James A. Patterson

James A. Patterson (Formerly with Union)

Associate Dean of the School of Christian Studies

Scholarship Profile

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James Robinson Graves: Staking the Boundaries of Baptist Identity

B&H Academic (March 2012). Book Website | Buy at Amazon.com | Find in Nearby Library

Chapters in Books

Reformation 500: How the Greatest Revival Since Pentecost Continues to Shape the World Today

Edited by Ray Van Neste & J. Michael Garrett

B&H Academic (February 2017). Union Contributor(s): Ray Van Neste (Editor); J. Michael Garrett (Editor); Gavin Richardson (Chapter 1: "Reform our church all out of joint”: The Lollard Movement and the Medieval Origins of the Reformation"); Bradley G. Green (Chapter 5: "An introduction through which we are prepared for faith in the gospel…: Augustine, Calvin & the Authority of the Church & Holy Scripture"); Justin D. Barnard (Chapter 6: "'Comfortable Words': Reforming the Lord's Supper"); Harry Lee Poe (Chapter 7: "The Primacy of Preaching in the English Reformation"); John T. Netland (Chapter 9: "The Religious Dissenter in Victorian Fiction: Reformation Themes in 19th Century English Novels"); Hunter Baker (Chapter 14: "Martin Luther and the Question of Political Quietism"); Jimmy H. Davis (Chapter 15: "The Impact of the Reformation upon the Flowering of Modern Science"); James A. Patterson (Chapter 2: "Anabaptist Kinship Revisited: Implications for Baptist Origins and Identity"); J. Henry Allen (Chapter 12: "The Historical Legacy of Luther"). Book Website | Buy at Amazon.com | Find in Union's Library

From the Cloud of Witnesses: Founders Day Addresses at Union University

Edited by Ray Van Neste

BorderStone Press, LLC (February 2014). Union Contributor(s): James A. Patterson (Chapter II: J.R. Graves, Union University, Baptist Identity); Jimmy H. Davis (Chapter IV: Union's Science Heritage); Ray Van Neste (Editor; Introduction; Chapter III: Charles Bray Williams and Biblical Studies at Union University). Buy at Amazon.com | Find in Union's Library

The Community of Jesus: A Theology of the Church

Edited by Kendell H. Easley and Christopher W. Morgan

B&H Academic (September 2013). Union Contributor(s): Kendall Easley (Editor and Chapter: "The Church in Acts and Revelation: New Testament Bookends"); Ray Van Neste (Chapter: "The Church in the General Epistles"); James A. Patterson (Chapter: "The Church in History: Ecclesiastical Ideals and Institutional Realities"). Book Website | Buy at Amazon.com | Find in Union's Library

KJV 400: The Legacy and Impact of the King James Version

Edited by Ray Van Neste; Foreword by David S. Dockery

BorderStone Press (December 2012). Union Contributor(s): Ray Van Neste (Editor and Introduction); James A. Patterson (Chapter: "Divine Right or Holy Dissent? Conflicting Visions of Church and State in Early Seventeenth-Century England"); Steve R. Halla (Chapter: "Art, Iconoclasm, and the Search for Unity: Reflections on Cornelis Boel's 1611 KJV Title Page Design"); Bobby C. Rogers (Chapter: "'Therefore Now Put Off They Ornaments': The Influence of the King James Bible in Contemporary American Poetry"); John T. Netland (Chapter: "'The Very Language of Men': Biblical Echoes in Wordsworth's Poetry"); Scott Huelin (Chapter: "Only God Speaks King James: The Literary Use of English Bible Translations in Flannery O'Connor's The Violent Bear It Away"); Gene Fant (Chapter: "'Give Me also This Power': Secular Writers' Simultaneous Fascination with and Denial of the Power of the KJV"); Christopher W. Mathews (Chapter: "Sounding through the Centuries: The Influence of the King James Version over Four Centuries of Musical Composition"); Bradley G. Green (Chapter: "Convenant, Canon, and Culture: Theological Reflections on the Cultural Meaning of the King James Version"); Hunter Baker (Chapter: "A Bible for the People: The Political and Cultural Impact of the Vernacular Bible"); Gavin Richardson (Chapter: "'No New Reformation': Anglo-Saxon Vernacular Scripture in the Minds of the Reformers"); Micah Watson (Chapter: "Who Appeals to Heaven? King James I and John Locke on Scripture & Political Authority"); Justin D. Barnard (Chapter: "Human Nature and the Veneration of the KJV"); Jennifer A. Gruenke (Chapter: "Isaac Newton's Bible: Science and Heresy in 17th Century England"); Keith Bates (Chapter: "KJV-Onlyism"). Buy at Amazon.com | Find in Union's Library

