CURRICULUM VITAE (revised June 2016)

William L. Pitts, Jr.717 Ivyann

Waco, TX 76712(254) 776-3665; (254) 710-6321

william_pitts@baylor.edu

EDUCATION1969: Vanderbilt University, Ph.D.

Major – Church HistoryMinor – American HistoryDissertation: “World Christianity: The Church History

Writing of Kenneth Scott Latourette.”Supervisors: Egon Gerdes and Wilhelm Pauck

1963: Vanderbilt Divinity School, M.Div., Church History concentration1960: Baylor University, B.A., Double Major: History and Religion1956: Duncan Senior High School, Diploma, Duncan, Oklahoma

ACADEMIC/LEADERSHIP HONORS2014 A Festschrift in Honor of Bill Pitts, Baptist History and Heritage2010: The Norman W, Cox Award for the best article published by the Baptist History

and Heritage Society in 2009.2006: Baptist History and Heritage Distinguished Service Award, June 2, 20062005: Phi Kappa Chi Professor, April 7, 2005 (Chris Watkins)2004: Outstanding Graduate Professor, Baylor University (Graduate Student

Association Award) May 3, 20042003: Phi Kappa Chi Professor, April, 2003 (Patrick Broaddus)1998: Directory of American Scholars1995: Phi Kappa Chi Professor, April, 19951993-94: Mortar Board Distinguished Professor1991: Who’s Who in Religion1974: Piper Professor Nominee1966-67: Highest Student Rating, Mercer University1964-65: Lilly Scholarship for Vanderbilt Ph.D.1963: Church History Prize, Vanderbilt Divinity School1963: Luke-Acts Prize, Vanderbilt Divinity School1960: Baylor Rifle Team letter, 1956-60; captain, 19601956: Outstanding Senior Man, Duncan Senior High School1956: Crossman Award: Outstanding Student, DHS

1956: Student Council President, DHS1955: State President, Oklahoma Royal Ambassadors

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY1975ff: Associate Professor and Professor, Baylor University1970-75: Associate Professor, Dallas Baptist University1969-70: Assistant Professor, Houston Baptist University1966-69: Instructor, Mercer University

LISTINGS/BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONDirectory of American Scholars, 1978, 1998, 2000, 2003Who’s Who in the World, 1999“Portrait,” Chronicle of Higher Education, March 24, 1993Who’s Who in America, 1992CSSR Directory of Faculty, 1992Who’s Who in Religion, 1991Who’s Who in Education, 1979North American Protestant Overseas Directory, 1976

INDIVIDUAL AND COLLABORATIVE TEACHING AREASTeaching Areas:

American Church History, European Church History, Reformation Studies,Old Testament (Introduction).

Courses Taught at Baylor:Current Offerings:

The Christian HeritageIntroduction to Church HistoryHistory of ProtestantismIntroduction to Religion in AmericaColloquium on Church HistoryAmerican Religion I, 1607-1860 (seminar)American Religion II, 1860-present (seminar)Modern European Christianity (seminar)

World Cultures II, 300 C.E.-1600 C.E.Courses Occasionally Offered:

The Middle Ages (seminar)The Continental Reformation (seminar)The English Reformation (seminar)Introduction to Christian MissionsThe Christian ScripturesIntroduction to New TestamentOld Testament HistoryWestern Thought and Culture

Team Teaching and Syllabus Design:1995-present: Coordinator of eight professors for World Cultures II, (300 – 1600

C.E.), a course designed for the innovative Baylor Interdisciplinary Core(BIC) program.

1992-2001: Western Thought and Culture (five professors): Baylor in GreatBritain (taught each summer in London).

1971: Scripts for Video Instruction: Dallas Baptist University1969: Sophomore Core Curriculum: Houston Baptist University (six professors)

GRADUATE ACTIVITIESGraduate Faculty, 1976-present.Director of Graduate Studies in Department of Religion, 1988-91; 2006-2010Director/Reader of Dissertations/Theses:

Forty Ph.D. Dissertations and seven M.A. Theses completed;Second/third reader for numerous additional dissertations and theses

within and outside the Department of Religion (English, History, Church- State studies, Music).

Graduate Students at Scholarly Meetings:Ph.D. students read papers regularly at regional and national meetings of the

AAR, ASCH, BHHS and other professional organizations.Mentor, Five people who received “Outstanding Graduate Students” at Baylor:

Jonathan Kris Pratt (2004)

Carol Crawford Holcomb (1999)Jeff Taylor (1998)Steve Oldham (1997)Mel Hawkins (1995)

Mentoring Committee Member for Truett Seminary Student:Jeff Huckeby (June 2002)

Compiler of “Bibliography for Ph.D. Students in The History of Christianity,” 2004; periodically revised, most recently in 2012.

Religion, Politics and Society (formerly Institute for Church State Studies): Regularly serve on Ph.D. preliminary examination and

dissertation committeesSchool of Music: Regularly serve on Master’s Oral Examination committee.Assisted Baptist Studies effort with planning, travel, committee meetings.Secured funding for Graduate Student Travel, Dissertation Subventions and Baptist

publicationsParticipated in Graduate School Seminar on Preparing CV’s and Application cover

lettersPUBLICATIONSResearch and Publications Areas:

Baptist History and Identity, New Religious Movements/Alternative Religious Movements, Spirituality, Rauschenbusch, Historiography.

Articles Published in Journals: (* refereed articles)

*“Shaping a German Immigrant Church,” American Baptist Quarterly, XXXIII, No. 2 (Summer 2015): 194-214.

*“Baptists Seeking Justice: Walter Rauschenbusch’s Legacy,” Baptist History and Heritage, L, No. 2 (Summer 2015): 33-51.

*Rauschenbusch and Döllinger as ‘Other’: Historians and the Protestant-Catholic Divide, Baptist History and Heritage, LXIX, No. 2 (Summer 2014): 38-

51.*SHEkinah: Lois Roden’s Quest for Gender Equality,” Nova Religio, Vol. XVII, No. 4

(May 2014): 37-60.Editorial: “Baptists in Thought and Action,” Baptist History and Heritage, Vol. XLVIII,

No. 2 (Fall 2013): 6-7.

Editorial: “Identity Within Diversity: Baptists Across Centuries and Continents,” Baptist History and Heritage, Vol. XLVII, No. 3 (Fall 2012), 4-5.

*Leadership in the Youth-Led Revival Movement,” Texas Baptist History, Vol. 32: 39-68.

* “Debating the True Church on the Grounds of Believer’s Baptism: The Ecclesiology of Hanserd Knollys,” Baptist History and Heritage, XLVII, No. 2, (Summer 2012), 55-67.

* “Conscience and Compromise: Strategies of Dissent in Late Tudor England,” Journal

of Church and State, vol. 54, No. 4 (Autumn 2012), 581-602.* “Why Baptist History Matters: Rauschenbusch and Latourette,” American Baptist

Quarterly, XXIX), No. 3 (Fall 2010, 149-171.* “The Popular Reception of Rauschenbusch’s Christianity and the Social Crisis,

1907-1910,” American Baptist Quarterly, XXVIII (Summer 2009), No. 2, 162- 179.

* “Baptist Origins and Identity in 1609: The John Smyth/Richard Clifton Literary Debate,” Perspectives in Religious Studies, 36 (2009), 377-390.

* “Women Leaders in the Davidian and Branch Davidian Traditions,” Nova Religio, Vol. 12, No.4 (May 2009), 50-71.

* “Arguing Regenerate Church membership: Baptist Identity during Its First Decade, 1610-1620,” Baptist History and Heritage, XLIV, No. 1 (Winter 2009), 20-39.

* “Recruiting for Missions: the Baylor Volunteer Foreign Mission Band, 1900-1916,” Baptist History and Heritage, Vol. XLIII, No. 1 (Winter 2008), 94-110.

* “Personal and Social Christianity in Rauschenbusch’s Thought,” American Baptist Quarterly, Vol. XXVI, No. 2 (Summer 2007), 138-160.

* “Women, Ministry, and Identity: Establishing Female Deacons at First Baptist Church, Waco, Texas,” Baptist History and Heritage, Vol. XLII, No. 1 (Winter 2007), 71-84

* “Christianity and the Social Crisis: Rauschenbusch’s Legacy After a Century.” Baptist History and Heritage, XLI (Summer/Fall 2006), No. 3, 35-48.

“Z.N. Morrell, Texas Baptist Pioneer.” Baptist Way, Issue 21 (September,October, November 2003).

* “Current Trends in Texas Baptist Ordination.” Perspectives in Religious Studies,29, No. 3 (Fall 2002), 259-267.

* “Kenneth Scott Latourette, Church Historian.” Baptist History and Heritage,37, No. 1 (Winter 2002): 52-70.

* “Changing Views of the Millennium in the Davidian Tradition.” Journal ofReligious History, 24, No. 1 (February 2000): 87-102.

* “Millennialism in the Western Religious Tradition: A Basic Bibliography.”Choice, 37, No. 4 (December 1999): 645-655.

“1950-1959: Strong Commitment Fuels Missions Growth.” The BaptistStandard, November 1999: 11.

* “Southern Baptists and Millennialism, 1900-2000: Conceptual Patterns and Historical Expressions.” Baptist History and Heritage, 34, No. 2(Spring 1999): 7-27.

