Missions and Anthropology 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. 
• 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.