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Essays
“Preface,” in Bruce D. Long, The Problem with the Dot: A Holistic Approach to Christians’ Care and Cultivation of Global Culture through the Theatrical Ecosystem (Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2021).
“Afterword,” with Ben Wayman, in Samuel Wells, Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics, 2nd edition (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2018).
“Karl Barth: Church Dogmatics,” in Reading Christian Theology in the Protestant Tradition, edited by Kelly Kapic and Hans Madeume (London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017).
“José Miguez Bonino: Doing Theology in a Revolutionary Situation,” in Ibid.
“James Cone: Black Theology and Black Power,” in Ibid.
“Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion,” in Ibid.
“Charles Hodge: Systematic Theology,” in Ibid.
“Soren Kierkegaard: Practice in Christianity,” in Ibid.
“Kosuke Koyama: Water Buffalo Theology,” in Ibid.
“George Lindbeck: The Nature of Doctrine,” in Ibid.
“Sallie McFague: Models of God,” in Ibid.
“Walter Rauschenbusch: Christianity and the Social Crisis,” in Ibid.
“Friedrich Schleiermacher: The Christian Faith,” in Ibid.
“Paul Tillich: Dynamics of Faith,” in Ibid.
“The Drama of New Creation,” SEEN 14.1 (2015).
“Church Beyond the Fourth Wall: Incorporating the Audience as Guest in Interactive and Ecclesial Theatre,” Cultural Encounters 8.1 (2012): 7-22.
Kelly M. Kapic and Wesley Vander Lugt, "The Ascension of Jesus and the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Patristic Perspective: A Theological Reading," The Evangelical Quarterly 79.1 (Jan-Mar. 2007): 23-34.