“Religion of the Future,” Baylor News. (1999)* “The Persistence of the Millennium,” Medieval Perspectives 12 (1997): 1-24.* “Texas Baptists’ Maturing Role in Education,” Texas Baptist History 15 (1995):

15-40.* “Robert Andrew Baker: Texas Baptist Historian.” Texas Baptist History 13

(1993). 69-86.* “The Davidian Tradition” The Council of Societies for the Study of Religion

Bulletin 22, No. 4 (November, 1993): 99-101.* “The Mount Carmel Davidians: Adventist Reformers, 1935-1959.” Syzgy 2,

(Winter/Spring 1993): 39-54. “Baptists Search for Unity Among Divisions.” The Baylor Messenger, October

1993:2.* “Millennial Spirituality of the Branch Davidians.” Christian Spirituality Bulletin,

1, No. 1 (Spring 1993): 19-20. “Denomination or Cult?” The Baylor Line, Summer 1993: 37-38, 79.* “The Priesthood of All Believers in the Baptist Tradition.” Southwestern Journal

of Theology, Spring 1988: 34-45.* “Religious Cults in America: A Bibliographical Essay.” Choice 21, No. 8 (April

1984): 1094-1102. “Brazilian Baptists to Mark Centennial October 15 in Salvador.” The Baptist

Standard, October 1982:16. “Baptist Beginnings in Brazil: Notes on the English Sources.” Texas Baptist

History 2 (1982): 45-48.* “Baptist Beginnings in Brazil.” Baptist History and Heritage 17, No. 4 (October

1982): 4-16. “George W. Truett.” Texas Baptist History 1 (1981): 62-63. “Editor’s Note.” An annual contribution to Texas Baptist History, 1981-2000. “1894 Dallas Convention Reduces Mission Debt.” Baptist and Reflector 131,

No. 18 (May 6, 1965): 3. Reprinted in several Baptist state papers.“The Use of the Old Testament in Light of the Critical Method.” Koinonia 7,

No. 3 (March 1963): 5-8.

Articles Published in Encyclopedias and Dictionaries:“Bates, Miner Searle,” The Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Edited by

Mark Lamport, Rowman and Littlefield, 2016.“Houteff, Victor Tasho,” The Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Edited

by Mark Lamport, Rowman and Littlefield, 2016.“McGiffert, Arthur Cushman,” The Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States,

Edited by Mark Lamport, Rowman and Littlefield, 2016.“Small, Albion Woodbury,” The Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States,

Edited by Mark Lamport, Rowman and Littlefield, 2016.“Taylor, John,” The Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Edited by

Mark Lamport, Rowman and Littlefield, 2016.“Wallace, William Lindsey,” The Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States,

Edited by Mark Lamport, Rowman and Littlefield, 2016.“The Branch Davidians.” Religions of the World, 4 vols. Edited by Gordon

Melton, Denver, Colorado: ABC CLIO, Vol. 1:160-162; 2nd Edition, 2009.“The Branch Davidians.” Religions of the World, 4 vols. Edited by Gordon

Melton, Denver, Colorado: ABC CLIO, 2002, Vol. 1:160-162.“Davidians.” Encyclopedia of Millennialism and Millennial Movements.

Edited by Richard Landes, New York: Routledge, 2000, 113-117.“Independence, Texas.” (with Byron Augustin) The New Handbook of Texas,

Edited by Ron Tyler, Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1996,Vol. 3:823.

“Davidians and Branch Davidians.” The New Handbook of Texas. Edited byRon Tyler, Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1996, Vol. 2:520-521.

“William Buck Bagby.” The New Handbook of Texas. Edited by Ron Tyler.Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1996, Vol. 1:333.

“Victor T. Houteff.” Encyclopedia of New Religious Cults and Sects, Edited byJames Lewis, New York: Facts on File, 1995.

“Davidian Seventh-day Adventists.” Encyclopedia of New Religious Cults andSects. Edited by James Lewis, New York: Facts on File, 1995.

* “Davidians and Branch Davidians,” New Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 19Supplement 1989-1995. Edited by Berard L. Marthaler, WashingtonD.C.: Catholic University Press, 1995, 96-98. Selected in 1999 forinclusion in new edition of NCE.

* “Enlightenment and American Protestantism.” Dictionary of Christianity in America. Edited by Daniel G. Reid, Downers Grove, Illinois: IntervarsityPress, 1990: 393-395.

* “Romanticism and American Protestantism.” Dictionary of Christianity inAmerica, edited by Daniel G. Reid. Downers Grove, Illinois: IntervarsityPress, 1990: 1028-1030.

“Hermond Edwin Westmoreland.” Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists, Vol. IV,Supplement A-Z. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1982: 2545.

“Blake Smith.” Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists, Vol. IV, Supplement A-Z.Nashville: Broadman Press, 1982: 2455.

Artcles in Religious Online Publications*“Lois Roden,” for World Religions and Spirituality, edited by Cathy Wessinger and

Rebecca Moore, an on-line publication at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., 2016.

“Abner Vernon McCall: Baptist Educator,” Common Call, vol. 3, no. 4, April 2015. “August Rauschenbusch: Reaching German Immigrants for Christ,” Common Call, vol.

2, No. 10 (October 2014).

“Protestant Reformation Reshaped Christian Church,” Ethics Daily.com, October 16, 2013.

“At Least Five Reformations Reshaped Church History,” Ethics Daily.com, October 17, 2013.

“Labor Day and the Faith: Walter Rauschenbusch’s Prayers for Workers,” Ethics Daily.com, August 29, 2013.

“Texans Begin Baptist Work in Brazil,” Common Call, August 2013, 17. Reprints

Dissertation selected for microfilm reprint services, 1976.

Selected Contributions to Books:“The Life of Hanserd Knollys,” Early English Baptist Texts: The Collected Works of

Hanserd Knollys, Vol. I: Pamphlets on Religion, ed. by William Pitts and Rady Roldan-Figueroa. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press. Forthcoming.

“The Historiography of Hanserd Knollys,” Early English Baptist Texts: The Collected Works of Hanserd Knollys, Vol. I: Pamphlets on Religion, ed. by William

Pitts and Rady Roldan-Figueroa. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press. Forthcoming.

“Introduction,” Baptists and Revival, edited by William L. Pitts. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press. Scheduled for 2017.

“The University and Revival: The Baylor Youth-Led Revival, 1945-46,” Baptists and Revival, edited by William L. Pitts. Macon, GA: Mercer University

Press. Scheduled for 2017.“Foreward,” Faught, Jerry. The Resurgence of Fundamentalism. Lewiston, N.Y.:

The Edwin Mellen Press, 2013.“Foreword,” Early, Joe. The Life and Writings of Thomas Helwys. Atlanta: Mercer

University Press, 2009. * “Recruiting for Missions: the Baylor Volunteer Foreign Mission Band, 1900-1906,”

Baptists and Mission: Papers from the Fourth International Conference on Baptist Studies. Vol 29 of Studies in Baptist History and Thought, ed.

By Ian M. Randall and Anthony R. Cross, with Foreword by David Bebbington. London: Paternoster Press, 2007. Pages 164-177. * “Women, Ministry and Identity: Establishing Female Deacons at First Baptist

Church, Waco, 1996.” Baptist History and Thought: Baptist Identities. Vol. 19 of International Studies from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Centuries, ed. By Ian M. Randall, Toivo Pilli and Anthony R. Cross, with Foreword by David Bebbington. London: Paternoster Press, 2006. Pages 99-110.

* “Current Trends in Texas Baptist Ordination.” Baptists and Ordination. Ed. William H. Brackney, published by National Association of BaptistProfessors of Religion 2003.

“God Will Again Dwell Among His People: Meditations on Zechariah 1-8,” inAdvent Devotions, for First Baptist Church, Waco, Texas, Fall 2002.

* “Davidians and Branch Davidians: 1929-1987,” in Armageddon in Waco. Ed.Stuart Wright, 20-42, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.

* “The Davidian Tradition,” in From the Ashes: Making Sense of Waco. Ed.James R. Lewis, 33-39. Lanham, Maryland: Rowland and LittlefieldPublishers, Inc., 1994.

* “The Spirituality of A.B. Simpson.” Modern Christian Spirituality:Methodological and Historical Essays. Ed. Bradley Hanson, 223-248.Atlanta: Georgia: Scholars Press, 1991.

* “Baptist Relations with Other Christians.” The Believer’s Church: EssaysIn Honor of James Leo Garrett. Ed. Paul Basden and David Dockery,235-250. Nashville: Broadman, 1990.

Contributor to Books for College Libraries, 3rd edition 1988.* “Jack Flanders: A Biographical Sketch.” With Steadfast Purpose: Essays

On Acts in Honor of Henry Jackson Flanders, Jr. Ed. Naymond H.Keathley, 1-27. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 1990.

“Writing Book Reviews,” A Scholar’s Guide to Academic Journals inReligion. Ed. James Dawsey, xxi-xxiii. Metuchen, New Jersey: TheScarecrow Press, 1988.

BOOK REVIEWSAmerican Baptist Quarterly

Bruce McIver, in American Baptist Quarterly, 2005.Baptist History and Heritage:

Review of  A Miracle of Grace: an Autobiography, by E. Glenn Hinson, in Baptist History and Heritage, Vol. XLVIII, No. 2 (Summer 2013).

Review of Thy Will Be Done: a Biography of George W. Truett, by Keith E. Durso., in Baptist History and Heritage Society, Summer 2011.

Review of The Changing Shape of English Nonconformity, 1825-1925,by Dale A. Johnson, in Baptist History and Heritage, 2001.

Review of Can Somebody Shout Amen!: Inside the Tents and Tabernacles ofAmerican Revivalists, by Patsy Sims, in Baptist History and Heritage, 1998.

Choice:Review of Saving Sex: Spirituality and Salvation in American Evangelicalism, by Amy

DeRogatis, in Choice, February 2015.

Review of So Many Christians, So Few Lions, by George Yancey and David A. Williamson, in Choice, May 2015.

Review of The Papacy in the Modern World: a Political History, by Frank J. Coppa, in Choice, August 2015.

Review of John Knox by Jane Dawson, in Choice, October 2015.

Review of Christian Imperialism: Converting the World in the Early American Republic, by Emily Conroy-Krutz, in Choice, December 2015.

Review of American Civil Religion: What Americans Hold Sacred, by Peter Gardella, in Choice, July 2014.

