Peter Althouse

Professor of Religion and Theology College of Christian Ministries and Religion Southeastern University 1000 Longfellow Blvd., Lakeland, Florida 33801 863-667-5223 [email protected]

Education 1993-2001 PhD, Systematic Theology, Wycliffe College, University of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Awards: Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund Bursary, Toronto School of Theology, 2000-2001 Graduate Teaching Assistant for Professor Reginald Stackhouse, 1994- 1996

Dissertation: “Spirit of the Last Days: Contemporary Pentecostal Theologians in Dialogue with Jürgen Moltmann” (Supervisors: Harold Wells and David Reed)

1989-1993 Master of Religion, Systematic Theology, Wycliffe College and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Awards: Philosophy of Religion Prize, 1993 Church History Prize, 1993 Graduate Research Assistant to Professor Reginald Stackhouse

Thesis: “The Ideological Development of ‘Power’ in Early Pentecostalism” (Supervisor: David Reed)

1987-1989 Bachelor of Arts, Sociology and English, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Awards: Dean’s List, 1989

1984-1987 Diploma of Ministry, Pastoral, Eastern Pentecostal Bible College, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Other Qualifications 2009 Godly Love, Seminar in Christian Scholarship, Calvin College, July 13-24 2009 Grounded Theory Seminar with Kathy Charmaz, Azusa Pacific University, April 13-15 2008 Principles and Practices of Effective College Teaching, Southeastern University, Fall

Research and Teaching Interests Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies, Systematic Theology, Contemporary Theology, Eschatology, Pneumatology, Ecclesiology, Theologies of Jürgen Moltmann, Karl Barth, John Wesley, Sociology of Religion

Employment July 2014 – Professor, College of Christian Ministries and Religion, Southeastern University, present

2010 – 2014 Associate Professor, College of Christian Ministries and Religion, Southeastern University,

Awards: Excellence in Scholarship, Southeastern University, 2010 Sabbatical Awarded, Southeastern University, 2013

2007 – 2010 Assistant Professor, College of Christian Ministries and Religion, Southeastern University,

2004 – 2011 Adjunct Instructor, Tyndale University College and Seminary,

1998/ 2003 Adjunct Instructor, Masters College and Seminary

Fall 2003 Adjunct Instructor, Wycliffe College Lay Ministry Program

2010 – Dissertation Supervisor, Glyndŵr University, University of Wales

2000 – 2007 Teacher, Durham Secondary Academy (Ontario University Advanced Credit)

Publications

Monographs 2014 Catch the Fire: Soaking Prayer and Charismatic Renewal (with Michael Wilkinson). DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press.

2010 The Ideological Development of Power in Early American Pentecostalism: An Historical, Theological and Sociological Study. Foreword by Allan Anderson. NY: Edwin Mellen Press.

2003 Spirit of the Last Days: Pentecostal Eschatology in Conversation with Jürgen Moltmann. Foreword by Jürgen Moltmann. Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplementary Series, 25; London: Sheffield Academic Press/ T&T Clark International.

Edited Volumes 2010 Winds from the North: Canadian Contributions to the Pentecostal Movement. Religion in the Americas Series, 10; Michael Wilkinson and Peter Althouse, eds. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishing

2010 Perspectives in Pentecostal Eschatologies: World without End, Peter Althouse and Robby Waddell, eds. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2010; reprinted by James Clarke, 2012.

Chapters in Books 2014 “Pentecostal-Charismatic Prayer and Social Engagement,” (with Michael Wilkinson), Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion, Giuseppe Giordan and Linda Woodhead, eds., 221-241. Leiden: Brill Academic Press.

2012 “Kenosis and the Imago Dei: Contributions of Christology to the Study of Godly Love,” The Science and Theology of Godly Love, Amos Yong and Matthew Lee, eds., 56-76. Northern Illinois University Press.

