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Wolfgang Vondey

Associate Professor of Systematic Theology;
Director of the Center for Renewal Studies

Email: wvondey@regent.edu
Phone: 757.352.4967
Web site: www.WolfgangVondey.info
Blog: renewaldynamics.com
Wolfgang Vondey's Intro Video

Education

  • Ph.D., Marquette University
  • M.Div., Church of God Theological Seminary
  • Diploma, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
  • M.A., Philipps University, Marburg, Germany

Courses Taught

  • Christian Theology
  • Systematic Theology 1
  • Systematic Theology 2
  • Theological German
  • Charismatic Renewal Theology
  • Ecumenical Theology
  • Ecclesiology: The Doctrine of the Church
  • Divine Providence, Free Will & Predestination
  • Practicing Theology
  • Systematic Theology from a Pneumatological Perspective (Ph.D.)
  • Pneumatology (Ph.D.)
  • Pneumatology: The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit (M.Div.)
  • Tutorial Seminar in Theology (Ph.D.)
  • Readings in Theology (Ph.D.)
  • Renewal Theological Method

Research Interests

I would welcome working with doctoral students in these and related areas.

  • Theology & global pentecostalism
  • Holy Spirit, science, and the physical universe
  • The Church in the world
  • Theology of freedom

Published Books

  • Pentecostalism and Christian Unity, vol. 2, Continuing and Building Relationships. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2013.
  • The Theology of Amos Yong and the New Face of Pentecostal Scholarship: Passion for the Spirit. Co-edited with Martin Mittelstadt. Leiden: Brill, 2013.
  • Pentecostalism: A Guide for the Perplexed, Guide for the Perplexed Series. London and New York: T&T Clark International, 2013.
  • Beyond Pentecostalism: The Crisis of Global Christianity and the Renewal of the Theological Agenda. Pentecostal Manifestos Series 3. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010.
  • Pentecostalism and Christian Unity: Ecumenical Documents and Critical Assessments. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2010.
  • People of Bread: Rediscovering Ecclesiology. New York: Paulist Press, 2008.
  • Heribert Mühlen: His Theology and Praxis. A New Profile of the Church. Lanham, MD: University of America Press, 2004.

