CURRICULUM VITAE



CURRICULUM VITAE

Gordon L. Heath

McMaster Divinity College

1280 Main Street West

Hamilton, Ontario, L8S4K1

gheath@mcmaster.ca

(905) 525-9140 x26409

20 August 2019

EDUCATION

PhD, 2004

• University of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto

MDiv (Honours), 1994

• Acadia University

BTh, 1989

• Tyndale University College

EMPLOYMENT

McMaster Divinity College

• Professor of Christian History, 2017 – present

• Centenary Chair of World Christianity, 2013 – present

• Director, Canadian Baptist Archives, 2004 – present

• Associate Professor of Christian History, 2009 – 2017

• Assistant Professor of Christian History, 2004 – 2009

Tyndale University College

• Assistant Professor of History, 2000 – 2004

• Director, Degree Completion Program, 2000 – 2004

• Adjunct Faculty, 1999 – 2000

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate

• History of Christianity

• History of Christianity 1

• History of Christianity 2

• The Reformation

• History of Evangelicalism

• The Historian’s Craft: Historiography

• Directed Research Project

Graduate

• History of Christianity 1

• History of Christianity 2

• Foundations in Theology and History 1

• Foundations in Theology and History 2

• The Reformation

• Christians and Violence

• Christianity in the Canadian Context

• Post-Christendom and the Canadian Church

• History of Evangelicalism

• Baptist History and Polity

• Critical Events in Christian History

• Women in Christian History

• World and Writings of John Wesley

• The Lives of the Saints: Then and Now

• Ministry and Evangelical Thought

• Evangelical Thought and Practice

• Various Directed Studies classes

• Presbyterianism in Canada (as a TA)

PUBLICATIONS

Authored Books

• The British Nation is Our Nation: The BACSANZ Baptist Press and the South African War, 1899-1902. Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2017.

A War with a Silver Lining: Canadian Protestant Churches and the South African War, 1899-1902. Montreal/Kingston/London/Ithaca: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2009.

• Doing Church History: A User-friendly Introduction to Researching the History of Christianity. Toronto: Clements, 2008.

Co-authored Books

The Lost Gospel of Judas: Separating Fact from Fiction. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007. Co-authored with Stanley E. Porter. Translated into Polish: Zaginiona Ewangelia Judasza: Fakty I Fikcje. Krakow: Wydawnictwo, 2008.

Edited Books

Empire from the Margins: Religious Minorities in Canada and the South African War, 1899-1902. Eugene: Pickwick, 2017.

American Churches and the First World War. Eugene: Pickwick, 2016.

Canadian Churches and the First World War. Eugene: Pickwick, 2014. Also published as Canadian Churches and the First World War. Cambridge: Lutterworth, 2014.

Co-edited Books

Christian Responses to Terrorism: The Kenyan Experience. Eugene: Pickwick, 2017. Co-edited with David Tarus.

Baptists and War: Essays on Baptists and Military Conflict, 1640s -1990s. Eugene: Pickwick, 2015. Volume Two in the Canadian Baptist Historical Society Series. Co-edited with Michael Haykin. Also published as Baptists and War: Essays on Baptists and Military Conflict, 1640s -1990s. Cambridge: Lutterworth, 2015.

The Globalization of Christianity: Implications for Christian Ministry and Theology. Eugene: Pickwick, 2014. Co-edited with Steve Studebaker.

• Baptists and Public Life in Canada. Eugene: Pickwick, 2012. Volume One in the Canadian Baptist Historical Society Series. Co-edited with Paul Wilson.

• Baptism: Historical, Theological and Pastoral Perspectives. Eugene: Pickwick, 2011. Co-edited with Jim Dvorak.

Chapters in Books

• “Dissenting Traditions and Politics in the Anglophone World,” In The Oxford History of Protestant Dissenting Traditions: Volume V; The Twentieth Century: Themes and Variations in a Global Context, edited by Mark P. Hutchinson, 61-90. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.

• “Watson Kirkconnell’s Covert War against Communism,” In North American Churches and the Cold War, edited by Paul Mojzes, 64-79. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2018.

• “Empire from the Margins: An Introduction,” In Empire from the Margins: Religious Minorities in Canada and the South African War, 1899-1902, edited by Gordon L. Heath, 1-15. Eugene: Pickwick, 2017.

• “‘The Boers standing in the way of progress in Africa must be swept asixde:’ Patriotism and Imperialism in the Canadian Jewish Times during the South African War,” In Empire from the Margins: Religious Minorities in Canada and the South African War, 1899-1902, edited by Gordon L. Heath, 155-171. Eugene: Pickwick, 2017.

• “This South African war does not affect all citizens in the [same] manner:” French Protestants in Quebec during the South African War,” In Empire from the Margins: Religious Minorities in Canada and the South African War, 1899-1902, edited by Gordon L. Heath, 69-84. Eugene: Pickwick, 2017. (chapter co-authored with Sid D. Sudiacal)

• “Introduction,” (co-authored with David Tarus), In Christian Responses to Terrorism: The Kenyan Experience, editors Gordon L. Heath and David Tarus, 3-11. Eugene: Pickwick, 2017.

• “Response to Joseph D. Galgalo and Joseph B. O. Okella,” In Christian Responses to Terrorism: The Kenyan Experience, editors Gordon L. Heath and David Tarus, 173-175. Eugene: Pickwick, 2017.

• “The Armenian Genocide and Its Implications for the Teaching of Global Christianity: Some Reflections for Evangelicals,” In Inaugurations: Inaugural Lectures Delivered at McMaster Divinity College, editor Stanley E. Porter, 91-106. Eugene: Pickwick, 2017. Reprinted from McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry.

• “American Churches and the First World War: An Introduction,” In American Churches and the First World War, editor Gordon L. Heath, 1-14. Eugene: Pickwick, 2016.

