Name Bryan Stone | ||
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Education Southern Methodist University Books Evangelism after Christendom, A Reader in Ecclesiology, Sabbath in the City: Sustainin, Compassionate ministry, Faith and Film Profiles | ||
Bryan P. Stone (born 1959) is an American theologian who is the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and the E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism at Boston University School of Theology, and a Co-director of the Center for Practical Theology. Stone writes on topics related to both systematic theology and practical theology. He is associated with both postliberalism and Christian pacifism, having been influenced by thinkers such as John Howard Yoder, Stanley Hauerwas, Alasdair MacIntyre, and James McClendon, and in earlier work with liberation theology and process theology.
Background
Stone holds a Ph.D from Southern Methodist University, a Master of Divinity from the Nazarene Theological Seminary and a B.A. from Southern Nazarene University.
He specializes in research related to evangelism, ecclesiology, congregational development, urban and multicultural ministry, popular culture, the relationship between theology and film studies, and Wesleyan theology.
Stone was ordained in the Church of the Nazarene and has served as a pastor in the denomination. He co-founded "Liberation Community," a multicultural congregation and faith-based non-profit, and served there as pastor and executive director from 1985-1992. From 1993-1998 he served as Professor of Practical Theology at Azusa Pacific University.