Steve Studebaker, PhD
I grew up in the Pacific Northwest. Before graduate school, I spent several years in church ministry. I was youth pastor in an Assemblies of God church for two years in Woodinville, Washington. I also served for several years as youth and associate pastor for a church on Northern Minnesota’s “Iron Range.”
I have been a faculty member of two schools as Professor of Theology before coming to TWU. My first faculty position was at Emmanuel University in northeast Georgia. At Emmanuel I taught undergraduate courses in New Testament, Gospel of John, Christian Ethics, and Theology for several years. A new position took me to McMaster Divinity College, where I taught for 17 years. The Divinity College is part of McMaster University, which is a secular university of about 35,000 students in Hamilton, Ontario (Canada). At McMaster I taught and mentored students in MDiv, MTS, MA, PhD, and Doctor of Practical Theology (DPT) degrees.
My experiences in Christian ministry and higher education shape my vision of the theological task. Theology helps us to discern authentic and effective ways to embody the Gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives in and for the world.
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- PhD (Marquette University; 2003)
- MA (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; 1998)
- BA (Northwest University; 1992)
Expertise
Please see Curriculum Vitae.
My publications reflect two primary streams of research: evangelical theology and Pentecostal theology. Monographs on the Trinity, political theology, and atonement contributed to the field of Pentecostal scholarship and constructive systematic theology. A variety of publications on innovative church movements, theological method, and Jonathan Edwards’ trinitarian theology extended my contributions to evangelical scholarship.
- RELS 160 Intro to Theology
- RELS 476 Theology and Worldview
- RELS 576 Christian Worldviews
