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Faculty Bibliographies

Philip Anderson, Professor of Church History
(editor) The Anatomy of the Pilgrim Experience: Reflections on Being a Covenanter, by Zenos E. Hawkinson (Chicago, IL: Covenant Publications, 2000).

A Precious Heritage:  A Century of Mission in the Northwest 1884-1984 (Minneapolis:  The Northwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church, 1984).

"When N.W.O. was W.N.O.: Nils William Olsson's Early Literary and Journalistic Career to 1935," Swedish American Genealogist (1999).

"The History of Covenant Baptismal Belief and Practice," Covenant Quarterly (1995-96).

"One Body...Many Members": The Covenant Church in Historical Perspective, revised second edition (Chicago, IL: Covenant Publications, 1994).

(editor) Amicus Dei: Essays on Faith and Friendship Presented to Karl A. Olsson on his 75th Birthday (Chicago, IL: Covenant Publications, 1988).

"Paul Peter Waldenstrom and America:  Influence and Presence in Historical Perspective," Covenant Quarterly 52 (1994), 2-21.

"The 'Risberg School' in Chicago: American Aid and Swedish Immigrant Ministerial Education, 1885-196," Swedish American Historical Quarterly 4 (1991), 208-31.

"The Risberg School' in Chicago:  American Aid and Swedish Immigrant Ministerial Education, 1885-1916," in Ulf Beijbom, ed., Sweden and America: New Perspectives (Vaxjo, Sweden:  The Swedish Emigrant Institute, 1993), 174-84.

Scandinavian Immigrants and Education in North America, (Chicago:  Swedish-American Historical Society, 1995), co-edited with Dag Blanck and Peter Kivisto.

"Swedish-American 'College Mania' in the Nineteenth Century," in Odd S. Lovoll, ed., Nordics in America:  The Future of Their Past (Northfield, MN.:   Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1993), 26-36.

(edited) Swedish-American Life in Chicago: Cultural and Urban Aspects of an Immigrant People (1850-1930, University of Illinois Press, 1992).

(edited) Swedish-American Life in the Twin Cities (Minnesota Historical Society, 2001).

 



Paul Bramer, Associate Professor of Christian Formation

“Type Frequency in Three Christian Traditions: Comparisons among Catholics, Evangelicals, and Liberals” With Christopher F. J. Ross (submitted to Journal for Psychological Type, 2005).

Review of Leonard Sweet, ed., The Church in Emerging Culture: Five Perspectives (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 2003, 263pp). Christian Education Journal 3.3.2 (2005): 409-10.

Review of Lee, James Michael, ed. 2000. Forging a better religious education in the third millennium. Birmingham, AL: Religious Education Press. Christian Education Journal 3.2.3 (2004): 182-86.

Review of Alexander, Hanan A. 2001. Reclaiming goodness: Education and the spiritual quest. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press. Christian Education Journal 3.2.3 (2004): 193-98.

(with Brent Laytham) Review of Nancey Murphy, Brad J. Kallenberg, and Mark Thiessen Nation, eds. 2003. Virtues and practices in the Christian tradition: Christian ethics after Macintyre. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press. Original edition, Original publication, Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1997. Christian Education

“The Church’s Fundamental Nature and Functions: Preliminary Considerations for Planning in the Church” published annually for course readings at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1997-2004.

“John H. Westerhoff III: A Biography and Comprehensive Bibliography,” Christian Educators of the Twentieth Century (http://www.biola.edu/ceacademic, 2003).

“I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me: Hospitality as a Spiritual Practice,” Covenant Companion 91, no. 2 (2002): 10-11, 20.

“Christian Formation: Reconceptualizing Christian Education and Spiritual Formation,” Covenant Quarterly. Chicago, IL., 2001.

"Relativism"; “Social Darwinism.” Evangelical Dictionary of Christian Education. Ed. Michael J. Anthony. Baker Reference Library. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 2001.

