WELLMAN, James

Assistant Professor of Western Religions, Jackson School of International Studies

Office: 420 Thomson
Phone: 206 543-0339
email:  jwellman@u.washington.edu

B.A. The University of Washington, 1981

Graduated with distinction, honors program, English

 

Ph.D. The University of Chicago, 1995

Religion and the Human Sciences

M.Div. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1984

Philosophical Hermeneutics

Changing Boundaries: A Social History of a Downtown Protestant Establishment Church from 1908-1995

2005-present University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Chair
Comparative Religion Program
Jackson School of International Studies

2002-present University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Assistant Professor
Comparative Religion Program
Jackson School of International Studies

1997-2002 University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Lecturer
Comparative Religion Program,
Jackson School of International Studies

1998-2002 Fuller Theological Seminary, Seattle, WA
Lecturer
Christian Ethics

1999-2000 Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA
Lecturer
American Religious History
Religion Department
1998 Seattle University, Seattle, WA
Lecturer
Social Ethics
School of Theology and Ministry

1996-1997 University of Chicago Divinity School, Chicago, IL
Teaching Assistant

1998-2002 Soulworks Inc., Seattle, WA
Business Ethics Consultant

1991-1997 Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL
Director of Young Adult Education

1985-1989 Neshaminy-Warwick Presbyterian Church
Neshaminy-Warwick, PA
Associate Minister for Youth Education

1984-1985 Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA
Hospital Student Chaplain

A. Monographs
1. 1999 Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto: Christ and Culture in Mainline Protestantism. Champaign: University of Illinois Press.
2. 2008 Evangelicals vs. Liberals: The Clash of Christian Cultures in the Pacific Northwest. New York: Oxford University Press. Under contract;
awaiting proofs.

B. Edited Works
1. 1999 The Power of Religious Publics: Staking Claims in American Society.
Co-editor with William H. Swatos, Jr. Westport, CT: Praeger
Publishers.
2. 2007 Belief and Bloodshed: Religion and Violence across Time and Tradition.
Editor. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

C. Collaborative Works
Co-editor with Gadi Barzilai, Cabeiri Robinson, Noam Pianko, Kyoko Tokuno. Religion and Democratic Cultures: The Problems and Possibilities of Peace and Violence. Essays being collected for volume. Principal editor with Gadi Barzilai.

D. Articles in Journals (*indicates peer reviewed publication)
1. 1998 *“The Decentering of the Protestant Mainline: John Timothy Stone, The
Chicago Years 1913-1930.” The Journal of Presbyterian History 76 (Fall): 199-213.
2. 1999 *Guest editor. “Special Issue: Religious Organizational Identity and
Homosexual Ordination: A Case-Study of a Protestant Denomination.” Review of Religious Research 41:184-274.
3. 1999 *Introduction to “The Debate Over Homosexual Ordination:
Subcultural Identity Theory in American Religious Organizations.” Review of Religious Research 41:184-206.
4. 2001 “God and Business.” Sightings. Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School. August 8, online.
5. 2002 *“Finding a New Center: The Future of the Liberal Protestant Mainline.”
The Journal of Presbyterian History. Reprint. 80:3 (Fall): 172-188.
6. 2002 *“Religion without a Net: Strictness in the Religious Practices of West
Coast Urban Liberal Christian Congregations.” Review of Religious Research, Volume 44:2 Pages 184-199.
7. 2003 “The Idol of Empire.” Sightings. Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School. December 3, online.
8. 2004 *Co-author with Kyoko Tokuno. “Is Religious Violence Inevitable?” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 43:3 (2004) 291-296. Principal author. Ranked as the most cited article between 2005- 2007.
9. 2004 “Religious Scholarship and Insider Status: The Question of Teaching and Faith.” Fostering Student Development through
Faculty Development, Loyola University Chicago. January 15,
online.
10. 2004 “The Passion: Redemptive Violence?” The Spirit: A Publication of the Seattle Presbytery, June.
11. 2004 “What Church Leaders Can Learn from Vital Liberal and Evangelical Protestant Churches.” The Spirit: A Publication of the Seattle Presbytery, October.
12. 2005 “Dueling Truth Claims, Borg versus Warren.” The Spirit: A Publication of the Seattle Presbytery, February.
13. 2006 “Peeling Back the Evangelical Onion: Worldviews and World Affairs.”
Review of Faith and International Affairs. September.
14. 2007 *Co-author with Matthew Keyes. “Portable Politics and Durable Religion: The Moral Worldviews of American Evangelical Missionaries.” Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review. Accepted for publication; awaiting proofs; principal author.
15. 2007 *Co-author with Katie Corcoran, “Explaining Pacific Northwest Inter- regional Religious Differences in Evangelical Commitment.” Review of Religious Research; under review, principal author.
16. 2007 “Response to Professor Jon Pahl’s “The Desire to Acquire: Or, Why Shopping Malls are Sites of Religious Violence.” The
Religion & Culture Web Forum, The Martin Marty Center, The University of Chicago Divinity School, May, online.

