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Bowen, John P.

Director of the Institute of Evangelism, Associate Professor of Evangelism

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B.A., M.A., Cert.Ed. (Oxford), Dip.Th. (London), D.Min. (McMaster).

Before coming to Wycliffe College in 1997, John Bowen worked for many years with Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada. He teaches courses on evangelism and culture, church planting, leadership, preaching, and evangelistic teaching, and brings to the classroom a particular interest in lay leadership, the spirituality of movies and the theology of C.S.Lewis and the Inklings. John's second responsibility at the College is to direct the Institute of Evangelism, which was begun in 1991 to provide resources in evangelism and congregational development for the church across Canada. In this capacity, he speaks and leads workshops at conferences for clergy and lay leaders. He also edits and writes for two series of booklets, one evangelistic (The Dare Booklets), the other practical manuals for church leaders (The Wycliffe Booklets on Evangelism). The Institute also produces good idea!, a twice-yearly magazine about congregational evangelism. Originally from Wales, John is married to Deborah, an English professor; they have two adult children.

Major Publications:
Evangelism for ‘Normal’ People(2002)

The Spirituality of Narnia (2007)

Phone:	416-946-3534
Email:	john.bowen@utoronto.ca

Donaldson, Terence L.

Lord and Lady Coggan Professor of New Testament Studies

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B.Sc.(Toronto), M.Rel., Th.M., Th.D. (Wycliffe), D.Cn.L. (Emmanuel & St. Chad).

After completing his doctorate in 1982 (at Wycliffe), Terry Donaldson taught for seventeen years in Saskatoon at the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad, the Anglican seminary on the campus of the University of Saskatchewan. In 1999, he returned to Toronto where he took up his present position in New Testament at Wycliffe College. His teaching and research interests include: Matthew; Paul; hermeneutics; Second-Temple Judaism; Gentilization of early Christianity, and early Christian-Jewish relations. As well as books, he has published about thirty journal articles or chapters, and many reviews. His next publication is entitled, Jewish Patterns of Universalism: Source, Analysis, and Commentary. As a scholar, he is fascinated with the process by which the early church, from its beginnings as an eschatological renewal movement entirely within the Jewish environment, developed within a century or so into a largely Gentile religion, separate and distinct from the synagogue. As a Christian educator and layperson, he is concerned to lead students (and others) to a richer appreciation of the gospel that stands at the heart and centre both of the Bible and of the grand and richly diverse tradition of the church. Outside work Terry enjoys banjo-playing, ballroom dancing, bread-baking, camping, and cycling. Terry and his wife Lois live in the east end of Toronto, and are members of St. Aidan's parish. They have two adult children.

Major Publications:
Jesus on the Mountain (1985)
Paul and the Gentiles (1997)
Religious Rivalries and the Struggle for Success in Caesarea Maritima (editor; 2000)
Judaism and the Gentiles : Jewish patterns of universalism (to 135 CE) (2008)

Phone:	416-946-3537
Email:	terry.donaldson@utoronto.ca
Website:	http://individual.utoronto.ca/tldonaldson/

Hayes, The Reverend Alan

Bishops Frederick and Heber Wilkinson Professor of Church History

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B.A. (Pomona), B.D., Ph.D. (McGill).

Alan Hayes has taught church history at Wycliffe since 1975, when he completed his Ph.D. in religious studies at McGill University, Montreal. His teaching and research specializations include Anglicanism, Canadian Protestantism, early Christianity, Reformation, and historiography. The public is welcome to visit his course materials, which he has published at his website. The historical theme which most interests him is the diversity of ways in which Christian institutions and spiritualities sometimes reflect and sometimes challenge the assumptions of their surrounding cultures. His most current research project is the history of theological education since the New Testament period. Alan is a member of the board of the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, and an editor of Anglican and Episcopal History.He lives in Oakville, where he is honorary assistant priest at St. Simon's Anglican Church. On most Sundays, however, he can be seen slipping into worship services where no one knows him; he writes a column on these experiences for the Niagara Anglican. He is married to the Reverend Morar Murray-Hayes, the minister of Maple Grove United Church, Oakville, and they have two very clever, talented, and beautiful daughters and two rather homely and dim-witted dogs. He plays the piano better than he sings, prefers summer to winter, likes taking walks, and enjoys ballroom dancing.

