The Light that Charity Knows: Tsong-ka-pa and Maximus the Confessor on Love. Published in The Many Facets of Love: Philosophical Explorations (Cambridge Scholar’s Publishing, 2007)
Tracking the Theological “Turn”: The Pneumatological Imagination and the Renewal of Metaphysics and Theology in the 21st Century, (www.glopent.net/pentecostudies) [2007, vol. 6 no. 1]
Simone Weil in Witnesses of Faith in the Reformed Churches (Oxford University Press)
Creation, Re-creation in The Encyclopedia of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity (London & NY: Routledge)
John Donne in Testimoni della fede nella Chiese della reforma. Rome: Nuova' Citta Editrice Della P.A.M.O.M. (Italian and English)
John Henry Newman in Testimoni della fede nella Chiese della reforma. Rome: Nuova' Citta Editrice Della P.A.M.O.M. (Italian and English)
George Herbert in Testimoni della fede nella Chiese della reforma. Rome: Nuova' Citta Editrice Della P.A.M.O.M. (Italian and English)
William Temple in Testimoni della fede nella Chiese della reforma. Rome: Nuova' Citta Editrice Della P.A.M.O.M. (Italian and English)
"Sarah's Story: Using Ritual Therapy to Address Psychospiritual Issues in Treating Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse," with R. Parker and T. Watson. Counseling and Values 42 (1997) pp. 41-45.
"A Typology of Ritual: Paradigms for Healing and Empowerment," with R. Parker. Counseling and Values 40 (1996) pp. 82-97.
"Blessing Ourselves and Others: Rituals to Enhance Well-Being and Strengthen Relationships," with R. Parker. Virginia Counselors Journal 23 (1995) pp. 50-61.

Published Study Guides

Families By The Book (Virginia Beach: CBN Publishing, 1988)
Counterfeits By The Book (Virginia Beach: CBN Publishing, 1988)
Great Themes of the Book II (Virginia Beach: CBN Publishing, 1989)
Great Themes of the Book III (Virginia Beach: CBN Publishing, 1990)
Studying the Book (Virginia Beach: CBN Publishing, 1990)
Mountain Climbing By The Book (Virginia Beach: CBN Publishing, 1991)
The Messiah of The Book (Virginia Beach: CBN Publishing, 1991)
The Church of the Book (Virginia Beach: CBN Publishing, 1992)
Current Issues By The Book (Virginia Beach: CBN Publishing, 1993)

Published Reviews

Thomas Cattoi, Divine Contingency: Theologies of Divine Embodiment in Maximus and Tsong kha pa. Buddhist-Christian Studies vol 31, 2011
Peter J. Bellini, Participation: Epistemology and Mission Theology. Religious Studies Review, vol 37 number 4, 2011
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen (ed.). The Spirit in the World: Emerging Pentecostal Theologies in Global Context. H-Pentecostalism, H-Net Reviews. March, 2010. URL: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=26302.
Shields, John M. An Eschatological Imagination: A Revisionist Christian Eschatology in the Light of David Tracy's Theological Project. Religious Studies Review, 2009
Tollefsen, Torstein T. The Christocentric Cosmology of St. Maximus the Confessor. Religious Studies Review, 2009
Rybarczyk, Edmund R., Beyond Salvation: Eastern Orthodoxy and Classical Pentecostalism on Becoming like Christ, Religious Studies Review, 2007
Herrick, James A., The Making of the New Spirituality: The Eclipse of the Western Religious Tradition. Religious Studies Review, 2004
John Cowan, Taking Jesus Seriously: Buddhist Meditations for Christians. Religious Studies Review, 2004.

Presentations And Panels

Respondant: Dukkha and Passio: A Christian Theology of Suffering in the (Theravada) Buddhist Context, by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen. Symposium: "World Religions and the Great Commission: Towards a Renewal Approach to Missions." Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, 2010.
Respondant: Theologies of Religious Pluralism: Pneumatological Foundations and Conversion in India, by Kirsteen Kim. Symposium: Symposium: "World Religions and the Great Commission: Towards a Renewal Approach to Missions." Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, 2010.
"The Theological Implications of Beauty." Presentation at NEXUS Interfaith Dialogue Project, Virginia Wesleyan College, 2007
"The Light that Charity Knows: Tsong-ka-pa and Maximus the Confessor on Love." Wesleyan Philosophical Society, Kansas City, MI, 2006
"Beauty Ever Ancient, Ever New: Gadamer's To Kalon and the Renewal of Metaphysics." Society for Pentecostal Studies Annual Conference, Pasadena, CA, 2006
"Alterity and the FACE-SPIRIT Model." The American Counselor's Association International Convention, Montreal, Canada, 2006
"Into the Wardrobe: C.S. Lewis and the Search for Beauty." First Church of God, Virginia Beach, VA, 2006
"John Wesley and the Roots of Contemporary Orthopathy: A Modest Proposal." Society for Pentecostal Studies 34rd Annual Meeting, Virginia Beach, VA, 2005
Panelist for a televised colloquium, "When Rationalism Collides with Mysticism," NEXUS Interfaith Dialogue Project, Virginia Wesleyan College, 2004
Served as the representative of Christianity at the Diversity Panel Forum hosted by the Association for Research and Enlightenment, Virginia Beach, VA, 2003
"Cross and Crescent: Understanding and Responding to the Challenge of Islam," Episcopal Church of the Messiah, Virginia Beach, VA, 2003
"Faith, Evil, and the Problem of Suffering." Episcopal Church of the Messiah, Virginia Beach, VA, 2003
"Overcoming Boundaries in Cross-Cultural Communication." The NAAMAN Initiative, Williamsburg Retreat Center, VA, 2002
Resident panelist during a year-long Jewish-Christian dialogue forum hosted by Virginia Wesleyan University (1999). Sessions usually drew an audience of 200 or so, and were taped (in part) for broadcast on a community cable. Topics included: Scripture and Interpretation, The Nature of Humans, Salvation, "Jesus to Christ," Paul and the Split with Judaism, The Holocaust, and Messianic Judaism.
Guest Lecturer: Old Dominion University Graduate School of Counseling (COUN 695: Spirituality in Counseling), February 6-7, 2010. Topic: Spirituality and World Religions

Awards and Honors

Nominated as a member of "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges" by the Regent University Faculty (2009, 2010)
Passed Comprehensive Exams "With Distinction" (2008)
Invited to "A Gathering in the Holy Spirit IV: A Conversation among Non-Denominational Christians and Roman Catholics" sponsored by the Centro Pro Unione (Franciscan Friars of the Atonement) at the Vatican. This working group was a bridge toward formalizing dialogue between the Vatican and non-denominational Christians (2007).
Invited to contribute to a symposium on multi-faith education at Auburn Theological Seminary, New York, 2007
"Religious Studies Faculty of the Year" award from Regent School of Undergraduate Studies, (2005)
Named a Teaching Fellow in the Regent University School of Divinity's inaugural Ph.D. Program, (2002)
NEXUS Interfaith Dialogue Project: Peacemaker Award of Appreciation (2001)
Co-edited the Virginia Counselors Journal, which won the award for best state counselor journal in the country in 1995
Received the first Beasley Full-Tuition Scholarship awarded by the Regent School of Divinity (1984)

Consultation

Design Team board member of the NEXUS Interfaith Dialogue Project at Virginia Wesleyan University (1999-present)
Judge: Metropolis of New Jersey St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival, 2012
"SUPERBOOK": Subject matter expert (2010)

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Religion
Society for Pentecostal Studies
Society of Christian-Buddhist Studies
Wesleyan Philosophical Society

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