George W. Harper

Professor of Christian History and Theology
Director of Doctoral Studies

Education

• PhD, Boston University, USA, 1992
• MDiv, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Boston, USA, 1983
• BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 1979

Research Interests

• Majority World Pentecostalism
• History of Christian renewal movements such as modern evangelicalism
• The life and ministry of A. Z. Conrad, pastor of Park Street Church, Boston, Mass., from 1905 to 1937

Recent Publications

• “Mather, Cotton,” and “Mather, Increase.” In Religion Past and Present. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers, 2007
• Review of Thomas Oden, Turning Around the Mainline: How Renewal Movements are Changing the Church. Pneuma 29/2 (Fall 2007): 321-322
• “Regensburg Redux: Have Colson and Neuhaus Succeeded Where Bucer and Contarini Failed?” Evangelical Review of Theology 30/4 (October 2006): 309-321
• A People So Favored of God: Boston’s Congregational Churches and Their Pastors, 1710-1760. Forewords by Richard F. Lovelace and Mark A. Noll. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 2004; 2nd ed., Eugene, Ore.: Wipf and Stock, 2007
• “Who Is My Enemy?” In Craig Smith, ed., At the Crossroads: Loving Our Enemies in the Twenty-First Century. Mandaluyong City, Philippines: OMF Literature, 2008, 7-23
• “Breaking with Cyprian’s Paradigm: Evangelicals, Ecclesiological Apathy, and Changing Conceptions of Church Unity.” Evangelical Review of Theology 32/4 (October 2008): 306-322
• Review of Allan Anderson and Edmond Tang, eds. Asian and Pentecostal: The Charismatic Face of Christianity in Asia. Evangelical Review of Theology 32/1 (January 2008): 89-91.
• Review of Philip Jenkins, God’s Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe’s Religious Crisis. Evangelical Review of Theology 33/3 (July 2009): 274-276
• “Global Foundation for Sustained Development,” “Gunvik, Sigurd,” “Harris, Timothy D.,” “Holy Grail,” “Price, John Randolph,” and “Sabin, Robert A.” In H. Wayne House, ed., Baker's Dictionary of Cults and New Religious Movements. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, forthcoming
• Review of Gordon T. Smith, ed. The Lord’s Supper: Five Views. Evangelical Review of Theology, forthcoming