Review of Religions as Brands: New Perspectives on the Marketization of Religion and Spirituality, ed. Jean-Claude Usunier and Jorg Stolz, in Choice,

December 2014.Review of An Introduction to German Pietism, by Douglas Shantz, in Choice, 2013.

Review of The Invention of Peter: Apostolic Discourse and Papal Authority in Late Antiquity, by George E. Demacopoulus, in Choice, 2013.

Review of An Introduction to German Pietism, by Douglas Shantz, in Choice, 2013.

Review of The Life & Pontificate of Pope Pius XII: Between History and Controversy, by Frank J. Coppa, in Choice, 2013.

Review of The Religions of Canadians, ed. Jamie S. Scott, in Choice, 2012.

Review of Ten Popes that Shook the World, by Eamon Duffy, in Choice, 2012.Review of The Inner Lives of Medieval Inquisitors, by Karen Sullivan, in Choice, 2011.Review of Octavia, Daughter of God: the Story of a Female Messiah and her

Followers, in Choice, 2011.Review of The Children and Mary: the Order of Christ Sophia, by James R. Lewis and

Nicholas M. Levine, in Choice, 2010.Review of Moral Re-Armanent: The Reinventions of an American Religious Movement, by Daniel Sack, in Choice, 2010.Review of A New Science: the Discovery of Religion in the Age of Reason, by Guy G.

Stroumsa. in Choice, 2010.Review of Saints Alive: Word, Image, and Enactment in the Lives of the Saints , by

David Williams, in Choice, 2010.Review of Cults, Terror and Mind Control, by Raphael Aron, in Choice, 2009.Review of Understanding Jonestown and Peoples Temple by Rebecca Moore, in

Choice, 2009.Review of The Beauty of Holiness: Anglicanism & Architecture in Colonial South

Carolina, by Louis P. Nelson, in Choice, 2009.Review of God’s Strange Work: William Miller and the End of the World, by David L.

Rose, in Choice, May 2009.Review of The Crusades and the Christian World of the East: Rough Tolerance, by

Christopher MacEvitt, in Choice, 2008.Review of Alien Worlds: Social and Religious Dimensions of Extraterrestrial Contact,

ed. by Diana G. Tumminia, in Choice, 2007.Review of The Art of the Sublime: Principles of Christian Art and Architecture, by

Roger Homan, in Choice, 2007.Review of God at Work: the History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement, in

Choice, 2007.Review of Women, Men, and Spiritual Power: Female Saints and their Male

Collaborators,By John W. Coakley, in Choice, 2006.

Review of God’s New Man: the Election of Benedict XVI and the Legacy of John Paul II, by Paul Collins, in Choice, 2006.

Review of The Bahai Faith in America, by William Garlington, in Choice 2006.

Review of Dear People: Remembering Jonestown, Selections from the PeoplesTemple Collection at the California Historical Society, edited by DeniceStephenson, in Choice 2005.

Review of Aliens Adored: Real’s UFO Religion, by Susan J. Palmer, in Choice 2005.

Review of Mary’s Mother: Saint Anne in Late Medival Europe, by Virginia Nixon, in Choice 2005.

Review of New Age and Neopagan Religion, by Sarah Pike, in Choice 43 No. 2004.Review of Making the American Religious Fringe, by Sean McCloud, in Choice

42 No. 2 (October 2004).Review of Prosperity and Plunder, by Derek Beales, in Choice 41 No. 10 (June,

2004).Review of The Artificiality of Christianity: Essays on the Poetics of Monasticism,

by M.B. Pranger, in Choice 41, No. 2 (October 2003).Review of Religions of the United States in Practice, 2 vols., ed. By Colleen

McDannell, in Choice 40 No. 1 (September 2002).Review of Business of the Heart: Religion and Emotion in the Nineteenth

Century, by John Corrigan, in Choice 39 No. 10 (June 2002).Review of Inside the Nation of Islam: A Historical and Personal Testimony of

A Black Muslim, by Vibert L. White, in Choice 39 No. 8 (April 2002).Review of American Methodist Worship, by Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, in

Choice 30 No. 3 (November 2001).Review of Upon This Rock: The Popes and Their Changing Role, by Paul Collins,

in Choice 38 No. 11/12 (July/August 2001).Review of Hearing Things: Religion, Illusion and the American Enlightenment, by

Eric Schmidt, in Choice 38 No. 7 (March 2001).Review of Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History,

by Philip Jenkins, in Choice 38 No. 2 (October 2002).Review of Hitler’s Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII, by John Cornwell, in

Choice 37 No. 10 (June 2000).Review of Comprehending cults: the Sociology of New Religious Movements, by

Lorne L. Dawson, in Choice 36 1999.Review of The Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism, 3 vols. ed. John J. Collins,

Bernard McGinn, and Steven J. Stein, in Choice No. 6 (February 1999):1076.

Review of End-time Visions: The Road to Armageddon, by Richard Abanes, inChoice 36 No. 3 (November 1998): 535.

Review of The Making of the French Espiscopate, 1589-1681, by Joseph Bergin,in Choice 34 (May 1997): 1514.

Review of Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the CatholicChurch, by Thomas J. Reese, in Choice 34 (May 1997): 1516-1517.

Review of Protestant History and Identity in Sixteenth-Century Europe: v.1: TheMedieval Inheritance; v. 2: The Later Reformation, edited by Bruce Gordon, in Choice 34 (April 1997): 1357.

Review of History of Vatican II: v. 1: Announcing and Preparing Vatican CouncilII: Toward a New Era in Catholicism, ed. By Giuseppe Alberigo, in Choice34 (October 1996): 297.

Review of God, Cosmos, and Humankind: the World of Early ChristianSymbolism, by Gerhart B. Ladner, in Choice 34 (September 1996):144-145.

Review of The European Reformations, by Carter Lindberg, in Choice 33 (July/August 1996): 1811.

Review of The Perfection of Solitude: Hermits and Monks in the Crusader States,by Andrew Jotischky, in Choice 33 (October 1995): 311.

Review of The Uneasy Center: Reformed Christianity in Antebellum America,by Paul K. Conkin, in Choice 33 (September 1995): 144.

Review of Seventh-Day Adventist Attitudes Toward Roman Catholicism, 1844-1965, by Reinder Bruinsma, in Choice 33 (September 1995): 144.

Review of Pluralism and Particularity in Religious Belief, by Brad Stetson, inChoice 32 (May 1995): 1468.

Review of The Bianchi of 1399: Popular Devotion in Late Medieval Italy, byDaniel Bornstein, in Choice 31 (July/August 1994): 1741.

Review of Julius II: the Warrier Pope, by Christine Shaw, in Choice (March1994): 1151.

Review of England, Rome and the Papacy, 1417-1464: the Study of aRelationship, by Margaret Harvey, in Choice 31 (January 1994):

805-806.Review of The Protestant Evangelical Awakening, by W.R. Ward, in Choice

30 (September 1993): 138.Review of Christianity Comes to the Americas, 1492-1776, by Charles H. Lippy,

in Choice 30 (September 1992): 138.Review of In the South the Baptists Are the Center of Gravity: Southern Baptists

and Social Change, 1930-1980, by Edward L. Queen, in Choice 29(June 1992): 1563.

Review of The Undermined Establishment: Church-State Relations in America,1880-1920 by Robert T. Handy, in Choice 29 (April 1992): 1244.

Review of Volunteer: With the Poor in Peru, by Jeff Thielman, in Choice 29(February 1992): 912.

Review of Cane Ridge: America’s Pentecost, by Paul K. Conklin, in Choice 29(September 1991): 121-122.

Review of Baptist Battles: Social Change and Religious Conflict in the SouthernBaptist Convention, by Nancy Tatom Ammerman, in Choice 28 (May 1991): 1505.

Review of The Papacy, 1973-1198: Continuity and Innovation, by I.S. Robinson,in Choice 28 (February 1991): 952.

Review of Theological and Aesthetic Roots in the Stone-Campbell Movement,by Dale A. Jorgenson, in Choice 27 (January 1990): 821.

Review of Southern Baptists: A Subculture in Transition, by Ellen M. Rosenberg,in Choice 27 (January 1990): 821.

Review of Walter Rauschenbusch, American Reformer, by Paul M. Minus, inChoice 26 (May 1989): 1537.

Review of Following in His Steps: A Biography of Charles M. Sheldon, by Timothy Miller, in Choice 26 (December 1998): 663.

Review of The Limits of the Papacy: Authority and Autonomy in the Church,by Patrick Granfield, in Choice (March 1988): 1116.

Review of Sufficiently Radical: Catholicism, Progressivism and the Bishop’sProgram of 1919, by Joseph McShane, in Choice 25 (September 1987):150-151.

Review of The Southern Baptist Holy War, by Joe Edward Barnhart, in Choice

24 (May 1987): 415.Review of Paris and Rome: The Gallican Church and the Ultramontane

Campaign, 1848-1853, by Austin Gough, in Choice 24 (March 1987):1086.

Review of Texas Baptist Leadership and Social Christianity,1900-1980, by John W. Storey, in Choice 24 (October 1986): 326.

Review of “Brigham Young and the Expanding American Frontier,” by NewellG. Bringhurst, in Choice 23 (July-August 1986): 1689-1690.

Review of “The Catholic Experience: Space, Time, Silence, Prayer, Sacraments,”by Lawrence Cunningham, in Choice 23 (April 1986): 1689-1690.

Review of “The American Catholic Experience: A History from the Colonial Timesto the Present,” by Jay P. Dolan, in Choice 23 (March 1986): 1078-1080.

Review of “Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah’s Witnesses,” by M. JamesPenton, in Choice 23 (January 1986): 754.

Review of “Pope John XXIII, Shepherd of the Modern World,” by PeterHebblethwaite, in Choice 23 (September 1985): 136.

Review of “Shamans, Lamas and Evangelicals: the English Missionaries inSiberia,” by Charles R. Bawden, in Choice 22 (July-August 1985): 1647.

