Профессор методистских исследований Дюкского университета (США).

Получил бакалаврскую степень в Northwest Nazarene College (США), магистерскую - в Nazarene Theological Seminary (США),

Защитил докторскую (PhD) диссертацию в Emory University (Атланта, США) в 1982 г. Тема диссертации: “The Possibility and Promise of an Ecumenical Fundamental Theology: An Historical and Typological Investigation".

Преподавал в Nazarene Theological Seminary, Sioux Falls College, American Baptist Seminary, Seattle Pacific University.

С 2005 г. преподает в Дюкском университете.

Является ведущим специалистом в области методистского богословия.

Наиболее значимые публикации: Responsible Grace: John Wesley’s Practical Theology.

Электронные публикации

Select Essays in Wesley Studies

• Anticipating the New Creation: Wesleyan Foundations for Holistic Mission (pdf) Asbury Journal 62 (2007): 49–66.
• Celebrating the Whole Wesley: A Legacy for Contemporary Wesleyans (pdf) Methodist History 43.2 (2005): 74–89.
• A Change of Affections: The Development, Dynamics, and Dethronement of John Wesley’s ‘Heart Religion’ (pdf) In Heart Religion” in the Methodist Tradition and Related Movements, 3–31. Edited by Richard Steele. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 2001.
• The Enriching Role of Experience (pdf) In Wesley and the Quadrilateral, 107–27. Stephen Gunter et al. Nashville: Abingdon, 1997.
• Honoring Conference: Wesleyan Reflection on the Dynamics of Theological Reflection (pdf) In The Renewal of United Methodism: Mission, Ministry, and Connectionalism, 55–97. Edited by Rex D. Matthews. Nashville: GBHEM, The United Methodist Church, 2012.
• John Wesley and Eastern Orthodoxy: Influences, Convergences, and Differences (pdf) Asbury Theological Journal45.2 (1990): 29–53.
• John Wesley on Holistic Health and Healing (pdf) Methodist History 46 (2007): 4–33.
• John Wesley – Practical Theologian (pdf) Wesleyan Theological Journal 23 (1988): 122–47.
• John Wesley’s Precedent for Theological Engagement with the Natural Sciences (pdf) Wesleyan Theological Journal 44.1 (Spring 2009): 23–54. [Also appears in Divine Grace and Emerging Creation: Wesleyan Forays in Science and Creation, 1–36. Edited by Thomas Jay Oord. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2009.]
• Karl Rahner’s Supernatural Existential: A Wesleyan Parallel?” (pdf) Evangelical Journal 5 (1987): 3–14.
• Nurturing the New Creation: Reflections on a Wesleyan Trajectory (pdf) In Wesleyan Perspectives on the New Creation, 21–52. Edited by M. Douglas Meeks. Nashville, TN: Kingswood Books, 2004.
• Opinion, Religion, and ‘Catholic Spirit’: John Wesley on Theological Integrity (pdf) Asbury Theological Journal 47.1 (1992): 63–87.
• Reading Wesley as Theologian (pdf) Wesleyan Theological Journal 30.1 (1995): 7–54.
• Reclaiming the Eccentric Parent: Methodist Reception of John Wesley’s Interest in Medicine (pdf) In Inward and Outward Health: John Wesley’s Holistic Concept of Medical Science, the Environment, and Holy Living, 15–50. Edited by Deborah Madden. Peterborough: Epworth, 2008.
• Responsible Grace: The Systematic Perspective of Wesleyan Theology (pdf) Wesleyan Theological Journal 19.2 (1984): 7–22.
• The Rule of Christian Faith, Practice, and Hope: John Wesley on the Bible (pdf) Methodist Review 3 (2011): 1–35.
• Shaping the Virtuous Heart: The Abiding Mission of the Wesleys (pdf) Circuit Rider 29.4 (July/August 2005): 27–28.
• Theology of John and Charles Wesley (pdf) in T&T Clark Companion to Methodism, 20–35. Edited by Charles Yrigoyen, Jr. New York: T&T Clark, 2010.
• ‘Visit the Poor’: John Wesley, the Poor, and the Sanctification of Believers (pdf) In The Wesleys and the Poor: The Legacy and Development of Methodist Attitudes to Poverty, 1729–1999, 59–81. Edited by Richard Heitzenrater. Nashville, TN: Kingswood Books, 2002.
• Wesley and Inclusive Grammar: A Note for Reflection (pdf) Sacramental Life 4.4 (1991): 40–43.
• Wesley as Theological Mentor: The Question of Truth or Salvation Through Other Religions (pdf) Wesleyan Theological Journal 27 (1992): 7–29.
• Wesleyan Resources for a Theology of the Poor (pdf) Asbury Theological Journal 49.1 (1994): 35–47.
• Wesleyan Theology and the Christian Feminist Critique (pdf) Wesleyan Theological Journal 22 (1987): 101–11.
• Wesley’s Prescription for ‘Making Disciples of Jesus Christ’: Insights for the Twenty-First-Century Church (pdf) Quarterly Review 23.1 (2003): 15–28.
• Wesley’s Prescription for Making Disciples of Jesus Christ: Insights for the 21st Century Church (pdf)  Pulpit and Pew Website, Duke Divinity School
• Wesley’s Understanding of Christian Perfection: In What Sense Pentecostal? (pdf) Wesleyan Theological Journal 34.2 (1999): 78–110.