1. 1997 “Presbyterians.” In The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society, eds.
William H. Swatos, Jr. and Peter Kivisto. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.
2. 1999 “Religion Out of the Closet: Public Religion and Homosexuality.” In The
Power of Religious Publics: Staking Claims in American Society, edited by William H. Swatos, Jr. and James K. Wellman, Jr. Greenwood, CT: Praeger Publishing.
3. 2001 “Secularism.” In The Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism, ed. Brenda
Brasher. Religion and Society Series, David Levinson, general
editor. New York: Routledge.
4. 2004 “The Churching of the Pacific Northwest: The Rise of Sectarian
Entrepreneurs.” In Religion and Public Culture in the Pacific
Northwest: The None Zone, edited by Patricia O'Connell Killen and Mark Silk. Religion by Region Series. Walnut Creek: Alta Mira Press.
5. 2006 “Dueling Truth Claims: Comparing the Moral Worldviews of American Evangelical and Liberal Protestant Christians.” In Unity and Diversity in Religion and Culture: Exploring the Psychological and Philosophical Issues underlying Global Conflict / International Readings on Theory, History and Philosophy of Culture. 22. St. Petersburg, Eidos.
6. 2006 “Christianity: Evangelicalism.” Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious
Practices. Ed. Thomas Riggs. Vol. 1: Religions and Denominations. Detroit: Gale. 183-189. 3 vols. Gale Virtual
Reference Library. Thomson Gale.
7. 2007 “Religion and Violence: Past, Present and Future.” In Belief and Bloodshed: Religion and Violence across Time and Tradition, edited by James K. Wellman, Jr. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield.
8. 2007 “Is War Normal for American Evangelical Religion?” In Belief and
Bloodshed: Religion and Violence across Time and Tradition, edited by James K. Wellman, Jr. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield.

F. Book Reviews
1. 2001 Kimon Howland Sargeant, Seeker Churches: Promoting Traditional
Religion in a Nontraditional Way, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers
University Press, 2000. In The Journal of Religion 81, July: 473-4.
2. 2001 Ronald R. Stockton, Decent and in Order: Conflict, Christianity, and
Polity in a Presbyterian Congregation,Westport, CT: Praeger,
2000. In Review of Religious Research 43:1, September.
3. 2005 William R. Hutchison, Religious Pluralism in America: The Contentious
History of a Founding Ideal, New Haven: Yale University Press,
2003. In Journal of Church and State, vol. 47, issue 2, spring.
4. 2007 David Martin, On Secularization: Towards a Revised Theory, England:
Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2005. Religion. In press.

2004 “Mixing Church and State Can Damage Both.” The Seattle Times, August 5.

1. The Mirror of Church and State. Negotiating a possible edited volume on Religion and the State with Blackwell Publishing.
2. The Impact of American Missionaries on Foreign Policy. Considering a major research proposal on national American missionaries and their impact on American Foreign Policy.
3. The Economy of Grace: The Social Effects of Different Forms of Grace in the American Christian Tradition. This is a social history of American Christianity that investigates the social effects of certain key theological doctrines.
4. Are Megachurches Unique? Comparing Evangelical Megachurches and Smaller Evangelical Churches in the Pacific Northwest. My research assistant and I are now examining the data that we have collected on Pacific Northwest evangelicals and how megachurches and smaller evangelical churches compare.

2007 Co-Principal Investigator and Project Director, “Religion and Human Security.” Henry Luce Foundation on Religion and International Affairs, ($297,000, under consideration; with Reşat Kasaba and Clark Lombardi; 50 percent participation)

2007 Recipient of International Studies Center Course Development Grant Award: SIS 405: Political Economy and Religious Institutions, ($2,000)

2006-2007 Invited as Non-Resident Fellow. Institute for the Study of Religion, Baylor University, Waco, TX

2006 Co-Principal Investigator, “Religion and Democratic Culture: The Problems and Possibilities for Peace.” The Henry M. Jackson Foundation Grant, Comparative Religion Program Colloquium Series, ($24,450; with Cabeiri Robinson, Kyoko Tokuno, Noam Pianko, Gadi Barzilai; 50 percent participation)

