Steven M. Studebaker, Ph.D
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Steven M. Studebaker, Ph.D. Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology Howard and Shirley Bentall Chair in Evangelical Thought McMaster Divinity College 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1 Office: (905) 525-9140, ext. 20097 Cell: (585) 866-9632 [email protected] Faculty website: http://www.mcmasterdivinity.ca/faculty/core/steven-m-studebaker Centre for Post-Christendom Studies website: https://pcs.mcmasterdivinity.ca/ Education 1998–2003 Ph.D. Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 1995–1998 M.A. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL 1988–1992 B.A. Northwest University, Kirkland, WA Teaching Experience 2006– Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology Howard and Shirley Bentall Chair in Evangelical Thought McMaster Divinity College Hamilton, ON Professional degree M.Div./M.T.S. courses: • Political theology • Grace and the Christian Life • Foundations in Theology and History 1 & 2 (co-taught with Gord Heath) • Theology for the Contemporary Church and Christian Life (Hybrid) • Systematic Theology 1 and 2 • Introduction to Christian Doctrine • Theology for Contemporary Christian Life and Ministry (hybrid) • Contemporary Theology • Christianity and Culture • Charismatic Theology • Global Pentecostalism • Protestant Theologians • Theology of the Holy Spirit • Theology of Leadership (taught in traditional classroom and hybrid formats) • Church History 2 Advanced degree M.A./Ph.D. and DPT seminars: • Missional Theology (hybrid) • Varieties of Redemption • The History and Doctrine of the Trinity • Current Issues in Theology • Christianity and Culture 2003–2006 Assistant Professor of Theology Emmanuel College Franklin Springs, GA Courses: • New Testament Literature and History Steve Studebaker c.v. • Gospel of John • Introduction to Christian Ethics • Christianity and Culture • God and Revelation • Christ and Redemption • Spirit and Consummation • Pentecostal History and Theology 2003 Adjunct Instructor Carthage College Kenosha, WI Course: • Understandings of Religion (one section) 2002–2003 Adjunct Instructor Marquette University Milwaukee, WI Course: • Protestant Thought and Practice (one section) • Theology of the Holy Spirit (one section) 2003 Adjunct Instructor Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Deerfield, IL Course: • American Church History (one section) 2002–2003 Teaching Fellow Marquette University Milwaukee, WI Courses: • Introduction to Theology (four sections) 2000–2001 Mentored teaching experience Marquette University Milwaukee, WI Faculty mentor: D. Lyle Dabney, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology Course: • Protestant Thought and Practice (two sections) Thesis and Dissertation Supervision Primary Dissertation Supervision (graduated) 1. Andrew K. Gabriel • Dissertation: “God in Third Person: Toward a Pneumatological Doctrine of God” (January 22, 2010). • Revised dissertation published as The Lord is the Spirit: The Holy Spirit and the Divine Attributes (Pickwick, 2011). 2 Steve Studebaker c.v. • 2010— Assistant Professor of Bible and Theology, Horizon College and Seminary, Saskatoon, SK. (faculty website) 2. David Courey • Dissertation: “What hath Wittenberg to do with Azusa?: Luther’s Theology of the Cross and Pentecostal Triumphalism” (graduated May 2011). • Revised dissertation published as What Has Wittenberg to Do with Azusa? Luther's Theology of the Cross and Pentecostal Triumphalism (New York: Bloomsbury, 2015). • Dissertation won the President’s Gold Medal Award. • 2013— Dean of Graduate Studies, Continental Theological Seminary (website). 3. James Keller • Dissertation “Christ for All: Toward a Lutheran Theology of Religions” (October 18, 2011). • Executive Director, Lutheran Bible Translators of Canada (website). 4. Josh Samuel • Dissertation “‘God is really among You!’: The Spirit’s Immediacy in Pentecostal Corporate Worship (January 15, 2014). • Dissertation published as The Holy Spirit in Worship Music, Preaching, and the Altar: Renewing Pentecostal Corporate Worship (CPT 2018). • 2014— Associate Professor of Bible and Theology, Master’s College, Peterborough, Ontario. 5. Brad Broadhead • Dissertation: “A Jazz-Shaped Approach to the Problem of Freedom in the Contemporary West” (defended May 19, 2016). • Revised dissertation published as Jazz and Christian Freedom: Improvising against the Grain of the West (Pickwick 2018). 6. Jon Stovell • Dissertation: “As with the King, so with the Kingdom: A Christomorphic Eschatology” (defended June 27, 2016). 7. Justin Roberts • Dissertation: “Sanctum Sanctorum: On the One Whose Name is Holy” (defended April 20, 2017). • Dissertation published as Sanctum Sanctorum: On the One Whose Name is Holy (Pickwick, 2019). 8. Glen Sadlier • Dissertation: “Triangulating the Princeton Paradigm: B. B. Warfield’s Theology on Human Knowledge and the Task of Pastoral Ministry (defended April 18, 2017). 