Douglas M. Strong
Paul T. Walls Professor of Wesleyan Studies,
Professor of the History of Christianity
Email: dstrong@spu.edu
Phone: 206-281-2473
Office: Alexander & Adelaide Hall 301
Education: BA, Houghton College, 1978; MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1981; PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1990. At SPU since 2007.
Douglas Strong teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in the School of Theology.
Dr. Strong’s field of study is American religious history, particularly the history of 19th-century revivalism, social reform, and the Wesleyan/Holiness movement in America. He is a past president of the , a co-convener of the History of Methodism Working Group of the , and is on the Steering Committee of the Wesleyan Studies Group of the . He has conducted several Wesley Heritage Study Tours to England.
He has also led students on numerous trips to Russia. He has taught four times at the Theological Seminary of the Russian Methodist Church, and served on that school’s board of trustees. He taught at two theological schools in Korea. He is committed to intercultural learning as essential for students preparing to live out their Christian vocation in a global society.
Dr. Strong is an ordained clergyman in the United Methodist Church and served for eight years as a pastor in East Brunswick, New Jersey. He is especially interested in reviving the Wesleyan practice of small-group accountable discipleship among today’s Christians.
Books
Cascade Books, 2022
Mt. Baker Publishing, 2014
Discipleship Resources, 2007
Syracuse University Press, 1999
Westminster John Knox, 1997
Westminster John Knox, 1996
Please view Dr. Strong's CV (PDF) for additional publications.