• “‘The accursed partnership of Turk and Teuton’: American Churches and the Armenian Genocide,” In American Churches and the First World War, editor Gordon L. Heath, 181-203. Eugene: Pickwick, 2016.

“Canadian and American Baptist Self-Perceptions in the Age of Imperialism,” In Mirrors & Microscopes, editor Douglas Weaver, 87-109. Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2015.

• “The Nile Expedition, New Imperialism and Canadian Baptists, 1884-1885,” In Baptists and War: Essays on Baptists and Military Conflict, 1640s-1990s, editors Michael Haykin and Gordon L. Heath, 98-114. Eugene: Pickwick, 2015. Reprinted from Baptist Quarterly.

• “‘Thor and Allah in a hideous, unholy confederacy’: The Armenian Genocide in the Canadian Protestant Press,” In The Globalization of Christianity: Implications for Christian Ministry and Theology, editors Steve Studebaker and Gordon L. Heath, 105-128. Eugene: Pickwick, 2014.

“Engaging War and Empire: 400 Years of Baptist Attitudes and Actions,” In ‘Step Into Your Place’: The First World War and Baptist Life & Thought, edited by Larry Kreitzer, 158-188. Oxford: Regent’s Park College, 2014.

“South Africa to the Somme: The Legacy of the Boer War for Canadian and New Zealand Baptists in the Great War,” In Freedom and the Powers: Perspectives from Baptist History marking the 400th Anniversary of Thomas Helwys’ The Mystery of Iniquity, edited by Anthony R. Cross and John H.Y. Briggs, 83-101. Didcot: Baptist Historical Society, 2014.

• “Introduction,” In Canadian Churches and the First World War, editor Gordon L. Heath, 1-13. Eugene: Pickwick, 2014.

• “The South African War: Prelude to the Great War,” In Canadian Churches and the First World War, editor Gordon L. Heath, 15-33. Eugene: Pickwick, 2014.

• “The Upside-down Professor,” In Those Who Can, Teach: Teaching as Christian Vocation, edited by Stanley E. Porter, 192-205. Eugene: Pickwick, 2013.

• “When the Blood of the Martyrs Was Not Enough: A Survey of Places Where the Church Was Wiped Out,” In The Church, Then and Now, Bingham Colloquium Series, editors Stanley E. Porter and Cynthia Westfall, 97-133. Eugene: Pickwick, 2012.

• “Introduction” (co-authored with Paul Wilson), In Baptists and Public Life in Canada, Volume One in the Canadian Baptist Historical Society Series, editors Gordon L. Heath and Paul R. Wilson, 1-7. Eugene: Pickwick, 2012.

• “Traitor, Half-Breeds, Savages and Heroes: Canadian Baptist Newspapers and Constructions of Riel and the Events of 1885,” In Baptists and Public Life in Canada, Volume One in the Canadian Baptist Historical Society Series, editors Gordon L. Heath and Paul Wilson, 198-217. Eugene: Pickwick, 2012.

• “Introduction (co-authored with James D. Dvorak), In Baptism: Historical, Theological and Pastoral Perspectives, editors Gordon L. Heath and James D. Dvorak, viii-xvii. Eugene: Pickwick, 2011.

• “The Church Fathers and the Roman Empire,” In Empire in the New Testament, Bingham Colloquium Series, editors Stanley E. Porter and Cynthia Westfall, 259-279. Eugene, Ore.: Pickwick, 2011.

• “When Missionaries Were Hated: An Examination of the Canadian Baptist Defense of Imperialism and Missions during the Boxer Rebellion, 1900,” In Baptists and Mission, editors Ian M. Randall and Anthony R. Cross, 261-276. Milton Keynes/Colorado Springs/Hyderabad: Paternoster, 2007.

Refereed Journal Articles

• “‘We Are Through with War’: The Rise and Fall of Pacifism among Canadian Baptists Between the Two World Wars,” Baptistic Theologies 9, 2 (2017): 37-53.

• “The Wartime Diaries of Canadian Baptist Military Chaplain William A. White, 1917-1918” Baptist Quarterly (July 2017). DOI: 10.1080/0005576X.2017.1343915

• “The Armenian Genocide and Its Implications for the Teaching of Global Christianity: Some Reflections for Evangelicals” McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry 16 (2014-2015): 177-194.

• “Canadian Baptists and Late-Victorian Imperial Spirituality,” McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry 15 (2013-2014): 165-196.

• “The Protestant Denominational Press and the Conscription Crisis in Canada, 1917-1918,” Historical Studies 78 (2012): 27-46.

• “‘The Great Association Above:’ Maritime Baptists and the War of 1812,” Pacific Journal of Baptist Research 7, 2 (October 2011): 1-22.

• “‘Prepared to do, prepared to die’: Evangelicals, Imperialism and Late-Victorian Canadian Children’s Publications,” Perichoresis 9, 1 (2011): 3-27.

• “Ontario Baptists and the War of 1812,” Ontario History 103, 2 (Autumn 2011): 169-191.

• “The Nile Expedition, New Imperialism and Canadian Baptists, 1884-1885,” Baptist Quarterly 44, 3 (July 2011): 171-186.

• “Canadian Churches and War: An Introductory Essay and Annotated Bibliography,” McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry 12 (2010-2011): 61-124.

• “Wishing for Persecution?” International Journal for Religious Freedom 3 (2010): 15-21.

• “‘Forming Sound Public Opinion’: The Late-Victorian Canadian Protestant Press and Nation-Building,” Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society 48 (2006): 109-159.

• “‘Were We in the Habit of Deifying Monarchs’: Canadian English Protestants and the Death of Queen Victoria, 1901,” Canadian Evangelical Review (Fall 2005–Spring 2006): 72-97.

• “Neither Scholarly nor a Solution: A Response to Tom Harpur’s The Pagan Christ,” McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry 6 (2003-2005): 126-153.

• “‘Citizens of that Mighty Empire’: Imperial Sentiment among Students at Wesley College, 1897-1902,” Manitoba History (June 2005): 15-25.