9. David Tarus • Dissertation: “A Different Way of Being: Toward a Reformed Theology of Ethnopolitical Cohesion for the Kenyan Context (defended April 21, 2017). 3 Steve Studebaker c.v. • Dissertation published as A Different Way of Being: Toward a Reformed Theology of Ethnopolitical Cohesion for the Kenyan Context (Carlisle, UK: Langham Monographs, 2019). • Association for Christian Theological Education in Africa (ACTEA), Executive Director Primary MA, MDiv, and MTS Theses Supervision (graduated) 1. Taesoo Lee: • MTS Thesis: “A Critical Analysis of Clark H. Pinnock’s Inclusive View of the Salvation of the Unevangelized” (March 28, 2008). 2. Kris Hiuser: • Thesis: “To Kill a Mockingbird? A Theology of Animals and a Christian Response” (March 23, 2010). • PhD, University of Chester, UK (graduated 2015). 3. Andrew Mills: • Thesis: “The Promise of the Emerging Church: A Critical Engagement” (March 16, 2010). 4. Josephine Braun: • Thesis: “Towards a Contextual Theology of Community: An Exploration of the Body of Christ Metaphor” (March 15, 2010). 5. Timothy Clayton: • Thesis: “Developing an Ecclesiology based upon Kaleidoscope Atonement Theory” (December 30, 2012). 6. Megan Purdy: • MDiv Thesis: “Mistaken Identity: Materialism and the Evangelical Church” (March 19, 2014). 7. Timothy Sasaki: • MTS Thesis: “Kenotic-Sacrifice in Community: A Voluntarist Ecclesial Epistemology” (March 27, 2014). 8. Dan Best: • MA Thesis: Dan Best, “When Freedom is Close . .”: Jürgen Moltmann’s Use of Contradiction in His Trilogy,” March 17, 2015. • PhD student at Knox College, University of Toronto. 9. Michael Brain: • MA Thesis: “Karl Barth and the Eternal Generation of the Son: Orthodoxy and Modernity in Barthian Theology,” March 23, 2016. • Thesis won the President’s Gold Medal Award. • PhD student at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. 10. Heather Card: • MTS Thesis “Trinitarian Principles for Church Boards and the Pastoral Performance Review,” March 24, 2016. 4 Steve Studebaker c.v. • Doctoral studies (Doctor of Practical Theology at McMaster Divinity College. 11. Joshua Heath: • MTS thesis “Martin Luther’s Two Kingdoms for Post-Christendom Political Engagement,” March 21, 2018. • PhD student Trinity College, University of Toronto. 12. Matthew Burkholder: • MA thesis “Adopted for the Kingdom,” March 19, 2019. • PhD student Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. 13. Diane McBeth: • MTS thesis “The Relationality of God: Divine Character and Human Response,” April 2, 2019. External PhD Dissertation and MA Theses Examiner 1. Reita Yazawa (PhD), “The Covenant of Redemption in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards: The Nexus between the Immanent and the Economic Trinity,” Calvin Theological Seminary, May, 2012. Primary reader: John Bolt. 2. David Trementozzi (PhD), “Renewing the Christian Doctrine of Salvation: Toward a Dynamic, Holistic, and Transformational Soteriology,” Regent University. Primary reader: Amos Yong. Oral defense at Regent August 12, 2013. • Published as Salvation in the Flesh: Understanding How Embodiment Shapes Christian Faith, Theological Studies Series, 7 (Eugene: Pickwick, 2018). 3. Frank Emanuel (PhD), “A Theology of Social Engagement for Evangelicals: The Reign of God and Social Transformation,” Saint Paul University, February 28, 2015. Primary reader: Heather Eaton. 4. Michael A. Tapper (PhD), “The Trinitarian Culture and Corporate Worship Practices of Canadian Pentecostals: A Contribution from the Theology of Colin Gunton,” Saint Paul University, May 28, 2015. Primary reader: Catherine Clifford. • Published as Canadian Pentecostals, the Trinity, and Contemporary Worship Music, Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies, ed. William K. Kay and Mark Cartledge (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2017). 5. Brent A. Rempel (MA), “The Indivisible Redemption of God, Justification and Union with Christ: Jonathan Edwards in Dialogue with the Puritan Tradition,” Providence Theological Seminary,” April 2016. Primary supervisor: Patrick Franklin. 6. Nick Drake (PhD), Dissertation topic: Pentecostal Worship and Calvin’s Theology of Union with Christ. University of Birmingham, UK. Primary supervisor: Allan Anderson. Books * The Future of Evangelicalism: Emerging Christianity and the Renewal of Evangelical Faith, co-author Lee Beach. 2021 The Spirit of Atonement: Pentecostal Contributions to the Christian 5 Steve Studebaker c.v. Traditions (London: Bloomsbury, 2021). 2021 The Reformation: Past Voices, Current Implications, ed. Steven M. Studebaker and Gordon Heath (Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2019). 2020 Pentecostal Theology and Jonathan Edwards, ed. with Amos Yong. Book consists of five parts with three chapters in each part, with a response by Amy Plantinga Pauw, Oliver