2010 (Invited) “Ascension—Pentecost—Eschaton: A Theological Framework for Pentecostal Ecclesiology,” Pentecostal Ecclesiology and the Five-fold Gospel, John Christopher Thomas and William Kay, eds. 225-247. CPT Press.

2010 “The Landscape of Pentecostal and Charismatic Eschatology: An Introduction,” Perspectives in Pentecostal Eschatologies, Peter Althouse and Robby Waddell, eds., 1- 21. Pickwick Publications.

2010 “Pentecostal Eschatology in Context: The Eschatological Orientation of the Full Gospel,” Perspectives in Pentecostal Eschatologies, Peter Althouse and Robby Waddell, eds., 205- 231. Pickwick Publications.

2010 (Invited) “Waxing and Waning of Social Deprivation as a Model for Understanding the Class Composition of Early American Pentecostalism,” in The Liberating Spirit: Pentecostals and Social Action in North America. Michael Wilkinson and Steven M. Studebaker eds., 113-135. Pickwick Publications.

2010 “Like a Mighty Rushing Wind” (with Michael Wilkinson), in Winds from the North: Canadian Contributions to the Pentecostal Movement. Religion in the Americas, 10. Michael Wilkinson and Peter Althouse, eds., 1-13. Brill Academic Publishers.

2010 “The Ecumenical Significance of Canadian Pentecostalism,” in Winds from the North: Canadian Contributions to the Pentecostal Movement. Religion in the Americas, 10. Michael Wilkinson and Peter Althouse, eds., 55-78. Brill Academic Publishers.

2009 (Invited) “The Implications of Kenosis of Spirit for a Creational Eschatology: A Pentecostal Engagement with Jürgen Moltmann,” in Creation, Science and Spirit: Pentecostal Forays into the Science-Religion Dialogues, Amos Yong, ed., 155-172. Pickwick Publications.

2009 (Invited) “Apocalyptic Discourse and a Pentecostal Vision for Canada,” in Canadian Pentecostalism: Transition and Transformation, Michael Wilkinson ed., 58-78. McGill- Queens University Press.

2008 “The Mission of the Church in Trinitarian Dimension,” in Missional Leadership: A Tribute to Dr. Mark Rutland, Peter Althouse, Joseph Davis and Brian Kelley, eds., vii-x. Small Dogma Publishing.

2008 “Introduction,” in Missional Leadership: A Tribute to Dr. Mark Rutland, Peter Althouse, Joseph Davis and Brian Kelley, eds., 147-163. Small Dogma Publishing.

Refereed Journal Articles 2014 “Soaking Prayer and the Mission of Catch the Fire,” (with Michael Wilkinson) Pneuma 36.2 (Summer): 1-21.

2012 “Playing in the Father’s Love: The Eschatological Implications of Charismatic Ritual and the Kingdom of God in Catch the Fire,” (with Michael Wilkinson) ARC: The Journal for the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University 39: 93-116

2012 “Apology and Forgiveness as an Expression of Love in a Charismatic Congregation,” (with Michael Wilkinson) PentecoStudies 11.1: 87-102.

2010 (Invited) “The Certainty of Our Future Hope in Moltmann's Works as a Means of Enduring Present Suffering,” Testamentum Imperium Online. http://www.preciousheart.net/ti/2009/0000_Althouse_Hope_%20in_Moltmann.pdf

2009 “Towards a Pentecostal Ecclesiology: Participation in the Missional Life of the Triune God,” Journal of Pentecostal Theology 18.2: 230-245.

2006 “In Appreciation of Jürgen Moltmann: A Dialogue of Moltmann’s Transformational Eschatology” Pneuma 28.1 (Spring): 21-32.

2005 “Left Behind – Fact or Fiction: Ecumenical Dilemmas of the Fundamentalist Millenarian Eschatology within Pentecostalism,” Journal of Pentecostal Theology 13.2 (April): 187- 207.

