Wheaton College Alumni Magazine Winter 2013 | Page 48

faculty books

Recommended Reading
from Wheaton’s Faculty

Although the primary role of a Wheaton professor
is that of teacher, our faculty regularly conduct
individual research and publish books and articles.
Here are some of the more recent books.

Prophetic Evangelicals: Envisioning a Just and Peaceable
Kingdom
(Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2012)
In this inaugural Prophetic Christianity volume, 15 contributors
share their visions for a biblically centered, culturally engaged,
and historically infused evangelicalism. Edited by Professor
of Philosoply Dr. Bruce Ellis Benson ’83, Dr. Malinda Elizabeth
Berry, and the Rev. Dr. Peter Goodwin Heltzel ’94, it also contains
contributions by Dr. Vincent Bacote, associate professor of
theology and director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics.
Order Prophetic Evangelicals and other faculty books from the
Wheaton College Bookstore: online, www.wheatonbooks.com; by
phone, 630.752.5119; or by writing, Wheaton College Bookstore,
501 College Ave., Wheaton, IL 60187.

Dr. Matthew Lundin ’96
assistant professor of history
Paper Memory: A Sixteenth-Century
Townsman Writes His World
(Harvard University Press, 2012)
Dr. Lundin tells the story of one man’s
mission to preserve for posterity the
memory of everyday life in 16th-century
Germany.

Dr. Brian M. Howell
associate professor of anthropology
Short-Term Mission: An Ethnography of
Christian Travel Narrative and Experience
(IVP Academic, 2012)
Dr. Howell shows how short-term
mission combines elements of the
anthropology of tourism and pilgrimage
with Christian purposes of mission,
creating its own narrative.

Dr. Amy E. Black, department chair
associate professor of political science
Honoring God in Red or Blue: Approaching
Politics with Humility, Grace, and Reason
(Moody Publishers, 2012)
Dr. Black challenges readers to raise their
standards when speaking about political
issues.

Dr. Daniel I. Block
Gunther H. Knoedler Professor of Old
Testament
Deuteronomy,The NIV Application
Commentary series
(Zondervan, 2012)
This book shows how the message of
Deuteronomy can have the same powerful
impact today as when it was written.

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Dr. Tom Schwanda
associate professor of Christian formation
and ministry
Soul Recreation:The Contemplative-Mystical
Piety of Puritanism
(Pickwick Publications, 2012)
A study of English Puritan Isacc Ambrose
while recognizing the Western Catholic
tradition, this book provides a foundation
for recovering the contemplative life.

Dr. Jon C. Laansma, ed., associate professor of
ancient languages and New Testament, and
Dr. Daniel J. Treier, ed., professor of theology
Christology, Hermeneutics, and Hebrews:
Profiles from the History of Interpretation
(T & T Clark, 2012)
Contributors assess the study and
interpretation of Hebrews across the last two
millennia.