2005-2006 Nominated for the Marsh L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award

2005-2006 Nominated for the 2006 Distinguished Teaching Award

2005 Selected, 2005, “Teaching Introductory Religion: Lessons from the Practices of Fifty Effective Teachers.” Wabash Center for
Teaching, University of Notre Dame, ($750)

2005 Selected with Scott Noegel for University Course, “Religion, Violence, and Peace: Patterns across Time.” Undergraduate Course Development Fund, University of Washington, (one month summer salary and Research/Teaching Assistant support)

2004-2005 Nominated for the 2005 Distinguished Teaching Award

2004-2005 Co-Principal Investigator, “Religion and Democratic Culture: The Problems and Possibilities for Peace.” The Henry M. Jackson Foundation Grant, Comparative Religion Program Colloquium Series, ($10,000; with Cabeiri Robinson, Kyoko Tokuno; 50 percent participation)

2004-2005 Co-Principal Investigator, “Religion and Democratic Culture: The Problems and Possibilities for Peace.” University of Washington Simpson Center Grant, Comparative Religion Program Colloquium Series, ($3,300; with Cabeiri Robinson, Kyoko Tokuno; 50 percent participation)

2003-2004 Co-Principal Investigator, “Religion, Conflict and Violence: Exploring Patterns Past and Present, East and West.” University of Washington Simpson Center Grant, Comparative Religion Program Colloquium Series and Symposium, ($12,500; with Kyoko Tokuno; 75 percent participation)

2003-2004 Co-Principal Investigator, “Religion, Conflict and Violence: Exploring Patterns Past and Present, East and West.” University of Washington Arts and Sciences Exchange Program, Comparative Religion Program Colloquium Series and Symposium, ($10,000; with Kyoko Tokuno; 75 percent participation)

2003-2004 Principal Investigator, “The Churching of an Unchurched Region: Evangelical Entrepreneurs in the Pacific Northwest.” Louisville Institute, Louisville, Kentucky, ($15,743)

2003-2004 Principal Investigator, “The Influence of Global Evangelicalism on Pacific Northwest Entrepreneurial Christianity.” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, ($3,000)

2003-2004 Principal Investigator, “Pacific Northwest Megachurches and the New Knowledge Economy.” Constance H. Jacquet Research Award, ($2,700)

2003 Selected, University of Washington’s Institute for Teaching Excellence

2002 Principal Investigator, “Understanding the Spiritual Capital of Business Leaders.” Spiritual Transformation Grants Scientific Research Program, Templeton Foundation, ($150,000 matching grant finalist, 60 out of 470 applications; rejected)

2001-2002 Principal Investigator, “Sectarian Entrepreneurs: Pacific Northwest Religionists.” Lilly Endowment Grant, Religion by Region, Book Chapter Research Award, ($2,000)

2001 Awarded Francis Makemie Award, The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto: Christ and Culture in Mainline Protestantism. Committee for the Presbyterian Historical Society. Given annually for the outstanding book in Reformed History, ($500)

1999-2000 Principal Investigator, “Religious Practices of West Coast Lay Liberals.” Constance H. Jacquet Research Award, ($2,000)

1998-1999 Principal Investigator, “The Protestant Mainstream Church and the Religious Practice of Lay Liberals.” General Research Grant, Louisville Institute, Louisville, KY, ($25,000)

1993-1994 Awarded Dissertation Fellowship, Louisville Institute for the Study of Protestantism and American Culture, ($5,000)

1993-1994 Awarded Educational Assistance Grant, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL, ($5,000)

1993 Awarded, Student Paper Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Annual Meeting

1984 Awarded, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Studies Award

 