Review of “The Gospel Time Bomb: Ultrafundamentalism and the Future ofAmerica,” by Lowell D. Streiker, in Choice 22 No. 9 (May 1985): 1353.

Review of “The Orwellian World of Johovah’s Witnesses,” by Heather Botting andGary Botting, in Choice 21 (January 1985): 698.

Review of “Spanish Catholicism: A Historical Overview,” by Stanley G. Payne, inChoice 21 (January 1985): 700.

Review of “The Power of Rome in the Twentieth Century: Vatican in the Age ofLiberal Democracies,” 870-1922, by Anthony Richard Ewart Rhodes, inChoice 21, No. 10 (June 1984): 1482.

Review of “The Monastic Impulse,” by Walter H. Capps, in Choice 21 No. 1(October 1983): 296.

Review of “Cults in America: Programmed for Paradise,” by Willa Appel, inChoice 21 (September 1983): 114.

Review of “A Guide to Cults and New Religions,” by Ronald Enroth et al. inChoice 21, No. 1 (September 1983): 112.

Review of “Saints and Society: The Two Worlds of Western Christendom,1000-1700,” by Donald Weinstein, in Choice 20, No.10 (June 1983): 1476-1477.

Review of “The Spiritual Legacy of the American Indian,” by Joseph EpesBrown, in Choice 20 No. 8 (April 1983): 1152-1153.

Review of “The Charismatic Movement: Is There A New Pentecost?” by MargaretM. Poloma, in Choice 20 No. 8 (April 1983): 1154.

Review of “The Pope and Revolution: John Paul II Confronts LiberationTheology,” by Gustavo Gutierrez el al., in Choice 20 No. 5 (January1983): 717.

Review of “Pope John Paul II and the Catholic Restoration,” by Paul Johnson,in Choice 20 No. 4 (December 1982): 596.

Review of “The Cult Experience,” by Andrew J. Pavlos, in Choice 20 No. 1(September 1982): 108.

Review of “The Strange Gods: The Great American Cult Scare,” by David G.Bromley and Anson D. Shupe, in Choice 19 No. 9 (May 1982): 1263.

Review of “The Papacy in the Modern World, 1914-1978,” by J. Derek Holmes,In Choice 19 No. 7 (March 1982): 938.

Review of “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church,” by Malachi Martin, in Choice 19 No. 7 (March 1982): 940.

Review of “The Papacy Today,” by Francis Xavier Murphy, in Choice 19 No. 4(December 1981): 519.

Review of “Our Father Who Art in Hell,” by James Reston, in Choice 19, No. 1(September 1981): 104.

Review of “In My Father’s House: The Story of the Layton Family and theReverend Jones,” by Min S. Lee, in Choice 19 No. 1 (September 1981): 105.

Review of “Scripture Twisting: 20 Ways the Cults Misread the Bible,” by JamesW. Sire, in Choice 18 No. 7 (March 1981): 970-972.

Review of “The Perils of Cultism,” by J.C. Nobrega, in Choice 19 No. 2(October 1980): 267.

Review of “The Inner Elite: Dossiers of Papal Candidates,” by Gary MacEoin,in Choice 15 No. 11 (January 1979): 1538.

Review of “The Final Conclave,” by Malachi Martin, in Choice 15 No. 11(January 1979): 1538.

Review of “Change and Challenge,” by Jonathan A. Lindsey, in Choice 15No. 7 (September 1978): 893.

Review of “Liturgical Revolution,” 2 vols., by Michael Davies, in Choice 15No. 1 (March 1978): 88-89.

Review of “Ministry to Word and Sacraments: History and Theology,” byBernard Cooke, in Choice 14 No. 1 (March 1977): 80.

Review of “The Holy See and the International Order,” by Hyginus EugeneCardinale, in Choice 14 No. 7 (September 1977): 877-878.

Review of “The Cultural Barrier,” by Norman Daniel, in Choice 13 No. 9(November 1976): 804.

Review of “The Triple Crown: An Account of the Papal Conclaves from theFifteenth Century to the Present Day,” by Valerie Pirie, in Choice13 No. 9 (November 1976): 1157.

Review of “A Study of History,” by Arnold J. Toynbee, in Choice 10 No. 1(March 1973): 62.

Review of “A History of the Modern World,” by Robert R. Palmer and JoelColton, in Choice 8 (September 1971): 884-886.

Review of “Civilization: A Personal View,” by Kenneth Clark, in Choice 8 No. 3(May 1971): 369.

Review of “Up From Caesar,” by Jack Bernard, in Choice 7 (December 1970):1424.

Church HistoryReview of New Perspectives on Historical Theology: Essays in Memory of John

Meyendorff, edited by Bradley Nassif, in Church History Vol. 67 No. 1(March 1998): 214-215.

CitharaReview of The World of Catholic Renewal, 1540-1770, by Po-Chia Hsia, in

Cithara 38 No. 1 (November 1998): 65-66; Personalia: 72.Feed the Mind

Review of Aspects of English Protestantism c. 1530-1700, by Nicholas Tyacke, inFeed the Mind (2002).

Review of Pilgrim Pathways: Essays in Baptist History in Honour of B.R. White,edited by William H. Brackney and Paul S. Fiddes with John H.Y. Briggs,in Feed the Mind (2001).

Fides et HistoriaReviews of Nomads and Crusaders A.D. 1000-1368, by Archibald R. Lewis, in

Fides et Historia Vol. 21 No. 3 (October 1998): 96-97.Foundations: A Baptist Journal of History and Theology

Review of Behold the Christ, by Roland H. Bainton, in Foundations: A BaptistJournal of History and Theology Vol. 19 No. 4 (October-December 1967):380-381.

Review of Beyond the Ranges: An Autobiography, by Kenneth Scott Latourette, In Foundations: A Baptist Journal of History and Theology Vol. 13 No. 2(April-June 1970): 81-83.

Journal of Church and StateReview of Letters on Toleration: Dutch and Persecuted Swiss and Palatine

Mennonites, 1615-1699, by Jeremy Bangs, in Journal of Church and State, Vol. 49, No. 3 (Summer 2007), 574-576.

Review of Learning Lessons from Waco: When the Parties Bring Their Gods to the Negotiation Table, by Jayne Seminare Docherty, in Journal ofChurch and State 44, No. 3 (Summer 2002).

Review of A Speaking Aristocracy: Transforming Public Discourse in Eighteenth-Century Connecticut, in Journal of Church and State 43, No. 1 (Winter2001).

Review of Critical Moments in Religious History, by Kenneth Keulmen, in Journal of Church and State 38 (Autumn 1996): 915-916.

Review of Religion in the New World: The Shaping of Religious Traditions in theUnited States, by Richard E. Wentz, in Journal of Church and State 35(Winter 1993): 162-163.

Review of Evangelicals in the Church of England, 1734-1984, by KennethHylson-Smith, in Journal of Church and State 32 (Autumn 1990):878-880.

Review of Philip Schaff: Christian Scholar and Ecumenical Prophet, by GeorgeShriver, in Journal of Church and State 30 (Spring 1988): 363-364.

Review of Radical Religion in the English Revolution, edited by J.F. McGregor and Barry Reay, in Journal of Church and State 29 (Spring 1987): 349.

Review of A History of Christianity in India: The Beginnings to 1707, byStephen Neill, in Journal of Church and State 28 (Autumn 1986): 549.

Review of Of God and Men: New Religious Movements in the West, edited byEileen Barker, in Journal of Church and State 29 (Autumn 1986):543-544.

Review of The English Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century, by EdwardNorman, in Journal of Church and State 28 (Winter 1986): 137-138.

Review of The Reformation of the Heretics: The Waldenses of the Alps, 1480-1580, by Euan Cameron, in Journal of Church and State 28 (Spring1986): 341-342.

Review of Between Pulpit and Pew: Folk Religion in a North Yorkshire FishingVillage, by David Clark, in Journal of Church and State 27 (Autumn 1985): 544-545.

Review of The English Churches in a Secular Society: Lambeth, 1870-1930,by Jeffrey Cox, in Journal of Church and State 27 (Autumn 1985):544-545.

Review of Catholicism, by Richard P. McBrien, in Journal of Church and State26 (Winter 1984): 146.

Review of The Cult Experience, by Andrew J. Pavlos, in Journal of Church andState 26 (Winter 1984): 145-146.

Review of Paradise Incorporated: Synanon, by David U. Gersel, in Journal ofChurch and State 26 (Spring 1984): 360.

Review of Anabaptism in Outline: Selected Primary Sources, edited by WalterKlaassen, in Journal of Church and State 24 (Spring 1982): 412-413.

Review of Church Related Higher Education: Perceptions and Perspectives, edited by Robert Rue Parsonage, in Journal of Church and State 24Autumn 1982): 631.

Review of Luther and the Papacy: Stages in a Reformation Conflict, by ScottH. Hendrix, in Journal of Church and State 24 (Spring 1982): 413.

Review of Postures and Politics: Some Observations on Participatory Democracy,by Frank MacKinnon, in Journal of Church and State 22 (Winter 1980): 172.

Review of Prophets and Millennialists: The Uses of Biblical Prophecy in EnglandFrom the 1790s to the 1840s, by W.H. Oliver, in Journal of Church andState 22 (Spring 1980): 342-344.

Review of The Puritan Experiment: New England Society From Bradford to Edwards,by Francis J. Bremer, in Journal of Church and State (Winter 1980): 172.

Review of Religion and Society in North America: An Annotated Bibliography,edited by Robert de V. Brunkow, in Journal of Church and State 25(Autumn 1983): 574.

Review of Religion in America, by Winthrop S. Hudson, in Journal of Church andState 24 (Winter 1982): 170.

Review of Strange Gods: The Great American Cult Scare, by Anson D. Shupe, Jr. andDavid G. Bromley, in Journal of Church and State 24 (Winter 1982): 41-51.