Major Publications:
Anglicans in Canada: controversies and identity in historical perspective (2004)
The Parish and Cathedral of St. James', Toronto 1797-1997 (with others, 1998)
Church and Society in Documents A.D. 100-600 (1997)
By Grace Co-workers: building the Anglican Diocese of Toronto, 1780-1989 (editor and contributor, 1989)
Several entries for the Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Phone:	416-946-3532
Email:	alan.hayes@utoronto.ca
Website:	http://individual.utoronto.ca/hayes

Jervis, The Reverend Ann

Professor of New Testament, and Associate Dean of Faculty

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B.A. (York), M.Div. (Queen's), Th.D. (Wycliffe/Toronto).

Ann Jervis has been teaching New Testament studies at Wycliffe since 1990. She has a cross appointment as Professor of NT at Wycliffe and Trinity College. Ann’s academic interests revolve around Paul and Paul’s world. She has published three books on Paul and several scholarly articles. She is currently writing a book for Eerdmans on Paul’s view of suffering and her next project is a book with Hendrickson on Paul’s ethics. She has also written and taught in the area of women in the early church. She has been an invited speaker at institutions and conferences in Europe, the United States and the Caribbean. She is a member of the Center of Theological Inquiry of Princeton and is involved in the Princeton Pastor-Theologian program, the purpose of which is to enable church leaders to think deeply about the Christian faith. Ann is an ordained priest in the Diocese of Toronto and an honorary assistant at Church of the Redeemer, Toronto.

Major Publications:
The Purpose of Romans: A Comparative Letter Structure Investigation (1991)
The Gospel in Paul: Studies on Corinthians, Galatians and Romans (1991) (co-editor).
Galatians (1999)

At the Heart of the Gospel: Suffering in the Earliest Christian Message(2007)

Phone:	416-946-3539
Email:	a.jervis@utoronto.ca

Malcolm, Wanda

Professor of Pastoral Psychology

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B.A. (Lakehead), M.A. (O.I.S.E.), and Ph.D. (York).

Wanda Malcolm is at Wycliffe half time where she teaches courses in self and pastoral care, pastoral psychology, and forgiveness and reconciliation. She also has a private practice in clinical psychology (www.wandamalcolm.com), and works with Dr. Leslie Greenberg (the founder of Emotion-Focused Therapy) to provide EFT training to counsellors in Hong Kong and Malaysia. They are curently co-authoring a book entitled " Forgiveness, Letting Go and Emotion-Focused Therapy".

As a clinician who teaches, Wanda brings to Wycliffe a particular interest in working with emotions as a means of intergrating being and doing, teaching practices of effective self and pastoral care, and fostering responsible leadership in the Church and wider community.

Recent publications:
Malcolm, W.et al. (ed.) Women's Reflections on the Complexities of Forgiveness. New York: Brunner-Routledge, 2007.

Malcolm, W. et al. "Facilitating forgiveness in individual therapy as an approach to resolving interpersonal injuries." In E. Worthington, Jr. (Ed.) The Handbook of Forgiveness. New York: Brunner-Routledge, 2005.

Mangina, Joseph

Associate Professor of Systematic Theology,

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A.B. (Princeton), M.Div., Ph.D. (Yale).

Joseph, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, has taught at Wycliffe since 1998. Born and raised in New Jersey, he began his theological studies at Yale Divinity School. Two years of church work in the divided city of Berlin were followed by a return to Yale, where he completed a Ph.D. in systematic theology in 1994. His theological interests run the gamut from ecclesiology, biblical interpretation, Christianity and culture, to ecumenical theology. He serves on the Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue commission for Canada. Joseph has written two books on the thought of Karl Barth and is currently at work on a book that explores the church through the book of Revelation. He and his wife, Dr. Elisa Mangina, attend the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Toronto, where she serves as assistant organist and choir director. They are the parents of two young children.

