Faculty Publications
Neal Allison
"Christian Pragmatism: The Freedom and Power to Love" in the journal Leaven, Second Quarter 2002.
Bill Collins
Book review of When God Says War is Right by Darrell Cole, Waterbrook Press for The Gospel Advocate
Jerry Gaw
Publications:
"A Time to Heal": The Diffusion of Listerism in Victorian Britain. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1999.
“Joseph Lister, 1827-1912.” In Research Guide to European Historical Biography, ed. James A. Moncure, 3649-61. Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing, 1993.
“Edward Jenner, 1749-1823.” In Research Guide to European Historical Biography, ed. James A. Moncure, 3414-27. Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing, 1993.
“The Negro Church in North Louisiana during Reconstruction.” North Louisiana Historical Association Journal 11 (Fall 1980): 19-32.
Richard Goode
Publications:
Book Review of American Origins of the Churches of Christ (Edited by Douglas Foster) for Restoration Quartery 45 (third quarter) 2003.
Book Review of Gods of War, Gods of Peace: How the Meeting of Native and Colonial Religions Shaped Early America (by Russell Bourne) for Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. 72 (September) 2003.
“Grace and Resistance: Theological Alternatives in Criminal Justice,” Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social, and Restorative Justice, 2003, Vol. 6(1).
“Floating at Random Between Liberty and Obedience? Backgrounds to the Second Great Awakening’s Emotional Exercises,” Disciplinana, 62 (Fall 2002): 67-79.
“The Political Scandal of Christian Anarchism,” Leaven: A Journal of Christian Ministry, 10 (Second Quarter, 2002): 85-90.
“A School for Prophets of the New South: The Dilemma of Engaging Southern Culture, in Vanderbilt Divinity School: Education, Contest, and Change, ed. Dale Johnson, (Vanderbilt University Press, 2001).
W.E.B. DuBois: An Encyclopedia, eds. Gerald Horne and Mary Young (Greenwood Press, 2001.) Contributed the entry on “Jesus Christ.”
American National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 1999). Contributed the entries on James McGready” and “Luther Standing Bear.”
Fides et Historia: Journal of the Conference on Faith and History—book reviews of Cedric Cowing’s The Saving Remnant: Religion and the Settling of New England; and Regina Schwartz’s The Curse of Cain: The Violent Legacy of Monotheism. Both reviews appeared in 1998.
Colonial Wars of North America, 1512-1763: An Encyclopedia, ed. Alan Gallay, (Garland, 1996). Contributed the entries on: “Endicott Expedition,” “Miantonomo,” “Narragansett,” “Pequot War,” “Philip (Metacom),” “Pilgrims,” “Praying Indians,” “Puritans,” “Squanto,” “Uncas,” “Underhill, John,” and “Wampanoag.”
Critical Review of Books in Religion, 1994, ed. Eldon Jay Epp, (1996). Contributed the review of Luis Rivera’s A Violent Evangelism: The Political and Religious Conquest of the Americas.
Popular Religious Magazines of the United States, eds. Mark Fackler and Charles Lippy, (1995). Contributed the article on The Herald of Gospel Liberty and The Christian’s Magazine.
“The Godly Insurrection in Limestone County: Social Gospel, Populism, and Southern Culture in the Late Nineteenth Century,” Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation, 3 (Summer 1993): 155-169.
Religious Studies Review--several book notes since 1989.
Forthcoming Publications:
“Christian Realism: A Theology for the American Century,” a review essay for Fides et Historia.
“The Radical Idea of Christian Scholarship: A Plea for a Scandalous Historiography.” (2005)
Papers Presented:
“The Tyranny and Promise of the Master Narrative.” Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion Conference, March 2003, (Chattanooga, TN).
Respondent for the “Mission Encounters: Roman Catholic and Native Americans” session at the 2002 American Academy of Religion national conference (Toronto).
“‘Floating at Random between Liberty and Obedience’?: Backgrounds to the Second Great Awakening’s Emotional Exercises.” Disciples of Christ Historical Society—Kirkpatrick Historians’ Seminar, April 2002.
“In Eternal Peace: Disarming the Heart of the Church.” Restoration Forum XVI, November 1998.
“To Claim the Soul of the Tradition: A Review of Reviving the Ancient Faith.” Christian Scholars Conference, 1997.
“Nummusquaunamúckqun Manit: The Devil in the Shape of the Puritans.” American Academy of Religion—Southeast Regional Meeting. March 1995.
“‘Between Liberty and Obedience’: The Formation of American Religious Identities.” An interdisciplinary colloquium at Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia. October 1994.
“Pugnacious Preachers: The Cultural Aggression of Puritan Missions to the Native Americans.” American Academy of Religion—Southeast Regional Meeting. March 1992.
“A Godly Insurrection: The Advent of Populism in Limestone County, Alabama, 1888-1892.” American Academy of Religion--Southeast Regional Meeting. March 1991.
“’Christ as Culture’: David Lipscomb’s Political Contribution.” Christian Scholars Conference. Rochester College. July 2004.
Harold Hazelip
Publications:
Lord, Help Me When I’m Hurting. Baker Book House, 1989.
Anchors for the Asking. Baker Book House, 1989.
Becoming Persons of Integrity. Baker Book House, 1988.
Jesus: Our Mentor and Model. Baker Book House, 1987.
Questions People Ask Ministers Most. Baker Book House, 1986.
Happiness in the Home. Baker Book House, 1985.
Anchors in Troubled Waters. Baker Book House, 1981.
A Devotional Guide to Bible Lands. Baker Book House, 1979.
Discipleship. Biblical Research Press, 1977.
Robert Hooper
Publications:
A Distinct People: A History of Churches of Christ in the Twentieth Century, 1993.
