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BELIEF &
PRACTICE
Modern miracles:
Belief endures
IN
THE NORTHEAST
• J. Ramsey Michaels is an adjunct professor of theology at Bangor Theological
Seminary in Bangor, Main, and retired as a professor of religious studies from
Southwest Missouri State University. Michaels has written widely on miracles
in the New Testament and in modern Pentecostal and charismatic Christian movements.
Contact 207-942-6781.
• Walter
Sinnott-Armstrong is a philosopher and Hardy Professor of Legal Studies
at Dartmouth University in Hanover, N.H. He writes about religious experience
and morality from the standpoint of an atheist. Contact 603-646-3807, wsa@dartmouth.edu.
IN
THE EAST
• Bruce
Gordon Epperly is a professor of practical theology at Lancaster Theological
Seminary in Lancaster, Pa. He wrote God’s Touch: Faith, Wholeness and the
Healing Miracles of Jesus. Contact 717-290-8759, bepperly@lancasterseminary.edu.
• Paula
Kane is an associate professor of Catholic studies at the University of
Pittsburgh and teaches American religious history. She has been studying stigmata
and Marian apparitions. Contact 412-624-2278, pmk@pitt.edu.
• Robert
Bruce Mullin is a history professor at the General Theological Seminary
of the Episcopal Church in New York City. He has written about miracles and
religious imagination and wrote the entry on miracles for The Oxford Companion
to Christian Thought. Contact 212-243-5150, mullin@gts.edu.
IN
THE SOUTHEAST
• Stanley
M. Burgess is a professor of Christian history at Regent University in Virginia
Beach, Va. He wrote the entry “Signs and Wonders” for the New International
Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements. Contact 757-226-4908,
stanbur@regent.edu.
• Julie
Ingersoll is an assistant professor of religious studies at the University
of North Florida in Jacksonville. She can discuss the place of miracles in American
religious history and culture. Contact 904-620-1330, jingerso@unf.edu.
• Stephen
J. Pullum is a professor of communication studies at the University of North
Carolina at Wilmington. He wrote “Foul Demons, Come Out!”: The Rhetoric of
Twentieth-Century American Faith Healing. Contact 910-962-3039, pullums@uncw.edu.
IN
THE SOUTH
• Danny
E. Burton is an associate professor of history at the University of North
Alabama in Florence, Ala. He co-authored the book Magic, Mystery and Science:
The Occult in Western Civilization. Contact 256-765-4539, deburton@una.edu.
• Delbert
Burkett is an associate professor of New Testament and Christian origins
in the department of philosophy and religious studies at Louisiana State University
in Baton Rouge. He has written on the miracle stories in early Christianity.
Contact 225-578-2389, dburket@lsu.edu.
IN
THE MIDWEST
• Wendy
Cotter is a Sister of St. Joseph and an associate professor of Scripture
at the department of theology at Loyola University in Chicago. She has written
about miracles in the Greco-Roman world and in the New Testament. Contact 773-508-8456,
wcotter@luc.edu.
• Paul
Plenge Parker is chairman of the theology department at Elmhurst College in
Elmhurst, Ill., and has written about miracles and healing. Contact 630-617-3559,
paulp@elmhurst.edu.
• Richard
Kieckhefer is chairman of the religion department at Northwestern University
in Evanston, Ill., and can discuss the history of miracles, magic and sainthood.
Contact 847-491-2614, kieckhefer@northwestern.edu.
• David
K. Clark is a theology professor at Bethel University and Seminary in St.
Paul, Minn., and has written about miracles in world religions. Contact 651-638-6167,
d-clark@bethel.edu.
IN
THE SOUTHWEST
• Barry
Hankins is a professor of history and church-state studies at Baylor University
in Waco, Texas, and can talk about miracles, particularly in the tradition of
conservative Protestantism. Contact 245-710-4667, barry_hankins@baylor.edu.
• Brent
Plate is an assistant professor of religion and the visual arts at Texas
Christian University in Fort Worth and can discuss apparitions and other visual
miracles. Contact 817-257-6444, b.plate@tcu.edu.
IN
THE WEST/NORTHWEST
• Daniel Stout is a professor of journalism and media studies
at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and is co-editor of the Journal of
Media and Religion. He can speak about miracles, including the Mormon perspective.
Contact 702-895-5957, daniel.stout@unlv.edu.
• Richard
Peace is a theology professor at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena,
Calif., and can discuss belief in miracles. Contact 626-584-5646, rpeace@fuller.edu.
• Daniel
Wojcik is an associate professor of English and folklore studies at the
University of Oregon. He has written on popular religion and the supernatural.
Contact 541-346-3946, dwojcik@uoregon.edu.
• Richard
L. Gorsuch is psychology professor at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena,
Calif., whose recent research includes the study of miracles. Contact 626-584-5527,
rgorsuch@fuller.edu.
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