Select Articles in Methodist Studies

• Aldersgate: A Tradition History (pdf) In Aldersgate Reconsidered, 133–46. Edited by Randy L. Maddox. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990.
• Celebrating Wesley – When? (pdf) Methodist History 29 (1991): 63–75.
• Holiness of Heart and Life: Lessons from North American Methodism (pdf) Asbury Theological Journal 51.1 (1996): 151–72.
• ‘Letter from America.’ A United Methodist Perspective (pdf) In Unmasking Methodist Theology, 179–84. Edited by Clive Marsh, et al. New York: Continuum, 2004.
• “Methodist Theology” (pdf) In The Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology, 311–13. Edited by Ian A. McFarland et al. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
• Psychology and Wesleyan Theology: Precedents and Prospects for a Renewed Engagement (pdf) Journal of Psychology and Christianity 23 (2004): 101–9.
• Reclaiming an Inheritance: Wesley as Theologian in the History of Methodist Theology (pdf) In Rethinking Wesley’s Theology for Contemporary Methodism, 213–26.
• Reconnecting the Means to the End: A Wesleyan Prescription for the Holiness Movement (pdf) Wesleyan Theological Journal 33.2 (1998): 29–66.
• Respected Founder / Neglected Guide: The Role of Wesley in American Methodist Theology (pdf) Methodist History 37 (1999): 71–88.
• Seeking a Response-able God: The Wesleyan Tradition and Process Theology? (pdf) In Thy Nature and Thy Name is Love: Process and Wesleyan Theologies in Dialogue, 111–42. Edited by Bryan Stone & Tom Oord. Nashville, TN: Kingswood Books, 2001.
• Social Grace: The Eclipse of the Church as a Means of Grace in American Methodism (pdf) In Methodism in its Cultural Milieu, 131–60. Edited by Tim Macquiban. Oxford: Applied Theology Press, 1994.
• Theology in the Twenty-First Century: Some Wesleyan Agendas (pdf) In Methodism Across the Pond, 45–60. Edited by Richard Sykes. Oxford: Applied Theology Press, 2005.
• An Untapped Inheritance: American Methodism and Wesley’s Practical Theology (pdf) In Doctrines and Disciplines: Methodist Theology and Practice, 19–52, 292–309. Edited by Dennis Campbell, et al. Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1999.
• ‘Vital Orthodoxy’: A Wesleyan Dynamic for 21st Century Christian Life and Thought (pdf) Methodist History 42.1 (2003): 3–19.

Select Essays on Practical Theology

• Formation and Reflection: The Dynamics of Theology in Christian Life (pdf) Quarterly Review 21.1 (Spring 2001): 20–32.
• Practical Theology: A Discipline in Search of a Definition (pdf) Perspectives in Religious Studies 18 (1991): 159–69.
• Recovery of Theology as a Practical Discipline: A Contemporary Agenda (pdf) Theological Studies 51 (1990): 650–72.
• Spirituality and Practical Theology: Trajectories toward Reengagement (pdf) Association of Practical Theology Occasional Papers 3 (Spring 1999): 10–16.