Teaching interests:
Systematic Theology; Christian Spiritual Formation; Wesleyan
Studies; Historical Theology, especially the thought of:
Augustine, Edwards, Wesley, Schleiermacher and Kierkegaard;
Character Ethics; Philosophy of Religion; Christian Political
Thought.
Degrees:
Ph.D. Emory University, Division of Religion, Department
of Theological Studies, May 1985.
M.Div. Garrett-Evangelical Theological
Seminary, June 1979.
M.A. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Department of Philosophy,
August 1977.
A.B. Carthage College, Double Major: Philosophy and Psychology,
May 1974.
Dissertation:
"John Wesley on Religious Affections,"
Don E. Saliers, Director
Professional Experience:
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion and Associate
Director of the Lantz Center for Christian Vocations, University
of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, 1998-present.
Associate Professor in the Chapman-Benson Chair of Christian
Faith and Philosophy, Huntingdon College, Montgomery, Alabama,
1994-1998
Senior Minister, Trinity United Methodist Church, Waverly,
IA, 1991-1994
Assistant, then Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy,
Westmar College 1985-1991.
(Westmar promoted me in 1989, and the tenure committee voted
to grant me tenure in 1991, but I resigned without accepting
tenure due to the negative changes which resulted from the
takeover of the college by Teikyo University. Regarding
this takeover, see my editorial in the June 22, 1991 Des
Moines Register, and "Coming to America" in Newsweek
(August 5, 1991, p. 43)).
Visiting Professor of Theology, Metodistkirkens Studiesenter,
Bergen, Norway, Spring Semester 1988.
Graduate Assistant for "Systematic Theology" and
"Death and Dying," Candler School of Theology,
Emory University, 1979-1983.
Professional Publications:
Books:
When the World Breaks Your Heart: Spiritual Ways of Living
With Tragedy (Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1999). Read
an overview of this book
As If the Heart Mattered: A Wesleyan Spirituality (Nashville:
Upper Room Books, 1997) [This book is currently being
translated
into Chinese for publication in Hong Kong.] Read the introduction
to this book
John Wesley on Religious Affections: His Views on Experience
and Emotion and Their Role in the Christian Life and Theology
(Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1989) The first in their"Pietist
and Wesleyan Studies" series. Introduction by Don E.
Saliers.
Book Chapters:
"Making Disciples in Community," forthcoming in
The Wesleyan Tradition: Building on the Past, Looking to
the Future (Abingdon Press)
"From the Works of the Flesh to the Fruit of the Spirit:
Reflections on Conversion from the Perspective of Spiritual
Formation," forthcoming in Conversion in the Wesleyan
Tradition (Abingdon Press)
"Shaping Heart Religion through Preaching and Pastoral
Care," forthcoming in Strangely Chilled: The Disputed
Role of 'Heart Religion' in North American Methodism (Scarecrow
Press)
"'True Religion' and the Affections: A Study of John
Wesley's Abridgement of Jonathan Edwards' Treatise on Religious
Affections" in Wesleyan Theology Today (Nashville:
Kingswood Books, 1985) 416-423. This also appeared in Wesleyan
Theological Journal (Vol. 19, No. 2) 77-89.
Articles:
"Encouragement for the Forgetful, Oppressed, Fearful
and Timid," readings based on the Lectionary texts
for the week of Nov. 8-14, Upper Room Disciplines 1999 (Nashville:
Upper Room Books).
"Wesley's 'Heart Religion' and the Righteousness of
Christ" in Methodist History 35:3 (April 1997) 148-156.
"Leadership and Religious Experience: Old Testament
Lectionary Readings for Four Fall Sundays?Year A" in
Quarterly Review (Vol. 16, No. 2, Summer 1996) 189-201.
"Toward an Economics of the Heart: John Wesley's Understanding
of 'Spiritual Poverty'" in The Aldersgate (Vol. 2,
No. 2, April 1996) 1-6.
"Clergy Misconduct and the Gospel: Theological Criteria
for Character Assessment" in Quarterly Review (Vol.
15, No. 4, Winter 1995) 353-362.
"Speaking in the Church's Own Voice: Reflections on
Ministry and the Crash of United 232" in Challenge
to Evangelism Today- (Vol. 25, No. 1, Spring 1992) 10,12.
"Spiritual Formation in a Part-time Monastery"
in The Christian Century (Vol. 108, No. 12, April 10, 1991)
388-390.
"Orthokardia: The Practical Theology of John Wesley's
Heart Religion" Quarterly Review (Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring
1990) 49-66.
"Relations Between Theology and Spirituality: Kierkegaard's
Model" in Studies in Formative Spirituality (Vol. IX,
No. 2, May 1988) 161-167.
"Finding a Place for Emotions in Christian Theology"
in The Christian Century (Vol. 104, No. 14, April 29, 1987)
409-411.
Published Sermons
"The Meaning of True Repentance" a sermon in the
"From The Pulpit" Series of The Montgomery Advertiser,
February 22, 1997.
"The Judgment of God?" a sermon given when I baptized
the first H.I.V. positive baby adopted in Iowa, in Peniel
(Issue 14, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 2-4).
Book and Manuscript Reviews:
Manuscript referee for University Press of America.
Manuscript referee for Church History
Book reviews for Religious Studies Review and Ministry and
Mission
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