerly Aspen Institute Executive Seminar) Aspen, Colorado Certificate Program in Financial Planning Oakland University Risk Management/Investments/Estate Planning Rochester, Michigan EMPLOYMENT 2010-present Professor, Northwood University 2003-2010 Associate Professor, Northwood University 2000-2001 Graduate Assistant (Political Science), Louisiana State University Adjunct Instructor (Philosophy), Louisiana State University 1998-2003 Assistant Professor, Northwood University (Sabbatical, 2000-2001) 1999 Adjunct Lecturer, Saginaw Valley State University 1995-1998 Instructor, Northwood University 1993-1995 Adjunct Instructor (Philosophy and Economics), Northwood University Adjunct Instructor (Economics and Finance), Walsh College Financial Paraplanner, Unique Perqs, Farmington Hills, Michigan 1991-1993 Graduate Assistant (Political Science) Louisiana State University PUBLICATIONS Books Politics Reformed: The Anglo-American Legacy of Covenant Theology (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2010) Contributions to Edited Collections “Puritanism” Blackwell’s Encyclopedia of Political Thought (Wiley-Blackwell, projected 2012) “A ‘Half-Revolution’ or a Revolution Finally Completed? Protestant Theology’s Revolutionary Fulfillment in the American Revolution” Revolutions Finished and Unfinished: From “Primal” to “Final” Wayne Cristaudo, Glenn Hughes, and Paul Caringella, editors. (Cambridge Scholars Press, forthcoming) “The Covenant Tradition of Federalism: The Pioneering Studies of Daniel J. Elazar” The Ashgate Research Companion to Federalism Ann Ward and Lee Ward, editors. (Ashgate Publishing, 2009) “Puritanism” American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia (ISI Books, 2006) Journal Articles “Locke and the Ancients: From Athens to Galilee” Locke Studies Vol. 10 (2010) "The Protestant Roots of American Civil Religion" Humanitas. Volume XXIII, Nos. 1&2, 2010 “Salus populi suprema lex: John Locke Versus Contemporary Democratic Theory” (co-authored) Perspectives on Political Science Volume 39, Number 1(January–March 2010) “The Complications and Contributions of Early American Hebraism: A Response to Sheila Wolosky and Andrew Murphy” (Symposium on American Hebraism) Hebraic Political Studies Vol. 4, No. 2 (Spring 2009) “One Protestant Tradition’s Interface with Libertarianism” (co-authored) The Journal of Markets and Morality: Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring 2006) Review Essays Review of The First Prejudice: Religious Tolerance and Intolerance in Early America by Chris Beneke (University of Pennsylvania, 2011); Liberty’s Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World by Maya Jasnaoff. (Knopf, 2011); Revolutionary Spirits: The Enlightened Faith of America's Founding Fathers by Gary Kowalski (Bluebridge Publishing, 2010); God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution by Thomas S. Kidd (Basic Books, 2010); and A Wellspring of Liberty: How Virginia’s Religious Dissenters Helped Win the American Revolution and Secured Religious Liberty by John Ragosta (Oxford, 2010). In Anglican and Episcopal History (Forthcoming) Review of Heavenly Merchandize: How Religion Shaped Commerce in Puritan America by Mark R. Valeri (Princeton, 2010). In Journal of Religious History (Forthcoming) Review of Russell Kirk (Volume 12 in the Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers Series) by John Pafford. In Anamnesis: A Journal for the Study of Tradition, Place and Things Divine (Projected) Review of Commonwealth and the English Reformation: Protestantism and the Politics of Religious Change in the Gloucester Vale, 1483-1560, by Ben Lowe (Ashgate: 2010), Reforming the Scottish Parish: The Reformation in Fife, 1560-1640 by John McCallum (Ashgate: 2010), and The Search for Salvation: Lay Faith in Scotland 1480- 1560 by Audrey-Beth Fitch (John Donald, 2009). In Anglican and Episcopal History, Vol 80 No 4 (December 2011) Review of John Locke and Modern Life by Lee Ward (Cambridge University Press, 2010) For Claremont Institute (www.claremont.org) (Fall, 2011) Review of Lincoln and the Politics of Christian Love by Grant Havers (University of Missouri Press, 2009) In VoegelinView.com (Published online March 29, 2011) Review of Christianity and American Democracy ed. by Hugh Heclo (Harvard University Press, 2007); Religious Freedom and the Constitution by Charles L. Eisgruber and Lawrence G. Sager (Harvard