2004 "The Ideology of Power in Early American Pentecostalism," Journal of Pentecostal Theology 13.1 (October): 97-115.

2001 "Toward a Theological Understanding of the Pentecostal Appeal to Experience." Journal of Ecumenical Studies 38.4 (Fall): 399-411.

1997 (Invited) "The Influence of Dr. J. E. Purdie's Reformed Anglican Theology on the Formation and Development of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada." Pneuma 19.1 (Spring): 3-28.

Encyclopaedia Entries 2012 “Eschatology, Pentecostal,” in Handbook of Pentecostal Christianity. Adam Stewart, ed., 73-75. Northern Illinois University Press.

2012 “Ecclesiology, Pentecostal” in Handbook of Pentecostal Christianity. Adam Stewart, ed., 69-73. Northern Illinois University Press.

2011 (Invited) “Slain in the Spirit.” The Encyclopaedia of Christian Civilisation. George Thomas Kurian, ed. Blackwell Publishing. Online.

Non-Refereed Journal Articles

2007 (Invited) “Preach or Demonstrate: Social Action in the Early History of the PAOC.” The Pentecostal Testimony (January): 12-14.

2005 “Wesleyan and Reformed Impulses in the Keswick and Pentecostal Movements.” Pneuma Foundation (Spring). http://www.pneumafoundation.org/article.jsp?article=/Keswick-PAlthouse.xml

2004 “The Missional Nature of the Church.” Enrich (Fall): 26-28.

1996 (Invited) "A Heart Set on Communicating Gospel Truth: Theologian John Webster Returns to England." Christian Week (April 23): 8.

1993 "Irony in the Gospel of John." The Pentecostal Testimony (April): 17-19.

1992 (Invited) "Roots of Pentecostalism." Prolegomena 3:1 (April): 29-50.

1991 "From Out of the Past: Ian Presley." The Pentecostal Testimony (October): 26-27.

1991 "Canadian Pentecostal Pacifism." Eastern Journal of Practical Theology 4.2 (Spring): 32-43.

Editorials 2012 “Pentecostalism as a Lived Religion,” (with Michael Wilkinson) Canadian Journal of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity, 3: i-iv.

2011 “The Many Faces of Canadian Pentecostalism,” (with Michael Wilkinson) Canadian Journal of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity, 2: i-vi.

2010 “Why a New Journal”? (with Michael Wilkinson) Canadian Journal of Pentecostal- Charismatic Christianity, 1: i-iii.

Publications in Process

In Press 2014 (Invited) “Musical Bodies in the Charismatic Renewal,” (with Michael Wilkinson) The Spirit of Praise: Music and Worship in Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity, Monique Engalls and Amos Yong, eds. Penn State University Press.

2014 “Soaking Prayer and the Advancement of the Kingdom of Love: Charismatic Renewal as Mission,” (with Michael Wilkinson), The Globalization of Christianity, McMaster Theological Series, ed. Gordon Heath and Steven Studebaker, Pickwick.

2014 “The Embodiment of Prayer in Charismatic Christianity,” (with Michael Wilkinson), A Sociology of Prayer, Giuseppe Giordan and Linda Woodhead, eds. Ashgate Publishers.

2014 “Pentecostal Eco-Transformation: Possibilities for a Pentecostal Ecotheology in Light of Moltmann’s Green Theology,” Blood Cries Out: Pentecostals, Charismatics, and the Groans of Creation, A.J. Swoboda, ed. Pickwick Publications.

Accepted 2014 (Invited) “Eschatology from Basel to Azusa: The Voices of Karl Barth and Pentecostalism in Dialogue,” Karl Barth and the Future of Evangelical Theology, Christian T. Collins Winn, ed. Cascade Press.

Under Review 2014 (Invited) “Eschatology in the Theology of Paul Tillich and the ‘Toronto Blessing’: The Ontological and Relational Implications of Love,” Spiritual Presence and Spiritual Power: Pentecostal Readings of and Engagements with the Legacy of Paul Tillich, Amos Yong and Nimi Wariboko, eds. Indiana University Press.

