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Religion Department Faculty Profiles


Peter Beck, PhD
Assistant Professor of Religion
Director, Honors Program
Department of Religion
Phone: (843) 863-7975
Fax: (843) 863-7971
Email:
pbeck@csuniv.edu
Office: Lightsey Chapel R-205


Educational Background

Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
M.Div. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
B.A. Boyce College
Diploma Central Academy of Commercial Art


Courses Taught

Church History
Evangelism
History and Practice of Missions
History of Religion in America
Survey of the New Testament
Survey of the Old Testament
Christian Classics
Contemporary Theology
Introduction to Philosophy and Worldviews

Honors Freshman Seminar
Honors Sophomore Seminar on Ethics and Leadership


Ministry Experience

Senior Pastor
Interim Pastor
Deacon


Selected Publications and Presentations

"Baptist Theology," "Congregationalism," and "Puritan Pilgrims" in Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization (Blackwell, forthcoming 2008)

"The Fall of Man and the Failure of Jonathan Edwards" (Evangelical Quarterly, July 2007)

"A Southern Exposure: The Theology of Jonathan Edwards in the Writings of Jesse Mercer" (The Journal of Baptist Studies [Internet], Spring 2007)

"Edwards and Indians: Inclusivism or Evangelism?" (Fides et Historia, Fall 2006)

Contributor, The Minister's Manual 2006 (Jossey-Bass, 2006)

"The Gospel According to Jonathan Edwards: Andrew Fuller's Appropriation of
Edwards' 'Justification by Faith Alone'" (Eusebeia: The Bulletin of The Jonathan
Edwards Centre for Reformed Spirituality, Spring 2005)

Editor, Southern Seminary Magazine, Southern Seminary, 2001 - 2007

Contributor, Baptist Press News Service, Southern Baptist Convention, 2003 - pres.

"The Prison Epistles of Thomas Hardcastle: A Piety of Persecution" (The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies, Southern Seminary, August 2008)

"The True Spirit of Prayer: Jonathan Edwards, Pneumatology and Prayer" (Southeast Regional Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, March 2007)

"'The Excellent Christ': The Role of Christology in Jonathan Edwards's Theology of Prayer" (Evangelical Theological Society, November 2007)

"Reviving Jonathan Edwards: A Biographical Survey of the 20th Century" (Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, March 2007)

"Jonathan Edwards and the God Who Answers Prayer" (Southeast Regional Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, March 2007)

"'The Voice of Faith': The Role of Theology Proper in Edwards's Theology of Prayer"
(Evangelical Theological Society, November 2006)

The Voice of Faith: Jonathan Edwards’s Theology of Prayer, Joshua Press, 2009

Daily contributor to Christianity.com and Crosswalk.com

Professional Affiliations

American Academy of Religion
American Historical Association
American Society for Church History
Conference on Faith and History
Evangelical Theological Society

 


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