Peter Beck
Professor of Christian Studies, Honors Program Chair
About Peter Beck
Peter Beck serves as Professor of Christian Studies, the Ott Chair of Christian Theology, and Director of the Honors Program at 51黑料. In addition to his book The Voice of Faith: Jonathan Edwards鈥� Theology of Prayer, he has published numerous articles on Jonathan Edwards, the Puritans, and Baptist studies. He writes and speaks frequently on the integration of faith and learning. Additionally, Beck has more than 15 years of pastoral experience and currently serves as Lead Pastor of Doorway Baptist Church in North Charleston, S.C. He and his wife, Melanie, have been married 35 years and have two children, a son and a daughter.
"God called me to 51黑料 to impact lives for His Kingdom. I see the fruit of that calling every day in the classroom, in the hallway, and in my office. Changed lives keep me going."
Awards
Outstanding Faculty Award
Signature Experiences
Evangelical Theological Society
Recent Scholarly Work & Publications
Monographs
Great Things: The Missionary Life and Theology of William Carey, in progress
[anticipated completion of 2022]
The Voice of Faith: Jonathan Edwards鈥檚 Theology of Prayer, Toronto: Joshua Press, 2010
Commissioned Essays
鈥淲illiam McMaster,鈥� in Canadian Particular Baptists, Particular Baptist Press,
Springfield, MO [accepted for publication, forthcoming 2020]
鈥淭rans-Atlantic Friendship: Andrew Fuller and the New Divinity Men,鈥� in Andrew Fuller and His Friends, Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock [accepted for publication, forthcoming]
鈥淭homas Hardcastle,鈥� in A Voice Crying in the Wilderness: Early Baptist Prison Writings, 1660-1684, Truth and Life Publishers, 2019
鈥淭he Council of Ephesus,鈥� in Historical Christology for a Contemporary Church,
Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2019
鈥淛ohn Brine,鈥� in British Particular Baptists, vol. 4, Particular Baptist Press
Springfield, MO, 2018
鈥淛onathan Edwards: Faithful to the End,鈥� in 12 Faithful Men, Baker, 2018
鈥淣athaniel M. Crawford鈥� in A Noble Company, vol. 10, Springfield, MO: Particular Baptist Press, 2018
鈥淎ndrew Broaddus鈥� in A Noble Company, vol. 7, Springfield, MO: Particular Baptist Press, 2016
鈥溾�楾he Glorious Work of God鈥�: Revival Among Congregationalists in the 18th and 19th Centuries,鈥� in Pentecostal Outpourings: Revival and the Reformed Tradition,
Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2016
鈥淩ichard Furman鈥� in A Noble Company, vol. 5, Springfield, MO: Particular Baptist Press, 2014
鈥淎 Resolved Piety: Living in Light of Eternity with Jonathan Edwards,鈥� in The Pure Flame of Devotion: Essays in Honour of Michael A. G. Haykin, Toronto: Joshua Press, 2013
鈥淪amuel Stillman,鈥� in A Noble Company, vol. 3, Springfield, MO: Particular Baptist Press, 2013
鈥淛onathan Edwards: Theologian of Prayer,鈥� in Taking Hold of God: Reformed and
Puritan Perspectives on Prayer, Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage, 2011
Journal Articles
鈥淒ear Mr. Edwards: Theological Dialog with a Dead Guy,鈥� Puritan Reformed Journal, January 2019
鈥淭raining Up Children in the Way that They Should Go: Jonathan Edwards鈥檚 Advice to Young Converts,鈥� Puritan Reformed Journal, January 2016
鈥淭rans-Atlantic Friendship: Andrew Fuller and the New Divinity Men,鈥� in The Journal of Baptist Studies, Winter 2016
鈥淲orshiping God with Our Minds: Theology as Doxology among the Puritans,鈥� Puritan Reformed Journal, July 2013
鈥淭he 鈥楳odern Question鈥� and the Missionary Mandate: The English Baptism of
Jonathan Edwards,鈥� The Andrew Fuller Review, Spring 2013
鈥溾�楾he Fountain of Life鈥�: The Excellency of Christ in the Preaching of John Flavel,鈥� Puritan Reformed Journal, January 2013
鈥淭he 鈥楲ittle Church鈥�: Raising a Spiritual Family with Jonathan Edwards,鈥� Puritan Reformed Journal, January 2010
鈥淢aking 鈥楪ospel Sense鈥� of Suffering: The Prison Epistles of Thomas Hardcastle,鈥�
Eusebia: The Bulletin of the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies, Winter 2010
鈥淭he Fall of Man and the Failure of Jonathan Edwards,鈥� Evangelical Quarterly, July 2007
鈥淎 Southern Exposure: The Theology of Jonathan Edwards in the Writings of Jesse Mercer,鈥� The Journal of Baptist Studies [Internet], Spring 2007
鈥淓dwards and Indians: Inclusivism or Evangelism?鈥� Fides et Historia, Fall 2006
鈥淭he Gospel According to Jonathan Edwards: Andrew Fuller鈥檚 Appropriation of
Edwards鈥� 鈥楯ustification by Faith Alone,鈥欌�� Eusebeia, Spring 2005
Academic Presentations:
鈥淭he Master Plan for Higher Education: A Discipleship Model for Character Formation and Human Flourishing,鈥� The Character of the University: Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture, [October 2019]
鈥淛onathan Edwards, Particular Baptists and the Modern Missionary Movement,鈥�
National Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, November 2018
鈥淎 Biblical, Practical Theology for the Integration of Faith and Learning,鈥�
Southeast Regional Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, March 2018
Panelist, 鈥淩eflections on Missions and Education,鈥� for History Committee of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, First Baptist Church, Columbia, SC, October 8, 2017
鈥淛ohn Brine: Salty Calvinist or Faithful Baptist?鈥� Southeast Regional Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, March 2017
鈥淭raining Up Children in the Way that They Should Go with Jonathan Edwards,鈥�
National Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, November 2015
鈥淚ntegrating Faith and Learning: Making Disciples in the Christian College,鈥�
Faculty Retreat Louisiana College, August 2015
鈥淭eaching the Millennial Generation,鈥� Annual Meeting of the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities, June 2014