TEACHING:
Religious Studies, Virginia Wesleyan College, since 1993
Professor, since 2003; Coordinator of Religious Studies, since 1995
Batten Professor since 2004
"Religion East & West" "Encountering Religion" (introduction)
"Sociology of Religion" "World Religions"
"Christian Theology" "Religion in American Society”
"New Testament (Koine) Greek I and II" "The Prophets and Paul"
"History & Literature of the New Testament" “Origins of Christian Theology”
"History & Literature of the Old Testament" "Jesus and the Gospels"
"Persecution & Martyrdom in Earliest Christianity" "Ancient Alternative Scripture"
"Gender & Religion in the Ancient Western World" "Women in Early Christianity"
"Portfolio Program: Self and Circumstance" "Freshman Seminar"
“Portfolio Program: Value of Vocation” "Christian Ethics"
“Views from Islam” “Apostle Paul and Christian Theology”
“Extreme Religion” “Challenges of Religious Freedom”
“The Bible in American Culture and Life” “Portfolio Program: Liberal Arts Seminar”
“Puzzles in the Gospel of Matthew” “Portfolio Program: Liberal Arts Seminar”
“Religion from Athens to Istanbul” (travel course)
Guided Studies include the following:
"Satan, Hell, & the Antichrist: Evil in Christianity" "Advanced Greek"
"The Study of Worship" "Biblical Hebrew"
"Religion in Hampton Roads"
"Methodology in Religious Studies”
"Methodology in New Testament Studies" “Muslim Women in the Middle East”
“Left Behind and Interpretation of Revelation” “Hellenism and the New Testament”
“Economic Ethics in Early Christianity” “Liberation Theologies”
"The Governmental Theory of the Atonement" "Methodologies in Biblical Studies"
“Teacher of Righteousness in Dead Sea Scrolls” “Serpent Handling/Ecstatic Religion”
“Early Christianity and the Mystery Religions” "Greek Papyri and Text Criticism"
“Leadership, Recreation, and the Church” “Wesley, Free Will, & Methodism”
Spring 1992--Lecturer, Yale College
"Torture, Persecution, and Martyrdom in Earliest Christianity"
1991-1992--Instructor, St. Joseph's College, Pastoral Ministry Institute
"Moral Issues in Pastoral Ministry" "Introduction to the New Testament"
1990-1991--Teaching Fellow, Yale University
"New Testament History and Literature" (Wayne A. Meeks)
"Ancient Christianity from Jesus to Augustine" (Bentley Layton)
1989-90--Teaching Fellow, Yale Divinity School
"New Testament Interpretation" (Susan R. Garrett)
1985-87--Teaching Assistant, McCormick Theological Seminary
"Biblical Hebrew I and II" (Margaret Mitchell and Sarah Tanzer)
"Yahwist Revolution: Introduction to the Pentateuch" (Edward F. Campbell)
"New Testament Greek I and II" (L. L. Welborn)