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American academic (born 1933)
Everett Ferguson (born February 18, 1933) currently serves as Distinguished Scholar in Residence at
Abilene Christian University in
Abilene, Texas .
[1] He is author of numerous books on
early Christian studies and served as co-editor of the
Journal of Early Christian Studies .
Early life and education
He received both his undergraduate bachelor's degree and his first master's degree from Abilene Christian University in the mid-1950s.
[2] He immediately proceeded to
Harvard University and received his
Bachelor of Sacred Theology followed by a doctoral degree "with distinction" in History and Philosophy of Religion.
[3]
Awards and honors
During his education, Ferguson received such honors as the Honorary John Harvard Fellowship and Harvard Graduate School Fellowship. He later received awards from the Christian Research Foundation for both his dissertation, "Ordination in the Ancient Church," and for a translation of
Gregory of Nyssa's Life of Moses . He was selected to speak as the John G. Gammie Senior Lecturer of the Southwest Commission for Religious Studies. He was later presented with a
festschrift , The Early Church in Its Context: Essays in Honor of Everett Ferguson .
[3]
Memberships
Dr. Ferguson was a council member of the Association Internationale D'Etudes Patristiques,
[3] which seeks "to promote the study of Christian antiquity, especially the Fathers of the Church, without prejudice to work undertaken in this domain in various countries."
[4] He served for a term on the council of the
American Society of Church History , and has also previously served as president of the North American Patristics Society (1990-1992), from which he received the Distinguished Service Award for more than thirty years of service.
[2]
Bibliography
Monographs
The Early Church at Work and Worship . Vol 3 (Eugene, OR:
Wipf and Stock , 2017.)
ISBN
9781498285902
The Rule of Faith: A Guide. (Eugene, OR:
Cascade Books , 2015.)
ISBN
9781625647597
Women in the Church: Biblical and Historical Perspective. (Abilene, TX: Desert Willow Publishing, 2015.)
ISBN
9781939838193
The Early Church at Work and Worship . Vol 2 (Eugene, OR:
Wipf and Stock , 2014.)
ISBN
9781498205528
The Early Church and Today. Vol. 2 (Abilene, TX:
Abilene Christian University Press , 2014.)
ISBN
9780891125846
A Cappella Music in the Public Worship of the Church. (Abilene, TX: Desert Willow Publishing, 2013.)
ISBN
9781939838032
Church History: From Christ to Pre-Reformation. 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids:
Zondervan , 2013.)
ISBN
9780310516569
The Early Church at Work and Worship . Vol 1 (Eugene, OR:
Wipf and Stock , 2013.)
ISBN
9781498212533
The Early Church and Today. Vol. 1 (Abilene, TX:
Abilene Christian University Press , 2011.)
ISBN
9780891125860
Thinking--Living--Dying: Early Apologists Speak to the 21st Century. (Vienna, WV: Warren Christian Apologetics Center, 2010.)
ISBN
9781936548019
Baptism in the Early Church: History, Theology, and Liturgy in the First Five Centuries . (Grand Rapids, MI:
Eerdmans Publishing Co. , 2009.)
ISBN
9780802871084
Church History: From Christ to Pre-Reformation . (Grand Rapids:
Zondervan , 2005.)
ISBN
978-0310205807
Inheriting Wisdom: Readings for Today from Ancient Christian Writers . (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2004.)
ISBN
978-1565633544
Women in the Church . (Chickasha, OK: Yeomen Press, 2003.)
Backgrounds of Early Christianity . (Grand Rapids, MI:
Eerdmans Publishing Co. , 1987; 3rd ed., 2003.)
ISBN
978-0802822215
Early Christians Speak . Vol. 2 (
Abilene, Texas :
Abilene Christian University Press , 2002.)
ISBN
0-89112-046-7
Early Christians Speak . Vol. 1, 3rd ed. (
Abilene, Texas :
Abilene Christian University Press , 1999.)
ISBN
0-89112-045-9
Some Contemporary Issues Concerning Worship and the Christian Assembly. (Ohio Valley College, 1998).