Submitted 2015 “Women Praying for Women: The Gendered Embodiment of Charismatic Healing Prayer,” Women in Pentecostal Ministry, Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Series, Margaret De Alminana and Lois Olena. Leiden, ed. Brill Academic Press, submitted.

Writing Progress “Betwixt and Between the Cross and the Eschaton: Pentecostal Worship in the Context of Liturgical Play,” Toward a Pentecostal Theology of Worship, Lee Roy Martin, ed., submission expected December, 2014.

“Moral Theology from a Pentecostal Perspective,” Geoff W. Sutton, ed., expected summer 2015.

(Invited) Pentecostals and the Body (with Michael Wilkinson), edited volume for The Annual Review for the Sociology of Religion, Giuseppe Giordano and Linda Woodhead, general eds., Leiden: Brill Academic, expected 2017.

Pentecostalism, Religious Experience, and the Body, (with Michael Wilkinson), Thematic Session Proposal for the International Society for the Sociology of Religion, Belgium, July 1-3, 2015.

Book Reviews 2014 The Imago Dei as the Imago Trinitatis: Jürgen Moltmann’s Doctrine of the Imago of God, by Isaiah Nengean. Religious Studies Review, submitted.

2014 Choosing the Jesus Way: American Indian Pentecostals and the Fight for the Indigenous Principle, by Angela Tarango. Canadian Journal of Pentecostal-Christianity.

2012 Towards a Pentecostal Eschatology: Discerning the Way Forward, by Larry McQueen. Pneuma, 35.2 (2013): 253-255.

2012 Understanding the “Imago Dei”: The Thought of Barth, von Balthasar and Moltmann, by Dominic Robinson. Religious Studies Review, 38.3 (September 10, 2012): 151.

2012 Justified in the Spirit: Creation, Redemption and the Triune God, by Frank D. Macchia. Theology Today, 69.1: 95-96.

2011 Beyond Pentecostalism: The Crisis of Global Christianity and the Renewal of the Theological Agenda, by Wolfgang Vondey, Regent University.

2011 The Spirit of Liberation: Jürgen Moltmann’s Trinitarian Pneumatology by Tae Wha Yoo. Religious Studies Review 37.1 (March): 40.

2011 The Spirit of Truth: Reading Scripture and Constructing Theology with the Holy Spirit, edited by Myk Habets. Pneuma 33.2:277-78.

2011 The Apathetic God: Exploring the Contemporary Relevance of Divine Impassibility, by

Daniel Castelo. Pneuma 30.1: 113-114.

2009 Writing the Rapture: Prophecy Fiction in Evangelical America, by Crawford Gribben. H- Pentecostalism.

2009 Blood and Fire: Godly Love in an Emergent Pentecostal Church, by Margaret M. Poloma and Ralph Hood, Jr. Canadian Journal for Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity, 2009.

2009 The Lord and Giver of Life: Perspectives on Constructive Pneumatology, edited by David H. Jensen. Pneuma 31.1: 105-106.

2009 The Holy Spirit and the Renewal of All Things: Pneumatology in Paul and Jürgen Moltmann, by T. David Beck. Pneuma 30.2: 318-19.

2008 Invading Secular Space: Strategies for Tomorrow’s Church, by Martin Robinson and Dwight Smith. Pneuma Review 11.4 (Fall).

2008 The Essence of the Church, by Craig Van Gelder. College of Christian Ministries and Religion Faculty Meeting (March).

2006 Introducing Radical Orthodoxy: Mapping a Post-Secular Theology, by James K. A. Smith. The Pneuma Foundation (online) (January 27). http://www.pneumafoundation.org/article.jsp?article=article_0043.xml

2006 Karl Barth and the Pietists: The Young Karl Barth’s Critique of Pietism and Its Response, by Eberhard Busch. Pneuma 27.1: 173-75.

