Phone: (626) 815-5452
Email: dokholm@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, Duke 244
Office Hours: By appointment
Dennis Okholm, Ph.D.
Professor of Theology and Philosophy, Division of Religion and Philosophy
School of Theology
Profile
Dennis Okholm, Ph.D., teaches as a professor of theology and philosophy in the Division of Religion and Philosophy for the School of Theology and brings more than 20 years of teaching experience to the classroom, including brief teaching assignments in Kenya, Romania, and Sudan. In addition to teaching, Okholm speaks at various church and youth groups. He is a member of numerous societies and boards and received a grant to work on a book-length project on the seven deadly sins. Dr. Okholm is an ordained minister in the Presbterian Church (USA).
Education
Ph.D. - Systematic Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary
Th.M. - Doctrinal Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary
M. Div. - Trinity Evangellical Divinity School
M.A. - Church History, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
B.A. - Philosophy, Wheaton College
Th.M. - Doctrinal Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary
M. Div. - Trinity Evangellical Divinity School
M.A. - Church History, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
B.A. - Philosophy, Wheaton College
Professional/Scholarly Presentations
Presentations
"To Vent or Not to Vent: What Ascetic Theology Can Teach Contemporary Psychology About Anger," Wheaton Theology Conference, 13 April 1997.
Response to John Hesselink on "John Calvin on the Law and Christian Freedom," North Park Seminary, 14 October 1995.
Response to Gayle Gerber Koontz on "Peace and Religious Pluralism: Particularity in Perspective," Evanston meeting of the American Theological Society, 27 October 1995.
"Confessing Christ in a Pluralistic World," Word and Spirit Conference, University of Dubuque, May 2001.
Address to faculty of Marmion Academy (Aurora) on a spirituality of education, 23 August 1991.
Publications
"The Uneasy Evanagelical: Alister McGrath on Postliberalism," Alister E. McGrath and Evangelical Theology: A Dynamic Engagement, edited by Sung Wook Chung. Baker, 2003.
"The Fundamental Dispensation of Evangelical Ecclesiology," The Communiity of the Word. Edited by Mark Husbands and Dan Treier. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2005.
Articles for the Dictionary of Evangelical Theology. Baker, 2001.
Invitation to Philosophy: Issues and Options. Co-author with Stanley Honer, Thomas Hunt, and John Safford. Tenth edition. Wadsworth Publishing Co., 2005. (Currently being translated into Turkish and Chinese.)
Evangelicals and Scripture: Tradition, Authority, and Hermeneutics. Co-edited with Vincent Bacote and Laura Miguelez. InterVarsity Press, 2003.
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"To Vent or Not to Vent: What Ascetic Theology Can Teach Contemporary Psychology About Anger," Wheaton Theology Conference, 13 April 1997.
Response to John Hesselink on "John Calvin on the Law and Christian Freedom," North Park Seminary, 14 October 1995.
Response to Gayle Gerber Koontz on "Peace and Religious Pluralism: Particularity in Perspective," Evanston meeting of the American Theological Society, 27 October 1995.
"Confessing Christ in a Pluralistic World," Word and Spirit Conference, University of Dubuque, May 2001.
Address to faculty of Marmion Academy (Aurora) on a spirituality of education, 23 August 1991.
Publications
"The Uneasy Evanagelical: Alister McGrath on Postliberalism," Alister E. McGrath and Evangelical Theology: A Dynamic Engagement, edited by Sung Wook Chung. Baker, 2003.
"The Fundamental Dispensation of Evangelical Ecclesiology," The Communiity of the Word. Edited by Mark Husbands and Dan Treier. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2005.
Articles for the Dictionary of Evangelical Theology. Baker, 2001.
Invitation to Philosophy: Issues and Options. Co-author with Stanley Honer, Thomas Hunt, and John Safford. Tenth edition. Wadsworth Publishing Co., 2005. (Currently being translated into Turkish and Chinese.)
Evangelicals and Scripture: Tradition, Authority, and Hermeneutics. Co-edited with Vincent Bacote and Laura Miguelez. InterVarsity Press, 2003.
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Professional Experience
Academic Experience
Teaching Fellow, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1979-81
Professor of Theology, Wheaton College, Illinois, 1989-2003
Professor of Theology, Azusa Pacific University, 2003-present
Instructor of Philosophy and Religion, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1982-86
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Chaplain, Jamestown College, North Dakota, 1986-89
Ministerial/Para-church Experience
Parish Associate, the Presbyterian Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1984-86
Parish Associate, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach, California, 2003-present
Parish Associate, First Presbyterian Church, Glen Ellyn, Illinios, 1994-2003
Ordination to the Ministry of the Word and Sacraments, Presbyterian Church, USA, 1984
Oblation with the Order of St. Benedict, Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, South Datoka, 1989
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Teaching Fellow, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1979-81
Professor of Theology, Wheaton College, Illinois, 1989-2003
Professor of Theology, Azusa Pacific University, 2003-present
Instructor of Philosophy and Religion, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1982-86
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Chaplain, Jamestown College, North Dakota, 1986-89
Ministerial/Para-church Experience
Parish Associate, the Presbyterian Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1984-86
Parish Associate, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach, California, 2003-present
Parish Associate, First Presbyterian Church, Glen Ellyn, Illinios, 1994-2003
Ordination to the Ministry of the Word and Sacraments, Presbyterian Church, USA, 1984
Oblation with the Order of St. Benedict, Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, South Datoka, 1989
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Professional Involvement and Accomplishments
Honors, Awards, Recognition
Templeton Grant (co-receipent) to team teach an interdisciplinary course (with Mark Amstutz and P. J. Hill) entitled "Freedom: Theory and Practice," 1999
PEW Evangelical Scholars Research Grant, 1996-97 ("The seven deadly sins in early ascetic theology and its relevance for a Christian account of healthy living in today's therapeutic culture")
Junior Teacher of the Year, Wheaton College, 1991-92
Associations, Boards, Committees
Christian Scholar's Review Associate editor, Theology, 2001-present
American Benedictine Academy Board Member, 2000-04
American Theological Society
American Society of Church History
Society of Christian Philosophers
Theology Matters (Board of Reference)
Templeton Grant (co-receipent) to team teach an interdisciplinary course (with Mark Amstutz and P. J. Hill) entitled "Freedom: Theory and Practice," 1999
PEW Evangelical Scholars Research Grant, 1996-97 ("The seven deadly sins in early ascetic theology and its relevance for a Christian account of healthy living in today's therapeutic culture")
Junior Teacher of the Year, Wheaton College, 1991-92
Associations, Boards, Committees
Christian Scholar's Review Associate editor, Theology, 2001-present
American Benedictine Academy Board Member, 2000-04
American Theological Society
American Society of Church History
Society of Christian Philosophers
Theology Matters (Board of Reference)
Expertise
Christian Apologetics
Church History
Contemporary Religion
Evangelism
Courses Taught
Theology and the Christian Life (THEO 303)
Church History: Apostolic Era to 1517 (THEO 352)
Church History from 1517 to Present (THEO 354)
Christian Apologetics (THEO 420)
Seminar in Church History (THEO 423)
Church History: Apostolic Era to 1517 (THEO 352)
Church History from 1517 to Present (THEO 354)
Christian Apologetics (THEO 420)
Seminar in Church History (THEO 423)
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