“Sin in the Camp: The Day of Humble Supplication in the Anglican Church in Canada in the Early Months of the South African War,” Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society 44 (Fall 2002): 207-226.

“Passion for Empire: War Poetry Published in the Canadian English Protestant Press during the South African War, 1899-1902,” Literature and Theology 16 (June 2002): 127-147.

Articles in Reference Works

“American Committee for the Outlawry of War (1921),” in Opposition to War: An Encyclopedia of United States Peace and Antiwar Movements. Mitch Hall, editor, ABC-CLIO, 2017.

“Harold Lindsell,” in The Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals. Timothy Larsen, editor, Leicester, England: Inter-Varsity Press, 2003.

“Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada,” in Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, editors, Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2002.

“Lutheran Church-Canada” in Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, editors, Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2002.

“Doukhobors,” in Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, editors, Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2002.

“Presbyterian Church in Canada,” in Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, editors, Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2002.

“Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Canada,” in Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, editors, Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2002.

“Evangelical Mennonite Conference,” in Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, editors, Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2002.

Conference Papers

• “Irreconcilable Differences: Wartime Attitudes of George C. Pidgeon and R. Edis Fairbairn, 1939-1945,” Canadian Society of Church History Papers, 1999.

Master’s Thesis

• “Flirting With Nirvana: The Canadian Baptist Attitude to Warfare, 1919-1939,” MDiv thesis, Acadia University, 1994.

General or Church-Related Articles

• Blog: “Watson Kirkconnell’s Covert War against Communism,” Canadian Baptist Historical Society (15 August 2019).

• Blog: “‘I have been pained by Mr. Green’s letter on many accounts’: R. A. Fyfe’s Response to Fake News about Baptists in the New World,” Canadian Baptist Historical Society (14 January 2019).

• Blog: “The Royal Wedding and Subversive Christendom,” Centre for Post-Christendom Studies (24 May 2018).

• Blog: “The Crown: Baptists and the Coronation of Elizabeth II,” Canadian Baptist Historical Society (10 May 2018); cross posted with Centre for Post-Christendom Studies (23 May 2018).

• Blog: “Religion in the Public Square: More Than One Way,” Centre for Post-Christendom Studies (23 June 2017).

• Blog: “London Bridge Is Down,” Centre for Post-Christendom Studies (24 April 2017).

• Blog: “For the Good of the City,” Centre for Post-Christendom Studies (24 February 2017).

• Blog: “The End of the Beginning?,” Centre for Post-Christendom Studies (1 February 2017).

• Blog: “European Christians Between a Rock and a Hard Place,” Centre for Post-Christendom Studies (6 October 2016).

• Blog: “Pastor, Parade, and Popcorn: Micro-Christendom at Work in Ancaster,” Centre for Post-Christendom Studies (17 June 2016).

• Blog: “The Enemy of Your Enemy Is Not Always Your Friend,” Centre for Post-Christendom Studies (6 June 2016).

• Blog: “A Tale of Two Walls,” Centre for Post-Christendom Studies (27 May 2016).

• Blog: “Immigrants to the Rescue! Christian Migration and the (Re)Birth of the Church,” Centre for Post-Christendom Studies (19 April 2016).

• Blog: “John Kerry, Daesh (ISIL), and Genocide,” Centre for Post-Christendom Studies (18 March 2016).

• Blog: “Pope and Patriarch in Cuba,” Centre for Post-Christendom Studies (2 March 2016).

• Blog: “History and Post-Christendom,” Centre for Post-Christendom Studies (26 January 2016).

• Blog: “Writing about War from a Comfortable Chair,” Faith Today (January/February 2015).

• “War, Peace, and the Christian Way,” Faith Today (January/February 2015): 30-34.

• “Canadian Churches and Armageddon,” Faith Today (May/June 2014): 76.

• “Remembering the Early Days,” Canadian Baptist (Summer 2013): 4.

• “Writing Your Local Church’s History,” in Transforming Communities: Leading Congregational Change. Editors, Joyce Bellous and Clint Mix. Toronto: BCOQ, 2008.

• “Evangelicals in Canada: A Brief History,” Faith Today (March/April 2007): 24.

• “Wisdom on War for Evangelicals,” Faith Today (January/February 2007): 24-26. (Honourable mention for 2008 Canadian Church Press Awards: “Features – Magazine”)

• “How Then Shall We Live? Post Bill C-38, that is,” Faith Today (November/December 2005): 33-34.

• “Apocalyptic Signs, or Nothing Out of the Ordinary?” Atlantic Baptist (April 1999): 26-27.

Book Reviews

• The Imperial Irish: Canada's Irish Catholics Fight the Great War, 1914-1918, by Mark McGowan, Montreal/Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2017. Pp.392 in Canadian Journal of Irish Studies 42 (2019).

• God and War: The Church of England and Armed Conflict in the Twentieth Century, by Stephen G. Parker and Tom Lawson, editors. Farnham: Ashgate, 2012. Pp. 239 in McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry (2013-2014).

• Church History: Five Approaches to a Global Discipline, by Dyron B. Daughrity, New York: Peter Lang, 2012. Pp. 289 in McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry 14 (2012-2013).

• Four Views on the Spectrum of Evangelicalism, by Andrew David Naselli and Collin Hansen, eds., Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011. Pp. 222 in McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry 13 (2011-2012).

• The View from Murney Tower: Salem Bland, the Late Victorian Controversies, and the Search for a New Christianity, by Richard Allen, Toronto/Buffalo/London: University of Toronto Press, 2008. Pp. 524 in The Journal of Religion 91, 3 (July 2011): 406-407.

• Parade of Faith: A Biographical History of the Christian Church, by Ruth A. Tucker, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011. Pp. 509 in McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry 13 (2011-2012).

Defending Constantine: The Twilight of an Empire and the Dawn of Christendom, by Peter J. Leithart, Downers Grove: IVP, 2010. Pp. 373 in Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism 8 (2011-2012): R46-R48.