2005 Pentecostalism: The World Their Parish, by David Martin. The Pneuma Foundation (online). http://www.pneumafoundation.org/article.jsp?article=article_0028.xml

2005 The Last Things: Resurrection, Judgment, Glory, by Donald G. Bloesch. Religious Studies Review 31.1/2 (January/ April): 70-71.

2005 Future of Hope: Christian Tradition amid Modernity and Postmodernity, by Miroslav Volf and William H. Katerberg. Religious Studies Review 31.1/2 (January/ April): 70

2004 Jesus and Caesar: Christians in the Public Square, by Brian C. Stiller. The Pneuma Foundation 7.4: 65-67.

2004 Covenant and Eschatology: The Divine Drama, by Michael S. Horton. Pneuma 26.1: 140-43.

2003 Healing through the Centuries: Models for Understanding, by Ronald A. N. Kydd. Pneuma Review 6.4 (Fall): 69-71.

2003 The Last Things: Biblical and Theological Perspectives on Eschatology, edited by Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson, Religious Studies Review 29.3 (July): 272-73.

2003 A Scientific Theology. Vol. 1: Nature, by Alister E. McGrath. Toronto Journal of Theology, (Spring): 129-30.

2002 Looking into the Future: Evangelical Studies in Eschatology, by David W. Baker. Religious Studies Review 28.4 (October).

2002 The Trinity in German Thought, by Samuel M. Powell. Toronto Journal of Theology 18.2 (Fall): 313-14.

2002 The Dialectic Development of Doctrine: A Methodological Proposal, by Charles Dickinson. Religious Studies Review 28.4 (October): 344-45.

1997 Fire from Heaven: The Rise of Pentecostal Spirituality and the Reshaping of Religion in the Twenty-first Century, by Harvey Cox. Toronto Journal of Theology 13.1 (Spring): 142-44.

1994 God's Empire: William Bell Riley and Midwestern Fundamentalism, by William Vance Trollinger. Toronto Journal of Theology 10.2 (Fall): 283-84.

1992 The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text: Interpreting and Preaching Biblical Literature, by Sidney Greidanus. Eastern Journal of Practical Theology 6 (Spring): 46- 47.

Research Grants Awarded 2013 Research Grant ($1,500) from The Foundation for Pentecostal Theology to cover the cost of fieldwork related to the study of Christian Healing Ministries, Jacksonville, awarded November.

2011 Book Stipend ($10,000) from Flame of Love Project, funded by the John Templeton Foundation to produce a manuscript on Soaking Prayer in the Charismatic Renewal (with Michael Wilkinson), awarded October.

2011 Travel Stipend ($1,500) from the Flame of Love Project, funded by the John Templeton Foundation, to present a paper to the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion, awarded July.

2011 Writing Stipend ($1,200) from the Flame of Love Project, funded by the John Templeton Foundation, to write a chapter for The Study of Godly Love: Interdisciplinary Approaches, Amos Yong and Matthew Lee, eds., Northern Illinois University Press, 2012, awarded.

2010 Special Project Fund ($1,000), Pentecostal Dissertations Collection (internal), Southeastern University, awarded.

2009 Research Grant ($150,000) as Principal Investigator (with Michael Wilkinson) of “Charismatic Renewal as Mission: Godly Love and the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship’s Soaking Centers,” from the Flame of Love Project, funded by the John Templeton Foundation, awarded 2009-2011.

2009 Symposium Grant ($15,000) internally from Southeastern University (with Robby Waddell) to organize the symposium “Fresh Perspectives in Pentecostal Eschatology,” awarded February.

2009 Special Project Fund ($1,500), Pentecostal Dissertation Collection (internal), Southeastern University, awarded.

Grant Proposals Submitted 2013 Jack Shard Research Award submitted to Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, request for $4, 950; titled “The Embodiment of Charismatic Prayer in the Case of Christian Healing Ministries;” submitted May 1.