1. “Peculiar Partners: A Gold Coast Church and Cabrini Green.” Chicago Group for the Study of Religious Communities. R. Stephen Warner, organizer. University of Illinois at Chicago, Sociology Department, Chicago, IL. February 26, 1994. Invited presentation.
2. “A Counter-Example of Liberal Protestant Failure: A Case-Study of an Elite Downtown Protestant Church, from 1984-1994.” Association for the Sociology of Religion, Los Angeles, CA. August 5, 1994. Refereed presentation.
3. “The Transformation of a Protestant Establishment Church: A Social History of an Elite Downtown Protestant Church, 1961-1984.” Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Albuquerque, NM. November 4, 1994. Refereed presentation.
4. “Boundaries Maintained and Transgressed: An Examination of an Elite Downtown Protestant Church.” Religious Research Association, Albuquerque, NM. November 5, 1994. Refereed presentation.
5. “Ideological Backlash or Institutional Boundary Maintenance? An Examination of the Re-Imagining Controversy.” Women and Religion section, American Academy of Religion, Philadelphia, PA. November 20, 1995. Refereed presentation.
6. Discussant: Author Meets Critics, Vital Signs: The Promise of Mainstream Protestantism, Milton J. Coalter, John M. Mulder, and Louis Weeks. San Diego, CA. November 9, 1997. Refereed presentation.
7. Discussant, Lilly Regional Conference on Religion in the News. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. July 12, 1998.
8. “The History of the American Liberal Protestant Church.” Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA. March 14, 1999. Invited presentation.
9. “Religion without a Net: Religious Practice of Lay Liberals.” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Boston, MA. November 5, 1999. Refereed presentation.
10. “The Characteristics of Successful Urban, Liberal Protestant Churches.” Pacific Northwest Region, American Academy of Religion, Spokane, WA. April 29, 2000. Refereed presentation.
11. “Understanding Religious Social Capital in the Pacific Northwest,” Pacific Lutheran University, Whidbey Institute, Whidbey Island, WA. October 26, 2000. Invited presentation.
12. Respondent: Author Meets Critics, Teenagers in Religious Institutions, by Roger L. Dudley. Religious Research Association, Columbus, OH. October 19, 2001. Invited presentation.
13. “The Domestication of Religion: Religious Studies Programs and the Secularization Process.” Paper by invitation for “The Secular Revolution: Power, Agency, and Conflict in the Secularization of American Public Life.” University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. June 2, 2001. Invited submission.
14. “Religious Truth and the Sociology of Knowledge.” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Columbus, OH. October 20, 2001. Refereed presentation.
15. “Relics and Territory: Cosmogony and Divine Dismemberment.” Comparative Religion Program Colloquium, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. November 28, 2001. Invited to moderate.
16. “Theorists Meet Practitioners.” Religious Research Association, Salt Lake City, UT. November 2, 2002. Refereed presentation.
17. “American Alternative Religions: Messiahs and Mystics.” Phi Beta Kappa, annual meeting, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. March 6, 2003. Invited presentation.
18. “Theory in Understanding Religion and Violence.” Colloquium for Religion, Conflict and Violence: Patterns Past and Present, East and West. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. October 15, 2003. Invited presentation.
19. “Sectarian Entrepreneurs in the Pacific Northwest: Rethinking Patterns in Church and Sect.” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Norfolk, VA. October 25, 2003. Refereed presentation.
20. “Religion, Conflict and Violence.” Sociocultural Anthropology Colloquium, Anthropology Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. November 3, 2003. Invited presentation.
21. “Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest: A Symposium for Journalists.” Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA. March 22, 2004. Invited presentation.
22. “Patterns in Church Growth and Vitality: Evangelicals in the Pacific Northwest.” Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA. April 22, 2004. Invited presentation.
23. “The Challenges of Qualitative Research in Religious Studies.” University of Washington Qualitative Research Conference, Seattle, WA. May 20, 2003. Invited presentation.
24. “Types of Relics: Toward a Typology and Location.” American Academy of Religion, annual meeting, Atlanta, GA. November 22, 2003. Invited to moderate.
25. “War is Normal: The Logic of American Evangelical Religion.” Pacific Northwest Region, American Academy of Religion, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. May 8, 2004. Refereed presentation.
26. “War is Normal: The Logic of American Evangelical Religion.” University of Washington Comparative Religion Symposium: “Religion, Conflict and Violence: Exploring Patterns Past and Present, East and West,” Seattle, WA. May 14, 2004. Organizer and panelist.
27. “Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest: Sectarian Evangelical Christians.” American Society of Church History, American Historical Association, Seattle, WA. January 8, 2005. Invited presentation.
28. “Dueling Truth Claims: Comparing the Moral Worldviews of American Evangelical and Liberal Protestant Christians.” “Unity and Diversity in Religion and Culture: Exploring the psychological and philosophical issues underlying global conflict.” UNESCO Chair on Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, St. Petersburg Branch of the Russian Institute for Cultural Research, Seattle, WA. January 28, 2005. Invited presentation.
29. “Belief, Reward and Conflict in the Moral Worlds of Evangelical and Liberal Protestant Christians.” Pacific Northwest American Academy of Religion, Seattle University, Seattle, WA. April 29, 2005. Refereed presentation.
30. “No Boundaries: The Ripple Effect of Globalization.” Lecture for University of Washington Alumni Association lecture series, “No Boundaries: The Ripple Effect of Globalization,” Seattle, WA. November 1, 2005. Invited presentation.
31. “Religious Revolutions: The Rise of Protestantism in the Dominican Republic.” With UW Graduate Student, Daniel Fred Escher. “2005 Pruit Memorial Symposium: Global Christianity: Challenging Modernity and the West.” Baylor University, Waco, TX. November 11, 2005. Refereed presentation.
32. “Evangelical International Missionaries: Clash of Cultures or Call to Conversation?” Council on Faith and International Affairs at Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA. February 8, 2006. Invited presentation.
33. “Theories of Religious Violence.” Issues of Comparative Religious Studies in Central Asia, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. September 15, 2006. Invited presentation.
34. “Spiritualities of Inclusion and Exclusion: Liberal and Evangelical Protestants in the Pacific Northwest.” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Portland, OR. October 20, 2006. Refereed presentation.
35. “Portable Politics and Durable Religion: The Moral Worldviews of American Evangelical Missionaries.” With Katie Corcoran, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Portland, OR. October 21, 2006. Refereed presentation.
36. “Engaging Students in the Introduction to Western Religions.” Panelist for the “Teaching Introductory Religion: Lessons from the Practices of Fifty Effective Teachers.” Wabash Center for Teaching Theology and Religion, University of Notre Dame. American Academy of Religion, Washington D.C. November 18, 2006. Invited presentation.
37. “Critical Thinking in Teaching the Study of Religion.” Second International Conference on Issues of Comparative Religious Studies in Central Asia. Uzbekistan Educational Partnerships Program Symposium, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. April 15, 2007. Invited presentation.
38. “Explanations for Church Growth and Decline in the PNW.” University of Washington Sociology Department Seminar on Institutional Analysis, Seattle, WA. October 2007. Invited presentation.