Getting the Reformation Wrong: Correcting Some Misunderstandings, by James R. Payton, Downers Grove: IVP, 2010. Pp. 272. in McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry 12 (2010-2011).

Revival in the City: The Impact of American Evangelists in Canada, 1884-1914, by Eric R. Crouse, Montreal/Kingston/London/Ithaca: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2005. Pp. 223. in Ontario History (Spring 2007): 122-123.

Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals, by Timothy Larsen, editor. Leicester/Downers Grove: Inter-Varsity Press, 2003. Pp. 789. in Canadian Evangelical Review (Autumn 2004): 69-70.

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Academic

• Royal Canadian Regiment Museum, London, ON, 2020 (upcoming)

“‘Not the greed of conquest, but native valour, the struggle for civilization, and the love of Motherland were in the fire in their souls that day’: Canadian Protestant Rhetoric and the War in South Africa”

• Tri-History Conference (CCHS, HSEC, NEHA): Trauma and Survival in the Contemporary Church: Historical, Archival, and Missional Responses, Trinity College & Wycliffe College, Toronto, ON, 2019

“Canadian Anglicans and the Appeal of Postwar Pacifism, 1919-1939”

• Canadian Society of Church History, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 2019

“The Rise and Fall (and Resilience) of the Peace Movement among Presbyterians and the United Church in the Interwar Years, 1919-1939”

• Canadian-American Theological Association, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 2019

“The Boers standing in the way of progress in Africa must be swept aside:’ Patriotism and Imperialism in the Canadian Jewish Times during the South African War”

• Canadian-American Theological Association, Wycliffe College, Toronto, ON, 2018

“‘Will Russia Conquer the World?’: The Maritime Baptist’s Coverage of the Korean War”

• Baptist Military Chaplains Branch Retreat, Cornwall, ON, 2018

“‘We Are Through with War’: The Rise and Fall of Pacifism among Canadian Baptists Between the Two World Wars”

• Canadian Society of Church History, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, 2017

“Watson Kirkconnell’s Covert War against Communism”

• 28th Canadian Military History Colloquium, Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies, Waterloo, ON, 2017

“Religion and The Great War: The Canadian Experience”

• Canadian Baptist Historical Society, Cambridge, ON, 2017

“The Life and Legacy of Chaplain William A. White, 1917-1918”

• Baptist Military Chaplains Branch Retreat, Cornwall, ON, 2016

“The Life and Legacy of Chaplain William A. White, 1917-1918”

• Canadian Military Chaplains Branch Retreat, Cornwall, ON, 2016

“Canadian Churches and the First World War”

• Inaugural Lecture for Centenary Chair of World Christianity, McMaster Divinity College, ON, 2015

“The Armenian Genocide and Its Implications for the Teaching of Global Christianity: Some Reflections for Evangelicals”

• Seventh International Conference on Baptist Studies, Manchester, UK, 2015

“Revival, War, and Empire-Building among British, Australian, Canadian, South African and New Zealand Baptists during the South African War, 1899-1902”

• Canadian Society of Church History, University of Ottawa, ON, 2015

“‘The old imperial traditions are being modified’: The Evolution of Imperialism among Canadian Protestants, 1919-1939”

• Humber School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Toronto, ON, 2014

“Apocalypse Now: Canadian Churches and the First World War”

• Canadian Society of Presbyterian History, Knox College, Toronto, ON, 2014

“Battling Boers, Huns, and Turks: Presbyterians and the Pursuit of Justice in the Boer War and Great War”

• Canadian Military Chaplains Branch Retreat, Cornwall, ON, 2014

“Canadian Churches on the Eve of the Apocalypse”

• Joint Panel of the Canadian Historical Association and the Canadian Society of Church History, Brock University, ON, 2014

“A War to End Genocide: Canadian Protestants and the Armenians”

• British Association for Canadian Studies, London, UK, 2014

“Whatever Happened to the British Empire? Canadian Methodist (then United Church) Views of Nation and Empire from the First World War to the Korean War”

• Baptist Historical Society, Regent’s Park College, Oxford University, UK, 2014

“Baptist Involvement in War and Baptist Attitudes to War ”

• Canadian Baptist Historical Society, McMaster Divinity College, 2014

“South Africa to the Somme: The Legacy of the Boer War for Canadian and New Zealand Baptists in the Great War”

• RZIM, McMaster Divinity College, ON, 2013

“Dealing with the Dark Side: Church History and Apologetics”

• Sixth International Conference on Baptist Studies, Wake Forest, North Carolina, 2012

“Canadian and American Baptist Self-Perceptions in the Age of Imperialism”

• Baptist Historical Society, Regent’s Park College, Oxford University, UK, 2012

“Same Rhetoric, Different War: Canadian Baptist Responses to the Boer War and the First World War”

• Canadian Society of Church History, University of Waterloo/Wilfrid Laurier University, ON, 2012

“Canadian Protestant Churches and the South African War: Prelude to the Great War”

• Baptists and War Conference, co-sponsored by Andrew Fuller Centre for Baptist Studies and the Canadian Baptist Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky, 2011

“The Nile Expedition, New Imperialism and Canadian Baptists, 1884-1885”

• Conference on Globalization of Christianity, McMaster Divinity College, ON, 2011

“‘Thor and Allah…in a hideous, unholy confederacy’: The Armenian Genocide in the Canadian Protestant Press”

• Canadian Society of Church History, University of New Brunswick & St. Thomas University, Fredericton, 2011

“Canadian Churches and War: An Introduction”

• Joint Conference of Canadian Catholic Historical Association and American Catholic Historical Association, University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto, 2011

“Canadian Protestants and the Conscription Crisis, 1917-1918”

• Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society, Halifax, 2010

“‘The Great Association in the Sky’: Maritime Baptists and the War of 1812”