Published Chapters and Journal Articles

  • "La théologie pentecôtiste selon une perspective æcuménique : Défis et opportunités pour son intégration." Istina 57, no. 4 (2012): 369-87.
  • "The Making of a Black Liturgy: Pentecostal Worship and Spirituality from African Slave Narratives to Urban City Scapes." Black Theology 10, no. 2 (2012): 147-68.
  • "Eucharist." In Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, edited by George Kurian et al. (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012), 869-71.
  • "Heribert Mühlen." In Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, edited by George Kurian et al. (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012), 1589-90.
  • "Ecumenism." In Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, edited by George Kurian et al. (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012), 789-95.
  • "Chronos: Christianity and Time." In Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, edited by George Kurian et al. (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012). 516-18.
  • "The Denomination in Classical and Global Pentecostal Ecclesiology: A Historical and Theological Contribution." In Denomination: Assessing an Ecclesiological Category, ed. Paul M. Collins and Barry Ensign-George, Ecclesiological Investigations (New York: Continuum, 2011), 100-16.
  • "Does God Have a Place in the Universe? Physics and the Quest for the Holy Spirit." In Science and the Spirit: A Pentecostal Engagement with the Sciences, eds. James K. A. Smith & Amos Yong (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2010), 75-91.
  • "Between This and That: Reality and Sacramentality in the Pentecostal Worldview." Joint article with Chris W. Green. Journal of Pentecostal Theology 19, no. 2 (2010): 243-64.
  • "Oneness and Trinitarian Pentecostalism: Critical Dialogue on the Ecumenical Creeds." One in Christ 44, no. 1 (2010): 86-102.
  • "Pentecostal Identity and Christian Discipleship." Bethel Journal of Christian Theology and Ministry 1 (July 2010): 23-37.
  • "Pentecostal Ecclesiology and Eucharistic Hospitality: Toward a Systematic and Ecumenical Account of the Church." Pneuma. Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 32, no. 1 (2010): 41-55.
  • "The Holy Spirit and the Physical Universe: The Impact of Scientific Paradigm Shifts on Contemporary Pneumatology." Theological Studies 70, no. 1 (2009): 3-36.
  • "Point de vue pentecôstiste. (Dossier à propos du document Nature et Mission de L’Église)" Unité des Chrétiens 149 (January 2008): 23–26.
  • "Pentecostal Perspectives on The Nature and Mission of the Church: Challenges and Opportunities for Ecumenical Transformation." In "The Nature and Mission of the Church": Ecclesial Reality and Ecumenical Horizons for the Twenty-First Century, edited by Paul M. Collins and Michael A. Fahey (Ecclesiological Investigations1; New York: Continuum, 2008), 55-68.
  • "Glossolalia." In Global Dictionary of Theology, edited by William A. Dyrness and Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen (Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2008), 343-45.
  • "Violence." In Global Dictionary of Theology, edited by William A. Dyrness and Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen (Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2008), 919-23.
  • "New Evangelization and Liturgical Praxis in the Roman Catholic Church," Studia Liturgica 36.2 (2006): 231-252.
  • "Pentecostalism and the Possibility of Global Theology. Implications of the Theology of Amos Yong." PNEUMA. Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 28.2 (2006): 289-312.
  • "A Pentecostal Perspective on The Nature and Mission of the Church." Ecumenical Trends 35.8(2006): 1-5.
  • "The Holy Spirit and Time in Catholic and Protestant Theology." Scottish Journal of Theology 58.4 (Winter 2005): 393-409.
  • "Introduction to the New Edition" of The Essence of Christianity by Ludwig Feuerbach (New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2004), ix-xvi.
  • "Die Rezeption der Theologie Heribert Mühlens im internationalen Raum." Forum Katholische Theologie 20.3 (2004): 186-203.
  • "Christian Enthusiasm: Can the Olympic Flame Kindle the Fire of Christianity?" Word & World 23.3 (Summer 2003): 312-320.
  • "The Symbolic Turn: A Symbolic Conception of the Liturgy of Pentecostalism." Wesleyan Theological Journal 36.2 (Fall 2001): 223-247.
  • "Presuppositions for Pentecostal Engagement in Ecumenical Dialogue." Exchange: Journal for Missiological and Ecumenical Research 30.4 (2001): 344-358.
  • "Appeal for a Pentecostal Council for Ecumenical Dialogue." Mid-Stream 40.3 (July 2001): 45-56.
  • "Christian Amnesia. Who in the World Are Pentecostals?" Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies 4.1 (January 2001): 21-39.
  • "Ecumenism on the Way: The German Katholikentag." Journal of Ecumenical Studies 37.2 (Spring 2000): 200-202.
  • "Pentecostal Identity and Christian Discipleship," Cyberjournal for Pentecostal/Charismatic Research 6 (1999) [http://www.pctii.org/cyberjournal].

