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" Eradication of absolute poverty has become a top priority for the 21st century world. The world seeks to find ways to reduce vulnerability to being poor, ways for generating sustainable development...

"In the following pages, I want to examine briefly the history of higher education in the Church of the Nazarene in the United States and highlight four lessons we can learn by looking back at our...

When successful, the “Khit-Pen” Theological Education Model will increase the effectiveness of Thai pastors in relating the gospel to the realities of life, and the problem will be solved. Thai...

The Wesleyan/Holiness tradition has contributed in important ways to the ongoing relation between reason and faith. This contribution is a natural extension of the emphasis that John Wesley placed...

" I’m completing my eighth year as a history professor. I came to Christian Higher education as a newly minted Ph.D., confident that my arrival would mark a new era in the school’s history. Whereas...

This article establishes Wesley’s understanding of the kingdom of God as a multifaceted concept within Wesley’s thought. No single stream of expression will satisfactorily explain the Kingdom for...

The first step toward a contemporary theology of creation is to examine the doctrine of creation in its historical unfolding. This is because Christian doctrine has an irreducibly traditional...

How, then, can Wesley's "gospel" of holiness be preached to people living in a culture which has been dominantly influenced by Confucian "ethics" of holiness? The question is important to a Asian...

Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary Inaugural Address: April 4, 2003. The title of my address on this occasion, “With Roots and Branches,” is borrowed and modified from a metaphor used by a...

The prevention of free inquiry is unavoidable so long as the purpose of education is to produce belief rather than thought, to compel the young to hold positive opinions on doubtful matters rather...

The two-fold commandment, defined as a principle in this paper, that Christians love God and one another is foundational to the Christian faith. The announcement of this principle is immediately...

Power relations, then, are either coercive or generative and, within a church, either absolute or negotiable based on how power is perceived and distributed within the church organization. The...

The intent of this presentation on Christlike character is not to be exhaustive or inclusive of the topic, but to begin a conversation on the first institutional outcome for Northwest Nazarene...

As a reminder to our readers, I thought I might offer a few reasoned reflections on “why” we publish this online journal.

Wiley brushes aside the claims of liberals and fundamentalists, rejecting a middle way that adopts perspectives of both. Instead, Wiley undermines the whole project upon which these ideologies are...

Inaugural Address of H. Orton Wiley, President of Pasadena College, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 1913. Pasadena, Cal. He outlines four ideals for educating students: The first ideal is, that the student shall...

Post-modernism, Asia-Pacific ways of thought, and a renewed reading of Scripture prompt us to see that the Western over-emphasis upon individuality was a mistake. Revivalism arose in a culture that...

Introduction to the journal issue from the current editor of Didache

Greetings and welcome to the Fourth Volume of Didache: Faithful Teaching. This issue combines numbers one and two due to several factors that are addressed in the editorial, “Why We Publish This...

Greetings and welcome to Didache: Faithful Teaching. This edition includes a broad array of articles and reflective writings on the roles of theology, teaching and scholarship. The edition opens with...

Three responses Philip L. Tite's article "Teaching with Faith Crisis."

I believe that globalization has impacted the way we do theology and education in the Church in at least three ways. (1) It is now "easier" to communicate with theologians and educators across...