 

1. Conference Organizer, Program Director, Religious Research Association, annual meeting. San Diego, CA. November 7-9, 1997.
2. Chair and Organizer, “The Power of Religious Publics: Staking Claims in American Society.” Religious Research Association. San Diego, CA. November 8, 1997.
3. Organizer, Author Meets Critics, Vital Signs: The Promise of Mainstream Protestantism, Milton J. Coalter, John M. Mulder, and Louis Weeks. San Diego, CA. November 9, 1997.
4. Organizer, Author Meets Critics, Money Matters: Personal Giving in American
Churches, by Dean Hoge, Charles Zech, Patrick McNamara, and Michael J. Donahue. San Diego, CA. November 9, 1997.
5. Session Organizer, “The Future of Theory in the Social Scientific Study of Religion,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, annual meeting, Columbus, OH. October 20, 2001.
6. Discussant and Organizer, “Vital Liberal Congregations Consultation,” Louisville Institute, Louisville, KY. December 9, 2002.
7. Session Organizer, “Pacific Northwest Religion: Secularization or Revival?” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, annual meeting, Norfolk, VA. October 25, 2003.
8. Co-organizer, University of Washington Comparative Religion Symposium: “Religion, Conflict and Violence: Exploring Patterns Past and Present, East and West.” Seattle, WA. May 13-14, 2004.
9. Organizing Committee, International Conference: “Unity and Diversity in Religion and Culture: Exploring the psychological and philosophical issues underlying global conflict.” UNESCO Chair on Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, St. Petersburg Branch of the Russian Institute for Cultural Research; Seattle, WA. January 27-30, 2005.
10. Organizer for UW Comparative Religion Program graduate students, Special Panel: “What is Religion? Can Theory Explain Religion?” Pacific Northwest American Academy of Religion, Seattle University, Seattle, WA. April 29, 2005.
11. Organizer, Author Meets Critics, Christopher Evan’s The Kingdom Is Always But Coming: A Life of Walter Rauschenbusch. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Rochester, NY. November 5, 2005.
12. Panel organizer, “Spirituality in an Unchurched Region.” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Portland, OR. October 20, 2006.
13. Panel Organizer, “Organized Religion in an Unchurched Region.” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Portland, OR. October 21, 2006.
14. Co-organizer, University of Washington Comparative Religion Program Symposium, “Religion and Democratic Culture: The Problem of Violence and the Possibilities for Peace.” Seattle, WA. October 26-27, 2006.
15. Organizer and Panel Moderator, University of Washington Comparative Religion Program Series on Religion and Sports: “Religious Pilgrimage and the Super Bowl,” January 31, 2007; “Baseball as a Religion,” March 28, 2007; “Religion in Sports Panel.” Seattle, WA. May 9, 2007.