• Andrew Fuller Centre for Baptist Studies, Louisville, Kentucky, 2009

“Canadian Baptists and Late-Victorian Imperial Spirituality”

• Theology Conference on the Dark Night of the Soul, McMaster Divinity College, 2009

“The Folly of Wishing for Persecution”

• American Society of Church History, Montreal, 2009

“‘The Empire is safe for the future’: Constructing Little Imperialists in the Late-Victorian Canadian Protestant Children’s Press”

• Canadian Baptist Historical Society, Heritage Seminary, 2009

“Ontario Baptists and the War of 1812”

• Bingham Colloquium: The Church Then and Now, McMaster Divinity College, 2008

“When the Blood of the Martyrs Was Not Enough: A Survey of Places Where the Church Was Wiped Out”

• Canadian Society of Church History, University of British Columbia, 2008

“When Friends and Neighbors Became Enemies: Canadian Baptists and the War of 1812”

• Bingham Colloquium: Empire in the New Testament, McMaster Divinity College, 2007

“The Church Fathers and the Roman Empire”

• Canadian Society of Church History, University of Saskatchewan, 2007

“Traitor, Half-Breeds, Savages and Heroes: Canadian Baptist Newspapers and Constructions of the Riel Rebellion in 1885”

• Canadian Baptist Historical Society, Tyndale Seminary, 2006

“The Canadian Baptist Press at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century”

• Ecclesiastical History Society, Cardiff University, Wales, 2006

“‘The Stupidest Race of White People in the World’: Canadian Protestant Support for

Replacing the Boer Religion with the British Religion during the South African War,

1899-1902”

• Fourth International Conference on Baptist Studies, Acadia University, NS, 2006

“When Missionaries Were Hated: An Examination of the Canadian Baptist Defense of Imperialism and Missions during the Boxer Rebellion, 1900”

• World Faiths Forum, Ahmadiyya Muslim Colloquium on War, Religion and Terrorism, McMaster University, 2005

“Christianity and the War on Terrorism”

• Canadian Society of Church History, University of Western Ontario, 2005

“‘Forming Sound Public Opinion’: The Late-Victorian Canadian Protestant Press

and Nation-Building”

• Presidential Address: Canadian Society of Church History, University of Manitoba, 2004

“‘Citizens of that Mighty Empire’: Imperial Sentiment among Students at Wesley College, 1897-1902”

• Canadian Historical Association, Dalhousie University, 2003

“A Clear and Present Danger: An Exploration of the Canadian English Protestant Churches’ Support for the British against the Boers in the South African War, 1899-1902”

• Joint Panel on “Violence and Religion” co-sponsored by the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion (CSSR), the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (CSBS), and the Canadian Theological Society (CTS), Dalhousie University, 2003

“Love for the Queen and Support for the War: An Exploration of Canadian English Protestant Attitudes to Queen Victoria, 1901”

• Faculty Colloquium, Tyndale University College, 2003

“‘Were We in the Habit of Deifying Monarchs’: A Brief Look at Canadian English Protestants and the Death of Queen Victoria, 1901”

• Joint Panel sponsored by Tyndale University College, 2002

“Is The Lack of An Evangelical Mind the Cause of the Dechristianisation of Culture?”

• Canadian Baptist Historical Society, McMaster Divinity College, 2001

“Just Cause, Just Means: Britain against the Boers in the Canadian Baptist, 1899-1902,”

• Joint panel sponsored by Tyndale University College, 2001

“The Christian Response to the Recent Terrorist Attacks in the US”

• Joint panel on “Religion and the Writing of the Young Dominion” co-sponsored by the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion (CSSR), the Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE), and the Canadian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (CACLALS), University of Laval, 2001

“Passion for Empire: War Poetry Published in the Canadian English Protestant Press During the South African War, 1899-1902.”

• Canadian Society of Church History, University of Laval, 2001

“Sin in the Camp: The Day of Humble Supplication in the Anglican Church in Canada in the Early Months of the South African War”

• Canadian Baptist Historical Society, McMaster Divinity College, 1999

“Flirting With Nirvana: The Canadian Baptist Attitude to Warfare, 1919-1939”

• Canadian Society of Church History, Bishop’s University, 1999

“Irreconcilable Differences: Wartime Attitudes of George C. Pidgeon and R. Edis Fairbairn, 1939-1945”

• Seventh Canadian Baptist Heritage Conference, Hayward Lectures, Acadia University, 1998

“Flirting With Nirvana: The Canadian Baptist Attitude to Warfare, 1919-1939”

Popular & Public

• CBOQ Orientation, Fair Havens, ON, 2019

“Baptist History and Polity”

• Chapel, McMaster Divinity College, ON, 2019

“Desert Spirituality”

• Dissertation and Research Colloquy, McMaster Divinity College, 2019

“Serendipity and Research”

• DPT Retreat, McMaster Divinity College, 2018

“Serendipity and Research”

• CBOQ Orientation, Fair Havens, ON, 2018

“Baptist History and Polity”

• Chapel, McMaster Divinity College, ON, 2018

“Similar Stories, Different Songs”

• West Toronto Chinese Community Church, Mississauga, ON, 2018

“Similar Stories, Different Songs”

• Teaching Colloquy, McMaster Divinity College, ON, 2018

“The Upside-down Professor”

• Teaching Colloquy, McMaster Divinity College, ON, 2018

“Teaching Theology”

• West Highland Baptist, Hamilton, ON, 2018

“Christian Perspectives on War and Peace” (a six-week series)

• Ancaster Village Church, Ancaster, ON, 2018

“Instruments of Our Own Destruction”

• Oxford-Brant Baptist Women Spring Rally, Woodstock, ON, 2017

“Baptist Women and Education in Nineteenth Century Ontario”

• CBOQ Orientation, Fair Havens, ON, 2017

“Baptist History and Polity”

• West Toronto Christian Community Church, Mississauga, ON, 2017

“Instruments of Our Own Destruction”