Through a Glass Darkly: Contested Notions of Baptist Identity

Edited by Keith Harper

University Alabama Press (July 2012). Union Contributor(s): James A. Patterson (Chapter: "Reframing the Past: The Impact of Institutional and Ideological Agendas on Modern Interpretations of Landmarkism"). Buy at Amazon.com | Find in Union's Library

Faith and Learning: A Handbook for Christian Higher Education

Edited by David S. Dockery

B&H Academic (May 2012). Union Contributor(s): Thomas R. Rosebrough (Chapter: "Faith and Transformational Teaching"); Ralph Leverett (Chapter: "Faith and Transformational Teaching"); Gene Fant (Chapter: "The Heartbeat of Christian Higher Education: The Core Curriculum"); Harry Lee Poe (Chapter: "The Gospel, Worldview, and Christian Higher Education"); Gregory Alan Thornbury (Chapter: "Biblical and Theological Studies in the Christian University"); Taylor Worley (Chapter: "The Study of Philosophy"); John T. Netland (Chapter: "Beauty, Meaning, and Power: Bearing Witness in the Profession of Words"); Scott Huelin (Chapter: "On Language and Interpretation"); James A. Patterson (Chapter: "The Study of History"); Hunter Baker (Chapter: "The Study of Political Philosophy at the Christian University"); Roman R. Williams (Chapter: "An Invitation to Sociology"); Steve R. Halla (Chapter: "Christianity and the Arts"); Christopher W. Mathews (Chapter: "Music Education from a Christian Perspective"); Mark Bolyard (Chapter: "A Christian in the Sciences"); Jimmy H. Davis (Chapter: "Science, Theology, and the Search for the Historical Adam"); Jeannette Russ (Chapter: "Christian Scholarship in Math, Physics, and Engineering"); E. Blake Watkins (Chapter: "The Study of Health Care at the Christian University"); Mary Anne Poe (Chapter: "Social Work and Counseling in the Christian Intellectual Tradition"); Emily Lean (Chapter: "The Study of Business at the Christian University"); Kimberly C. Thornbury (Chapter: "Student Life: Thinking Biblically about Vocatio and Community"); C. Ben Mitchell (Chapter: "Engaging the Culture and the Academy"). Buy at Amazon.com | Find in Union's Library

Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism

Edited by David S. Dockery with Ray Van Neste and Jerry Tidwell

B&H Academic (April 2011). Union Contributor(s): Ray Van Neste (Editor; Chapter: "The Care for Souls: Reconsidering Pastoral Ministry in Southern Baptist and Evangelical Contexts"); James A. Patterson (Chapter: "Reflections on 400 Years of the Baptist Movement"); Harry Lee Poe (Chapter: "Recovering the Gospel for the Twenty-first Century"); Jerry N. Tidwell (Editor; Chapter: "Missions and Evangelism"). Buy at Amazon.com | Find in Union's Library

John A. Broadus: A Living Legacy

Edited by David S. Dockery and Roger D. Duke

B&H Publishing (August 2008). Union Contributor(s): James A. Patterson (Chapter: "Broadus’ Living Legacy"). Book Website | Buy at Amazon.com | Find in Union's Library