1. “Business Ethics and Spiritual Practice.” Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA. November 24, 1998.
2. “Creativity and the Soul.” Workshop for Starbucks International Executive Retreat, Semiahmoo, WA. February 17-19, 1999.
3. “Religious Ethics and the Global Economy.” Northwest Ethics Institute, Seattle, WA. May 15, 1999.
4. “The Jesus Seminar: The Contemporary Debate.” Adult Education Course, Rolling Bay Presbyterian Church, Rolling Bay, WA. Five lectures, September 12-October 17, 1999.
5. “The Third Way: Transcending the Conflicts in Liberal and Conservative Protestantism.” Annual Snohomish/King County Lutheran Cluster, Seattle, WA. October 23, 1999.
6. “Liberal Protestantism: Past, Present and Future.” Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL. November 21, 1999.
7. “The Future of Urban Liberal Protestantism.” Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Officer Leadership Retreat, Columbus, OH. September 9-10, 2000.
8. “World Religions in a Comparative Mode.” Adult Education Course, Rolling Bay Presbyterian Church, Rolling Bay, WA. Five lectures: September 17-October 22, 2000.
9. “The North American Spiritual Marketplace.” Coca Cola Marketing Executives, Atlanta, GA. November 20, 2000.
10. “Religious Diversity in the Workplace.” JPMorgan Chase Executive Lecture. Houston, TX. October 10, 2002.
11. “The Challenges of the Comparative Study of Religion.” Interfaith Council, Bainbridge Island, WA. October 20, 2002.
12. “Vital Liberal Congregations Consultation,” Louisville Institute, Louisville, KY. December 9, 2002.
13. “History of Christian Ethics.” Adult Education Course, Rolling Bay Presbyterian Church. Rolling Bay, WA. Six lectures: January 5-March 2, 2003.
14. “Patterns in American Religion.” English Language Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. February 26, 2004.
15. “Peace and War in the Christian Tradition.” Unity Church Series on Peace and Justice, Bainbridge Island, WA. March 30, 2003.
16. “Faith and Reason in the Western Religious Tradition.” Professor Kenneth Clatterbaugh’s Honor’s Course in Philosophy of Religion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. April 8, 2003.
17. “Augustine for Protestants.” Newman Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. April 21, 2004.
18. “The Bible and War: The Defense of Territory in American Christianity.” University of Washington Time of Reflection: The War in Iraq. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. April 23, 2003.
19. “The Protestant Reformation.” Bainbridge High School European Honor’s Program, Bainbridge Island, WA. September 23, 2003.
20. “Research, Scholarship and Teaching,” Freshman Interest Group, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. October 27, 2003.
21. “American Religion: Patterns Past and Present.” Rolling Bay Presbyterian Church, Adult Education Course. Rolling Bay, WA. Five lectures: September 12-October 24, 2004.
22. “Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest.” Eagle Harbor Books, Bainbridge Island, WA. September 30, 2004.
23. “Religion and Violence in European History.” Bainbridge High School European Honor’s Program, Bainbridge Island, WA. October 22, 2004.
24. “The Social Gospel.” Lecture for Radical Ideas in American Thought, H A&S 252, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. January 31, 2005.
25. “The Competing Moral Worlds of Evangelical and Liberal Christians.” Lecture for Attaining a Sustainable Society, FISH/ENVIR 439, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. February 15, 2005.
26. “Protestantism 101: Comparative Scripture Series” Hillel House, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. April 28, 2005.
27. “The Moral Lives of Political Leaders: A Comparison of Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela.” Jackson School of International Studies Summer Seminar for Teachers. Seattle, WA. June 28, 2005.
28. “Christianity in America: Patterns Past and Present.” Adult Education Course, Rolling Bay Presbyterian Church, WA. Five Lectures: September 12-October 24, 2005.
29. “Religious Research in Global Perspective.” Jackson Foundation, Seattle, WA. September 27, 2005.
30. “Religious Leadership and Institutions in the Pacific Northwest.” Lecture for “Seattle and the Sound: Place, Power and People,” Town Hall, Seattle, WA. October 7, 2005.
31. “Christian Repentance and the Global Dialogue on World Religions.” ACACIA Foundation, Redmond, WA. October 20, 2005.
32. “Spirituality in the Pacific Northwest: The None Zone.” Columbia Leadership Network, Town Hall, Seattle, WA. April 28, 2006.
33. “Church and State Issues in Global Evangelicalism.” For Professor Joel Migdal’s Course, “State, Culture and Politics,” University of Washington, Seattle, WA. May 10, 2006.
34. “Religion and Violence.” Sunset Club, Seattle, WA. March 12, 2007.
35. “Religion and Violence.” University of Washington Catalyst Faculty Group, Seattle, WA. March 14, 2007.
36. “Religion and Violence across Time and Tradition.” Wesley Campus Ministry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. April 24, 2007.
37. “Religion and Violence across Time and Tradition.” Eagle Harbor Bookstore, Bainbridge Island, WA. April 26, 2007.
38. “Religion and Violence. Course for the University of Washington Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Redmond, WA. April 30, May 7 and 16, 2007.
39. “Exploring Global Evangelicalism.” Jackson School of International Studies Summer Seminar for Teachers, Seattle, WA. June 28, 2007.

