Dr. David Courey
Lecturer
Office:
Faculty Suite
COURSES AND SUBJECTS TAUGHT
Graduate: New Testament Theology, A Pentecostal Theology of Social Justice, Pneumatologies, Pentecostalism and World Religions, Pentecostal Pneumatology, Contemporary Biblical Interpretation, Historical Development of Major Theological Themes, Protestant Theological Systems, Issues in Pastoral Theology, Integrating Spirituality and Theology, The Life and Thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Foundations in Theology and History I, Theology for the 21st Century Church.
Undergraduate: God among the Philosophers, Philosophy of Religion, Dissertation/Memoire, Introduction à l’Ancien Testament, Évangiles synoptiques, Christian Apologetics / Apologétique chrétienne, Méthodes d’étude, Seminarie Religie en Spiritualiteit, Oriëntatie Systematische Theologie, Soteriology, Acts, Contemporary Issues in Pentecostalism, Church History I and II, Old Testament Historical Books, History of Pentecostalism, Pastor, Church & Law, Pastoral Ministry.
AREAS OF MAIN RESEARCH AND COMPETENCY
Historical Theology, Pentecostal Theology
QUALIFICATIONS
B.S., M.A., Ph.D.
EDUCATION
B.S. in Biochemistry, Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, Quebec. 1979.
Diploma in Theology, Eastern Pentecostal Bible College (Master’s College), Peterborough, Ontario. 1984.
M.A. in History, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario. 1998.
Graduate Work in Theology – Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo. 2004-2006.
Ph.D. in Christian Theology, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario. 2011.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Faculty, Master’s College and Seminary, 1999-2007.
Guest Lecturer, Bible School, Tokmak, Kyrgyzstan, 2006.
Guest Lecturer, Pan-Africa Christian University, Nairobi, Kenya, 2007.
Lecturer, Continental Theological Seminary, Brussels, Belgium, 2014-present.
Inaugural Lecturer, Rebirth Bible School, Brashov, Romania, 2011.
Adjunct Faculty, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, ON, 2012-present.
Postgraduate Researcher and Faculty, Evangelical Theol. Faculty, Leuven, Belgium, 2015-present.
Dean of Graduate Studies, CTS, Brussels, Belgium, 2013- 2017.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Board of Governors, Master’s College and Seminary, Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, 2000-2002.
District Executive, Western Ontario District of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Ontario, 2001-2007.
Board of Trustees, McMaster Divinity College, 2012-2013.
Senior Pastor, Glad Tidings Tabernacle, Sudbury Ontario, 1986-1994.
Christian EDUCATION and Adult Ministries, Glad Tidings Tabernacle, Sudbury Ontario, 1984-1985.
Lead Pastor/Team Leader, Calvary Pentecostal Assembly, Cambridge, Ontario, 1994-2014.
PUBLICATIONS
Articles and Chapters
Courey, David J. “Life in the Balance: One Pentecostal’s Perspectives on Luther’s Theology of the Cross.” In Cancer and Theology, edited by Ron Mitichener and Brian Macallan. Leuven: Peeters, (forthcoming, 2024).
Courey, David J. “‘How Odd of God’: Zionism, Dispensationalism, and the Curious Case of Pentecostalism.” In Israel as Hermeneutical Problem, edited by Arnold Huijgen and Michael Mulder. Leiden, NL: Brill, (forthcoming 2024).
Courey, David J. “Discerning the Signs of the Spirit: Edwardian Insights for Pentecostalism on
Religious Affections and the Experience of God.” In Pentecostal Theology and Jonathan Edwards, edited by Steven M. Studebaker and Amos Yong, 68–82. Systematic Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology. London; New York: T & T Clark, 2020.
Courey, David J. “What does Brussels have to do with Toronto? Insights from the European Edge of Post-Christian Frontier.” in Pentecostal Ministry and Theology in Post-Christian and Multicultural Canada, Steven Studebaker and Lee Beach, eds. 78–102. McMaster Ministry Studies Series 4. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2019.
Courey, David J. “Subjects and Predicates: A Barthian Grammar for Pentecostal Soteriology.” In Karl Barth and Pentecostal Theology: A Convergence of the Word and the Spirit, edited by Frank D. Macchia, Terry L. Cross, and Andrew K. Gabriel. T&T Clark Systematic Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology. London: T&T Clark Bloomsbury, 2023.
Courey, David J. “Franck, Sebastian”; “Hoffman, Melchior”; “Rothmann, Bernhard”; “Schwenckfeld, Kaspar”; “Why the Reformation Matters... to Pentecostals and Charismatics” in Encyclopedia of Martin Luther and the Reformation, Mark Lamport, ed. Lanham MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2017.
Courey, David J. “The Ozymandias Factor: Persistence, Memory, and European Secularism.” Journal of the European Theological Association 37 (2017):13-27.
