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Michael Bauman is Professor of Theology and Culture at Hillsdale College, in Hillsdale, Michigan, where he also is Director of Christian Studies. He also is the Scholar in Residence for Summit Semester. He holds a B.A. from Trinity College (1977), an M.A. from McCormick Seminary (1979), and a Ph.D. from Fordham University (1983).
A member of the faculty of Summit Ministries, Dr. Bauman is a former president of the Evangelical Philosophical Society and was a member of the editorial department of Newsweek magazine. He is a three-time Amy Foundation national writing award winner and the recipient of two national teaching awards.
Dr. Bauman has published numerous books, articles and political editorials. His books include God and Man in the Twentieth Century, Man and Creation, Morality and the Marketplace, Pilgrim Theology, Roundtable, and Are You Politically Correct? (with Francis J. Beckwith). He was a contributing editor for Ultra Cycling magazine and is co-editor of The Schwarz Report. His latest books are Pilgrim Theology (revised editon, 2007) and A Summit Reader (with Francis J. Beckwith, 2007), both published by Summit Press. They can be seen at www.summit.org.
Dr. Bauman holds two national and four state cycling records and has won cycling championships in races from 3 to 221 miles.
Dr. Bauman's Latest Books
Theology should be an exploration and a discovery rather than the provincial holding action it often becomes. Bauman offers a challenge to the fortress mentality that too often prevails in evangelical studies and tells students how to construct a theological method for intellectual pilgrimage. This volume is a call to a Biblical, analytical, and tolerant theology.
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Written by notable and respected Summit lecturers, this volume contains sixteen essays in honor of David Noebel's 70th birthday.
Known universally and affectionately as “Doc,” David Noebel has touched the lives of tens of thousands of students at Summit Ministries, over which he has presided for well over 40 extraordinary years. Under his leadership, that ministry has grown both nationally and internationally. Doc has witnessed first hand how his efforts have flowered among and across three generations of students. Many of those he taught in the 1960s later sent their children to him, and those children are now doing the same with their own, fully confident that the invaluable training they received at his hands will set their own progeny in good stead, no matter what challenges they might face well into the 21st century.
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In these conversations, Michael Bauman asks eleven distinguished
European theologians penetrating questions about various subjects
including doubt in our time, creeds, the gospel, the church's
problems, a good life, and a good death. Their responses are always
profoundly thoughtful and sometimes deeply moving.
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DR. MICHAEL BAUMAN
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
PhD: Theology/English Literature (interdisciplinary) - Fordham University, 1983
MA: New Testament/Church History - McCormick Theological Seminary, 1979
BA: Biblical Studies (Old Testament) - Trinity College, 1977
Additional Study:
- Master of Public Administration (5 courses), N. Michigan Univ. (2000-2)
- Oxford Summer School in Religious Studies (certificate), Lincoln College, Oxford (1992)
- St. Francis and his Order, St. Deiniol's Residential Library, Hawarden, Wales (1992)
- Romance in Dramatic Form: Sidney, Shakespeare, and the English Renaissance, National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Research Seminar, Princeton University (1988)
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL certificate) Pilgrim Teacher Training Program, University of Kent, Canterbury, England (1986)
TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Hillsdale College, Professor of Theology and Culture, Director of Christian Studies, Hillsdale MI(1988-present)
Summit Semester, Scholar in Residence, Pagosa Springs, CO (2006-present)
Summit Ministries, Faculty, Manitou Springs, CO(1996-present)
Kuyper Institute, Research Fellow in Theology and Politics, Oak Ridge, TN(1996-1999
Simon Greenleaf School of Law, Visiting Professor of Chrsitian Apolgetics, Anaheim, CA(1995-1997)
Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, Lecturer and Tutor in Renaissance Literature and Theology, Associate Dean of the Summer School, Oxford, England(1989-1997)
Northeastern Bible College, Assistant Professor of History and Church History, Chair, Division of General Education, Essex Fells, NJ (1983-1988)
Fordham University, Associate Professor of History of Christianity (adjunct), Bronx, NY (1986-1987)
Regional Seminary, Lecturer in Church History, Basking Ridge, NJ (1985-1986)
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
- Schwarz Report, Co-editor (with D. Noebel) (1998-present)
- Ultra Cycling, Contributing Editor (1998-2004)
- Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Book Review Editor (1986-1998)
- Newsweek, Editorial Department (1982-1984)
PASTORAL EXPERIENCE
- Pastor, McKinley Park Evangelical Free Church, Chicago, IL (1974-1976)
- Assistant Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Roselle Park, NJ (1979-1980)
- Youth Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Park Ridge, IL (1977-1979)
- Youth Pastor, Trinity Evangelical Free Church, Teaneck, NJ (1980-1982)
PUBLICATIONS
Books
- Milton’s Arianism. (Sprache und Literatur: Regensburger Arbeiten zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik, vol. 26). Frankfurt: Verlag Peter Lang, 1987.