A. University of Washington Student Advising
1. JSIS Senior Honor Thesis Advisor: Hannah Cavendish-Palmer. JSIS, 2002-2003.
2. Senior Thesis Adviser: Timothy Shea, Comparative Religion Program.
3. Senior Honor Thesis Reader: Julianna Rigg, Political Science Department. 2002-2003.
4. MA Exam Member: Miller Sherling, Comparative Religion Program, 2002-2003.
5. MA Exam Member: Benjamin Meadow, Comparative Religion Program, 2003-2004.
6. Senior Thesis Advisor: Erin Fortenberry, Comparative Religion Program, 2003- 2004.
7. JSIS Honors Thesis Advisor: Daniel Fred Escher, JSIS, 2004-2005.
8. PhD Committee Member, G.S.R.: Lynne Baab, Department of Communications, 2005-2006.
9. PhD Committee Member, G.S.R.: Jan Kinney, Women Studies Department, 2005- 2007.
10. MA Interdisciplinary A&S Thesis Reader: Theresa Clark, History Department, 2005-2006.
11. JSIS Qualifying Paper Advisor: Sean Berger, JSIS, 2005-2006.
12. Senior Thesis Advisor for Mary Gates Fellow: Shay Colson, CHID, 2005-2006.
13. PhD Dissertation Committee, G.S.R.: Lynne Baab, Department of Communications, 2006-2007.
14. PhD Committee Member, G.S.R.: Miller Sherling, Near and Middle East Studies, 2007-2008.
15. PhD Committee Member: Ben Crosby, Department of Communications, 2006-2007.
16. MA Thesis Committee Member: Mike Grigoni, Ethnomusicology, 2006-2007.
17. MA Oral Exam Chair: Jay Laughlin, Comparative Religion Program, 2006-2007.
18. MA Oral Exam Member: Kaine Chandler, Comparative Religion Program, 2006- 2007.
19. MA Oral Exam Chair: Rachael Morris, Comparative Religion Program, 2006- 2007.

B. University of Washington Committee Work
1. Twenty-Five Year Anniversary Committee. Comparative Religion Program,1999-2000.
2. Eugene and Marilyn D. Webb Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarship Committee. Comparative Religion Program, 2002-2003 (chair); 2003-2005.
3. Teaching Assistants Committee Member. Comparative Religion Program, 2002-present.
4. MA Admissions Committee Member. Comparative Religion Program, 2002-present.
5. George Taylor Fund, Leslianne Shedd and Dorothy Foskick Funds, Internships Committee Member. Jackson School of International Studies, 2002-2004.
6. Founding Board Member, University of Washington Qualitative Research Group, 2002-2005.
7. Interim Member, JSIS Executive Committee. JSIS, 2004-2005.
8. Executive Committee Member, International Studies. JSIS, 2004-2005; 2006-2007.
9. Committee Member, Jackson School of International Studies Honor’s Program, 2004-2005.
10. JSIS Curriculum Committee Member, JSIS Core Course Development, SIS 201, “The Making of the Twentieth Century,” 2004-2005.
11. Interviewed for UW student film project, “Evangelical Tele-evangelism in the Pacific Northwest Region.” 2005.
12. Composed summary presentation, “Religion and Globalization,” for JSIS presentation to the Luce Foundation, March 1, 2005.
13. Chair. Comparative Religion Program, 2005-present.
14. Interviews, “Religion, Violence and Peace Course.” In University Week, Arts and Sciences Perspectives Magazine, University of Washington, March 2006.
15. Interview, “Religion and Sports Series.” Peter Lewis, UW News and Information Office, January 7, 2007.
16. Grant Review Committee, Course Development for IS on Global Security and Global Religions, 2006-2007.