2013 (Invited) Letter of Intent submitted Experiencing Divine Inner Healing as a Bridge from God’s Love to Benevolence, funded for the John Templeton Foundation ($15,000) titled “Inner Healing, Benevolence and the Embodiment of Charismatic Prayer: The Case of Christian Healing Ministries;” submitted August 15.

2013 (Invited) Theology Consultant for Experiencing Divine Inner Healing as a Bridge from God’s Love to Benevolence, funded for the John Templeton Foundation, Project Directors Margaret Poloma, Matthew T. Lee and Peter Marina, funds to be determined.

2012 Sabbatical Grant for Researchers submitted to the Louisville Institute, request for $40,000; titled “The Embodiment of Charismatic Prayer in the Case of Christian Healing Ministries;” submitted November 1.

2012 Collaboration translation grant proposal submitted to Biologos’ Evolution and Christian Faith, funded by the John Templeton Foundation ($300,000) titled “Mainstream Science and the Renewal of Christian Faith;” submitted June 15 (with Regent University Professor Amos Yong, project coordinator); request for full proposal.

2011 Grant proposal submitted to New Directions in the Study of Prayer from the Social Science Research Council, funded by the John Templeton Foundation ($185,000) titled “24/7 Prayer: Charismatic Prayer and Social Engagement at the International House of Prayer;” submitted December 1 (with Trinity Western University Professor Michael Wilkinson).

2009 Grant Proposal to Pentecostal Charismatic Research Initiative from Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative by the Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California, funded by the John Templeton Foundation ($500,000) written by Southeastern University’s College of Christian Ministries and Religion’s faculty, titled “The Singapore Pentecostal Research Center: An Academic Arm of Transformation Alliance (TA), an Alliance of Evangelical Churches in Singapore;” submitted July 29.

Editorial/ Peer Review Activity 2015 – 2020 Co-editor, Pneuma: The Journal for the Society for Pentecostal Studies, review and selection of essays for publication for issue 37.1 and 37.2 has already begun.

2008 – 2014 Founding Co-editor, Canadian Journal of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity, housed at Trinity Western University, Langley, BC

2011 – 2013 Peer-review Member of Fichter Grants Committee, Association for the Sociology of Religion: responsible for vetting $24,000 of research grants annually.

2013 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, research grant peer- review evaluation

Monograph peer reviewer, Lexington Books Publishing, Palgrave, Wilfred Laurier University Press

Manuscript Reviewer for International Journal of Systematic Theology, Canadian Journal for Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity, Journal of Reformed Theology, Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, PentecoStudies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements

Conference Papers

Keynote 2001 "Towards a Philosophical and Theological Understanding of Pentecostal Experience." Society for Pentecostal Studies, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 8-10.

Conferences

2014 “Christian Healing Ministries and the Embodiment of Prayer,” Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Springfield, MO, March 4-7.

2014 “The Influences of Keswick and Healing Advocate Elizabeth Baxter on the Toronto Hebden Mission,” Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Springfield, MO, March 4-7.

2013 “Women Praying for Women: The Gendered Embodiment of Charismatic Healing Prayer,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Boston, MA, November 8-10.

2013 (Invited) “Entrainment and Embodiment in Experiences of Soaking Prayer,” (with Michael Wilkinson) Christian Congregational Music: Local and Global Perspectives Conference. Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford, UK, August 1-3.

2013 (Invited) “Empirical Methods in Theology: An Interdisciplinary Approach,” Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Seattle, WA, March 21-23 (in abstentia)

2012 “Knowing God’s Love and Giving it Away,” (with Michael Wilkinson) Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Phoenix, AZ, November 9-11

2011 (Invited) “Charismatic Renewal and Social Action: The Case of River City Church, Jacksonville,” Symposium, The Charismatic Movement and Secularization, Trinity Western University, November 21.