Major Publications:
Karl Barth: Theologian of Christian Witness (2004).
Karl Barth on the Christian Life: The Practical Knowledge of God (2001).
"After Mediating Theologies: Karl Barth Between Radical and Neo-Orthodoxy" Scottish Journal of Theology 56/04 (2003)

Phone:	416-946-3523
Email:	joseph.mangina@utoronto.ca

Mercer, The Reverend Merv

Assistant Professor of Anglican Formation

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B.A., M.A. (Western Ontario), M.Div. (Wycliffe), D.Min. (Wycliffe/TST).

After teaching high school and working in the film industry, Merv Mercer began theological studies at Wycliffe College. He was ordained in 1986 and served a curacy at St. Paul’s, Bloor Street, Toronto and as incumbent of Saint James’ Humber Bay for ten years. While serving the latter parish, he taught part-time in the pastoral department of Wycliffe and completed a Doctor of Ministry degree at TST. His area of research was theological education itself, a focus he continues to pursue. At Wycliffe he has developed the area of spiritual formation and oversees the vocational assessment of students in the ordination stream, in addition to teaching in the pastoral department. He is passionate about the preparation of effective leadership for the church. Merv and his wife, Dawn, a community college professor, have two adult daughters. Merv enjoys photography, woodwork and the occasional mystery novel.

Major Publications:
Shaping the charism: exploring the formation of ordained Anglican leaders (D.Min.1997).
“Formational initiatives at Wycliffe College” Theological Education 39:2 (2003)

Phone:	416-946-3529
Email:	merv.mercer@utoronto.ca

Power, Thomas

Adjunct Professor of Church History, Theological Librarian, Coordinator of Online Courses, and Coordinator of Internships MTS (Development)

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B.A., Ph.D. (Trinity College, Dublin), M.L.S. (Toronto), Certificate in Distance Education (Wisconsin-Madison).

Tom Power hails from Ireland where he was educated at Trinity College Dublin. He has taught history at the University of New Brunswick and the University of Toronto. He joined the faculty of Wycliffe College in 1998 as college librarian, and continues as theological librarian in the John W. Graham Library. As adjunct professor of church history his teaching interests focus on evangelical spirituality in the 18th century, Celtic Christianity, and Irish church history. He coordinates the web-enhancement of class-based courses and the development of online courses at Wycliffe. He is currently working on a new book provisionally entitled, Mines and Ministers: Religious Controversy in an Irish Mining Community, which deals with the impact of evangelicals on a copper mining community in mid-19th century Ireland. Tom enjoys Irish music and organizing walking/study tours in Ireland and Britain. He and his wife, Marlene, are the parents of two children.

Major Publications:
Converts and conversion in Ireland, 1650-1850 (co-editor & contributor) (2005)
“Publishing and sectarian tension in south Munster in the 1760s” Eighteenth-Century Ireland 18 (2004)
Land, Politics and Society in Eighteenth-Century Tipperary (1993)
Endurance and Emergence: Catholics in Ireland in the Eighteenth-Century (co-editor and contributor) (1990)
Entries in the Dictionary of National Biography (2004)

Phone:	416-946-3526
Email:	thomas.power@utoronto.ca

Radner, The Reverend Ephraim

Professor of Historical Theology, Advanced Degree Director

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AB (Dartmouth College), Ph.D. (Yale)

Prior to his appointment as Professor of Historical Theology, Rev. Dr. Radner, was rector of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Pueblo, Colorado, His range of ministerial experience includes Burundi, where he worked as a missionary, Haiti, inner-city Cleveland, and Connecticut. He has taught at seminaries in Connecticut and Colorado. In the Anglican Communion context he is a member of the Covenant Design Group. He is a violinist, hiker, and traveler. He is married to the Rev. Annette Brownlee, and they are the parents of Hannah, and Isaac.