Courey, David J. “Biblical Theology Movement”; “Bosworth, Fred Francis”; “Branham, William”
“Humbard, Rex Alpha Emmanuel”; “Pearlman, Myer” in Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, George Thomas Kurian and Mark Lamport, eds. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
Courey, David J. “Victory in Jesus: Perfectionism, Pentecostal Sanctification, and Luther’s Theology of the Cross.” Journal of Pentecostal Theology, 22 (2013): 257–274.
Courey, David J. “The Distance Between Hope and Certainty: Volf, Moltmann and the Theology of the Cross.” Canadian Evangelical Review, 37-38 (Spring, 2010) 25-35.
Reviews
Courey, David J. Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine, by Gregg R. Allison. Reviewed in the McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry 13 (2011-2012).
Books
Courey, David J. What Has Wittenberg to Do with Azusa? Luther’s Theology of the Cross and
Pentecostal Triumphalism. London: Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2015.
Courey, David J. What Has Wittenberg to Do with Azusa? Luther’s Theology of the Cross and Pentecostal Triumphalism. Ph.D dissertation, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario, 2011.
PRESENTATIONS
Courey, David J. “Pandemic, Apocalyptic and the Hope of the World.” Presented at the Theological Colloquium at Continental Theological Seminary. Sint Pieters Leeuw, Belgium, February 2022.
Courey, David J. Erasmus+ Mobility in Systematic Theology at VID Specialized University, Stavanger, Norway, February 17-21, 2020.
Courey, David J. “What to Make of ‘Secular Europe’: Canadian Reflections on the Church at the Crossroads of Post-Christendom.” Presented at the Theological Colloquium at Continental Theological Seminary. Sint Pieters Leeuw, Belgium 2020.
Courey, David J. “Spirit-Baptism and Ecclesiology: A Pentecostal Proposal.” Presented at the Theological Colloquium at Continental Theological Seminary. Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium 2019.
Courey, David J. Erasmus+ Mobility in Systematic Theology at Ewangelikalna Wyzsza Szkola Teologiczna, Wroclaw, Poland, April 5-6, 2019.
Courey, David J. “The Just Community: The Eschatological and Pneumatological Ecclesiology of Luke.” Presented at the 2018 European Pentecostal Theological Association Conference Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium.
Courey, David J. “‘How Odd of God’: Zionism, Dispensationalism, and the Curious Case of Pentecostalism.” Presented at Israel as Hermeneutical Problem, a conference at the Theological University of Kampen. Kampen, Netherlands 2018.
Courey, David J. “‘Tis Burning in My Soul: Mystical and Pentecostal Fire and the Mediacy of Experience.” Presented at the Ruusbroec Colloquium at Continental Theological Seminary. Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium 2018.
Courey, David J. “Pentecostal Hope: Spirit-Baptism, Eschatology and Sacramental Justice.” Presented at Driven by Hope: Economics and Theology in Dialogue, a conference at Evangelical Theological Faculty. Leuven, Belgium 2017.
Courey, David J. “What does Brussels have to do with Toronto? Insights from the European Edge of Post-Christian Frontier.” Presented at the Conference on Pentecostal Ministry and Theology in Post-Christian and Multicultural Canada. Hamilton, Ontario
Courey, David J. “Pentecostal Perspective” for the seminar “Discipleship: An Ecumenical Perspective,” Evangelical Theological Faculty, Leuven, Belgium, May 10, 2017.
Courey, David J. “Rethinking Pentecostal Subsequence” for the course “Orientation Systematic Theology”, Evangelical Theological Faculty, Leuven, Belgium, December 7, 2015.
Courey, David J. “Theology and Human Rights” for the course “Philosophy of Human Rights.” Wilfrid Laurier University, November 26, 2013.
Courey, David J. “Augustine’s Confessions and Our Search for Meaning,” for the course “Ancients and Moderns.” Wilfrid Laurier University, November 22, 2012.
Courey, David J. “Social Justice and Pentecostalism,” for the course “Applied Democracy.” Wilfrid Laurier University, June 26, 2012.
Courey, David J. “The Good Life according to Martin Luther,” for the course “On the Good Life.” Wilfrid Laurier University, June 16, 2011; June 26, 2012; March 12, 2013.
Courey, David J. “Sacramental Justice: A Pentecostal Approach to Social Justice.” Presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies. Virginia Beach, VA 2012.
Courey, David J. “’Living on the Hallelujah Side’: The Historical Roots of Pentecostal Triumphalism.” Presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies. Memphis, TN 2011.
Courey, David J. “Preaching and Communicating: Making Sure You Do Both,” for the Mentoring Seminar at Master’s College, Peterborough, ON, February 2, 2010, Mar. 2, 2011.
Courey, David J. “The Crisis of Expectation and Experience,” for the course “Pastoral Theology,” McMaster Divinity College, November 1, 2010.
Courey, David J. “’The Real Issue in Pentecostalism’: Revival, Institution and the Quest for a Pentecostal Hermeneutic.” Presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies Minneapolis MN 2010.