Review of Religion in America, 1950 to the Present, by Jackson W. Carroll, DouglasW. Johnson and Martin E. Marty, in Journal of Church and State 22 (Autumn1980): 520-522.

Review of Eerdmans’ Handbook to the History of Christianity, edited by Tim Dowley, in

Journal of Church and State 21 (Autumn 1979): 572-573.Review of The Triumph of Pastor Son, by Ong Choon Ahn, in Journal of Church and

State 21 (Spring 1979): 366.Review of Bare Ruined Choirs: The Dissolution of the English Monasteries, by David

Knowles, in Journal of Church and State 20 (Winter 1978): 143-144.Review of Religious America, by Julia Welch and Philip Garvin, in Journal of Church

and State 19 (Spring1977): 367-368.Review of Religion in New Netherland, 1623-1664, by Frederick J. Zwierlein, in Journal

of Church and State 19 (Winter 1977): 126.

The Journal of Southern HistoryReview of Getting Right with God: Southern Baptists and Desegregation, 1945-1995,

By Mark Newman, in The Journal of Southern History 69, No. 3 (August 2003).Review of High Church Baptists in the South: The Origin, Nature, and Influence of

Landmarkism, by James E. Tull, edited and with a foreward and preface byMorris Ashcraft, in The Journal of Southern History 38 No. 3 (August 2002):703-704.

The Journal of Texas Baptist HistoryReview of The Southern Baptist Convention, by Jesse Fletcher, in The Journal of Texas

Baptist History 16 (1996).Review of Why Baptists? A Study of Baptist Faith and Heritage, by William R. Estep,

in The Journal of Texas Baptist History 16 (1996).Review of Oaks of Righteousness: A History of the First Baptist Church of Richardson,

Texas, 1865-1990, by Elizabeth Morgan, in The Journal of Texas Baptist History13 (1993): 144.

Review of Living Stones: The Centennial History of Broadway Baptist Church, FortWorth, Texas, 1882-1982, by James Leo Garrett, in The Journal of Texas

BaptistHistory 6 (1986): 116.

Review of With These Hands, by W.K. Reed and E.K. Howell, Jr., in The Journal of Texas Baptist History 4 (1984): 114.

Leadership MagazineReview of Understanding Baptist Polity, by Lee H. McCoy, in Leadership 21 No. 2

(February 1998): 6

Southwestern Journal of TheologyReview of What the Cults Believe, by Irvine Robertson, in Southwestern Journal of

Theology 23 No. 1 (Fall 1980): 111.Review of Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages, by R.W. Southern,

in Southwestern Journal of Theology 15 No. 2 (Spring 1973): 106-107.Review of Men and Ideas in the Sixteenth Century, by Hans J. Hillerbrand, in

Southwestern Journal of Theology 124 No. 1 (Fall 1971): 95-96.Review of The Story of the Christian Church in India and Pakistan, by Stephen Neill,

In Southwestern Journal of Theology, 14 No. 1 (Fall 1970): 100-101.

Texas Oral HistoryReview of Duke McCall: An Oral History, with Ronald Tonks, in Texas Oral History,

2002.

Theological Book ReviewReview of Baptists in North America: an historical perspective, by William H.

Brackney, in Theological Book Review, edited by Kenneth Newport, October,

2007.Westminster Studies in Education

Review of Education, Religion and the Common Good: Advancing a DistinctlyAmerican Conversation About Religion’s Role in Our Shared Life, by MartinMarty with Jonathan Moore, in Westminster Studies in Education, 2000.

PAPERS READ AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND INVITED LECTURES

“Educating the Educators: Fifty Years of Baylor’s Graduate Program in Religion,”Baptist History and Heritage Conference, Waco, TX, May 25, 2016.

“Forming a German Immigrant Church: Augustus Rauschenbusch and the North American Baptist Conference, 1840-1890,” SWCRS, March 2015.

“Baptists Seeking Justice: Walter Rauschenbusch’s Legacy,” Baptist History

and Heritage Conference, Nashville, TN, April 21, 2015.

Panel on “Baptists and Justice,” BHHS, Nashville, TN, April 22, 2015.

“The Church and the Immigrant:: Walter Rauschenbusch and the German Baptist Immigrant Community,” National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, Raleigh, NC May 19, 2015.

“Teaching, Religion and Research at Baylor,” Faculty Development Summer

Institute, June 22, 2015.

“University and Revival: The Baylor Youth-Led Revival 1945-46” International Conference of Baptist Studies, Manchester, UK, July, 2015.

“Fifty Years of Baylor Graduate Program in Religion.” Baylor University, September, 2015.

“Rauschenbusch’s Christian Spirituality,” NABPR, Atlanta, GA. May 20, 2014.“Rauschenbusch and Doellinger as ‘Other’: Historians and the Protestant-Catholic

Divide,” BHHS, Sioux Falls, SD, June 5, 2014.Directed Baptist Classics Seminar, Mercer University, September 11-13, 2014;

“Walter Rauschenbusch and the Social Gospel.”

Lectured on B.H. Carroll to Carroll Seminary Students for Centennial Anniversary Celebration of Carroll’s life, Nov. 11, 2014.

“The Gutenberg Legacy,” Baylor University, Waco, TX, September 20, 2013.“Branch Davidian Origins: The Thought of Victor Houteff,” Southwestern Social

Science Association Division Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 30, 2013.

“Debating the True Church on the Grounds of Believer’s Baptism: The Ecclesiology of Hanserd Knollys,” Baptist History and Heritage Conference, Raleigh,

NC, June 7-9, 2012.“Recovering the Life of Hanserd Knollys: Changing Interpretations of a Seventeenth-

Century Baptist Leader,” NABPR, Nashville, TN, May 22, 2012.“Faith and Doubt in Mary Ward’s Robert Elsmere, AAR at SWCRS, Dallas, TX, March

10, 2012“Walter Rauschenbusch’s Quest for Social Justice,” NABPR meeting at SWCRS, Dallas,

March, 2011. “Popular Reception of Rauschenbusch’s Christianity and the Social Crisis, 1907-

1909,” Conference on “The Book,” St. Gall, Switzerland, November 8, 2010. (*considerably revised presentation of the earlier published paper with the same name.)

“Lois Roden’s SHEkinah: A New Religious Movement’s Quest for Gender Equality,” Cesnur International Conference, Turin, Italy, September 10, 2010.

“Early Baptist Non-Biblical Sources: John Smyth’s Use of Church History,” Reformation Studies Colloquiem, St. Andrews, Scotland, September 8, 2010.

“Leadership in the Youth-Led Revival Movement,” Baptist History and Heritage Society Meeting, Georgetown, KY, June 3-5, 2010.

“Conscience and Compromise: Strategies of Dissent in Late Tudor England,” National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, Atlanta, May 25, 2010.

“John R. Mott’s The Decisive Hour of Christian Missions: A Vision of the U.S. and World Christianity in 1910.  American Academy of Religion, Southwest

Region, Dallas, March 13, 2010.“The Popular Reception of Rauschenbusch’s Christianity and the Social Crisis, 1907-

1910,” Pruit Symposium: Religion, Politics and Society: The Baptist Contribution (at Baylor University, Oct.2, 2009).

“Baptist Identity and‘The Other’, International Conference on Baptist Studies, Melbourne, Australia, July 15-18, 2009.

“The Emergence of the Baptists: The Smyth-Clayton Debate, 1609,” NationalAssociation of Baptist Professors’ Conference, Baylor University, May 27, 2009.

“The First Decade of Baptist Identity, 1610-1620,” American Academy of Religion, Dallas, TX, March 2009.“Arguing Regenerate Church Membership: the First Baptist Identity, 1611-1620,”

National Association of Baptist Professors, Belmont University, May 18, 2008.“Researching the Branch Davidians,” Inform and Cesnur Conference, London School

of Economics, London, England, April 18, 2008. “For Conscience’ Sake: Francis Johnson’s Suspension from Cambridge University,

1589.” Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, AAR History of Christianity Division, March 12, 2008, Dallas, Texas.

“Personal and Social Christianity in Rauschenbusch’s Thought,” Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, AAR History of Christianity Division, March 3, 2007, Dallas, Texas.

“Recruiting for Missions: the Baylor Volunteer Foreign Mission Band, 1900-1916,”International Conference on Baptist Studies, Acadia, Nova Scotia, July 14,

2006. “Christianity and the Social Crisis: Rauschenbusch’s Legacy After a Century,” Baptist History and Heritage Conference, June 2, 2006, Washington D.C.

“Davidians, Branch Davidians and Globalization,” Cesnur International Conference,Palermo, Italy, June, 2005.

“Davidian and Branch Davidian Heritage,” presented at the Twelfth AnniversaryMemorial Service, April 19, 2005, Elk, Texas.

“Evaluating a New Methodology: The History of American Christian Practice Project,”Presented at American Academy of Religion, Southwest Region, Dallas, March5, 2005.

“St. Francis in Recent Scholarship,” Scholars’ Day, Baylor University, February 4, 2005.

“Changing Views of Pluralism in the United States,” Scholars’ Day, Baylor University,February 4, 2005.

“Female Leadership Failure and Leadership Success in the Davidian Tradition,” CenterFor Studies on New Religions, 2004 International Conference, Baylor

University,June 17-20, 2004.

“The Legacy of John Paul II,” Scholars’ Day, Baylor University, March 8, 2004.“Lois Roden as Branch Davidian Leader,” Honolulu Humanities Conference, Honolulu,

Hawaii, January 7-12, 2004.“Teaching Humanities in an Interdisciplinary Context,” Honolulu Humanities

Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 7-12, 2004.“Varieties of Criteria for Baptist Church Membership,” Lakeshore Baptist Church,

October 11, 2003: 9:00-1:00, presented to Deacons; and October 29: 6:30-8:00

presented to entire Church Membership.“Women, Ministry and Identity: Establishing Female Deacons at First Baptist Church,

Waco, 1996,” presented at the Third International Conference on Baptist Studies, International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague, Czech Republic,July 17, 2003.