- A Scripture Index to John Milton’s De Doctrina Christiana. Binghamton, New York: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 1989.
- Roundtable: Conversations with European Theologians. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1990.
- The Best of the Manion Forum: A Conservative and Free Market Sourcebook. San Francisco: MRUP, 1991.
- Man and Marxism: Religion and the Communist Retreat. Hillsdale: Hillsdale College Press, 1991.
- Pilgrim Theology: Taking the Path of Theological Discovery. Grand Rapids:Zondervan, 1992.
- Are You Politically Correct?: Debating America’s Cultural Standards (with Francis Beckwith). Buffalo: Prometheus, 1993.
- Man and Creation: Perspectives on Science and Theology. Hillsdale: Hillsdale College Press, 1993.
- Morality and the Marketplace. Hillsdale: Hillsdale College, 1994.
- God and Caesar (with David Hall). Camp Hill: Christian Publications, 1994.
- God and Man: Perspectives on Christianity in the Twentieth Century. Hillsdale: Hillsdale College Press, 1995.
- Evangelical Hermeneutics (with David Hall). Camp Hill: Christian Publications, 1995.
- Historians of the Christian Tradition (with Martin Klauber). Nashville: Broadman, 1996.
- Evangelical Apologetics (with David Hall and Robert Newman). Camp Hill: Christian Publications, 1996.
- 90 Days with the Christian Classics (with Klauber, Kimbrough, and Wells). Nashville: Broadman, 1999
- Christianity A to Z (editorial board, with Kurian, Wilken, Shelley, Thompson). Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2001
- The Creed, Nashville: Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2002
- Roundtable: Conversations with European Theologians. New Orleans: Insight, 2005
- Pilgrim Theology: Taking the Path of Theological Discovery (Revised edition). Colorado Springs: Summit, 2007)
- A Summit Reader: Essays and Lectures in Honor of David Noebel's 70th Birthday (with Francis Beckwith). Colorado Springs: Summit, 2007
- Theologians of the Christian Tradition (with Martin Klauber). Nashville: Broadman, (forthcoming)
Articles
- “Milton’s Muse, Holy Light, and the Son of God,” Concerning Poetry 17 (1984): 51-62
- “Milton’s Theological Vocabulary and the Nicene Anathemas,” Milton Studies 21 (1985): 71-92
- “Naming Satan’s Heresies,” English Language Notes 23 (1985): 31-35
- “Creation and the Son’s Alleged Omnipresence,” Milton Quarterly 19 (1985): 110-112
- “Heresy in Paradise and the Ghosts of Readers Past,” College Language Association Journal 30 (1986): 59-68
- “Milton, Subordinationism, and the Two-Stage Logos,” Westminster Theological Journal 48 (1986): 173-182
- “Why the Noninerrantists Are Not Listening: Six Tactical Errors Evangelicals Commit,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 29 (1986): 317-324
- “A Reply to Professor Campbell,” Milton Quarterly 21 (1987): 106-108
- “Southey’s 'Apostasy:' Its Origin and Early Content,” Evangelical Journal 6 (1988): 13-26
- “Shrinking Texts: The Danger of Hermeneutics Under Freudian Auspices,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 31 (1988): 293-303
- “Jesus and Marx: From Gospel to Ideology: A Critique,” The Ellul Studies Forum (Nov. 1988), pp. 4, 7
- “St. Stephen,” Great Lives From History: Ancient and Medieval, pp. 1993-1997. Edited by Frank Magill. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1989
