David Bundy

A Stone in My Shoe

Christian Living

“Many people are uneasy about evangelicals. Many evangelicals have found themselves aliens in their religious tradition. The personal narrative of Walters provides an intimate view of the evangelical world by one walking with ‘a stone in his shoe.’ It is scholarly, passionate, honest, wise. Walters reflects on issues including gender, race/racism, science and religion, politics (earlier and present), abortion, consumerism, militarism, and classism, urging evangelicals not to hide in orthodoxy. The narrative will be moving for untold hundreds of thousands of white ex-evangelicals, as well as those on the margin of the tradition. It provides an important case study for understanding the textures of white evangelicalism by an insider who was an outsider.”

Beyond Dalit Theology

Theology

“Pulikottil has had the courage to look again at Dalit theology. The result is fresh and exciting, if perhaps controversial for some. The concept of ‘integral transformation’ considers the stage after ‘liberation’ of the oppressed. Liberation does not guarantee the right to live in a just and equitable society. How does one make societies more just, equitable? While the work focuses on the experience of the Dalit of India, the implications of this rethinking are applicable to all of Christian theology. The chains come off, and then what? This volume is an important contribution to the discipline of World Christianity as well as Dalit and Pentecostal studies.”

On Keeping My Mouth Shut in Sunday School

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Lutzweiler provides an intimate look at contemporary Southern Baptist life in America. These sympathetic, insider reflections will help scholars better understand the dynamics of that faith community. It may enable readers to find parallels in other culturally and theologically conservative religious traditions attempting to negotiate both the larger culture and their internal idiocies. Astonishing to many will be the discussion of a Baptist pacifist (there is reportedly more than one). Equally interesting will be mentions of President Jimmy Carter, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and a host of other iconic cultural figures. The author had provided a service by surprising us, offering the rare commodity of wisdom, and doing so in wonderfully enticing prose and poetry. The volume is an important contribution to the study of religion in the second decade of the twentieth century.”

Revising Pentecostal History

History & Biography

Afterword

(wrote the afterword)

Still Moving

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Profound, witty, erudite, moving, wise, street wise, autobiographical—all of these words could be used to describe Pelfrey’s volume wrestling with the ancient Christian question: how can we be more Christian tomorrow than today? The book reveals the historical and theological expertise of the author as well as his understanding of us and our neighbors. It is a very good read.”

The Almost Mystic

History & Biography

“The vast Christian Library, assembled, edited, and promoted by John Wesley has been generally ignored by his spiritual descendants. Now, Steven Tungate makes important contributions to Wesley and English literary studies by undertaking this analysis. His work is significant for its methodological approach as well as its findings. It will be a standard work for understanding Wesley’s approach to theology and mysticism and as a case study on reading and editing of literature in eighteenth-century England.”

The Heart of the Gospel

Theology

“A. B. Simpson's writings are important sources for reflection on Christian spirituality and theology. Theoretical distinctions he made still have currency. His writings and the story of his life have made significant contributions to the development of Global Pentecostalism and Global Holiness, and these religious movements cannot be understood without taking Simpson into account. Bernie Van de Walle has provided a truly significant analysis of the thought of Simpson in the context of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His thoughtful work provides a reliable standard work for scholars who need to understand Simpson and his context.”

Theological Education and Christian Scholarship for Human Flourishing

Discipleship & Christian Education

“Magnificent. Joseph’s passionate proposal for rethinking theological education, by an insider, is extremely important. It demonstrates clearly the results of embedded racism and misogyny. It offers an inspired proposal for transformation. This should be required reading for all university and seminary administrators and faculty. It is a truly revolutionary book!”

Wesleyan Perspectives on Human Flourishing

Theology

“What does it mean for humans to do more than just survive? This question receives a robust examination from an erudite group of scholars. . . . The essays reflect Wesleyan perspectives that are informed, bold, nuanced, and irenic. The volume presents a hopeful but not simplistic vision for human possibilities. The resultant volume is an important contribution to discussions of ‘human flourishing’ in all branches of Christianity. For Wesleyans, Pentecostals, and other spiritual heirs of John and Charles Wesley, it will be a standard work.”