School of Theology

Phone: (626) 815-5439
Phone 2: (626) 815-5440
Email: palexander@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, Duke 234

Paul Alexander, Ph.D., serves C.P. Haggard Graduate School of Theology as professor of Theology and Ethics and director of the Doctor of Ministry Program. Alexander has provided keynote speeches in The Hague (Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs) on religions and human rights and has worked in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and India. He is the author of Peace to War: Shifting Allegiances in the Assemblies of God and Signs & Wonders: Why Pentecostalism is the World’s Fastest Growing Faith; series editor of Pentecostals, Peacemaking, and Social Justice; and founder of Pentecostals & Charismatics for Peace & Justice (www.pcpj.org)

Alexander’s research, writing, and activism focus on the theology and practices of Pentecostal/Charismatic peacemaking, conflict transformation, justice, political theology, and Christian ethics.

Post doctoral graduate studies, Government - Harvard University, 2006
Ph.D., Religion/Theological Ethics (minor-Anthropology) - Baylor University, 2000
Master of Divinity - Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, 1995
B.S., Cross Cultural Missions - Southwestern Assemblies of God University, 1993

Publications
Signs & Wonders: Why Pentecostalism is the World's Fastest Growing Faith, foreword by Martin E. Marty (Jossey-Bass, 2009)

Pentecostals & Peacemaking: Heritage, Theology, and the 21st Century, foreword by Stanley Hauerwas (Pickwick, 2009)

Peace to War: Shifting Allegiances in the Assemblies of God, foreword by Glen Stassen (Cascadia/Herald, 2008)

Alexander, Paul. "Pacifism and Peace." Encyclopedia of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity. Stanley M. Burgess, ed. Great Barrington: Routledge, 2005.

Alexander, Paul. Peace, Power, and Pentecost: Nonviolence, Nationalism, and Militarism, in American Pentecostalism. Telford: Cascadia Publishing House, 2007.

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Academic Experience
Professor, Bible and Theology, Southwestern Assemblies of God University, 2005-2006

Associate Professor, Bible and Theology, Southwestern Assemblies of God University, 2001-2005

Assistant Professor, Bible and Theology, Southwestern Assemblies of God University, 1998-2000

Assistant Professor, Bible and Theology, Southwestern Assemblies of God University, 1995-1996

Ministerial/Para-church Experience
Youth Pastor, Faith Assembly of God, Ennis, TX, 1990-1993

Sunday school teacher, Midlothian Assembly of God, Midlothian, TX, 2000-2006

Delegation member, Christian Peacemaer Teams to Palestine/Israel/West Bank, 2005

Deacon, Midlothian Assembly of God, Midlothian, TX, 2002-2005

Children's Worker, Oak Cliff Assembly of God, Springfield, MO, 1993-1995

Honors, Awards, Recognition
Who's Who Among American Teachers in Universities and Colleges, 2001, 2004, 2005; Ethics Preliminary Examination Evaluation of "Outstanding," Baylor University, 1998; Young Christian Scholar Fellowship, Baylor University, 1997, 1998; Graduate Assistantship, Religion Department, Baylor University, 1996; Summa Cum Laude, The National Dean's List, 1993

Associations, Boards, Committees
Co-Founder and Leadership Team, Pentecostals & Charismatics for Peace & Justice (2001-present)

Founding Editor, Pax Pneuma: The Journal of Pentecostals and Charismatics for Peace and Justice (2005-present)

Founding co-editor, Pentecostals, Peacemaking, and Social Justice (Wipf & Stock)

Membership Committee (2006-2009), Society for Pentecostal Studies

Doctoral Studies Council, Azusa Pacific University (2006-present)

Steering Committee, Christian Peace Witness for Iraq (2006-2007)

Founding Sponsor, Multi-Ethnic Student Association, Southwestern Assemblies of God University (1999-2004)

Board of Directors, Daniel's Den Homeless Shelter, Waxahachie, Texas (2003-2004)

Steering Committee, Ellis County United in Christ, Ecumenical and Ethnic Reconciliation Organization (2000-2003)