David Rightmire
Professor
OFFICE LOCATION: Hughes 128
PHONE: 859.858.3511 x2211
FAX: 859.858.3921
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Marquette University, 1987 (Historical Theology)
M.Div. Asbury Theological Seminary, 1979 (Church History)
A.B. Bloomfield College, 1975 (History)
COURSES CURRENTLY BEING TAUGHT
OTHER COURSES TAUGHT AT ASBURY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
1. Books
Sacraments and the Salvation Army: Pneumatological Foundations. Studies in Evangelicalism 10. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1990.
Salvationist Samurai: Gunpei Yamamuro and the Rise of the Salvation Army In Japan. Pietist and Wesleyan Studies Series. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1997.
Sanctified Sanity: The Life and Teaching of Samuel Logan Brengle. Alexandria, Va.: Crest Publications, 2003.
2. Articles2.1 Scholarly Journal Publications
"The Sacramental Theology of Jonathan Edwards in the Context of Controversy." Fides et Historia 21 (1989): 50-60.
"Pannenberg's Quest for the Proleptic Jesus." Asbury Theological Journal 44 (1989): 51-76.
"Samuel Brengle and the Development of Salvation Army Pneumatology." Wesleyan Theological Journal 27 (1992): 104-131.
"Brengle on Evangelism and the Holy Life." Word and Deed: A Journal of Salvation Army Theology and Ministry 6 (2003): 5-34.
“Cultural Adaptation of Wesleyan-Holiness Mission in Japan: A Case Study of Yamamuro Gunpei and the Salvation Army.” Japanese Religions 29: 1-2 (January 2004): 65-83.
“Brengle and the Future of the Salvation Army: Organizational Assessment and Conditions for Success.” Word and Deed: A Journal of Salvation Army Theology and Ministry 7.2 (May 2005): 61- 75.
2.2 Encyclopedia Articles"Apostle/Apostleship," "Judaizers," "Redeem/Redem ption," "Union with Christ," and "Works of the Law." Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1996.
"Jacobus Arminius," "Franciscus Gomarus," and "William Booth." Biographical Dictionary of Christian Theologians. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2000.
"Samuel Brengle" and "Gunpei Yamamuro." Historical Dictionary of the Holiness Movement. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2001.
"Salvation Army." Dictionary of Asian Christianity. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001.
"Sacraments" and "Gunpei Yamamuro." Historical Dictionary of the Salvation Army. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2001.
"Salvation Army Worship." The New Westminster Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002.
2.3 Institutional and Denominational Publications"The Wesleyan-Holiness Tradition." Asbury College Ambassador 16:3 (Summer 1989), insert.
"True Greatness: The Way Up is Down." The Edge 2:3 (February 1991): 10-11.
"Studies in Philippians." The Edge 3:4 (April, 1991): 12-13; 3:5 (May 1991): 12-13; 3:6 (June, 1991): 14- 15; 3:7 (Summer 1991): 12-13; 3:8 (Sept. 1991): 12-13; 3:9 (October 1991): 12-13; 3:10 (November 1991): 12- 13; 3:11 (December 1991): 12-13; 4:1 (January 1992): 12- 13; 4:2 (February 1992): 12-13; 4:3 (March 1992): 12-13; 4:4 (April 1992): 12-13; 4:5 (May 1992): 12-13.
"Studies in Galatians." The War Cry (The Salvation Army, Canada). Weekly series May 7 - June 25, 1994 (Eight 1000 word studies). Also published in Die Strydkreet [The War Cry] (The Salvation Army, South Africa). Issues 5675-5682, 1997.
3. Book ReviewsJaroslav Pelikan, Jesus Through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture. In Asbury Theological Journal 44 (1989): 112-114.
Cyril Powles, Victorian Missionaries in Meiji, Japan: The Shiba Sect, 1873-1900. In Church History 58 (1989): 407-408.
H. Ray Dunning, Grace, Faith and Holiness: A Wesleyan Systematic Theology. In Asbury Theological Journal 45 (1991): 121-123.
Richard N. Longenecker, Galatians (Word Biblical Commentary). In Asbury Theological Journal 47 (1992): 101-102.
Stephen Varvis, The "Consolation" of Boethius: An Analytical Inquiry into His Intellectual Processes and Goals. In Fides et Historia 26 (1994): 104- 105.
Daniel H. Williams, Ambrose of Milan and the End of the Arian-Nicene Conflicts. In Fides et Historia 28 (1996): 75-76.
Norman H. Murdoch, Origins of the Salvation Army. In Wesleyan Theological Journal 32 (1997): 219-20.
Eiko Ikegami, The Taming of the Samurai: Honorific Individualism and the Making of Modern Japan. In Fides et Historia 30 (1998): 113-15.
Glenn K. Horridge, The Salvation Army: Origins and Early Days 1865-1900. In Wesleyan Theological Journal 35 (2000): 254.
Diane Winston, Red Hot and Righteous: The Urban Religion of the Salvation Army. In Wesleyan Theological Journal 36 (2001): 267-69.
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