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Jacquelyn Winston, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Church History, Department of Theology and Philosophy
Phone: 626-815-6000 ext 5631
Email: jwinston@apu.edu
Fax: 626-815-5469
Rev. Jacquelyn E. Winston, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Church History. She is a patristics scholar, with an emphasis in the history of the first five centuries of the Christian church. As an ordained minister with the Foursquare denomination for several decades, her approach to the academic setting is to make theology relevant and living. “Theology is not a dry set of theories devoid of their social and cultural context. It is the living Body of Christ attempting to come to grips with the way that Jesus reveals Himself in our current settings.” Her research interests include the uses of religious rhetoric to marginalize “the other,” cultural and religious constructions of identity, martyrdom and a theology of suffering, Jewish-Christian relations, and material culture analysis.

Education

Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M. Div equivalency, C.P. Haggard School of Theology, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA.
M.A., Pastoral Studies, C.P. Haggard School of Theology, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA. Graduated summa cum laude, Urban Ministries emphasis.

Courses Taught

THEO 352 – Church History: Apostolic Era to 1517
THEO 354 – Church History from 1517 to Present
THEO 423 – Seminar in Church History
THEO 496 – Senior Seminar: Theology and Social Issues

Professional/Scholarly Presentations

Presentations
2009 Invited participant in a faculty seminar on The Role of Multifaith Education in the Formation of Religious Leaders at Auburn Theological Seminary, New York City, May 26-27, funded by the Henry Luce Foundation.

2009 The Emperor’s New Clothes: The Role of Place and Space on the Formation of Constantinian Christianity. Paper presented at the International Society of Biblical Literature Conference, Rome, Italy, July.

2000 Session Moderator, The Ideal Job Search & Other Urban Legends, American Academy of Religion, Western Region, March.

Publications
2006 Is The Gospel of Judas Gospel? APU Life Vol. 19, No. 2 Summer :8-9.

2003 Review, Learning from History: A Black Christian’s Perspective on the Holocaust by Hubert Locke. Shofar, Vol. 21:4, Summer.

2003 Review, The New Encyclopedia of Christian Martyrs compiled by Mark Water. Christian Scholars Review (Summer): 469-471.

2002 Review, The Story of Christian Spirituality edited by Gordon Mursell. Christian Scholar’s Review, Winter.

Professional Involvement and Accomplishments

Honors, Awards, Recognition
2007 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Grant at the American Academy in Rome, June 10-July 21, 2007. Topic: “Roman Religion in its Cultural Context"

2003-2004 Ph.D. Dissertation Grant, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

1997 Inductee, Pi Lambda Theta, International Honor Society and Professional Association in Education

1991-1992 Academic Lilly Grant, C.P. Haggard Graduate School of Theology, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA

1991 Soroptimist Women’s Tuition Grant, Pasadena Chapter, Pasadena, CA

1985-1991 Undergraduate Music and Academic Scholarships, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA

1980 Inductee, Alpha Mu Gamma, National Foreign Language Honor Society

Associations, Boards, Committees
2008 Member, Society for Biblical Literature

2004-present Member, North American Patristics Society

2000-2006 Asst. Minister, New Life Christian Center, Los Angeles, CA

2000 Session Moderator, The Ideal Job Search & Other Urban Legends, American Academy of Religion, Western Region.

1999-2002 Student Representative, Communication Officer, American Academy of
Religion/Society for Biblical Literature of the Western Region (WECSOR).

1999-present Member, American Academy of Religion

1996-2000 Vice-President, Board of Directors, Seed House, a multi-faith social justice
organization based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1992-1998 Member, Board of Directors, Council for Women in Christian Leadership,
C.P. Haggard Graduate School of Theology, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA.

1996-1998 Asst. Minister, Abundant Joy Christian Fellowship, Inglewood, CA.

1996 Member, Search Committee for Professor of Theology and Director of Program for Women in Christian Leadership, C.P. Haggard Graduate School of Theology, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA.

1996 Conference Coordinator, sponsored by the Graduate School of Theology & School of Psychology – Journey to Wholeness: Overcoming Abuse, Azusa Pacific University.

1991 Ordained Minister, International Church of the Foursquare Gospel

1984-1995 Associate Pastor, First Foursquare Church of Pasadena, Pasadena, CA.

1976-1984 Lay Leader and Staff member, The Church On the Way, Van Nuys, CA.
Special Interests and Activities
Early Christianity Theoretical Approaches:
Orthodoxy & Heresy, Postcolonialism, Physiognomy, Pierre Bourdieu & the Logic of Practice, Church & State, Jonathan Z. Smith & Constructions of the “Other”, Church & Society, Material Culture analysis, Religious Rhetoric in Late Antiquity, Victor Turner’s Social Drama, Cultural/Religious Constructions of Identity, Religious Space, Greco-Roman & Jewish Origins of Christianity.

Secondary Interests:
Jewish-Christian Relations (Late Antiquity & the Middle Ages), Civil War as a Theological Crisis, Martyrdom & Theology of Suffering, Transatlantic Puritanism, Medieval Mysticism (Christian, Kabbalah, & Sufism), Medieval Papacy, Protestant Reformations (English, German, & Swiss), Evangelicalism, Religious Extremism (Christian, Jewish, & Islamic), Medieval Matristics.

Office Hours

Fall 2009: Tues & Wed 2:45-3:45 pm. Other times by appt.

Office Location

John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 247, West Campus

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