- “Siger of Brabant,” Great Lives From History: Ancient and Medieval, pp. 1922-1926 Edited by Frank Magill. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1989
- “Lorenzo Valla,” Great Lives From History: Renaissance to 1900, pp. 2378-2383. Edited by Frank Magill. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1989
- “Michael Bauman’s Response to Jacques Ellul,” The Ellul Studies Forum (Nov. 1989), p. 13
- “Verbal Plunder: Confronting the Feminist Encroachment on the Language of Religion and Morality,” Evangelical Journal 8 (1990): 63-73; Male View 20 (1997): 9-13
- “More on Matter of Glory,” Milton Quarterly 24 (1990): 114-115
- “A Fit Audience Though Miniscule,” Milton Quarterly 24 (1990): 143-145
- “Reality, Religion, and the Marxist Retreat,” St. Croix Review 24 (1991): 35-49
- "Harnack Redivivus," Criswell Theological Review 5 (1991): 241-245
- "The Ethics of Meaning: The Case for a Conservative Hermeneutic," St. Croix Review 25 (1992): 50-59
- “The Historicity of the Trial Scene in Southey’s Joan of Arc,” Charles Lamb Bulletin 79 (1992): 254-255
- “Jesus, Anarchy and Marx: The Theological and Political Contours of Ellulism,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 35 (1992): 199-216
- "From Beyond the Laboratory: A Theologian Looks at Science," Faculty Dialogue 17 (1992): 131-146
-"What Went Wrong with Welfare: How Our Poverty Programs Injured the Poor," St. Croix Review 26 (1993): 39-46
-"What Went Wrong with Welfare: How Our Poverty Programs Injured the Poor," Welfare Reformed: A Compassionate Approach. Edited by David W. Hall, (Franklin: Legacy/Phillipsburg: P&R, 1994), 41-53
- “Alister E. McGrath,” Baker Handbook of Evangelical Theologians. Edited by Walter A. Elwell, (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1993) pp. 445-465.
- "The Dangerous Samaritans," USA Today magazine (March, 1995): 26-29; Imprimis 23 (1994): 1-5
- "The Chronicle of an Undeception," St. Croix Review 27 (1994): 48-55; AABC Newsletter 38 (1994): 1,4-7. Emmaus Journal 3 (1994): 71-79; Culture Wars 1(Dec. 1995): 13-17; Monthly Business News 1(April, 1996): 4-8
- "Russell Kirk," St. Croix Review 27 (1994): 9-10
- "The Breakfast Club," Contra Mundum 11 (1994): 34-36 (with Francis Beckwith)
- "Contributions Toward a Southey Bibliography," Charles Lamb Bulletin 88 (1994): 177-181
- "The Theology of Invective," Contra Mundum 12 (1994): 48-50, 77; The Christian Conscience 1/3(1995): 42-46, CRN Journal 8(2000): 11,12
- "Jim Crow in the Schools," The Christian Conscience 1/2(1995): 27-28
- “Samuel Wigglesworth,” The Blackwell Dictionary of Evangelical Biography: 1730-1860. Edited by Donald M. Lewis, (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, Ltd., 1995) p.1185
- “Timothy Dwight,” The Blackwell Dictionary of Evangelical Biography: 1730-1860. Edited by Donald M. Lewis, (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, Ltd., 1995) pp.336-337
- “Between Jerusalem and the Laboratory: A Theologian Looks at Science,” CEN Technical Journal 11 (1997)18-24
- “The Moral and Theological Case against Affirmative Action,” The Christian Conscience 4(1998): 6-9
- “The Feminist Foetal Holocaust,” Male View 21(1998): 19-22
- “Jonathan Dickinson and the Subscription Controversy,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 41(1998): 455-467
- “Genugen die Erklarungen der Wissenschaft: Zwischen Bibel und Labor,” Factum: Fakten und Analysen zum Verstandnis unserer Zeit (Feb/1999: 26-31).