"Reflecting on Reflection Learning." Published address at North American Professors of Christian Education. Ed. Rick Dunn, Nurturing the Soul through Christian Education. San Diego, CA, 1999.

"The Growing Power of Small Groups." The Covenant Companion 85.11 (1996): 6-8.

"Meeting Real Needs Is Key to Effective Sunday School." Christian Week. (1995): 8.

"The Relationship of MBTI Psychological Types to Religious Attitudes, Beliefs, and Practices of Selected Evangelicals in Southern Ontario." Ph.D. Dissertation. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Dissertation Services, 1995.

 

James Bruckner, Professor of Old Testament
"Human Wholeness in Deuteronomy 6: a theological anthropology" in Ex Auditu 21 (2005).

"Study Notes for Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah" in Faith in Action Study Bible: Living Your Faith in a Changing World, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005.

Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah . New International Application Commentary Series. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004.

"Ethics in the Pentateuch," Dictionary of the Pentateuch, InterVarsity Press, 2003.

Implied Law in the Abraham Narrative , JSOTS 335, Sheffield Academic Press, 2001.

"Boundary and Freedom: Blessings in the Garden of Eden" in The Covenant Quarterly 57 (February 1999) 15-35.

Ph.D. Dissertation: A Literary and Theological Analysis of the Abrahamic Narrative: Implied Oughts as a Case Study . Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN, 1998.

"On the One Hand . . . On the Other Hand: The Twofold Meaning of the Law against Covetousness" in To Hear and Obey: Essays in Honor of Fredrick Carlson Holmgren , 97-118.  Edited by Bradley J. Bergfalk and Paul E Koptak. Chicago: Covenant Publications, 1997.

"Resurrection or Justification of the Ungodly: What Basis for a Biblical Theology?" in Word and World 16/1 (Winter 1996) 76-83.

"The Creational Context of Law before Sinai: Law and Liberty in Pre-Sinai Narratives and Romans 7" in Ex Auditu 11 (1995) 91-110.

 



Mary Chase-Ziolek, Director of Health Ministry Programs and Associate Professor ofHealth Ministries
(co-author with J. Gruca) Clients’ perceptions of distinctive aspects of nursing care received within a congregational setting. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 17 (3), 171-183.

(co-author with J. Striepe) "A comparison of urban vs rural experiences of nurses volunteering in churches to promote health," Public Health Nursing (Vol. 16 No. 4, 1999).

"The meaning and experience of health ministry within the culture of a congregation with a parish nurse," Journal of Transcultural Nursing, (Vol. 10 No. 1, 1999).

(co-author with L. Holst) "Parish nursing in diverse congregations,Parish Nursing in Interfaith Communities, ed. by A. Solari-Twadell and M. McDermott (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1999).

"Health ministry resources," in Johnson S., & Tom P. (eds.) Handbook for Urban Church Ministries (Chicago, IL: Covenant Publications, 1996), pp. 74-76.

"Health ministries of ministries of health: What’s in a name?" To be published in Journal of Christian Nursing, spring 2003.

(co-author with Iris, M.) "Nurses perspectives on the distinctive aspects of providing nursing care in a congregational setting." To be published in Journal of Community Health Nursing, fall 2002.

 


Paul DeNeui, Visiting Assistant Professor of World Mission and Director of the Center for World Christian Studies

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Sharing Jesus Effectively in the Buddhist World.  Co-edited with David Lim and Steve Spaulding.  Pasadena: William Carey Library.

String Tying Ritual as Christian Communication in Northeast Thailand.
Fuller Theological Seminary, PhD dissertation.

"Appropriate Typologies for Thai Buddhists."
In Appropriate Christianity. Charles Kraft, ed. In press.

"Contextualizing with Thai Folk Buddhists." In Sharing Jesus in the Buddhist World.
David Lim and Steve Spaulding, eds. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.

The Development of a Multi-Dimensional Approach to Contextualization
in Northeast Thailand. Fuller Theological Seminary, Th. M thesis.