Published Reviews

  • Amos Yong and Estrelda Alexander (eds.). Afro-Pentecostalism. In The Pneuma Review 15, no. 4 (2012): 55-57.
  • Tony Hanna. New Ecclesial Movements, and S. C. Reeves, Embracing the Mystery of the Holy Spirit. In Pneuma 34, no. 1 (2012): 475-476.
  • William Kay and Anne E. Dyer (eds.). European Pentecostalism. In Encounter (Summer 2012), at http://www.agts.edu/encounter/current2012.html.
  • Manfred Baumert. Natürlich - übernatürlich: Charismen entdecken und weiterentwickeln. In Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research 4 (2012): 139-49.
  • Amos Yong. The Spirit of Creation. In The Pneuma Review 15, no. 3 (2012): 61-63.
  • Estrelda Alexander. Black Fire: 100 Years of African American Pentecostalism. In The Pneuma Review 15, no. 3 (2012): 70-73.
  • Amos Yong. In the Days of Caesar: Pentecostalism and Political Theology. In Theological Studies 72, no. 3 (2011): 671-73.
  • Mark J. Cartledge, Testimony in the Spirit: Rescripting Ordinary Pentecostal Theology. In The Pneuma Review 14, no. 4 (2011): 73-75.
  • Abraham P. Bos and Rein Ferwerda. Aristotle, On the Life-Bearing Spirit (De Spiritu). In Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 33. 2 (2011): 319-20.
  • Brad Harper and Paul Louis Metzger. Exploring Ecclesiology: An Evangelical and Ecumenical Introduction. In The Pneuma Review 14, no. 1 (2011): 52-56.
  • Krzysztof Gasecki. Das Profil des Geistes in den Sakramenten: Pneumatologische Grundlagen der Sakramentenlehre - Darstellung und Reflexionen ausgewahlter katholischer Entwurfe. In Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 33.1 (2011): 164-65.
  • Alister E. McGrath. A Fine-Tuned Universe: The Quest for God in Science and Theology. In The Pneuma Review 13, no. 4 (2010): 76-78.
  • Denis Edwards. How God Acts. In Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 32.3 (2010): 466-67.
  • Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen (ed.). The Spirit in the World: Emerging Pentecostal Theologies in Global Contexts. In Theological Studies 71, no. 3 (2010): 759-760.
  • Bruce Sanguin. The Emerging Church: A Model for Change and a Map for Renewal. In Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 32, no. 2 (2010): 321-22.
  • Heidi A. Campbell and Heather Looy. A Science and Religion Primer. In The Pneuma Review 13, no. 2 (2010): 70-72.
  • Phyllis Tickle. The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why. In The Pneuma Review 13, no. 2 (2010): 53-54.
  • Paul Schmidgall. Hundert Jahre Deutsche Pfingstbewegung 1907-2007. In Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 31, no. 2 (2009): 323-24.
  • Michael Wilkinson (ed.), Canadian Pentecostalism: Transition and Transformation. In The Pneuma Review 13, no. 1 (2010): 58-61.
  • Daniel J. Treier. Virtue and the Voice of God: Toward Theology as Wisdom. In Religious Studies Review 35. 1 (2009): 47.
  • Steven M. Studebaker, Defining Issues in Pentecostalism. In The Pneuma Review 12, no. 2 (2009): 66-68.
  • Alexander F. Gemeinhardt (ed.), Die Pfingstbewegung als ökumenische Herausforderung; Ludwig David Eisenlöffel. Freikirchliche Pfingstbewegung in Deutschland: Innenansichten 1945-1985; Isgard S. Peter. Der unsichtbaren Religion auf der Spur: Eine soziologische Studie zur Pfingstbewegung in Deutschland. In Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 31.1 (2009): 152-54.
  • Randall J. Stephens, The Fire Spreads: Holiness and Pentecostalism in the American South. In The Pneuma Review 12, no. 1 (2009): 67-69.
  • Gordon T. Smith (ed.), The Lord's Supper: Five Views. In H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences at http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=15701.
  • Kevin J. Vanhoozer. The Drama of Doctrine: A Canonical-Linguistic Approach to Christian Theology. In Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 30. 2 (2008): 365-66.