- “Dispelling False Notions of the First Amendment: The Falsity, Futility, and Folly of Separating Morality from Law,” Christian Research Journal 21(1999):20-23,36-41.
- “The Fatherhood of God,” Christian Research Journal 22(2000):29-33, 47-49
Political Editorials
- “Prejudiced Against the Profit Makers,” Orange County Register (9/13/88)
- “The Euphemisms of Abortion,” Orange County Register (1/9/89)
- “Language is a Weapon,” Hillsdale Daily News (1/20/89)
- “Neutering the Language,” Orange County Register (3/5/89), The Liberator (8/97)
- “Buckley is Right -- Really,” Hillsdale Daily News (3/7/90)
- “What the Greenies Won’t Tell You,” Hillsdale Daily News (1/10/91) Seymour Daily Tribune (8/9/94), Coatesville Daily Record (9/2/94), Lebanon Advertiser (8/17/94), Broad Top Bulletin (10/5/94), Wheeling Intelligencer (10/25/94), Bedford Gazette (3/20/95)
- “Human Rights Require Defense,” Hillsdale Daily News (1/16/91)
- “Near East Misconceptions Addressed,” Hillsdale Daily News (2/ 4/91; with M. Poliakoff)
- “Defendable Peace Only Acceptable Peace,” Coldwater Daily Reporter (1/6/91)
- “Israel’s Security Not Negotiable,” Hillsdale Daily News (2/25/91)
- “He Did the Right Thing: In Honor of William Palmer,” Hillsdale Daily News (3/4/91)
- "The Second Death of Socrates," Orange County Register (2/16/92), Hillsdale Daily News (1/24/92), Berne Tri-Weekly News (9/16/94), Southeast Missourian (10/2/94), Pecos Enterprise (9/20/94), Lennox Independent (9/29/94), Phoenix Gazette (10/6/94), Zeeland Record (10/13/94), Louisville Herald (10/29/94), Coatsville Daily Record (9/27/94), Bedford Gazette (10/6/94), Lincoln Park News Herald (12/21/94), Wyandotte News-Herald (12/21/94), Taylor News Herald (12/21/94), Woodhaven News-Herald (12/21/94), Riverview News Herald (12/21/94)
- “Teachers’ Unions an Impediment,” Hillsdale Daily News (3/27/92)
- “Taxation a Part of Freedom,” Hillsdale Daily News (4/14/92)
- "Clinton Painted Inaccurate Portrait of Bush Era,” Hillsdale Daily News (11/6/92)
- "No, Heather Doesn't Have Two Mommies," Hillsdale Daily News (11/30/92)
- "The Dangerous Samaritans," Champaign News-Gazette (2/6/94), Pecos Enterprise (2/1/94), Rushville Republican (1/21/94), Burlington Times-News (1/31/94) Bedford Gazette (2/25/94), Chino Valley Review (2/9/94), Saxton Broad Top Bulletin (2/2/94), Cedar City Daily Spectrum (2/19/94), Brooklyn Daily Bulletin (2/22/94), Elko Daily Free Press (3/16/94), Johnstown Tribune-Democrat (2/11/94), Mineral County News (4/13/94), International Money and Politics (4/94), Gwinnett Post-Tribune (4/9/94), Bedford Gazette (4/16/94), Richmond Times-Dispatch (1/30/95)
- "Movies I'd Like to See," Contra Mundum (Spring, 1994)
- "Abortion Holocaust," Amarillo Globe-News (7/21/94), Hillsdale Daily News (7/26/94)
- "Minimum Wage Not Always a Benefit," Greenville Herald Banner (6/21/94), Coatesville Daily Record (7/7/94), Lebanon Daily Advertiser (6/29/94)
- "Television Corrupting American Political System," Amarillo Daily News (8/24/94), Hillsdale Daily News (8/30/94), Lake Havasu City Herald (8/26/94), Wheeling Intelligencer (8/25/94), Coatesville Daily Record (9/1/94), Niles Daily Star (8/18/94), Broad Top Bulletin (9/28/94), Zeeland Record (10/13/94), Toccoa Record (9/8/94)
- "Labor Unions' Targets," Hillsdale Daily News (11/2/94)