C. Local Service
1. Interview, “Pacific Northwest Religious Leadership.” John Tullic, Legislative Assistant for Paul Chin’s office, State Legislature, October 23, 2002.
2. Interview, “Pacific Northwest Alternative Churches.” Vanessa Ho, Seattle Times, August 8, 2003.
3. Interview, “Purpose Driven Evangelicals.” Susie Oh, Bremerton Sun, December 19, 2003.
4. Interview, “Pacific Northwest Religion.” Knute Berger, Editor, Seattle Weekly, March 18, 2004.
5. Interview, “Protestantism in the Pacific Northwest.” Bothel Kenmore Reporter, March 19, 2004.
6. Interview, “Mega-churches in the Pacific Northwest.” Seattle Magazine, November 9, 2005.
7. Radio interview, “Tensions in Church/State Issues.” The Mike Webb Show. www.mikewebb.org, June 12, 2006.
8. Interview, “Protestant Judicial Cases on Clergy Misconduct.” Nina Shapiro, Seattle Weekly, January 15, 2007.
9. Interview, “Religion and Sports Series.” Greg Lewis, Seattle Times, January 30, 2007.
10. Interview, “Religious Bias and Discrimination.” Lornet Turnbull, Seattle Times, February 7, 2007.
11. Interview, “Religion and Violence.” Lindsay Latimore, Bainbridge Review, April 18, 2007.
12. Radio Interview, “Religion, Forgiveness and Virginia Tech.” Hosts: Ron Upshaw and Don O’Neill, 710 KIRO Newsradio in Seattle, April 19, 2007.

D. National Service
1. Program Director, annual meeting. Religious Research Association, 1996-1997.
2. Long Range Planning Committee Member, Religious Research Association, 1999- 2000.
3. Chair, Jacquet Grant Committee, Religious Research Association, 2000-2001.
4. Interview, “Proposal for Spiritual Transformation Conference.” Kristin Holmes, Religion Editor, Philadelphia Enquirer, October 13, 2002.
5. Interview, Louisville Institute Review. Professor Raymond Williams, February 14, 2003.
6. Interview, Terry Stokesbarry, Educational Research Director. M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, March 7, 2003.
7. Board Secretary, Religious Review Association, 2002-2003.
8. Television Interview, “Evangelicals, Religion and Conflict.” “UO Today,” Oregon Humanities Center Symposium, “War and Martial Metaphor in Scripture,” University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, March 1, 2004.
9. Article Referee, “Locating the Evil and Assessing the Blame: The Theodicy of the 700 Club Following the September 11th Attacks.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2003-2004.
10. Article Referee, “Downtown Metropolitan Churches: Ecological Situation and Metropolitan Response.”Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2003-2004.
12. Nominating Committee Member. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2003- 2005.
13. Article Referee, “Perceptions of Religious Tensions between Latter-Day Saint and Protestant Students.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2004-2005.
14. Article Referee, “The Jesus Seminar: An Ideological Package for the Christian Left.”
Review of Religious Research, 2004-2005.
16. Article Referee, “To Accept or not to Accept: Episcopal Bishops on Homosexuality in the Church.” Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review, 2005-2006.
17. Article Referee, “Bridging the Macro-Micro Divide: Regional Differences in Mainline Protestant Congregations’ Responses to Homosexuality.” Review of Religious Research, 2005-2006.
18. Interview, “The ‘Great Divide’ in Religious Studies.” http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/11/20/religion, November 20, 2006.
19. Interview, “Gay Ordination and the Protestant Mainline Church.” Sam Hodges, Dallas Morning News, December 14, 2006.
20. Consultant for SSRC project on Religion and International Affairs, Council President Craig Calhoun, Columbia University, 2006-2007.
21. Chair, Jack Shand Committee. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2006- 2007.
22. Interview, “Review of Issues in Religion and Violence.” Heidi Ledford, Nature Magazine, February 28, 2007.
23. Article Referee, “Sacred Nature: Earth-based Spirituality as Popular Religion in the Secular Northwest. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2006-2007.
24. Interview, “Megachurches in the Pacific Northwest.” William Yardley, The New York Times, May 3, 2007.

SIS 202: Cultural Interactions in an Interdependent World
Rel 380/502: Theories in the Study of Religion (undergraduate and graduate level)
Rel 205: Religion, Violence, and Peace: Patterns across Time and Tradition
Rel 502: Comparative Fundamentalisms (graduate seminar)
Rel 490: Religion, Power and American Empire (graduate seminar)
Rel 301: Modern Religious Thought
Rel 201: Introduction to Western Religions
Rel 254: American Religions
Rel 590: American Enthusiastic Religion (graduate seminar)
SIS 495: Task Force: U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Israel

 

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1991-present
Religious Research Association, 1991-present
American Academy of Religion, 1991-present
The Society for Christian Ethics, 1995-2003

 

German and New Testament Greek Basic reading proficiency
Hebrew and French Passed graduate reading exam