"Voices from Asia: Communicating Contextualization through Story." With Tongpan
Phrommedda and Banpote Wetchgama. Udon Thani, Thailand. At www.thaicov.org/resources/voices.


"What Happened When Grandma Danced." Mission Frontiers 23(2):18-19

"Come and Join the Dance." The Covenant Companion, Part Two LXXXVII(2):1A-2A

 


Stephen Graham, Dean of Faculty and Professor of American Church History
"Cosmos in the Chaos:" Philip Schaff's Interpretation of Nineteenth-Century American Religion (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1995).



Fredrick C. Holmgren, Research Professor of Old Testament
Books:
The Old Testament and the Significance of Jesus (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999);

Preaching Biblical Tests: Expositions by Jewish and Christian Scholars; Co-edited with Herman Schaalman (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995).

Articles:
“Between Text and Sermon: Exodus 2:11-3:12,” Interpretation (56/1, 2002);

“Jews and Christians in Germany: A New But Still Troubled Relationship,” Journal of Ecumenical Studies (Spring-Summer, 2001);

“Der Weg der Tora: Flucht aus Aegypten,” Studien zu einer neustamentliche Hermeneutik nach Auschwitz Stuttgarter Biblische Aufsatzbaende: Neues Testament. Editors: P. Fiedler and G. Dautzenberg. Stuttgart: Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk. A reprint and translation of an article which first appeared in 1995;

“Outsiders Stretching to Understand Insiders: George F. Moore and Claude G. Montefiore,” The Covenant Quarterly (45, 1998);

“Between Text and Sermon: Isaiah 2:1-5,” Interpretation (51/1, 1997);

“Preaching the Gospel Without Anti-Judaism,” Removing Anti-Judaism from the Pulpit (American Interfaith Institute, 19996). A reprint of an article appearing in Christian Ministry, 1995. “Israel, the Prophets and the book of Jonah: The Rest of the Story: The Formation of the Canon,” Currents in Theology and Mission (21, 1994);

“ The Pharisees and the Tax Collector: Luke 18:9-14 and Deuteronomy 26:1-15,” Interpretation (21, 1994);

“Faithful Abraham and the ‘Amanah Covenant: Nehemiah 9:6-10:1,” Zeitschrift fuer die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (104/2, 1992);

International Theological Commentary
(28 volumes; co-edited with George Knight). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984-94.

 

Robert Hubbard, professor of Old Testament
(co-author with Timothy R. Ashley) Book of Numbers (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1995).

Book of Ruth in The New International Commentary on the Old Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1994).

 

Paul Koptak, Paul and Bernice Brandel professor of communication and biblical interpretation
“Intertextuality,” in The Dictionary for the Theological Interpretation of Scripture, ed. Kevin J. Vanhoozer (Grand Rapids: Baker Publishing, 2005).

Proverbs: The New International Version Application Commentary (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003).

"Rhetorical Identification in Preaching," Preaching (Nov.-Dec. 1998): 11-18.

"Reading Scripture with Kenneth Burke: Genesis 38," in To Hear and Obey: Essays in Honor of Fredrick Carlson Holmgren, ed. Bradley J. Bergfalk and Paul E. Koptak (Chicago: Covenant Publications, 1997).

"Rhetorical Identification in Paul's Autobiographical Narrative:  Galatians 1:13-2:14," Journal for the Study of the New Testament 40 (1990): 97-115.  Reprinted in New Testament Interpretation and Methods: A Sheffield Reader, ed. S. E. Porter and C. A. Evans (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997) and The Galatians Debate, ed. M. Nanos. Peabody: Hendrickson Press, 2002).

