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Faculty

Rev. Dr. Andrew F. Bush, Department Chair
D.Min. Princeton Theological Seminary
610.225.5064
abush2@eastern.edu

Dr. Bush’s interests include research on Islam and Christianity, Arab Christianity, cross-cultural leadership development, campus ministry, globalization of missions.

Publications

Bush, Andrew. “Bullets and Bibles:  The Ethical Problem of the Persistent Linkage of Missions and Militarism”
Bush, Andrew.  “A Profile of Harvesters Christian Fellowship Tondo: A Contextual Filipino Mission in Inner City Manila”
Bush, Andrew. “A Way Forward in Witness to Islam”
Bush, Andrew. “The Value of the Kenosis of Christ as a Model for Spirituality and Ministry in Missional Contexts of Violence: A Personal Reflection”
Bush, Andrew. “The Affirmation of Human Identity in the Kenosis of Christ, the Issue of Nationalism, and the Challenge of Reconciliation in Israel/Palestine”
Bush, Andrew. “The Implications of Christian Zionism for Mission”

Dr. Chris Hummer
Ph.D. Anthropology, Temple University
610.341.5857
chummer@eastern.edu

Dr. Hummer’s interests include research on Native American peoples, cultural geography, ethnography, Christian missions, ethnic art, archaeology.

Publications

Hummer, Chris, 2007. "Early Woodland Pottery from the Williamson Site, Hunterdon County, New Jersey." Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of New Jersey, No. 62.
Hummer, Chris, 2005. "Early Woodland Points from the Williamson Site, Hunterdon County, New Jersey." Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of New Jersey, No. 60.
Hummer, Chris, 1999.  "Putting Art in Its Place." Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education. www.eastern.edu/publications/emme/1999fall/hummer.html
Hummer, Chris, 1987. “Logging - I Wish You Would: The Family Journal." English Journal. 77:2. February.
Hummer, Chris, 1984. "Make Friends With A Cardinal." Pennsylvania Wildlife and Outdoor Digest. October.

 

Dr. Eloise Hiebert Meneses
Ph.D. Anthropology, University of California, San Diego
610.341.5953
emeneses@eastern.edu

Dr. Meneses’ interests include research on India, poverty, women, race and ethnicity, faith and science, global economic systems, international development, comparative religions and Christian missions.

Publications

Books:
Meneses, Eloise, 2007. Love and Revolutions: Market Women and Social Change in India.  Lanham, MD:  University Press of America.
Meneses, Eloise, 1995.Incarnational Ministry: Planting Churches in Band, Tribal, Peasant, and Urban Societies.  Second author to Paul G. Hiebert.  Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.

Edited Book:
Meneses, Eloise, 2009.The Gospel in Human Contexts.  By Paul G. Hiebert.  Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.

Chapters in Books:
Meneses, Eloise, 2006. “Science and the Myth of Biological Race” in This Side of Heaven: Race,
Ethnicity, and Christian Faith, edited by Robert J. Priest and Alvaro L. Nieves.  Oxford University Press.
Meneses, Eloise, 2006. “Bearing Witness in Rome with Theology from the Whole Church” in Global Theologizing: Belief and Practice in an Era of World Christianity, edited by Craig Ott and Harold A. Netland.  Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, pp. 231-249.
Meneses, Eloise, 2004. “The Meaning of Mennonite” in The Measure of My Days, edited by Joe Miller and Reuben Miller.  Telford, PA:  Cascadia Publishing House, pp. 108-121.

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals:
Meneses, Eloise, 2009. “Birds of the Air: the Christian Challenge to Culture in Defending the Marginalized.”  Missiology, XXXVII (3):369-384.
Meneses, Eloise, 2007. “Faithful Witness:  Postcritical Epistemology for Christians.”  Direction, 36(2): 129-143.
Meneses, Eloise, 2000 .  “Defeating the Baals: Balanced Christian Living in Different Cultural Systems.” Co-authored with John E. Stapleford.  The Christian Scholar’s Review, XXX(1): 83-106.
Meneses, Eloise, 2000. “No Other Foundation: Establishing a Christian Anthropology.”  The Christian Scholar’s Review, XXIX(3): 531-549.
Meneses, Eloise, 1994. “Race and Ethnicity; an Anthropological Perspective.”   Race, Sex and Class, 1(2):137-146.
Meneses, Eloise, 1987. “Traders and Marginality in a Complex Social System.”   Ethnology, 26(4): 231-244.