• First Baptist Church, Simcoe, ON, 2017

“The Church in the Modern World” (a six-week series)

• Dissertation and Research Colloquy, McMaster Divinity College, 2017

“Serendipity and Research”

• Lorne Park Baptist Church, Mississauga, ON, 2016

“Baptist History and Polity” (a two-week series)

• Chapel, McMaster Divinity College, ON, 2016

“Instruments of Our Own Destruction”

• Eucharist Church, Hamilton, ON, 2016

“The Origin of the Apostle’s Creed”

• West Toronto Christian Community Church, Mississauga, ON, 2016

“A Tale of Two Johns: Lessons from the Lives of John Mark and John Wesley”

• Mount Hamilton Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON, 2016

“Welcome to the Team”

• Logos Baptist Church, Mississauga, ON, 2016

“A Tale of Two Johns: Lessons from the Lives of John Mark and John Wesley”

• Good News Church, Cambridge, ON, 2016

“The Restoration Business”

• CBOQ Orientation, Fair Havens, ON, 2016

“Baptist History and Polity”

• North Burlington Baptist Church, Burlington, ON, 2016

“Medieval Christianity” (a four-week series)

• Teaching Colloquy, McMaster Divinity College, ON, 2016

“The Upside-down Professor”

• First Baptist Church, Simcoe, ON, 2016

“The Reformation” (a six-week series)

• West Toronto Christian Community Church, Mississauga, ON, 2015

“The Touch of the Master’s Hand”

• Burtch Baptist Church, ON, 2015

“The Restoration Business”

• West Highland Baptist, Hamilton, ON, 2015

“Evangelicalism: Its Past, Present, and Future” (an eight-week series)

• Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church Retreat, Barrie, ON, 2015

“Heroes of the Faith” (a four-part series)

• CBOQ Orientation, Fair Havens, ON, 2015

“Baptist History and Polity”

• First Baptist Church, Simcoe, ON, 2015

“Medieval Christianity” (a six-week series)

• True City Conference, Hamilton, ON, 2015

“Evangelicals and Revivalism: The Good, the Bad, and the Crazy”

• North Burlington Baptist Church, Burlington, ON, 2015

“From Christ to Constantine: Early Christian History” (a four-week series)

• Dissertation and Research Colloquy, McMaster Divinity College, 2015

“Serendipity and Research”

• Church on the Rock, Hamilton, ON, 2015

“From Christ to Constantine: Early Christian History” (an eight-week series)

• Shiloh Baptist Church, Toronto, ON, 2014

“Oil and Water Can Mix”

• Chapel, McMaster Divinity College, ON, 2014

“A Tale of Two Johns: Lessons from the Lives of John Mark and John Wesley”

• CBOQ Board Retreat, Guelph, ON, 2014

“Baptist History, Theology, Polity, and Trajectories”

• West Highland Baptist, Hamilton, ON, 2014

“From Christ to Constantine: Early Christian History” (an eight-week series)

• CBOQ Orientation, Fair Havens, ON, 2014

“Baptist History and Polity”

• First Baptist Church, Simcoe, ON, 2014

“From Christ to Constantine: Early Christian History” (an eight-week series)

• True City Conference, Hamilton, ON, 2014

“The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Two Kingdoms throughout Church History”

• Teaching Colloquy, McMaster Divinity College, ON, 2014

“The Upside-down Professor”

• Logos Baptist Church, Mississauga, ON, 2014

“Desert Values: St. Anthony and the Christian Life”

• Chapel, McMaster Divinity College, ON, 2013

“Give thanks. Are you crazy?”

• West Highland Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON, 2013

“New Atheism and a Christian Response” (a nine-week series)

• Durham Baptist Church, Durham, ON, 2013

“The Restoration Business”

• CBOQ Assembly, Toronto, ON, 2013

“Being Baptist 101”

• DVHS Graduation, Caledon, ON, 2013

“Graduation Address”

• Ancaster High School Faith Club, ON, 2013

“Apostles Creed”

• CBOQ Orientation, Fair Havens, ON, 2013

“Baptist History and Polity”

• West Highland Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON, 2013

“St. Augustine: The Touch of the Master’s Hand”

• Dissertation and Research Colloquy, McMaster Divinity College, 2013

“Serendipity and Research”

• West Highland Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON, 2013

“Church History in the Modern Age” (a nine-week series)

• Campbellford Baptist Church, Campbellford, ON, 2012

“The Restoration Business”

• Chapel, McMaster Divinity College, ON, 2012

“Mother Teresa: Taking Up the Cross”

• United Church, Vittoria, ON, 2012

“St. Augustine: The Touch of the Master’s Hand”

• CBOQ Orientation, Fair Havens, ON, 2012

“Baptist History and Polity”

• Perspectives on the World Christian Movement, St. Catharines, ON, 2012

“Eras of Mission History”

• Logos Baptist Church, Mississauga, ON, 2012

“John the Baptist”

• Homeschool High School COOP, Dundas, ON, 2012

“Debate” (a twelve-week series)

• Teaching Colloquy, McMaster Divinity College, ON, 2012

“The Upside-down Professor”

• West Highland Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON, 2012

“The Reformation” (an eight-week series)

• Chapel, McMaster Divinity College, ON, 2012

“St. Augustine: The Touch of the Master’s Hand”

• Homeschool High School COOP, Dundas, ON, 2011

“Canadian Civics” (a twelve-week series)

• CBOQ Trent Valley Association, Campbellford, ON, 2011

“Practical Tips on How to Prepare and Deliver a Message”

• CBOQ Orientation, Fair Havens, ON, 2011

“Baptist History and Polity”

• Rawdon Street Baptist Church, Brantford, ON, 2011

“The End of Evil”

• Rawdon Street Baptist Church, Brantford, ON, 2011

“Oil and Water Can Mix”

• Young Life Leader’s Retreat, Orlando, Florida, 2011

“Historia Magistra Vitae” (a six-part series)