Major Publications

Reclaiming faith: essays on orthodoxy in the Episcopal Church and the Baltimore declaration (1993).

Inhabiting unity: theological perspectives on the proposed Lutheran-Episcopal Concordat (1995)

The rule of faith : Scripture, canon, and creed in a critical age(1998)
Spirit and nature: the Saint-Médard miracles in 18th-century Jansenism (2002)

Hope among the fragments: the broken church and its engagement of Scripture (2004)

The fate of Communion: the agony of Anglicanism and the future of a global church (2006)

Leviticus (2007)

Phone:	416-946-3533
Email:	e.radner@wycliffe.utoronto.ca

Reed, The Reverend David

Professor Emeritus of Pastoral Theology

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B.A. (Barrington), M.A. (Andover Newton), Ph.D. (Boston).

David Reed has been a faculty member at Wycliffe since 1987. His teaching career (math and physics) began in his home province of New Brunswick. He moved to New England for his theological education and was eventually ordained in the Episcopal Church. Following eighteen years in parish ministry, he and his family moved to Toronto. David’s interests in pastoral studies include spirituality, congregational life, cultural and spiritual trends, family and sexuality. A long time interest is the study of the Pentecostal/charismatic movement, Oneness Pentecostalism in particular. This has resulted in publications and invitations to lecture in Mexico, New Zealand and the Philippines. David has forthcoming a book entitled, “In Jesus’ Name”: The History and Beliefs of Oneness Pentecostals, which is a definitive historical and theological study of the third stream of modern Pentecostalism He and his wife, Carlynn (actor, writer and liturgical dancer), have two sons. David is honorary assistant at St. Paul’s, L’Amoreaux in Scarborough, ON.

Major Publications:

'In Jesus'Name':The History and Beliefs of Oneness Pentecostals (2008).

Entries in New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements (2002).
“The Gladness of the Gospel’: A Traditional Perspective on Pastoral Care” in
Catherine Sider-Hamilton, ed., The Homosexuality Debate: Faith Seeking Understanding (2003).
"Oneness Pentecostalism: Problems and Possibilities for Pentecostal Theology,"
Journal of Pentecostal Theology 11 (October 1997)

Phone:	416-946-3535
Email:	david.reed@utoronto.ca

Seitz, The Reverend Christopher

Professor of Biblical Interpretation

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A.B. (North Carolina), M.T.S. (Virginia Seminary), S.T.M., Ph.D. (Yale)

Christopher Seitz was Professor of Old Testament at Yale University and
the University of St Andrews before coming to Wycliffe in 2007. He is an
ordained Episcopal Priest and has served parishes in Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, Germany and Scotland. He is also the President of the
Anglican Communion Institute and has been involved in recent work on
behalf of Communion life. He is the editor of Studies in Theological
Interpretation and is on the Advisory Board of the Scripture and
Hermeneutics Consultation. He has supervised numerous PhD students and
has published over a dozen books on the interpretation of Old and New
Testaments, and in the area of theological hermeneutics. He will serve
as Sunday evening preacher at St Matthew's Anglican Church in the
Riverdale area of Toronto.

Major Publications

Zion's Final Destiny: the development of the Book of Isaiah : a reassessment of Isaiah 36-39 (1991)

Isaiah 1-39: Interpretation Commentary (1993)

Word Without End: the Old Testament as abiding theological witness (1997)

Figured Out: typology and providence in Christian Scripture (2001)

Nicene Christianity : the future for a new ecumenism (2001)

Reading and preaching the book of Isaiah (2002)

Prophecy and Hermeneutics:Towards a New Introduction to the Prophets (2007)

Phone:	416-946-3551
Email:	christopher.seitz@utoronto.ca

Sumner, The Reverend George

Principal and Helliwell Professor of World Mission

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B.A. (Harvard), M.Div., Ph.D. (Yale).