“The Reformation Heritage,” Sunday morning study at Seventh and James BaptistChurch, June 8, 15, and 22, 2003.

“Davidians and Branch Davidians of Waco, Texas,” an address to the History HonorsConference (Phi Alpha Theta), Baylor University, April 12, 2003.

“Turning Points in Church History,” Texas Baptist Senior Adult Summit, WacoConvention Center, March 17-19, 2003.

“Shaker Millennialism,” Scholars’ Day Presentation, February 12, 2003.“The Megachurch: New Church, New Style,” Scholars’ Day Presentation, February

12, 2003.“Ordination Among Texas Baptists,” for The Baptist History Conference, Baylor

University, Waco, Texas, Fall, 2002.“We Want You to Serve: the Process of Establishing Women Deacons at First Baptist

Church, Waco,” presented at American Academy of Religion, Southwest Region,

Dallas, March 17, 2001.“Awaiting the Millennium: Davidian Social Structures,” The Western History

Conference, San Antonio, October 2000.Speaker and Panelist for Conference on “Waco: Seven Years Later,” Rice University,

April 18, 2000.“The Davidians of Waco,” AAUP National Conference: “Exploring Boundaries:

AcademicFreedom at Religiously Affiliated Colleges and Universities,” Baylor University,March 31, 2000.

“Religion and the Press in the U.K., 1999: Christianity at Millennium’s End,” AmericanAcademy of Religion, Southwest Region, Dallas, March 5, 2000.

“Lambeth, 1998 and the Press: The Anglican Community at Century’s End,” Scholars’Day, Baylor University, February 23, 2000.

“The Davidian Tradition,” and “Millennialism,” two lectures delivered at the First Annual

Lectureship at Campbell University, February 15, 2000.“New Religious Movements and the Media,” AAR Conference for Journalists, Fort

Worth,Texas, February 24-26, 1999.

“Southern Baptists and the Millenium,” Scholars’ Day, Baylor University, February 10,1999.

“The Pure Church: Holiness and the Davidian Millennial Expectation,” Conference onthe Millennium, Boston, Massachusetts, December 5-7, 1998.

“Changing Views of the Millennium in the Davidian Tradition,” Australian HistoricalAssociation, Sydney, Australia, July 6-7, 1998.

“Oral History and Church History,” two lectures delivered at the Baptist Seminary inPrague, Czech Republic, July, 1996.

“Teaching David Koresh,” American Academy of Religion, Southwest Region, Dallas,March 1996.

“The Persistence of the Millennium,” The Southeastern Medieval Association, October,

1996.“Martin Luther’s Life, Thought and Influences,” videotape lectures aired frequently on

local education channel, 1996-1998.“History of the Early Church,” a 15-hour course offered at the Seminary in Sofia,

Bulgaria, December 1994.“Victor T. Houteff and the Davidian Tradition,” Baylor University, Religion Department

Annual Lecture, February 9, 1995.“Latourette’s Great Century,” National Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Chicago, November 1994.“The Epochs of European Church History,” American Academy of Religion, Southwest

Region, Dallas, March 1993.“The Idea of a ‘Christian University’: A Critical Assessment,” National Association of

Baptist Professors of Religion, Fort Worth, Texas, March 1993.“Recent Resources in American Religious Studies,” (panel organizer and participant)

American Academy of Religion, Southwest Region, Dallas, March 1992.“The Mount Carmel Davidians: Adventist Reformers, 1935-1959,” National Meeting of

The American Academy of Religion.“Teaching the Introductory Church History Course: Goals, Content, Textbooks,”

(panel organizer and participant) American Academy of Religion, SouthwestRegion, Dallas, March 1990.

“The Priesthood of the Believers,” Alliance of Baptists, Austin, 1989.“The Branch Davidians,” American Academy of Religion, Southwest Region, Dallas,

1989.“Counting Christians: David Barrett’s World Christian Encyclopedia,” American

Academy of Religion, Dallas, March 1988.“The Papal Visit and the Media,” Popular Culture Association, New Orleans, March

1988.“Profile of American Religious Trends,” Presidential Address, National Association of

Baptist Professors of Religion, Southwest Division, Fort Worth, March 1987.“The Davidians,” American Academy of Religion, Southwest Division, Fort Worth,

March 1987.“Millennialism in America: The Davidians,” Popular Culture Association, Montreal,

Canada, March 1987.“The Spirituality of A.B. Simpson,” American Academy of Religion, Boston, December

1987.“America’s Team: The Dallas Cowboys and the Lure of Success in the U.S.,” Popular

Culture Association, Wichita, Kansas, April 1983.“Kenneth Scott Latourette: Historian of World Christianity,” Northern Baptist

Seminary,

Recife, Brazil, June 1980.“Roland Bainton: Historian of Religious Liberty,” Northern Baptist Seminary, Recife,

Brazil, June 1980.“Stephen Neill: Historian of the Modern Church,” Northern Baptist Seminary, Recife,

Brazil, June 1980.“Latourette’s Peridization,” Conference on Faith and History, National Meeting,

Chicago, 1980.“Latourette’s Presuppositions,” American Academy of Religion, Southwest Division,

Enid, Oklahoma, 1977.

Ph.D. DISSERTATIONS/M.A. THESES DIRECTEDDissertations (40 completed; 2 in progress)

Gorman, James, “Transatlantic Evangelical Missionary Society and Origin of

the Campbell Movement: A New Interpretation,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Baylor University, Dec. 2015.

Clarkson, Craig, “Church and Mission: The Ecclesiology of Madras,” Ph.D. Dissertation,Baylor University, May 2015.

Welty, Kyle, “The Origins of Evangelical Foreign Missions: A Comparison of the Early WMMS and CMS,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Baylor University, Dec. 2012.

Hill, Bracy, “The Language of Dissent: The Defense of Eighteenth-Century English Dissent in the Works and Sermons of James Peirce,” Ph.D. Dissertation,

Baylor University, Dec. 2010.*Accepted for Publication by Mercer University Press as The Language of

Dissent: The Defense of Eighteenth-Century English Dissent in the Works and Sermons of James Peirce, 2012.

Rios, Christopher, “The Evolutionists: A Comparison of the American Scientific Affiliation and the Research Scientists’ Christian Fellowship: 1940s-

1985,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Baylor University, Dec. 2010. Published as After the Monkey Trial: Evangelical Scientists and a New Creationism (New York: Fordham University Press, 2014.

Sciretti, Michael, “Faith Can Pierce the Cloud: The Mysticism and Ministry of Anne Dutton, Eighteenth Century British Baptist,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Baylor

University, Dec. 2009.Cook, Matt. “The Impact of Revivalism Upon Baptist Faith and Practice in the

AmericanSouth Prior to the Civil War,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Baylor University, June 2009.

Essick, John Inscore. “Apologist, Polemicist, and Theologian: The Unitive andOrganizational Influence of Thomas Grantham among the Seventeenth-

CenturyGeneral Baptists,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Baylor University, November 2008.*Published as Thomas Grantham: God’s Messenger from Lincolnshire (Macon,

GA: Mercer University Press, November, 2013).Pratt, Kristian. “Ben Bogarde’s Understanding of the Local Baptist Church,” Ph.D.

Dissertation, Baylor University, August, 2005.*Published as The Life of Ben M. Bogarde: The Father of Modern Landmarkism

(Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2013).Pendleton, Brian. “Baptists and Nativism in the 1920,” Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor

University, May, 2005.Usery, Jim. “Thomas Merton’s Quest for the ‘Authentic Self’: The Evidence from the

Journals,” Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University, 2001.Irons, Kendra. “Pioneer Methodist Women Clergy in Kansas, 1860-1950.” Ph.D.

dissertation, Baylor University, May, 2001.*Published as Preaching on the Plains: Methodist Women Preachers in Kansas,

1920-1956 (Boulder: University Press of America, Inc.), 2007.Taylor, Jeffrey. “We Stand on the Same Old Ground ‘Where You Once Was’: Primitive

Baptists Self-Definition, 1832-1861,” Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University,May, 2000.*Published as The Formation of the Primitive Baptist Movement,Kitchener, Ontario: Pandora Press, 2004.

Kanamura, Eiko, “Southern Baptist Convention Foreign Mission Policy and the ShapingOf Japanese Baptists,” Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University, December, 1999.

Holcomb, Carol Crawford, “Gender and the Social Gospel within the Women’sMissionary Union Auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Convention 1888-1930,”Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University, May, 1999.

LaNoue, Deirde L. “Henri J.M. Nouwen and Modern American Spirituality,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Baylor University, May, 1999.*Published as The Spiritual Legacy of Henri Nouwen. New York: ContinuumInternational Publishing Group, 2000.

Stepp, Edwin B. “Interpreting a Forgotten Mission: African-American Missionaries ofthe Southern Baptist Convention in Liberia, West Africa, 1846-1860,” Ph.D.dissertation, Baylor University, May, 1999.

Rodriquez, Moises. “The Cultural Context of Southern Baptist Work Among MexicanAmericans in Texas,” Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University, August, 1997.

Faught, II, Jerry L. “The Genesis Controversies: Denominational Compromise and theResurgence and Expansion of Fundamentalism in the Southern Baptist Convention,” Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University, May, 1995.*Published as The Resurgence of Fundamentalism in the Southern Baptist

Convention: A History from 1960-1979. Mellon Press, 2013.Perry, Milton L. “The Role of Camp Meeting in Millerite Revivalism, 1842-1844,”

Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University, December, 1994.Burch, Maxie B. “Doing History from the inside: An Examination of Evangelical

Historiography,” Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University, August, 1994.*Published as The Evangelical Historians: The Historiography of GeorgeMarsden, Nathan Hatch and Mark Noll, Lanham, Maryland: University PressOf America, Inc., 1996.