2011 “Prayer and Benevolence in the Charismatic Movement,” (with Michael Wilkinson) Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Milwaukee, WI, October 28-30.

2011 “The Experience of Love, Forgiveness and Reconciliation in a French Charismatic Congregation: The Godly Love Implications of Soaking Prayer,” (with Michael Wilkinson) Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, Las Vegas, August 17-20.

2011 “Charismatic Prayer and Social Engagement,” (with Michael Wilkinson) Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion, Aix en Provence, France, July 1-3.

2011 (Invited) “Charismatic Renewal as Mission: Ecumenical and Global Implications,” (with Michael Wilkinson) McMaster Divinity Theology Conference, Hamilton, ON, June 11.

2011 “The Body and Spirit in Charismatic Christianity,” (with Michael Wilkinson) Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion, Fredericton, NB, May 28-31.

2011 “Critical Review of Amos Yong’s In the Days of Caesar,” Southeastern University, Lakeland, FL, April 21.

2011 “Racial Reconciliation as an Expression of Love in a Charismatic Congregation," (with Michael Wilkinson) Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Memphis, TN, March.

2010 “Charismatic Renewal as Mission: Godly Love and the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship’s Soaking Centres,” (with Michael Wilkinson) Flame of Love: Theology and Social Science in Dialogue Seminar, Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, CA, October 22- 23.

2010 “The Dynamics of Ritual in the Charismatic Movement,” (with Michael Wilkinson) Annual Meeting of the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Baltimore, MD, October 29- 31.

2010 “Varieties of Prayer in the Pentecostal Movement,” (with Michael Wilkinson) Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion Society, Atlanta, GA, August 14-15.

2010 (Invited) “Pentecostal Ecclesiology in Eschatological Hope,” Conference on Pentecostal Ecclesiology, University of Bangor, Wales, June 28-29.

2010 “The Place of Soaking Prayer in the Charismatic Renewal,” (with Michael Wilkinson) Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, North Central University, Minneapolis, MN, March 4-6.

2010 “Theological Review of Margaret Poloma and Ralph Hood, Blood and Fire: Godly Love in an Emergent Pentecostal Church,” Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Theology, North Central University, Minneapolis, MN, March 4-6.

2010 Response to Craig R. Koester, “Judgment and Salvation in Revelation 21-22,” Annual Meeting for the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Northcentral University, Minneapolis, MN, March 4-6..

2010 “Pentecostal Eschatology in Context: The Eschatological Orientation of the Full Gospel,” Fresh Perspectives in Pentecostal Eschatology Symposium, Southeastern University, February.

2009 “Origins and Identity of Canadian Pentecostalism,” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Montreal, Quebec, November 7-10.

2009 “Soaking Prayer in the United States,” Seminary in Christian Scholarship, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, July 15.

2009 “Preliminary Findings on Soaking Prayer and the Toronto Christian Airport Fellowship,” ICRG Meeting, University of Akron, May 2.

2009 “Towards a Pentecostal Ecclesiology: Participation in the Missional Life of the Triune God,” Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Eugene, Oregon, March 25-28.

2009 “Pentecostalism and the Language of Power,” Regent University, February 19.

2008 “Kenosis of Spirit: Implications for Pentecostal Theology,” Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Duke University, March 13-15.

2007 “Pentecostalism, Mass Media and Popular Culture: An Uneasy Relationship” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (Eastern International Region), University of Waterloo, May 4-5.

2006 “Canadian Pentecostalism and Social Issues,” Symposium on Canadian Pentecostalism, Trinity Western University/ Canadian Pentecostal Seminary, October 14.

2006 Panel (with Michael Wilkinson and Martin Middelstadt) on “Canadian Pentecostalism.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary, March.

2006 Panel (with Frank Macchia, Matthew Thompson) on Spirit of the Last Days by Peter Althouse. Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary, March.