  • Alan J. Delotavo. Contemporary Evangelicalism and the Restoration of the Prototypal Church. In Religious Studies Review 33, no. 4 (2007): 320.
  • Simon Chan. Liturgical Theology. The Church as Worshiping Community. In The Pneuma Review 10, no. 2 (2007): 61-63
  • Michael Welker (ed.). The Work of the Spirit: Pneumatology and Pentecostalism. In Theology Today 65, no. 1 (2007): 105-107
  • W. David Buschart. Exploring Protestant Traditions. An Invitation to Theological Hospitality. In The Pneuma Review11.1 (2008): 50-52.
  • Tony Lane. A Concise History of Christian Thought. In The Pneuma Review 11.1 (2008): 67-69.
  • Douglas H. Knight. The Eschatological Economy. Time and the Hospitality of God. In: Religious Studies Review (2007): forthcoming.
  • Michael Bergunder and Jörg Haustein (eds.), Migration und Identität. Pfingstlich-charismatische Migrationsgemeinden in Deutschland. In Pneuma. Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 29.1 (2007): forthcoming.
  • Stanley J. Grenz. Rediscovering the Triune God. The Trinity in Contemporary Theology.  In: The Pneuma Review 10.1 (2007): forthcoming.
  • Hans Boersma. Violence, Hospitality and the Cross. Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition.  In: The Pneuma Review 9.4 (2006): forthcoming.
  • Amos Yong. The Spirit Poured Out on All Flesh. Pentecostalism and the Possibility of Global Theology.  In: PNEUMA. Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 28.1 (2006): forthcoming.
  • Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, The Doctrine of God. A Global Introduction.In: The Pneuma Review 9.2 (2006): forthcoming.
  • Sigurd Bergmann. Creation Set Free. The Spirit as Liberator of Nature.  In: Pneuma.  Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 28.2 (2006): 367-370.
  • Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Christology. A Global Introduction. In: The Pneuma Review 9.1 (2006): 67-69.
  • Elizabeth Teresa Groppe, Yves Congar's Theology of the Holy Spirit. In: PNEUMA. Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 27.1 (2005): 213-215.
  • Raniero Cantalamessa, Come, Creator Spirit. Meditations on the Veni Creator. In: PNEUMA. Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 26.2 (Fall 2004): 398-400.
  • Max Turner, The Holy Spirit and Spiritual Gifts. In: The Pneuma Review 8.2 (2005): 65-67.
  • George Barna & Mark Hatch, Boiling Point: Monitoring Cultural Shifts in the 21st Century. In: The Pneuma Review 8.2(2005): 57-59.
  • James K. A. Smith, Speech and Theology: Language and the Logic of Incarnation. In: The Pneuma Review, online article available at http://www.pneumafoundation.org/article.jsp?article=article_0018.xml.
  • Denis Edwards, Breath of Life: A Theology of the Creator Spirit, and Bradford Hinze, The Spirit in the Church and the World. In: Theology Today 61.4 (January 2005): 597.
  • Craig S. Keener, Gift and Giver. The Holy Spirit for Today. In: The Pneuma Review 8.1 (Winter 2005): 72-74.
  • Frederic W. Baue, The Spiritual Society: What Lurks Beyond Postmodernism. In: The Pneuma Review 7.4 (Fall 2004): 68-70.
  • Koo Dong Yun, Baptism in the Holy Spirit. An Ecumenical Theology of Spirit Baptism. In: Religious Studies Review 30.2/3 (April & July 2004): 163.
  • Darrell L. Bock, Purpose-Directed Theology: Getting Our Priorities Right in Evangelical Controversies. In: The Pneuma Review 7.1(Winter 2004): 71-73.
  • Norbert Baumert, Geist – Taufe – Geisttaufe, 2 volumes. In: PNEUMA. Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 25.1 (Spring 2003): 152-154.
  • Simon Chan, Pentecostal Theology and the Christian Spiritual Tradition.  In: Religious Studies Review 28.4 (October 2002): 344.
  • James R. Edwards, "Unity Not of Our Making." Christianity Today 45.10 (2001): 48-50. In: The Pneuma Review 5.1 (Winter 2002): 79-82.