- "On Abortion, Republicans Can't Forget," Hillsdale Daily News (3/23/95), Claiborne Progress (3/15/95), Lake Havasu City Herald (3/23/95)
- “Clinton Policy Denies Fleeing Women Asylum,” Claiborne Progress (9/20/95), Wheeling Intelligencer (8/21/95), Louisville Herald (8/14/95)
- “Oppressed Become Oppressors,” Berne Tri-Weekly News (11/8/96), Hillsdale Daily News (11/11/96), St. Anne Record (12/5/96), Louisville Herald (11/14/96)
- “You Might be a Liberal If...,” Human Events (1/14/97), Berne Tri-Weekly News (12/6/96), Greensburg Tribune Review (12/12/96), Delta Democrat Times (12/12/96), Rock Island Argus (12/13/96), Bedford Gazette (12/6/96), Claiborne Progress (12/18/96), San Marino Tribune (12/19/96), Niles Daily Star (12/5/96), Dowagiac Daily News (12/4/96), St. Anne Record (12/12/96), Wheeling Intelligencer (1/28/97), Bainbridge Post-Searchlight (1/18/97), Klamiah Clearwater Progress (1/29/97) Young Conservative (7/97), Louisville Herald (5/29/97)
- “Ten Ways to Fix What Ails Us,” Victorville Sunday Press Dispatch (1/19/97), Champaign News Gazette (1/26/97), Wheeling Intelligencer (1/10/97), Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian (1/19/97), Bedford Gazette (1/15/97), Louisville Herald (1/16/97), Black Forest News (1/23/97), St. Anne Record (1/23/97)).
- “Character: It Separates the Statesman and the Politician,” Claiborne Progress (1/27/99), Louisville Herald (1/28/99) Greensburg Tribune Review (1/30/99).
Online Articles
- “Christian Education: The More and the Less,” www.Boundless.org
- “Christian Education: Paradigms Lost (Pts. 1, 2),” www.Boundless.org
- “Christian Education: The Second Death of Socrates” www.Boundless.org
- "Morality: No God, No Good" www.TrueU.org
- “A Backpack not a Fort: Theology for the Journey of Life” (Pts.1-4) www.TrueU.org
- "The Meaning of Meaning: "The Politics of Reader-Centered Interpretation" www.TrueU.org
- "Learning and Language: An Essay in Honor of the Underground Grammarian" www.TrueU.org
- "The Rise and Lies of Tele-Politics," www.TrueU.org
Professional Papers
- “Theological Spirituality: A Summons to Christocentrism,” a paper presented at the National Convention of the Evangelical Theological Society in Boston, MA (November, 1987)
- “Peer Pressure, Departmental Orthodoxy, and Statements of Faith: Why Academics Can't Think Straight,” a paper presented at the Center for Constructive Alternatives, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI (October, 1989)
- “Verbal Plunder: Confronting the Feminist Encroachment on the Language of Religion and Morality,” a paper presented at the Center for Constructive Alternatives, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI (March, 1990)
- “Verbal Plunder: Confronting the Feminist Encroachment on the Language of Religion and Morality,” a paper presented at the National Convention of the Evangelical Theological Society in New Orleans, LA (November, 1990)
- “Reality, Religion, and the Marxist Retreat,” a paper presented at the National Convention of the Evangelical Theological Society in Kansas City, MO (1991)
- "The Ethics of Meaning: The Case for a Conservative Hermeneutic," a paper presented at the National Convention of the Evangelical Theological Society in San Francisco, CA (1992)