George Sumner is the Principal of Wycliffe College. Besides administrative duties, travelling and preaching on behalf of the institution, George also teaches missiology, an introductory class “Foundations of Theological Inquiry”, and various reading courses for advanced degree students. He serves as faculty advisor to 3^rd year M.Div. students. His research interests lie in the theology of missions, inter-religious dialogue, Anglicanism, and the theology of ordination. His forthcoming works include Being Salt, and a theological commentary on the Book of Daniel, with its mission-friendly interest in the Gentiles. George’s academic background is in systematic theology. He has served in various pastoral roles – as a missionary teacher in an evangelical Anglican theological college in Tanzania, as pastor on a native reserve, and as parish priest in a small town. He is an honorary assistant at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Toronto. George and his wife Stephanie, a psychotherapist, have two children. He also enjoys playing squash and revelling in the now victorious Boston Red Sox.
Principal Sumner is a Canon to the Dioceses of Toronto and Saskatchewan.

Major Publications
The First and the Last: the Claim of Jesus Christ and the Claims of Other Religious Traditions (2004)
Unwearied Praises (2005) (co-author)

Being Salt: A Theology of an Ordered Church

Phone:	416-946-3521
Email:	george.sumner@utoronto.ca

Taylor, The Reverend J. Glen

Associate Professor of Old Testament Interpretation and Proclamation and Basic Degree Director

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B.A. (Calgary), Th.M. (Dallas), M.Phil., Ph.D. (Yale).

Glen comes from Calgary where he acquired an early mentoring in preaching and a passion for a career in Old Testament studies. He is Wycliffe’s Associate Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Proclamation, as well as being cross-appointed to the Centre for the Study of Religion and in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Toronto. His research and teaching interests include ancient northwest Semitic languages (especially Hebrew and Ugaritic), Genesis, Psalms and Hosea, the worship of pagan gods in ancient Israel, and homosexuality and same-gender unions. Currently his research interests focus on biblical inspiration and the Christology of the Hebrew Psalter. Articles by Glen have appeared in The Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Ugarit-Forschungen, and The Biblical Archaeologist. He was formerly a Barton Fellow at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem. He serves as an Anglican priest in a country parish north of the Muskokas in the summer. He is married to Marion Taylor, Wycliffe’s other Old Testament professor. They have three teenaged children.

Major Publications:
Ascribe to the Lord: Biblical & other studies in memory of Peter C. Craigie (1988) (co-editor)
Yahweh and the Sun: biblical and archaeological evidence for sun worship in ancient Israel (1993)

Phone:	416-946-3541
Email:	glen.taylor@utoronto.ca

Taylor, Marion

Professor of Old Testament, Program Coordinator - MTS Urban and International Development

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B.A., M.A. (Toronto); M.Div. (Knox/Toronto), S.T.M., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (Yale).

Marion Taylor was raised in Toronto and returned there in 1986 to teach Old Testament at Wycliffe College following graduate studies at Yale University. Her doctoral thesis on the history of Old Testament studies at Princeton Seminary from 1820-1929 was supervised by Brevard Childs. Her interests in the history of the interpretation of the Bible continue, centering more recently on women interpreters of the Bible. In 2006 she published a collection of the writings of fifty forgotten women interpreters of the stories of women in Genesis, Let her Speak for Herself: Nineteenth-century Women Writing on Women in Genesis with Heather Weir. She co-edited Recovering Nineteenth-Century Women Interpreters, a volume of essays on nineteenth-century women interpreters with Christiana de Groot of Calvin College, published in the SBL's symposium series. She is currently preparing a biographical dictionary of women interpreters of Scripture and preparing anthologies of nineteenth-century women's writings on the women in the gospels and the women in Exodus to Kings. She has received several research grants to support her projects related to women interpreters of Scripture.
She is married to Glen Taylor, Associate Professor of Old Testament and Proclamation at Wycliffe College. Their three children attend university. Marion
loves to spend time reading, writing and walking their two dogs at their cottage in northern Ontario.

Major Publications:
The Old Testament in the Old Princeton School (1992)
Ezekiel (2002)

Phone:	416-946-3542
Email:	m.taylor@utoronto.ca


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