Dale T. Irvin

Dale T. Irvin is the eleventh President of New York Theological Seminary and Professor of World Christianity. He was elected to this position by the Seminary’s Board of Trustees on July 19, 2006 after serving as Acting President since January 1, 2006, and his permanent appointment became effective on August 1. Previously, he served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean of the Seminary and is a long-time member of the Seminary’s Faculty. A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary (M. Div., 1981) and Union Theological Seminary in New York (Ph.D., 1989), he has been a member of the New York Theological Seminary faculty since 1989. He is the co-author with Scott W. Sunquist of "History of the World Christian Movement", a two-volume project that is being written with a consulting team of more than 50 scholars from around the world and published by Orbis Books of Maryknoll, NY. "Volume 1, Earliest Christianity to 1453", is now in its fifth printing. Dr. Irvin’s previous books include "Christian Histories, Christian Traditioning: Rendering Accounts" (Orbis Books, 1998), and "The Agitated Mind of God: The Theology of Kosuke Koyama" (Orbis Books, 1996), which he edited with Akintunde E. Akinade. His articles have appeared in a number of journals, among them "Christianity Today", "The Ecumenical Review" and "The Journal of Pentecostal Studies".

Dr. Irvin has held visiting or adjunct appointments at the University of Uppsala, Sweden; "Drew University Theological School"; Union Theological Seminary, New York; "Wake Forest University Divinity School"; "New Brunswick Theological Seminary"; and "Regent University School of Divinity". He is currently the Executive Vice President and member of the Editorial Board of "The Living Pulpit", a highly acclaimed journal for preaching. He is also a regular teacher and preacher in churches throughout the New York City region. An ordained minister in the American Baptist Churches USA, he is a member of The Riverside Church in New York City.

Writing

Books

*"A History of the World Christian Movement: Volume I, Earliest Christianity to 1453", co-written with Scott W. Sunquist, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books / Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 2001; Bangalore, India: Theological Publications India, 2004. Translation in Portuguese (2004) and Indonesian (2005). Volume was named to the “Outstanding Academic Title” list of Choice magazine in 2002; selected by the Catholic Book Association as the outstanding book in theology and history for 2001; and listed by the International Bulletin of Missionary Research as one of the fifteen outstanding books in mission studies for 2001.
*"A History of the World Christian Movement: Volume II, 1453 to 2000", co-written with Scott W. Sunquist, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, forthcoming 2008.
*"Christian Histories, Christian Traditioning: Rendering Accounts", Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1998.
*"The Agitated Mind of God: The Theology of Kosuke Koyama", co-edited with Akintunde E. Akinade, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1996. Book was named by the Overseas Ministries Study Center as one of the fifteen best books in missiology published in 1996.
*"Hearing Many Voices: Dialogue and Diversity in the Ecumenical Movement", Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1994.

Chapters in books

*“Power in Mission,” cowritten with Kevin Mannoia, in Faith and Order: Toward a North American Conference (Study Guide), Norman A. Hjelm, ed., Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.
*“The Terror of History and the Memory of Redemption: Engaging the Ambiguities of the Christian Past,” Surviving Terror: Hope and Justice in a World of Violence, Victoria L. Erickson and Michelle Lim Jones, eds., Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2002.
*“Charles Price Jones and the Sufficiency of Jesus,” Portraits of the First Generation: Essays on the Centennial Celebration of the Pentecostal Movement, edited by James R. Goff., Jr.and Grant Wacker, Little Rock: University of Arkansas Press, 2002.
*“New Directions in Faith and Order for the Twenty-first Century: Building a New Common Table,” Concord Makes Strength: Essays in Reformed Ecumenism, John W. Coakley, ed., Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2002.
*“A New Understanding of World Christianity for the 21st Century” and “Christianity in the Modern World: Facing Postmodern Culture and Religious Pluralism,” The Future of Religions in the 21st Century, Peter T. M. Ng, ed., Hong Kong: Centre for the Study of Religion and Chinese Society, Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001.
*“Strangers and the Homecoming: Church and Community in the Grammar of Faith,” in The Courage to Hope: From Black Suffering to Human Redemption, Quinton Hosford Dixie and Cornel West, eds., Boston: Beacon Press, 1999.
*“Mission as Dialogue: The Contribution of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy,” in Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy: Studies in His Life and Thought, M. Darrol Bryant and Hans R. Huessy, eds., Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mullen Press, 1986.