• West Highland Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON, 2011

“Spiritual Disciplines in the Early Church”

• West Highland Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON, 2011

“Contending for the Faith”

• Rawdon Baptist Church, Brantford, ON, 2010

“The Sixth Sense”

• Rawdon Street Baptist Church, Brantford, ON, 2010

“Fatal Distraction”

• West Highland Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON, 2010

“An Ancient Faith in a (post) Modern World” (a twelve-week series)

• Heartshill Bible Church, Stoke-On-Trent, UK, 2010

“Fatal Distraction”

• Newcastle Baptist Church, Newcastle, UK, 2010

“The Gospel of Judas, and the Formation of the New Testament Canon”

• Renfrew Baptist Church, Vancouver, BC, 2010

“The Sixth Sense”

• Renfrew Baptist Church, Vancouver, BC, 2010

“Fatal Distraction”

• Brock Christian Fellowship, Brock University, 2010

“The Formation of the New Testament Canon”

• Mountsberg and Westover Baptist Churches, ON, 2010

“The Charge”

• CBOQ Orientation, Fair Havens, ON, 2010

“Baptist History and Polity”

• Homeschool High School COOP, Dundas, ON, 2010

“War in the Twentieth Century” (a twelve-week series)

• Fraser Presbyterian Church, Tottenham, ON, 2010

“The Tome of the Unknown Soldier”

• West Highland Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON, 2009

“From the Fall of Rome to the Fall of Constantinople: A History of Medieval Christianity” (a twelve-week series)

• Homeschool High School COOP, Dundas, ON, 2009

“Christian Apologetics” (a twelve-week series)

• West Highland Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON, 2009

“Christian vs Muslim: A History of the Crusades”

• West Highland Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON, 2009

“Perpetua and Felicitas: Ancient-Future Heroes”

• CBOQ Orientation, Fair Havens, ON, 2009

“Baptist History and Polity”

• West Highland Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON, 2009

“From Christ to Constantine: A History of Early Christianity” (a twelve-week series)

• West Highland Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON, 2008

“The Gospel of Judas & the Formation of the Canon”

• West Highland Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON, 2008

“The Gospel of Judas & the Lucky Winner Thesis”

• Fraser Presbyterian Church, Tottenham, ON, 2008

“Athanasius Contra Mundum”

• CBOQ Orientation, Jackson Point, ON, 2008

“Baptist History and Polity”

• Walton Memorial United Church, Oakville, ON, 2008

“The Gospel of Judas & the Formation of the Canon”

• Walton Memorial United Church, Oakville, ON, 2008

“The Gospel of Judas & the Lucky Winner Thesis”

• Niagara-Hamilton Baptist Association, Welland, ON, 2007

“Problems and Possibilities for Christianity in Canada”

• Harmony Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON, 2006

“The DaVinci Code”

• Harmony Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON, 2006

“The Gospel of Judas & the Formation of the Canon”

• Newcastle Baptist Church, Newcastle, UK, 2006

“The DaVinci Code”

• Fraser Presbyterian Church, Tottenham, ON, 2006

“Formation of the New Testament Canon”

• Kipling Avenue Baptist Church, Toronto, ON, 2006

“A Source of Security in an Insecure World”

• Fraser Presbyterian Church, Tottenham, ON, 2003

“Early Christian History and the Book of Acts” (a five-week series)

• Fraser Presbyterian Church, Tottenham, ON, 2003

“Reformation Leaders: Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Knox, Women of The English Reformation” (a four-week series)

MEDIA ENGAGEMENTS

• TV Interview: 8 November 2016 “US Evangelicals and the Election, ” (Crossroads Television System)

• TV Interview: 27 October 2016 “William McMaster and the Founding of McMaster University” (Crossroads Television System)

• Radio Interview: 31 August 2016: “Todd Bentley” (CFRB 1010 - John Moore Show)

• News Interview: 21 July 2016 “Todd Bentley” (CBC Hamilton)

• TV Interview: 17 May 2010 “Just War vs Pacifism” (Crossroads Television System)

• TV Interview: 29 March 2010 “Benedict XVI, sex scandal, and resignation” (CHCH Hamilton)

• Radio Interview: 19 February 2008 “Gospel of Judas” (Faith FM 94.3)

• Radio Interview: 13 October 2007 “Gospel of Judas” (Joy 1250)

• TV Interview: Summer 2007 “Catholic Church’s pronouncement on the true church” (CHCH Hamilton)

• Radio Interview: 23 May 2006 “Da Vinci Code” (Faith FM 94.3)

• Radio Interview: 22 May 2006 “Da Vinci Code” (Faith FM 94.3)

• TV Interview: 19 May 2006 “Da Vinci Code” (CHCH Hamilton)

• Movie Documentary Interview: 18 May 2006 “church and war” (John Campea Films)

• TV Interview: 9 May 2006 “church/state relations - gay marriage” (Crossroads Television System)

• TV Interview: 12 April 2006 “Da Vinci Code, Gospel of Judas” (CHCH Hamilton)

• Newspaper Interview: 8 February 2006 “separation of church and state” (Hamilton Spectator)

• TV Interviews (x2): 20 April 2005 “Pope Benedict XVI” (CHCH Hamilton) (two different interviews/panels for two different CHCH shows)

• TV Interview: 4 April 2005 “Pope John Paul II” (CHCH Hamilton)

• TV Interviews (x3): 1 April 2005 “Pope John Paul II” (CHCH Hamilton) (three different interviews/panels for three different CHTV shows)

• Radio Interview: 1 April 2005 “Pope John Paul II” (Wave 947 Hamilton)

• Radio Interview: 1 April 2005 “Pope John Paul II” (K-Lite FM Hamilton)

• TV Interview: 23 March 2005 “Pope John Paul II” (CHCH Hamilton)

• TV Interview: 17 March 2005 “Easter” (Crossroads Television System)

• Newspaper Interview: 16 March 2005 “Easter” (Mohawk College newspaper)

