Professor in the John H. Pickford Distinguished Chair of Theology
Publications
Current Book Projects
Loving God: Towards a Theology of Relationality, (Downers Grove, Il. IVP Academic)
Books
The Analogy of Faith: The Quest for God’s Speakability. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2015.
Clearing a Space for Human Action: Ethical Ontology in the Theology of Karl Barth, New York: Peter Lang Press, October, 2003
Book Chapters
“Rumors of Glory: An Exegetical and Reception Historical Reading of John 12: 36b-43.” In Thomas J. Hatina, (Ed.), The Reception of the Old Testament in John’s Gospel, (T & T Clark) 25 pages.
Articles
“Hegel and Christianity: Recent Attempts at Taming the Absolute Spirit for Theology,” International Journal of Systematic Theology, forthcoming.
“Hegel’s Absolute Spirit and Some Recent Pentecostal Pneumatology. A Journal of Pentecostal Theology, forthcoming.
“George Hunsinger’s Reading of Karl Barth as a ‘charitable hermeneutic’: A Critical Assessment. Modern Theology, forthcoming. Invited article.
Archie J. Spencer and Katherine J. Austring. “Tongues of Fire: Giving Voice in Pentecostal Theology.” A review article based on Frank D. Macchias’s Tongues of Fire: A Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2023) Pneuma, Vol. 62.2, pp. 1-24.
Spencer, Archie J. “The Reality of God in a God-Forgetting Age: Towards a Revitalized Vision of God for Today.” Northwest Institute for Ministry Education Research. www.nimer.ca (Fall 2021). Peer reviewed.
Reviews
Review of Early Christian Readings of Genesis One: Patristic Exegesis and Literal Interpretation, by Craig D. Allert, Northwest Institute for Ministry Education Research, www.nimer.ca, (October 15, 2020).
Review of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christian Humanism, by Jens Zimmermann, Northwest Institute for Ministry Education Research, www.nimer.ca, (March 15, 2020).
Blogs
“The Active Christian in a Post-COVID-19 World: Understanding the Christian-Ecclesial Imperative.” Church and COVID-19 Blog. Northwest Institute for Ministry Education Research. May 2020. https://nimer.ca/the-active-christian-in-a-post-covid-19-world-understanding-the-christian-ecclesial-imperative/.
Presentations
“‘Just War’ or Just Another War.” John H. Pickford Chair of Theology Symposium, ACTS Seminaries, Langley, BC, March 15, 2023.
“Evangelical Theology and the Reformation: Possible Futures?” Inaugural lecture as full professor in the John H. Pickford Distinguished Chair of Theology, Associated Canadian Theological Schools, Trinity Western University, October 19, 2017.
“The Analogy of Faith and the Language of Philosophy.” Invited lecture and book launch. Regent College, Vancouver, BC, November 19, 2016.
“The Future of Evangelical Theology.” Invited lecture, Regent College, Vancouver, BC, October 5, 2015.