I’m
- A husband, parent, and grandparent
- A retired teacher of philosophy and religion (but still teaching part-time)
- A writer
- An amateur guitarist
- An ordained minister
Here’s my official, academically heavy, biography–the sort of thing that publishers ask for:
Samuel M. Powell taught at Point Loma Nazarene University from 1986 until 2021 and was dean of the School of Theology and Christian Ministry for eleven of those years. He is the author of several books, including The Trinity in German Thought (Cambridge University Press, 2001), Participating in God (Fortress Press, 2003), A Theology of Christian Spirituality (Abingdon Press, 2005), Discovering Our Christian Faith (Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2008), The Impassioned Life (Fortress Press, 2016), The Trinity (The Foundry Press, 2020), and several smaller monographs. He graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University, Nazarene Theological Seminary and Claremont Graduate University and is an ordained deacon in the Church of the Nazarene. He served as secretary-treasurer of the Wesleyan Theological Society and as a member of the editorial committee of Kingswood Press. From 1999 to 2001 he participated in the John Templeton Foundation Oxford Seminars on Science and Christianity. In 2005 he won the Wesleyan Theological Society’s Smith-Wynkoop award for his book, Participating In God: Creation and Trinity. The award recognizes recent publication of distinction in a research area related to the Wesleyan/Holiness tradition.
Here’s a link to my resume: curriculum vitae
A few links:
The Wesleyan Theological Society: http://wtsweb.org/
Colin McAllister, my guitar teacher: http://colinmcallister.com/
My local church, Mission Church of the Nazarene: http://www.missionnaz.org/
Sacramental Nazarenes: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sacramentalnazarenes/
A Plain Account (an online Wesleyan based lectionary commentary):
samuelmpowell.com 