2004 Panel (with Fr. William Kurz and Shanny Luft) on "'Left Behind' -- Fact or Fiction.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Marquette University, March.

2002 Panel (with Ralph Del Colle and Dale Irwin) for "An Interdisciplinary Discussion of Amos Yong's Discerning the Spirit(s): A Pentecostal Charismatic Contribution to the Christian Theology of Religion." Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Lakeland, Florida, March 14-16.

1996 "The Influence of Dr. J. E. Purdie's Reformed Anglican Theology on the Formation and Development of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada." Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Wycliffe College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 7-9.

1993 "The Ideology of Power in Early American Pentecostalism." Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Guadalajara, Mexico, November 11-13.

Research Supervision 2010 – 2013 Esteban Felix, PhD Dissertation, “Spirit Art: Theological Reflections in a Pentecostal Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics,” Glyndŵr University, University of Wales

2014 Yoon Shin, MATS Thesis, (supervisor) “Affections and Cognition: The Viability of an Integrative, Non-Hierarchical Epistemology through Dialogue with James K.A Smith, Alvin Plantinga, and Pentecostalism,” Southeastern University

2005 Matthew McEwan, ThM Thesis, (outside reader) “The Eucharistic Theology of Charles Wesley’s Hymns,” Tyndale University College and Seminary, Toronto

Courses Taught

At Southeastern University:

At the undergraduate level: Theology I, Theology II, Introduction to Philosophy, Survey of Christian Theology, Principles of Ethics, Christian Thought I, Survey of Church History, History and Theology of the Pentecostal Movement, Research Methods

At the graduate level: Pentecostal Theology, Pentecostal Ecclesiology, Contemporary Theology, Philosophy and the Christian Faith, Special Topics: The Spirit in the Life of the Church and World

At the doctoral level for Bangor University: Semiannual doctoral tutorials for PhD candidates from 2009-2011

At Tyndale University:

At the graduate level: Systematic Theology I, Systematic Theology II, Pentecostal Theology, Pentecostal Apologetics (Research & Writing Course)

At Other Institutions:

At the undergraduate level: The Holy Spirit in Christian Thought, Pentecostal Distinctives

Administration and Service

Professional 15

2012–2018 National Council of Churches USA; representative for the Society for Pentecostal Studies 2009–2014 Theology Interest Group Leader, Society for Pentecostal Studies 2012–2015 Library Committee Member, Society for Pentecostal Studies 2009–2013 Organizer of Canadian Pentecostal Symposia, Society for Pentecostal Studies

University Committee/ Service 2014– Academic Grants and Publication Committee 2011– Student Scholarship Committee 2009–2013 Academic Grants and Publication Committee (chair, 2012-2013) 2010–2011 Technology Vision Committee 2011–2012 Digital Commons Committee 2008–2010 Library Committee, 2008 Faith Integration Seminar 2007–2008 New Faculty Committee,

College of Christian Ministries and Religion Ad Hoc Committee/ Service

2012– Co-director, Center for the Study of Global Pentecostalism, 2012–2013 Master of Arts in Theological Studies Review Committee 2012–2013 Program Review Sub-committees: Interdisciplinary and Master of Arts in Theological Studies degrees 2009–2011 Doctoral Program Development 2008–2013 Graduate Religion Committee 2007–2008 Festschrift Publication

Media Relations May 20, 2011 Interview, Lakeland Ledger on beliefs of end times rapture predictions for sectarian religious groups (news story by Matthew Pleasant)

2014 Interview, The Living Church Magazine regarding Charismatic Healing in the Episcopal Church (news story by Geoffry MacDonald)

Professional Memberships 1992– Society for Pentecostal Studies 2001– American Academy of Religion 2001–2012 Canadian Theological Society 2010– Association of the Sociology of Religion 2010– Society for the Scientific Study of Religion 2011– International Society for the Sociology of Religion

References available on request. 08/18/14