University Press, 2007) In Anglican and Episcopal History, Vol 77, No 2 (June 2008) “Locke Ascending”: Review of John Locke’s Politics of Moral Consensus by Greg Forster (Cambridge University Press, 2005); John Locke, Toleration, and Early Enlightenment Culture by John Marshall (Cambridge, 2006); The Biblical Politics of John Locke by Kim Ian Parker (Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2004); The Two Intellectual Worlds of John Locke by John Yolton (Cornell University Press, 2004) Eighteenth Century Studies, Vol. 40 Issue 3 (Spring 2007) Review of The Biblical Politics of John Locke by Kim Ian Parker (Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2004) In Locke Studies, Vol. 6 (2006) (excerpted at Wilfred Laurier University Press Website) Review of Conscience and Community: Revisiting Toleration and Religious Dissent in Early Modern England and America by Andrew R. Murphy (Penn State University Press, 2001) In Journal of Politics, Vol. 64, No. 4 (November 2002) "Reintroduction of An American Divine": Review of A Jonathan Edwards Reader edited by Smith, Stout, Minkema (Yale University Press, 1995). In The University Bookman: Volume 37, Number 1 (Spring 1997) (excerpted at Yale University Press Website) PRESENTATIONS/CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION Panels Organized 2012 People of God? The Role of Political Hebraism in America Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Organizer, Chair, Presenter) 2011 Hebraic Political Thought: Early Modern and Postmodern Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Organizer, Chair, Presenter) 2010 De-Culturation and Civic Consciousness in America (Roundtable) American Political Science Association Annual Meeting Protestantism and American Politics Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal (Organizer, Presenter) 2009 Locke and the Ancients Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Organizer, Chair, Presenter) 2008 Resistance to Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God: Religion and Revolution Revisited American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Organizer, Chair, Discussant) Strauss, Modernity, and the Bible Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Organizer and Presenter) 2007 Beyond Toleration and Dialogue: Contemporary and Historical Approaches to Religion and Citizenship in Liberal Theory American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Organizer, Chair) Civil Religion in the American Founding American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Organizer, Chair, Discussant) 2006 Covenant and Civil Religion American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Organizer, Chair, and Presenter) Locke, Charity and Welfare Rights American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Organizer, Chair, and Discussant) Religion and Liberal Theory: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Organizer and Presenter) 2005 Religion, Education and the Shaping of Citizens in Locke American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Organizer and Presenter) Locke and Christianity Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Co-Organizer, Chair, and Presenter) Defining Protestant Natural Law Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Organizer and Presenter) 2004 Locke and Christianity Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Organizer and Presenter) Conference/Colloquia/Workshop Participation or Leadership 2012 Invited Participant in Liberty Fund Colloquium: Liberty and the European Roots of Progressive Thought Paper, “Our Providential Mission: The Shifting of America’s Hebraic Narrative” Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting Paper, “Reinventing the Christian Nation: The Enduring Success and Failure of Reformed Political Theology” (Proposed) and Roundtable Participant, “Violence and Modernity: A Roundtable on Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined” (Proposed) American Political Science Association Annual Meeting 2011 Paper, “Political Judaizers: Abraham and the Patriarchs as Founders of Early Modern Political Theory” Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting Paper, “Profession, Vocation and Tradition: The Revolt of the Managerial Class” Ciceronian Society Meeting, University of Virginia Symposium Participant at Colloquium: What
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