Digests and Translated Abridgments

  • Reinhard Dithmar. Luthers Tischreden. Luther Digest 20 (2012): 117-24.
  • Heinz Scheible. "Die Philosophische Fakultät der Universität Wittenberg von der Gründung bis zur Vertreibung der Philippisten." Luther Digest 19 (2011): 135-37.
  • Klaus Kirchhoff, "Inkompetenz organisieren. Luthers ,rechte Weise in the Theologie zu studieren' heute." Luther Digest 18 (2010): 123-24.
  • Oswald Bayer. "Gottes Allmacht." Luther Digest 18 (2010): 73-74.
  • Peter Zimmerling. "Die Spiritualität Martin Luthers als Herausforderung." Luther Digest 17 (2009): 88-90.
  • Reinhard Dithmar. Auf Luthers Spuren: Ein biographischer Reiseführer. In Luther Digest 17 (2009): 157-61.
  • Notger Slenczka. "Neuzeitliche Freiheit oder ursprüngliche Bindung? Zu einem Paradigmenwechsel in der Reformations- und Lutherdeutung." Luther Digest 16 (2008): 125-28.
  • Hans Christian Brandy. "Vom Leiden des Menschen und vom Leiden Gottes." Luther Digest 16 (2008): 107-8.
  • Otto Herrmann Pesch, "Wo steht die katholische Lutherforschung?" Luther Digest 15 (2007): 119-20.
  • Heinrich Assel, "Der Name Gottes bei Martin Luther. Trinität und Tetragramm - ausgehend von Luthers Auslegung des Fünften Psalms." Luther Digest 15 (2007): 13-14.
  • Uwe Rieske-Braun, "Endzeiterwartung und Kampfesmetaphorik in späten Briefen und Vorlesungen Luthers" Luther Digest 14 (2006): 138-140.
  • Joachim Ringleben, "Metapher und Eschatologie bei Luther" Luther Digest 14 (2006): 141-142.
  • Jens-Martin Kruse, "Die Bedeutung der Wittenberger Universitätsprofessoren für die Anfänge der Reformation." Luther Digest 13 (2005): 52-53.
  • Ulrich Asendorf, "Schrift und Dogma. Zur Systematik in Luthers Theologie." Luther Digest 13 (2005): 10-11.
  • Franz Posset, "Bernhard von Clairvauxs Meditation zu Psalm 31,2 bei Martin Luther." Luther Digest 13 (2005): 15.
  • Michael Plathow, "Wirklichkeit - erschlossen im Kreuz. Martin Luthers Kreuzestheologie im heutigen Kontext." Luther Digest 12 (2005): 154-156.
  • Gerhard Sauter, "Die Verkündigung des Auferstandenen als Zusage des Lebens bei Gott." Luther Digest 11 (2003): 157-158.
  • Johannes Brosseder, "Gott als Vater bei Martin Luther." Luther Digest 12 (2003): 92-93.
  • Gerhard Müller, "Biblische Theologie und Sozialethik. Zum Denken Martin Luthers." Luther Digest 10 (2002): 33-34.
  • Albrecht Beutel, "Luthers Bibelübersetzung und die Folgen." Luther Digest 10 (2002): 2-4.
  • Bernd Hamm, "Warum wurde für Luther der Glaube zum Zentralbegriff des christlichen Lebens?" Luther Digest 9 (2001): 33-36.
  • Dietrich Korsch, "Freiheit als Summe: Über die Gestalt Christlichen Lebens nach Martin Luther." Luther Digest 9 (2001): 12-14.
  • David S. Yaego, "'A Christian, Holy People.' Martin Luther on Salvation and the Church," Luther Digest 8 (2000): 90-92.
  • Ulrich Asendorf, "Lectura in Biblia. Luthers Genesisvorlesung." Luther Digest 8 (2000): 2-17.

Professional Memberships

  • Society for Pentecostal Studies
  • American Academy of Religion
  • Catholic Theological Society of America
  • North American Academy of Ecumenists