Adams, John Marion. “The Making of a Neo-Evangelical Statesman: The Case ofHarold John Ockenga,” Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University, May, 1994.

Hawkins, Jr., Merrill M. “The Social and Religious Thought of Will D. Campbell,” Ph.D.dissertation, Baylor University, May, 1994.*Published as Will Campbell: Radical Prophet of the South, Macon, Georgia:Mercer University Press, 1997.

Robinson-Durso, Pamela, “The Power of Woman:’ Sarah Moore Grimke, Abolitionistand Feminist of the 1830’s,” Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University, May, 1992.*Published as The Power of Woman:’ Sarah Moore Grimke, Macon, Georgia:Mercer University Press, 2003.

Scott, Jeffrey Warren. “State Mandatory Reporting of Child and Elder Abuse: A Challenge to the Privacy of Penitential Communication,” Ph.D. dissertation,

Baylor University, May, 1991.Weatherford, Kenneth Vaughn. “The Graves-Howell Controversy,” Ph.D. dissertation,

Baylor University, May, 1991.Jonas, Jr., William Glenn. “A Critical Ealuation of Albert Henry Newman, Church

Historian,” Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University, May, 1990.*Published as A Critical Evaluation of Albert Henry Newman, 1852-1933,Church Historian, San Francisco: Mellen Research University Press, 1992.

Marsh, Roger A. “Diminishing Respect for the Clergy and the First Great Awakening:A Study in the Antecedents of Revival Among Massachusetts

Congregationalists,1630-1741,” Baylor University, May, 1990.

Dowless, Donald Vernon,” The Quakers of Colonial North Carolina, 1672-1789,” Ph.D.dissertation, Baylor University, May, 1989.

Kirkindoll, Michael Lynn, “A History of the Effects of Urbanizatin on Southern Baptistsin Atlanta, Georgia, 1945-1988,” Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University, May, 1989.

Martin, Jr., Donald L. “The Thought of Amzi Clarence Dixon,” Ph.D. dissertation, BaylorUniversity, December, 1989.

Krapohl, Robert H. “A Search for Purity: The Controversial Life of John Nelson Darby,”Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University, December 1988.

Paris, Ricky. “The Contributions of J.B. Gambrell to the Development of Denominational

Consciousness Among Southern Baptists,” Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University,

May, 1988.DeLoach, Clyde M. “Jimmy Carter: The Effect of Personal Religious Beliefs on His

Presidency and their Relationship to the Christian Realism of Reinhold Neibuhr,”

Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University, December, 1985.Beck, Rosalie, “The Whitsitt Controversy: A Denomination in Crisis,” Ph.D.

dissertation,Baylor University, August, 1984.

Phillips, Myer, “A Historical Study of the Attitude of the Churches of Christ Toward

Other Denominations,” Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University,  1983.Lessner, Richard E. “The Imagined Enemy: American Nativism and the Disciples of

Christ, 1830-1925,” Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University, May, 1981.Simpler, Steven Houston. “A Critical Analysis of the Church History Writings of Roland

H. Bainton.” Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University, May, 1981.*Published as Roland H. Bainton: An Examination of his ReformationHistoriography, Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1999.

Smith, Robert Doyle. “Robert T. Handy: A Study in American Church Historiography,”Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University, 1981.

Cobb, Jimmy Gene. “A Study of White Protestants’ Attitudes Toward Negroes inCharleston, South Carolina, 1790-1845,” Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University,August, 1976.

THESESButler, Amy Kaunaoa. “Changing Consciousness, Changing Roles: The Southern

Baptist Women of Texas, 1886-1920,” M.A. Thesis, Baylor University, December, 1996.

Gillis, William Ingle, “God as We Understood Him: Examining the Nature of Spiritualityin Alcoholics Anonymous,” M.A. Thesis, Baylor University, November, 1995.

Monteiro, Flavio Marconi Lemos, “Radicalism in Pernambuco: A Study of the Relationship Between Nationals and Southern Baptist Missionaries in theBrazilian Baptist Struggle for Autonomy,” M.A. Thesis, Baylor University,May, 1991.

Bowden, Mauritta C. “Women’s Bible Studies,” M.A. Thesis, Baylor University,May, 1991.

Carroll Charles C. “The Origin and Early Growth of the Foreign Mission VolunteerBand at Baylor University, 1900-1916,” M.A. Thesis, Baylor University,May, 1981.

Morgan, Margaret R. “Religious Journals and the controversy Over the Vietnam War,”M.A. Thesis, Baylor University, May, 1981.

Cook, L. Katherine. “Francis of Assisi and the Thirteenth-Century Papacy,” BaylorUniversity, May, 1978.

PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS: ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES2013-2015 President, Baptist History and Heritage Society.

2011-2013 Vice President, Baptist History and Heritage Society.2012 Convener “Baptists and Race” (3 papers), Conference on “The Shaping of American

Culture,” University of Mary Hardin Baylor, October 12-13, 2012.2010 Attended Baptist World Alliance, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 28-Aug. 1, 2010.2009 Organizer and Convener of Session on Baptists and Women, Pruitt Symposium, Baylor

University, October 1-3, 2009.2009 Baptist Studies Committee: visited libraries at Regents’ Park, Oxford, to explore

cooperative ventures, May 21-31, 2009. 2009 Convener “Missions in America and American Missions: Episodes in the American

Experience of Missions and Empire,” (3 papers) American Society of Church History, Montreal, Canada, April 2009.

2009 Convener and Respondent to three papers “On Dissent among Dissenters: TheBattle over Dissenting Identity and Orthodoxy in the Seventeenth and EighteenthCenturies,” AAR/SWCRS, Dallas, March 2009.

2008 Chairman, Bylaws Revision Committee, Baptist History and Heritage.2007 Baptist 400 Baylor Committee to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Baptists.2006 Served as Secretary/Treasurer for Southwest Commission on Religious Studies.

Organized annual regional meeting of 300 participants in Dallas for AAR/SBL/ASOR/ASSR, March 11-13, 2005.

2005 Selected and served as Fellow at the 2005 Inaugural Conference on Toleranceand its Limits, Rice University, September 19-22, 2005.

2005 Attended Baptist World Alliance, Birmingham, England, July, 2005.2005 Served as Secretary/Treasurer for Southwest Commission on Religious Studies.

Organized annual regional meeting of 240 participants in Dallas for AAR/SBL/ASOR/ASSR, March 11-13, 2005.

2005 Served on the committee to organize the conference on the Future of Baptist HigherEducation, held at Baylor University, April 18-19, 2005.

2004 Served as Secretary/Treasurer for Southwest Commission on Religious Studies.Organized annual regional meeting of 240 participants in Dallas for AAR/SBL/ASOR/ASSR, March 6-8, 2004.

2004 Assisted in planning and hosting the 2004 International Conference of the Centerfor Studies on New Religions, held at Baylor University, sponsored by Church-StateStudies, June 17-20, 2004.

2004 Hosted Muslim-American relations lecturer, Tamim Ansary, Baylor University,November 17, 2004.

2004 Attended the Conference on the History of American Religious Practice at Universityof North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, October 21-23, 2004.

2003 Chaired Session 8, Christianity and Culture, of the Texas Medieval AssociationConference, Baylor University, Waco, September 26, 1:30-3:00, Cashion 501.

2003 Appointed Secretary-Treasurer of Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, 2003-2006, (3 year term—My responsibility is to organize the annual meeting ofOver 200 regional religion scholars.)

2002 Session Convener for History of Christianity Division, Southwest Regional of theAmerican Academy of Religion, Irving, Texas.

1998 Session Convener, The Christ-Haunted South, Baylor University.1996 Officer, Selection Committee for Southwest Region of the American Academy of

Religion/Society of Biblical Literature.1990 Program Chair, History of Christianity Division, Southwest Region of the American

Academy of Religion.1989 Session Convener, The Believer’s Church Conference, Fort Worth.1987 President of National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, Southwest

Division.1986 Served on local arrangements committee and presented responses to two papers

at the American Society of Church History, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary,

Fort Worth.1986 Vice-President of National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, Southwest

Section, Program Chair.1985 Local Arrangements Chair and Session Chair for SCOLAS, Baylor.1981 Program Chair and Arrangements Chair for American Society of Church History, Baylor

University, Spring. This was the first visit of the ASCH to Baylor.1977 Program Chair, History of Christianity Division, Southwest American Academy of

Religion.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES2008 Grant Proposal Writing Seminar

2007 University Research Grant to study Baptist origins at Angus Library, Oxford University and British Library, London

1997 University Sabbatical: Millennialism1985 Summer Teaching Institute1982 Academic Writing Workshop1982 University Sabbatical: Baptist History1980 Test Skills Workshop1980 Summer Sabbatical: Continental Reformation1979 Summer Sabbatical: Stephen Neill1978 Proposal Writing Workshop

REGULAR ATTENDANCE AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS (SINCE 1965)American Academy of Religion (national and regional)American Society of Church HistoryAmerican Historical AssociationBaptist History and Heritage SocietyConference on Faith and HistoryNational Association of Baptist Professors of Religion (national and regional)Texas Historical AssociationTexas Baptist Historical AssociationCesnur

POST-GRADUATE STUDIES

Summer, 2007 Regents’ College, Oxford University, Oxford, EnglandJanuary, 1987 Center for Study of Missions, Ventnor, New JerseySummer, 1977 Oxford Center for Study of Revivals, Oxford, England.

JOURNAL and EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS2008-2012 Editorial Board of Seventeenth Century Baptist Texts, edited by Roldan-Figueroa and Weaver1981-2000 Editor of Journal of Texas Baptist History for twenty years.1983-1984 Book Review Editor for Journal of Church State.

ARTICLE EVALUATOR FOR ACADEMIC JOURNAL2014 Journal of Religious History2012 Journal of Religion2012-present Baptist History and Heritage1994-present Perspectives1979-present Journal of Church and State

BOOK MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER2014 Editorial Reviews of 2 College Textbooks for Pearson Publishing Co.