Willard Collins: The People Person. Twentieth Century Christian, 1986.
Crying in the Wilderness: A Biography of David Lipscomb. Nashville, TN 1979.
A Call to Remember: Chapters in Nashville Restoration History. Gospel Advocate Co., 1977.
"Higher Education Among Churches of Christ," in Thomas C. Hunt and James C. Carper (eds.), Religious Higher Education in the United States: A Source Book, 1995.
Papers Presented:
"Single Women in Missions: Japan as a Case Study," Christian Scholars Conference, 1996, Nashville, Tennessee.
Tim Johnson
Publications:
A Fighter From Way Back: The Mexican War Diary of Lt. Daniel Harvey Hill. Kent State University Press, 2002. Co-edited with Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes.
Winfield Scott: The Quest for Military Glory. University Press of Kansas, 1998. A History Book Club Selection and nominated for the Society for Military History Book Award and the Distinguished Book Award given by the Army Historical Foundation.
Contributor to America At War. Naval Institute Press, 1995. Calvin L. Christman, ed.
"Battle of Chapultepec," "Winfield Scott," and "Zachary Taylor," all three entries in James C. Bradfort, ed., International Encyclopedia of Military History, Routledge Press, 2004.
"Winfield Scott," David S. Heidler, Jeanne T. Heidler, David J. Coles, eds., Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History, W.W. Norton & Company, 2002.
"McClellan and His Mentor," MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, 13 (Winter, 2001): 88-95.
"Civil War Training Ground" and "Winfield Scott and the Mexico City Campaign," Cobblestone, (December 2000): 16, 30-33. (Children's historical magazine)
"Tennesseans in the Mexican War," The Encyclopedia of Tennessee History and Culture, Tennessee Historical Association, 1998.
"Winfield Scott" and "The War of 1812," Robert Cowley and Geoffrey Parker, eds. The Reader's Companion to Military History, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996.
"Winfield Scott's Blunder to Glory," MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, 8 (Autumn, 1995): 78-87.
"Benjamin Franklin Cheatham at Belmont," Missouri Historical Review, 81 (January, 1987): 159-172.
"Anti-War Sentiment and Representative John Lawson Burnett of Alabama," The Alabama Review, 39 (July, 1986): 187-195.
"Conflict in East Tennessee: Generals Law, Jenkins, and Longstreet," Civil War History, 31 (June, 1985): 101-110 (with Guy R. Swanson).
"Benjamin Franklin Cheatham: The Early Years," Tennessee Historical Quarterly, 42 (Fall, 1983): 266-280.
Over two dozen book reviews in scholarly historical journals.
Forthcoming Publications:
Currently under contract with the University Press of Kansas to write a book tentatively titled, Civil War Training Ground: The Mexico City Campaign, 1847.
Editing a new edition of Winfield Scott’s Memoirs.
David Lawrence
Publications:
"The Relationship of Erasmus of Rotterdam to the Renaissance Neoplatonic Revival" (Doctoral dissertation, 1983)
"Theological Models of Erasmus" (Fides et Historia Journal, Spring 1993)
"Medieval Refinements of Augustinian Theology" (Fides et Historia Journal, Fall 2001)
Book reviews for professional journals.
Marc Schwerdt
Publications:
Schwerdt, Marc. 2003. “Stories of Service: Public Service in the Children’s Literature of the United States and Great Britain.” Politics and Policy 31(2): 195-215.
Cooper, Christopher A. and Marc Schwerdt. 2001. “Depictions of Public Service in Children’s Literature: Revisiting an Understudied Aspect of Political Socialization.” Social Science Quarterly 82(3): 614-630.
Papers Presented:
Schwerdt, Marc. 2001. “Depictions of Public Servants in Children’s Literature in the United States and Great Britain: A Comparison.” Presented at the Western Political Science Association annual meeting, March 15-17, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Cooper, Christopher A. and Marc Schwerdt. 2000. “Depictions of Public Service in Children’s Literature.” Presented at the International Society of Political Psychology annual meeting, July 1-4, Seattle, Washington.
Dwight Tays
Publications:
"Base State Tax System on the Ability to Pay," Nashville Banner, February 5, 1992. Condensed version reprinted in the Nashville Scene, February 6, 1992.
"Church Participation in Referenda and the First Amendment," Journal of Church and State 32 (Spring 1990): 391-409.
"Presidential Reaction to Security: A Longitudinal Study," Presidential Studies Quarterly 10 (Fall 1980): 600-609. Reprinted in The “Barberian” Presidency: Theoretical and Empirical Readings, ed. William D. Pederson (New York: Peter Lang, 1989), 169-188.
"The Battle Between Church and State," Gospel Advocate 130 (October 1988): 54-56.
"Baker v. Carr: A Tennessee Legacy," Tennessee’s Role in U.S. Constitutional Development. Essays of the Tennessee Political Science Association, (The Association, 1988), 21-22.
Papers Presented:
"Cross-State Analysis of Appellate Court Management,” Coauthor, Annual Meeting of the Western Social Science Association, 1993, Corpus Christi, Texas
“The Politics of Court Management: An Analysis of the Impact of Lawyers in the Judicial System,” Coauthor, Annual Meeting of the Western Social Science Association, 1992, Denver, Colorado
“In Re Gault and Its Impact on Juvenile Court Management,” Coauthor, 28th Institute of the American Society for Public Administration, 1990, Albany, New York
“Whistle-Blowers and Administrative Law,” Coauthor, American Society for Public Administration, Region 7 Meeting, 1990, Kansas City, Missouri
“Liquor-by the Drink: Religion or Politics?” The Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics, 1988, Charleston, South Carolina
“State Taxing Power and the Indian Nation,” Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, 1985, Houston, Texas



