Eric Newberg

Education

• Ph.D., Regent University
• M.Div., North Park Theological Seminary
• M.A. Historical Studies, Pacific School of Religion
• B.A., History, University of Kansas

Courses Taught

• Advanced Seminar in Pastoral Theology
• Christian Spirituality and Vocation
• Church History and Renewal 1
• Church History and Renewal 2
• Evangelism
• Healing Ministry
• Ministry Internship
• Pastoral Care, Counseling, and Conflict
• Pastoral Theology
• Principles of Christian Leadership
• Pulpit Ministry
• Strategies for Managing Church Conflict

Research Interests

• American Religious History
• Charles Finney and Christian Social Engagement
• Christian Attitudes toward Israel/Palestine
• History of Pentecostal-Charismatic Renewal Movements
• Interfaith Dialogue
• Patristic Pneumatology
• Pedagogy
• Pentecostal Missions in the Middle East
• Qur'anic Perspectives on Judaism and Christianity

Published Chapters & Journal Articles

• Chapter, “Spener’s Vision for Church Reform,” in Leading Is Serving (Chicago: Covenant Press, 1994).
• Article, “Library Resources for Renewal Studies,” Australasian Pentecostal Studies 11 (2008): 76-96.
• Articles on “Martyrdom/Persecution” and “Charismatic Movement” in Encyclopedia of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity (Routledge, 2006)
• Encyclopedia Articles on Isaac Backus, Thomas Cranmer, and John Wycliffe in Testimoni della fede nella Chiese dell reforma (projected 2010)

Published Reviews

• Christian Zionism by Stephen Sizer, (Religious Studies Review, January 2007)
• Extreme Islam by Adam Parfrey (Nova Religio, November 2007)
• Changing Brain Structure through Cross-Cultural Education by Ruth Vassar Burgess (Journal of Christian Education, December 2008)
• God’s Judgments by Stephen Keillor, ( Religious Studies Review, March 2009)
• For Zion’s Sake by Paul Wilkinson, (Religious Studies Review, June 2009)
• God’s Strange Work by David Rowe (Nova Religio, forthcoming)

Conference Papers

• “The Azusa-Jerusalem Connection in Early Pentecostal Missions in the Holy Land” presented at the Society of Pentecostal Studies, March 25, 2006
•  “Views of the Other: Christian Missionaries in Palestine, 1908-1948” presented at the Society of Pentecostal Studies, March 14, 2008
• “Pentecostals, Zionists, and Palestinians,” presented at a Symposium on Global Justice, Alphacrucis College, March 21, 2010

Thesis & Dissertation

• M.A. Thesis – “The Civil War in Zion:  Charles Grandison Finney and the Popularization of American Protestantism during the Second Great Awakening, 1795-1836,” Pacific School of Religion, 1974
• Ph.D. Dissertation – “The Pentecostal Mission in Palestine, 1906-1948: A Postcolonial Assessment of Pentecostal Zionism,” Regent University, 2008

Works in Progress

• Books:
• The Pentecostal Mission in Palestine (Dissertation)
•  Qur'anic Attitudes toward Judaism and Christianity: A Commentary
• Articles:
•  “The Motivational Matrix of Early Pentecostal Missions”
• “Pentecostal Zionism”
• “Preaching for the Renewal of the Mind: A Pedagogical Model”
•  “Telling the Truth about the Early Pentecostal Metanarrative”
•  “The Untold Story of A. Elizabeth Brown: Pentecostal Missionary in Palestine.”
• “Views of the Other: Pentecostal Missionaries and Muslims in Palestine”

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Religion
• American Society of Church History
• Society for Pentecostal Studies