The Church of Christ: A Biblical Ecclesiology for Today . (Grand Rapids, MI:
Eerdmans Publishing Co. , 1996.)
ISBN
978-0802841896
Church History, Early and Medieval . 2nd ed. (
Abilene, Texas :
Abilene Christian University Press , 1996.)
ISBN
978-0891121060
Justin Martyr on Jews, Christians and the Covenant. (Franciscan Printing Press, 1993.)
The Everlasting Kingdom: The Kingdom of God in Scripture and in Our Lives. (
Abilene, Texas :
Abilene Christian University Press , 1989.)
A Cappella Music in the Public Worship of the Church. 2nd ed. (
Abilene, Texas :
Abilene Christian University Press , 1988).
ISBN
0891121250
Backgrounds of Early Christianity. (Grand Rapids, MI:
Eerdmans Publishing Co. , 1987).
ISBN
0802802923
Acts of the Apostles: The Message of the New Testament. 2 vols. (
Abilene, Texas :
Abilene Christian University Press , 1986.)
Demonology of the Early Christian World. (Em Text, 1984)
ISBN
9780773408548
The Message of the New Testament: The Letters of John. (Abilene, TX: Biblical Research Press.)
ISBN
0891121757
The New Testament Church . (
Abilene, Texas :
Abilene Christian University Press , 1984.)
ISBN
9780891125235
Inscriptions and the Origin of Infant Baptism. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1979).
Progress in Perfection: Gregory of Nyssa's Vita Moysis. (Berlin,
Akademie-Verlag , 1976)
Church History: Reformation and Modern . (
Abilene, Texas :
Abilene Christian University Press , 1967.)
ISBN
978-0891121077
Church History: Early and Medieval. (
Abilene, Texas :
Abilene Christian University Press , 1966.)
Edited Publications
Understandings of the Church, ed. (Minneapolis:
Fortress Press , 2016.)
ISBN
9781451496369
Encyclopedia of Early Christianity , ed. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1990; 2nd ed.,1997. It later came out as an paperback in 1999 and it has been around ever since.)
ISBN
978-0815333197
Recent Studies in Early Christianity , ed., 6 vols. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1999.)
Christianity and Society: The Social World of Early Christianity. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1999.)
Christianity in Relation to Jews, Greeks, and Romans. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1999.)
ISBN
0815330693
Doctrinal Diversity: Varieties of Early Christianity. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1999.)
ISBN
0815330715
Forms of Devotion: Conversion, Worship, Spirituality, and Asceticism. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1999.)
ISBN
9780815330721
History, Hope, Human Language, and Christian Reality. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1999.)
ISBN
9780815333388
Norms of Faith and Life. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1999.)
ISBN
9780815330707
Studies in Early Christianity , ed., 18 vols. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1993.)
Acts of Piety in the Early Church. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1993).
ISBN
0815310773
The Bible in the Early Church. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1993.)
ISBN
0815310633
Christian Life: Ethics, Morality, and Discipline in the Early Church. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1993.)
ISBN
0815310765
Church and State in the Early Church. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1993.)
ISBN
0815310676
Church, Ministry, and Organization in the Early Church Era. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1993.)
ISBN
0815310730
Doctrines of God and Christ in the Early Church. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1993.)
ISBN
0815310692
Early Christianity and Judaism. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1993.)
ISBN
0815310668
Literature of the Early Church. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1993.)
ISBN
0815310625
Missions and Regional Characteristics of the Early Church. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1993.)
ISBN
0815310722
Orthodoxy, Heresy, and Schism in Early Christianity. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1993.)
ISBN
0815310641
Personalities of the Early Church. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1993.)
ISBN
0815310617
Worship in Early Christianity. (New York:
Garland Publishing , 1993.)
ISBN
0815310757
Greeks Romans, and Christians: Essays in Honor of Abraham J. Malherbe. ed. with David L. Balch & Wayne A. Meeks. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990)
Christian Teaching: Studies in Honor of LeMoine G. Lewis, ed. (Abilene, TX:
Abilene Christian University Press , 1981)
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