Anne C. Harper

Senior Lecturer in Missiology and Spiritual Formation

Education

• DMiss Candidate, Asia Graduate School of Theology - Philippines
• MCS, Alliance Biblical Seminary, Manila, Philippines, 2002
• DipTS, Alliance Biblical Seminary, Manila, Philippines, 1999
• BA, Boston University, USA, 1973

Research Interests

• Iglesia ni Cristo (Philippines)
• Folk Religion
• Church Growth in Asia
• Spiritual Formation

Recent Publications

• “New Religious Movements Part One: An Overview of Recent Approaches,” Journal of Asian Mission 9, 1-2 (2007): 31-58
• “New Religious Movements Part Two: An Analysis of One Movement, The Iglesia ni Cristo of the Philippines,” Asian Journal of Mission 10, 1-2 (2008): 75-108
• “Anointing from on High: The Pentecostal and Charismatic Movement in the Philippines 1926-2000.” in Marcel V. Macelaru and Corneliu Constantineanu, eds., Theological Pilgrimages. Collected Faculty Papers 2007-2009. Osijek: Evanđeoski teološki fakultet, 2009, 263-382
• “Iglesia ni Cristo.” In Michael T. Cooper and John W. Morehead, eds., Sacred Tribes Journal’s Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements. (Internet Resources, 2009) Available from www.sacredtribesjournal.org.
• “Iglesia ni Cristo,” in H. Wayne House, General editor, The Baker Dictionary of Cults. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2010, forthcoming