Professor of Historical Theology

Education, degrees

• 1999: Ph.D. in Patristics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England.
• 1989: M.Div. (with honors), Denver Seminary, Denver, Colorado (USA).
• 1986-1988: Study of theology, Erskine Theological Seminary, Due West, South Carolina (USA).
• 1985-1986: Seminary preparation, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina (USA).
• 1985: A.B. in English literature (summa cum laude), Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey (USA).

Academic positions and teaching experience

• 2004-: Professor of Historical Theology, ETF
• 2003-2004: Visiting Professor of Historical Theology, ETF
• 2006-: Professor of Historical Theology, Erskine Theological Seminary, Due West, South Carolina (USA).
• 2002-2007: Associate Professor of Historical theology and Missions, Erskine Theological Seminary, Due West, South Carolina (USA).
• 1999-2001: Assistant Professor of Church History and Missions, Erskine Theological Seminary, Due West, South Carolina (USA).
• 1996-2002: Adjunct Professor of Theology and consultant to the academic department, Donetsk Christian University, Donetsk, Ukraine.
• 1992-1996: Professor of Systematic theology and Assistant Academic Dean, Donetsk Christian University, Donetsk, Ukraine.

Academic honors and awards

• Leon McDill Allison Award for Excellence in Teaching, Erskine Theological Seminary, 2005.
• Overseas Research Student Award from the British government for study at Cambridge, 1996-1999.
• Scholarship Award from Denver Seminary for the highest GPA in the M.Div. program, 1989.
• William Fitzhugh Morris Prize from Erskine Theological Seminary for excellence in biblical studies, 1988.
• Class of 1985 Prize from Princeton University for the highest GPA in the English department, 1985.

Selected Bibliography (since 1995)

Books

• Fulgentius of Ruspe and the Scythian Monks: Correspondence on Christology and Grace. The Fathers of the Church. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, forthcoming in 2012. [Co-translated with Rob Roy McGregor.]
• Understanding Language: A Guide for Beginning Students of Greek or Latin. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, forthcoming in 2011.
• Life in the Trinity: An Introduction to Theology with the Help of the Church Fathers. Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP, 2009, 240 pp (This book is also being published in Russian.)
• Grace and Christology in the Early Church. Oxford Early Christian Studies. Oxford: University Press, 2003. (This book has also been published in Russian.)
• Eastern Orthodoxy through Western Eyes. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002. (This book has also been published in Russian and Romanian.)

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

• “Contemporary Millennial/Tribulational Debates.” In A Case for Historic Premillennialism: An Alternative to “Left Behind” Eschatology, eds. Craig L. Blomberg and Sung Wook Chung, 105–131. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2009.
• “Allies or Merely Friends? John of Antioch and Nestorius in the Christological Controversy.” The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 58.3 (2007): 383-399.
• “The Puzzle of Theodoret’s Christology: A Modest Suggestion.” The Journal of Theological Studies 58.1 (2007): 100-133.
• “Patristic Soteriology: Three Trajectories.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 50.2 (2007): 289-310.
•  “Patristic Exegesis and Theology: The Cart and the Horse.” Westminster Theological Journal 69:1 (2007): 1-19.
• “The One Person who is Jesus Christ: The Patristic Perspective.” In Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective: An Introductory Christology, eds. Fred Sanders and Klaus Issler, 80-113. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 2007.
• “Is the Early Church Relevant to the Scottish Reformation?” Haddington House Journal, Vol. 8, Supplemental Issue, 2006.
• “Eastern Orthodox Mystical Theology.” In Mysticisms East and West: Studies in Mystical Experience, eds. Chris Patridge and Theodore P.C. Gabriel, 146-165. Carlisle, England: Paternoster Press, 2003.
• “John Cassian." In The Dictionary of Historical Theology, ed. Trevor Hart, 115-116. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.
• “Orthodox Supremacy in Russia: Is There a Place for Evangelicalism?” In God in Russia: The Challenge of Freedom, eds. Sharon Linzey and Ken Kaisch, 288-314. Lanham, MA: University Press of America, 1999.
• "Salvation as Theosis: The Teaching of Eastern Orthodoxy." Themelios 23:2 (1998): 42-54.

Review Articles

• Payton, James R., Jr. Light from the Christian East: An Introduction to the Orthodox Tradition. Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP Academic, 2007 & Letham, Robert. Through Western Eyes: Eastern Orthodoxy: A Reformed Perspective. Fearn, Ross-shire, Great Britain: Mentor, 2007. Reviewed in Religion in Eastern Europe 27.4 (Nov. 2007): 62-68.
• Ferguson, Everett. Church History. Volume One: From Christ to Pre-Reformation. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2005. Reviewed in Haddington House Journal 9 (2007): 95-9.
• Nassif, Bradley, et al. Three Views on Eastern Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism. Ed. James J. Stamoolis. Counterpoints. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2004. Reviewed in East-West Church & Ministry Report 13.2 (Spring 2005): 12-13, and in Westminster Theological Journal, 68:1 (Spring 2006): 162-165.
• Garvilyuk, Paul. The Suffering of the Impassible God: The Dialectics of Patristic Thought. Oxford Early Christian Studies. Oxford: University Press, 2004. Reviewed in the The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 56.3 (July 2005).
• Laird, Martin. Gregory of Nyssa and the Grasp of Faith: Union, Knowledge, and Divine Presence. Oxford Early Christian Studies. Oxford: University Press, 2004. Reviewed in Westminster Theological Journal 67.1 (Spring 2005): 184-187.
• Aagaard, Anna Marie, and Peter Bouteneff. Beyond the East-West Divide: The World Council of Churches and “the Orthodox Problem.” Geneva: WCC Publications, 2001. Reviewed in East-West Church & Ministry Report, 12.2 (Spring 2004): 14-15.
• Glanzer, Perry L. The Quest for Russia’s Soul: Evangelicals and Moral Education in Post-Communist Russia. Waco, Tex.: Baylor University Press, 2002. Reviewed in Religion in Eastern Europe 23.5 (Oct. 2003): 51-58.