CONSULTATIONS

• CBOQ, Board Retreat, 2014

• CBOQ, Communal Discernment, 2014

• West Highland Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON, Statement of Faith Revisions, 2013

RESEARCH GRANTS, RESEARCH LEAVES & AWARDS

• Lynn E. May Study Grant, Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives, 2019

o Baptists and the Opium Wars

• McMaster Arts Research Board Spring Conference Grant, 2015

o International Conference of Baptist Studies, Manchester, UK

• Dr. Stephen Speisman Bursary, Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, 2015

o Canadian Jews and the South African War

• Lynn E. May Study Grant, Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives, 2014

o American Baptist Reporting on the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1919

• Distinguished Alumnus Award, Tyndale University College, 2012

• Twelve-Month Faculty Research Leave, 2010-2011

• Lilly Research Expense Grant, 2010-2011

o Canadian, American, British, South African and Australian Baptist Views of the South African War, 1899-1902

• SSHRC Standard Research Grant, 2009-2012

o Canadian Protestant Churches and Constructions of Empire and Nation, 1899-1945

• Lynn E. May Study Grant, Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives, 2009

o Baptists and the War of 1812

• McMaster Incentive Fund, 2007-2009

• Acadia Center for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies Research Grant, Acadia University, 2006

• Acadia Center for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies Research Grant, Acadia University, 2001

• Dr. Sydney G. Grant Prize, Acadia, 1994

• Edward Manning Saunders Prize in Theology for best MDiv thesis, Acadia, 1994

• Robert MacGregor Fraser Prize, Acadia, 1994

• Dr. Alexander Gibson Memorial Scholarship, Acadia, 1993

• B.D. Stevens Scholarship, Acadia, 1993

• Edward Manning Saunders Prize in Theology for Biblical Studies 6013, Acadia, 1993

• Edward Manning Saunders Prize in Theology for Biblical Studies 6023, Acadia, 1993

• ADC Alumni Association Scholarship, Acadia, 1992

• Emma Porter Perkins Scholarship, Acadia, 1992

• Edward Manning Saunders Prize in Theology for Church History, Acadia, 1992

• Percy H. Harris Memorial Award in Pastoral Studies, Tyndale, 1989

• Stanley A. Boswell Speaking Award, Tyndale, 1989

EDITORIAL & REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES

• Editorial Board, Baptist Heritage in Atlantic Canada, 2009 – present

• Editorial Board, Canadian Baptist Historical Society, 2007 – present

• Reviewer for McMaster Divinity College Press, 2008 – present

• Reviewer for McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry, 2008 – present

• Reviewer for SSHRC grant applications, 2004, 2012

• Reviewer for McGill-Queen’s University Press manuscripts, 2004, 2011

THESIS/DISSERTATION SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• First Reader for 1 MTS thesis (successfully defended)

• Second Reader for 1 MTS thesis (successfully defended)

• First Reader for 1 MDiv thesis (successfully defended)

• Second Reader for 1 ThM thesis (successfully defended)

• First Reader for 14 MA theses (11 successfully defended, 3 in course work)

• Second Reader for 2 MA theses (2 successfully defended)

• Primary Supervisor for 9 PhD (4 successfully defended, 5 at various stages)

• Secondary Supervisor for 7 PhD (3 successfully defended; 4 at various stages)

• External reviewer for 1 PhD dissertation (MacQuarie University)

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Co-Director, MDC Centre for Post-Christendom Studies, 2013 - present

• DSA Liaison, 2013 – present

• Senate (External Member), Tyndale University and Seminary, 2009 – present

• Director, Canadian Baptist Archives, 2004 – present

• Senate, McMaster Divinity College, 2004 – 2007; 2016 - 2019

• ATS Curriculum Review Steering Committee, McMaster Divinity College, 2007 – 2009; 2017 - 2019

• Conference Planning Committee: The Reformation in a Post-Christendom World, McMaster Divinity College, 2016 - 2017

• MTS/MDiv Committee, McMaster Divinity College, 2011 – 2012

• Library Liaison, McMaster Divinity College, 2011 – 2012

• Conference Planning Committee: The Globalization of Christianity, McMaster Divinity College, 2010 – 2011

• MDiv Review Committee, McMaster Divinity College, 2009 – 2010

• Conference Planning Committee: The Dark Night of the Soul, McMaster Divinity College, 2008 – 2009

• Curricular Review Liaison, McMaster Divinity College, 2006 – 2007

• Director, Professional Degrees, McMaster Divinity College, 2005 – 2007

• Director, Degree Completion Program, Tyndale University College, 2000 – 2004

EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCES ATTENDED

• National Consultation on Christian Leadership, Toronto, 2018

• Lilly Conference on Theological Research, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2011

• ATS MDiv Curriculum Revision Consultation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2007

• Christian Adult Higher Education Association Convention, Phoenix, Arizona, 2003

• Christian Adult Higher Education Association Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2002

• Christian Adult Higher Education Association Convention, Dallas, Texas, 2001

• Christian Adult Higher Education Association Convention, Quincy, Massachusetts, 2000

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Canadian Society of Church History

Member at Large, 2015 – 2016

CCSR Representative, 2005 – 2010

Past-President, 2004 – 2005

President, 2003 – 2004

Vice-President, 2002 – 2003

• Canadian Baptist Historical Society

Secretary, 2005 – present

American Society of Church History

Canadian Catholic Historical Association

Ecclesiastical History Society

CHURCH LEADERSHIP

• Deacon, Harmony Baptist Church, Hamilton, ON, 2006-2007

• Interim Minister, Fraser Presbyterian Church, Tottenham, ON, 2003

• Deacon, Walmer Road Baptist Church, Toronto, ON, 1999-2001

• Associate Pastor, Windsor United Baptist Church, Windsor, NS, 1992-1997

CHURCH CREDENTIALS

• Ordained with the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches, 1995

o Transferred credentials to Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec, 2011

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