 


D. Brent Laytham, associate professor of theology and ethics

(Editor) God is not...Religious, Nice, "One of Us," an American, a Capitalist (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2004).
"God's Politics Is (the Politics of) Jesus," Covenant Quarterly (August 2005):30-33.
"Theology Goes to the Movies: Screening Billy Elliot ," Covenant Quarterly (May 2005):3-15.
"Worshiping the Decalogue's God," Liturgy 20.1 (2005):61-66.
(editor and contributor) God Is Not (Brazos Press, 2004).
"The Narrative Shape of Scriptural Authority: Plotting Pentecost" Ex Auditu 19 (2003): 97-119.
"Time for Hope?   Plotting Hope in Four Recent Films," in The Gift of Story , edited by Mark Eaton and Emily Griesinger (forthcoming from Baylor University Press).
"The Healthy Church:   Embodying Scripture" in Catalyst 29.1 (November 2002):2-3.  

Carol Norén, Wesley W. Nelson professor of homiletics
What Happens Sunday Morning: A Layperson's Guide to Worship (Westminster John Knox Press, 1992).

The Woman in the Pulpit (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1991).

 


Ginny Olson, Co-Director, Center for Youth Ministry Studies

Co-author, Youth Ministry Management Tools, (Youth Specialties/Zondervan, 2001).

Editor and contributing author of Breaking the Gender Barrier in Youth Ministry.  (Victor Books 1995).

Author, Teenage Girls:  Exploring Issues Adolescent Girls Face and Strategies to Help Them.  (Youth Specialties/Zondervan, due out May, 2006).

 

 

 

 

Klyne Snodgrass, Paul W. Brandel professor of New Testament studies
A representative bibliography:

Between Two Truths: Living with Biblical Tensions (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1990).

Ephesians in The NIV Application Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1996).

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 1983).

Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2008).

A Biblical and Theological Basis for Women in Ministry: An Occasional Paper (Chicago, IL: Covenant Publications, 1987).

Divorce and Remarriage: An Occasional Paper (Chicago, IL: Covenant Publications, 1992).


"Anaideia and the Friend at Midnight (Luke 11:8)," Journal of Biblical Literature 116 (1997), 505-513.


"From Allegorizing to Allegorizing: A History of Interpretation of the Parables of Jesus," The Challenge of the Parables, ed. by Richard N. Longencker (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000).

"The Gospel of Jesus," in The Written Gospel [Festscrift for Graham Stanton].  Edited by Markus Bockmuehl and Donald A. Hagner.  Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 2005, 31-44.

"Justification by Grace*to the Doers:  An Analysis of the Place of Romans 2 in the Theology of Paul," New Testament Studies, 32 (1986) 72-93.

"Matthew and the Law," Treasures New and Old: Contributions to the Matthean Studies, ed. by David R. Bauer and Mark Allan Powell (Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1996).

"Reading to Hear: A Hermeneutics of Hearing," Horizons in Biblical Theology 24 (2002): 1-32.

"Spheres of Influence: A Possible Solution to the Problem of Paul and the Law," Journal for the Study of the New Testament (XXXII, 1988).


"The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament," New Testament Criticism and Interpretation, ed. by David Alan Black and David S. Dockery (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1991).




Norma Sutton, Seminary librarian and professor of theological bibliography
"Bibliography of the Works of F. Burton Nelson," in Reflections on Bonhoeffer, ed. by Geffrey B. Kelly and C. John Weborg (Chicago, IL: Covenant Publications, 1999).

"Bibliography of the Works of Fredrick Carlson Holmgren," in To Hear and Obey: Essays in Honor of Fredrick Carlson Holmgren, ed. by Bradley J. Bergfalk and Paul E. Koptak (Chicago, IL: Covenant Publications, 1997).

"Pastoral Leadership is an Art," Servant Leadership, vol. 2, ed. by Robert K. Johnston and James Hawkinson (Chicago, IL: Covenant Press, 1993).

"Arise for it is Day: John Day Imprints and the English Reformation, 1545-1559," The Journal of Religious and Theological Information (1, 1993).



C. John Weborg, professor of theology
Prayer and Life in the Spirit: A Venture in Academic Excellence and Ecumenical Collaboration (Chicago, IL: North Park Theological Seminary, 1993).

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