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Courses taught 2009/2010:
HIS107 The History of Eastern Europe
HIS261 Byzantine World
HIS262 Islam in Europe
HIS/REL315 Church History I
HIS363 The Balkans
HIS469
Kosovo
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. (1982), History, University of Waterloo
Dissertation: "Sola scriptura and Church History: The Views of Bucer and Melanchthon on Religious Authority in 1539."
Th.M. (1975), Church History, Westminster Theological Seminary
Dissertation: "The Influence of Martin Bucer Upon the Development of Puritan Postmillennialism."
M.Div. (1975), Westminster Theological Seminary
M.A. (1971), Theology, Bob Jones University
B.A. (1969), Religion, Bob Jones University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- History of Eastern Europe
- Patristics
- Church History
- Eastern Orthodoxy
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS AUTHORED
Light from the Christian East: An Introduction to the Orthodox Tradition. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, 2007.
Getting the Reformation Wrong. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic: forthcoming, 2010.
BOOK MANUSCRIPTS COMPLETED, seeking publisher
Irenaeus on the Christian Faith – a condensation and revision of the English version of Against Heresies, with an introduction (270 pages).
A Patristic Treasury – an introduction to and a selection of readings in the thought and spirituality of the Church Fathers, from the 1st through the mid-8th century (352 pages).
How It Got That Way: Events that Shaped the History of Eastern Europe – a treatment of Eastern European history (247 pages).
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
“Religion, Nationalism, and National Identities,” in Ines Murzaku, ed., Quo Vadis Eastern Europe? Religion, State and Society after Communism (Bologna: University of Bologna Press, 2009).
"Toward a Russian Orthodox Worldview for Post-Soviet Society," in Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Europe, ed. Jonathan Sutton and Wil van den Bercken, Eastern Christian Studies 3 (Leuven: Peeters Publishers, 2003), 299-318.
"Drawn Eastward: The Attraction of Eastern Orthodoxy for Western Christians," in The Practical Calvinist: An Introduction to the Presbyterian and Reformed Heritage, ed. Peter Lillback (Fearn, Ross-shire, Great Britain: Christian Focus Publications, 2002), 53-67.
"Toward an Orthodox Approach to Higher Education in 21st-Century Russia," (in Russian [pp. 53-57] and in English [pp. 57-66], in Higher Education in XXI Century Russian Culture: A Christian Perspective (St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg School of Religion and Philosophy, 2000).
"Toward an Orthodox Worldview for the Third Millennium" (in Russian), in Man and the Christian Worldview: Conceptualizing the Normal and Abnormal in Medicine, Science and Society (in Russian). (Simferopol, Ukraine, 1999), 95-106.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
"Advice from St. Maximos Confessor for Contemporary Macedonians," Religion in Eastern Europe 24 (2004, No. 5):1-14. (Also published in Albanian and in Macedonian versions as chapters in volumes published by Ecumenical Press [Philadelphia] in 2004.)
"The Influence of the Reformation on the History of Ukraine," Journal of Ukrainian Studies 28 (2003):105-117.
"Recent Developments in the Balkans: Summary and Comment," Religion in Eastern Europe 22 (2002, No. 2):37-46.
"Religion and the Historiography of Eastern Europe," Religion in Eastern Europe 21 (2001, No. 2):1-16.
"Bypassing the History of Eastern Europe: A Failure of Twentieth Century Christian Scholarship," Christian Scholar's Review 29 (2000):713-730.
"Revisioning the Historiography of Eastern Europe," Fides & Historia 31 (1999):77-89.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Guest Professor in Ecumenics – Evangelical Theological Seminary, Osijek, Croatia, 2009, 2007.
Guest Professor in Patristics – Matthias Flacius Illyricus Faculty of Theology, Zagreb, Croatia, 2008.
Adjunct Professor of History of Christianity – McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario, 2000-2006.
Adjunct Professor of Orthodox Doctrine and Spirituality – St. Stephen’s College, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, 2000-2002.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Appointed ARIHE Lecturer for 2009-2010, to give invited lectures in
honor of the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin (ARIHE =
Association of Reformed Institutions of Higher Education)
Member, Advisory Board, Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies (produced through Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania), 2009-present.
President, CAREE (Christians Associated for Relationships with Eastern Europe), 2006-present. (Executive Secretary, 1998-2006.)
Christian Co-Chair (2008- ), National Muslim/Christian Liaison Committee.