(1) Contemporary Human Geography (2) The Cultural Landscape2012 Christian History: An Introduction by Alister McGrath for Oxford University Press. 2000 Manuscript Reviewer for Princeton University Press (James Faubion’s books, The

Shadows and Lights of Waco: Millennialism Today) September, 2000.

CONSULTATIONS 2007 Consultant and Proof Reader for Baptists and Religious Liberty: The Freedom Road,

by William M. Pinson, Jr. Dallas, Texas: Baptist Way Press, 2007.2005 Consultant for twenty-five articles on “Baptist Heritage,” authored by Bill Pinson and

published in The Baptist Standard throughout 2005 and 2006.2005 Guest Lecturer for Teaching Fellows Program, Wabash Center, Baylor University,

(also 2002, 2003, 2004).2003 Interview with Brian Garr on long-term impact of Branch Davidian episode on the

City of Waco for the 10th anniversary articles published by Waco Tribune-Herald.2002 Interviewed on Quaker tradition of Pacifism for Waco Tribune-Herald.2002 Consultant for Publisher on Church History text: Donald K. McKim, Academic and

Reference ed., Westminster John Knox Press, considering proposal from Robert BruceMullin, A Short History of Christianity (300-400 p. paperback).

2002 Interview with Waco Tribune-Herald on “Why People Change Denominations,” frontpage article of Religion section, Easter Sunday, March 25, 2002.

2001 Interview with ABC, National Programming (Mike Von Fremd).2000 Consultant to directors of two new Baylor foreign site programs.2000 Consultant to Special Counsel John Danforth’s investigation of Federal action on the

Branch Davidians, June 23, 2000.2000 Interviewee for Austrian Radio, June 19, 2000.2000 Interviewee on “Baylor Travel Abroad” for Focus.1999 Consultant for Prentice Hall on World History: Connections to Today, a high school

text. My assignment was to review the manuscript for accuracy and overall sensitivity

to religious issues.1999 Asked to serve as consultant for PBS program on Davidian segment of Sociological

Study of Religion in America.1998 Consultant to media on Branch Davidians (fifth anniversary).1993 Consultant to national and local TV, radio and print media during and after Branch

Davidian crisis: e.g. in New York Times, Newsweek, Associated Press, etc.1993 Consultant on Baptist General Convention of Texas Church Planning Calendar: Texas

Baptist Heritage Edition1993 Texas A&M Student Services Division (presentation on cults on campus).1989 Texas Higher Education Consulting Board (to evaluate religion graduate and

Undergraduate programs in religion in Texas).1987ff Book manuscript evaluations for Baylor, Broadman, Abingdon, Prentice Hall,

Princeton and Oxford Presses.

EXTERNAL TENURE EVALUATION

2012 T.C.U.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPSAmerican Academy of ReligionAmerican Society of Church HistoryBaptist History and HeritageConference on Faith and HistoryNational Association of Baptist Professors of ReligionSociety for the Study of Christian SpiritualityTexas Oral History AssociationTexas Baptist Historical Society

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAMSHonors Class Lecturer for World Cultures II, 1997-present.

Civilization Lecturer for Honors Program 1976-1992: “Heroic Materialism”Honors Program Class Lecturer 1994-1996: “Martin Luther”Director of Honors Theses for Baylor Honors ProgramHonors Independent Reading Course for Kali Rubenthaler-Luther’s Theology,

Fall, 2002 and Catholic Thought, Spring, 2003 and Fall, 2003.Thesis Director, Spring, 2004

UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIESOral History Institute: Interviewer, 1976-present, 127 interviews with 32 people.

University Voluntary ServiceBIC Welcome Day for students and parents, 2003-present BSU Welcome Week (orientation program for freshmen)Steppin’ Out (student community involvement program, various years)Sponsor of Theta Alpha Kappa (honor society for religion students; various years)Sponsor of Graduate Theological Fellowship (various years)Sponsor of Baylor Soccer Team, 1978-1982

University Standing and Ad Hoc Committees: (various years)International Programs Japan Week, 1976; Africa Week, 1977American Studies Church and State StudiesRegional Studies Oral HistoryUniversity Curriculum Athletic CouncilFounders Day Graduate CredentialsCommittee on Committees Religious AffairsBaptist Heritage Committee Outstanding Professor SelectionLilly Proposal Committee Rank, Promotion and TenureBear Downs Judge Faculty Orientation, 1976Interfaith Conference Programs, 1978ff Faculty Development, chair 2005-2008Humanities ad hoc Committee, 1978-1979

Religion Department Committees: (various years)Search Committee for Reformation positionAdministrative Committee for Grad ProgramFaculty Personnel, chair Graduate Studies, chairUndergraduate Studies EndowmentBulgaria Liaison, chair Missions Liaison, chair

Privileges and Responsibilities Curriculum, chairScholarly Expectations, chair Area Representative: Historical

Division

FOREIGN EDUCATIONAL WORKForeign Site Programs:2002-present Conduct Travel Study Program for Ph.D. Students in Church History during

Spring Break1995-present Plan and Lead Travel Study Programs for Baylor Interdisciplinary Core Faculty

to China, Germany-Switzerland-France, Italy, Spain, Peru1991-2001 Director, Baylor in the British Isles; renamed Baylor in Great Britain

(five-week summer travel-study program)1999 Summary: 172 participants; $767,000 budget

1982-2001 Baylor in the British Isles faculty member (20-year involvement; 100-140 students each year)

Foreign Site Lectures Presented at International Conferences and Programs:2010 Turin, Italy, Cesnur International Conference2010 St. Gaul, Switzerland, Conference on The Book2010 St. Andrews, Scotland, The Reformation Studies Colloquium2009 Melbourne, Australia, International Conference on Baptist Studies2009 Montreal, Canada, American Society of Church History2008 London, England, Inform/Cesnur International Conference 2006 Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada, International Conference on Baptist Studies2005 Palermo, Italy, Cesnur International Conference2003 Prague, Czech Republic, International Conference on Baptist Studies1998 Sydney, Australia, Australian Historical Association1996 Czech Republic, Seminary in Prague1994 Bulgaria, Seminary in Sofia1987 Montreal, Canada, Popular Culture Association1980 Brazil, Seminary in Recife

EXTENSION/COMMUNITY SERVICE TEACHING PROGRAMSBaylor Continuing Education, “The Reformation,” October, 2009

Baylor Continuing Education: “The Crusades,” October, 2003Baylor Continuing Education: “Martin Luther” October, 1993, taped and aired

repeatedly on Baylor University educational channelSBC Seminary Extension: “Introduction to the Old Testament”

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIESFirst Baptist Church:

Missions Committee, Chair, 2007-2009Bylaws Revision Committee, 2007-2008Teacher, McCall Sunday School Class, 2001-2004Deacon: Deacon Selection Committee, chair (2005, 2010; 2011)Policies and Procedures Committee (2005);Long Range Planning Document (design and editing); Substitute teacher; Church Training session leader; Priesthood of the Believer statement; Christian Life

Committee,chair; History Committee, chair; New Deacon Orientation lecture 1997, 1998; BaptistHeritage lectures 1994; Denominational Relations Committee, chair 1998-1999; Brotherhood program chair, 1978; Brotherhood president, 1979; Instructor for Leadership Training Course, various years; Building Fund Committee; Church Council;College Committee; Regularly teach in other area churches.

1985-1995: Conducted services at Regis Retirement Home1984 Planned and led Wesleyan Commemoration Service for Methodist Bicentennial held at

Baylor (Audience: area Methodist churches)1983 Planned and led Lutheran Commemoration Service for 500th Anniversary of Luther’s

birth, Baylor (Audience: area Lutheran churches)1979 College Retreat Leader, Latham Springs

DENOMINATIONAL SERVICE2003 Baptist Senior Adult Summit; Waco Convention Center, March 18, 2003: “Turning

Points of Church History”2002 “Survey of the Bible,” 4-week Sunday morning study, Riverbend Church, Austin, TX,

October 20 & 27, November 3 & 102002 Served on mentoring committee for Truett Seminary student, Jeff Huckeby

2002 Devotional Leader, First Baptist Church, October 30 (“Religious Celebrations”) andDecember 11 (“Christmas and Advent”)

2002 “Baptist Life and Thought” 4 week Wednesday night study course, July, 20021998 Consultant to and Interviewee for Baptist General Convention of Texas 150 year

Celebration Video Tape1998 Waco Baptist Association Historical Committee, chair and committee member

(1998 and numerous years)1994-1997 Baptist Distinctives Committee, Baptist General Convention of Texas1993 Consultant: Texas Baptist Heritage Calendar Committee1988 Credentials Committee, Baptist General Convention of Texas1984-Present President, Independence Association (annually elects the Texas Baptist

Elder Statesman)1979 Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists, IV (served on Texas Committee to plan Texas

Entries and wrote two articles)1979 Handbook of Texas Baptist History (committee member)1976ff Associational Report: annual report on Christian education to Baptist Associations

CIVIC/PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIESStorybook Christmas, literacy program, 2002-2012Waco Symphony Board, 2000-2003Salvation Army Advisory Board (1983- present) and past presidentAllocations Committee, United WayEmergency Food and Shelter Board (a division of FEMA), 1990-Present (distributes

federal funds to area charities)Co-founder Waco Soccer Association, 1976Grand Jury Commission, 1976Speaker for civic organizations: Rotary Club, Americans United, Business Women’s

Club, Kiwanis Club, etc.

Local MembershipsFriends of the LibraryWaco Art CenterWaco Habitat for Humanity

CaritasWaco Symphony AssociationBaylor Friends of Fine ArtsWaco Peace AssociationGreater Waco Interfaith ConferenceSenior MinistryFriends for LifeWaco Humane Society

National MembershipsAmnesty InternationalBread for the WorldSeedsHabitat for HumanityBaptist Joint Committee