-"What Went Wrong with Welfare," a paper presented at the Center for Constructive Alternatives, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI (September, 1993)
-"What Went Wrong with Welfare," a paper presented at the National Convention of the Evangelical Theological Society in Washington, D. C. (November, 1993)
-"The Dangerous Samaritans: How We Unintentionally Injure the Poor," a paper presented at the Indian River Forum, Melbourne, FL (October, 1994)
- “The Chronicle of an Undeception,” the Presidential Address for the National Convention of the Evangelical Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA (November, 1995)
- “The Moral and Theological Case Against Affirmative Action,” a paper presented at the National Convention of the Evangelical Theological Society in Jackson, MS. (November, 1996)
- "The First Adam and the Second," a paper presented at the Bryan Center for Critical Thought and Practice," Dayton, TN (September, 2006)
Cycling Articles
- “Little Red Riding Good,” Ultra Cycling 7 (1998): 34-36
- “The Obvious,” Ultra Cycling 7 (1998): 17-18
- “The Mind Game,” Ultra Cycling 8 (1999): 20-21
- “The Agony of Defeat,” Ultra Cycling 8 (1999): 34-35
- “Cheating,” Ultra Cycling 8 (1999): 14-15
- “Cycling Past 50,” Ultra Cycling 8 (1999): 37
- “Optimal Muscle Recovery,” Ultra Cycling 8(1999): 43
- “UMCA 24 Hour Championships,” Ultra Cycling 8 (1999): 18 (with David Holmes)
- “Professor Softride,” Ultra Cycling 9 (2000): 40-41
- “The Insider’s Guide to Calvin’s Challenge,” Ultra Cycling 9 (2000): 19-20
- “All in the Family: Reflections on Team RAAM 2000,” Ultra Cycling 9 (2000): 14-15
- “IT Band Injury -- A Personal History,” Ultra Cycling 9 (2000): 41-42
- “The Resurrection Papers” Ultra Cycling 12,13 (2003-4) 2:14-15; 3:12; 4:27; 5:31; 6:25; 1:31
HONORS & AWARDS
- Board of Advisors, Interfaith Stewardship Alliance (2005 – present)
- Board of Directors, Christian Heritage Society (2004 – present)
- Thomas F. Staley Foundation Distinguished Christian Scholar lecturer, University of Mobile (1998)
- 1997 Amy Foundation National Writing Award for “The Chronicle of an Undeception,” Monthly Business News 1(April, 1996): 4-8
- 1995 Amy Foundation National Writing Award for "The Dangerous Samaritans: How We Unintentionally Injure the Poor," Imprimis 23 (1994): 15; USA Today magazine (March, 1995): 26-29; St. Croix Review 26 (1993): 39-46
- President, Evangelical Philosophical Society (1994-1995); Vice President, Evangelical Philosophical Society (1993-94)
-Thomas F. Staley Foundation Distinguished Christian Scholar lecturer, Toccoa Falls College (1993)
- Dictionary of International Biography
- Men of Achievement, U. K.
- Who's Who in the World
- Who's Who Among America's Teachers
- Who's Who in American Education
- Who’s Who in Religion
- Who’s Who in the Midwest
- Who’s Who in Theology and Science
- Honorary Member of the Senior Common Room, Keble College, Oxford (1993)
- Hillsdale College Professor of the Year (1992)
- 1991 Amy Foundation Writing Award for “Reality, Religion, and the Marxist Retreat,” St. Croix Review 24 (1991): 35-49
- National Endowment for the Humanities Visiting Research Fellow, Department of English, Princeton University, 1988
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http://gypsyscholarship.blogspot.com/
22 November 2007