Section
PHD in Organizational Leadership

Anthony Blair, Ph.D., DMin

Associate Professor of Leadership Studies/Program Development Specialist

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Fax: 610-341-1468
Email: ablair@eastern.edu

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. Temple University(1999)
  • D.Min. George Fox University (2005)
  • M.A. Shippensburg University (1993)
  • M.A. Evangelical School of Theology (1991)
  • M.A. Huntington College School of Christian Ministries (1989)
  • B.A. Messiah College (1986)

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • “Johnny Cash and the Prophetic Imagination: Walking the Line with Twentieth Century American Evangelicalism,   accepted for publication in Prism magazine, Summer 2009.
  • “From Church Owned to Church Related: Managing the Delicacies of a Relationship in Transition,” InSite (April, 2009).
  • "Schism on the Susquehanna Community and Congregational Conflict on the Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania History (Winter, 2008)
  • "Fresh Faces, New Tongues: Church Multiplication in the NOrtheast United STates, 1995-2003," Journal of United Brethren History and Life (November, 2007)
  • "Newton's World No More: Einstein, Open Theism, and the Contours of Biblical Cosmology," Evangelical Journal (Fall, 2007)
  • "Best Practices: Open Source Curriculum," Journal of Continuing Higher Education (Winter, 2006)
  • "Minimizing the Stress of Accelerated Adult Education: A DescriptiveSTudy," in College Students: Stress, Depression and Mental Health (Hauppauge, NY: NovaScience Publishers, 2006) Co-authored with Mary B. Boylston.
  • “When United Brethren Split: Three Nineteenth Century Spin-Offs,” Journal of United Brethren History and Life, 5
    (June, 2005). Co-authored with Randy L. Neuman.
  • “Wright Reading: Recommended Literature on the Centennial of Flight,” Journal of United Brethren History and
         Life, 4 (July, 2003).
  • “Shattered and Divided: Itinerancy, Ecclesiology, and Revivalism in the Great Awakening,” Journal of Presbyterian
        History (Spring, 2003).
  • “Revivalism, Democratization, and Reform: The United Brethren in Christ Before the Civil War," Journal of United
        Brethren History and Life, I:1 (September, 2000).
  • “Laurin Baldwin,” in United Brethren Bishops, Vol. II. Edited by Paul R. Fetters. (Huntington, IN: Church of the
        United Brethren in Christ, 1997)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCATIONS AND SERVICE

  • Senior Pastor, Hosanna! A fellowship of Christians, Lititz, PA
  • Part-Time Faculty, Pennsylvania State University (Great Valley Campus), Malvern, PA
  • President, Board of Directors, Rhodes Grove Camp and Conference Center, Chambersburg, PA
  • Co-Founder/Board Member, MidAtlantic Foundation for Church Multiplication, Harrisburg, Pa
  • Superintendent, MidAtlantic Conference, Church of the United Brethren in Christ
  • Editor, Journal of United Brethren History and Life