Dr. James D. Smith, III

Lecturer
Th.D., Harvard

Contact information

Office: Maher 290, Phone: (619) 260-4009, Fax: (619) 260-2260
E-mail: smithjames@sandiego.edu

Research specialties

Church History, History of Christian Thought, Early Christianity, Biography, Spirituality, arts of ministry, baseball

Teaching specialties

Christian classics, early Christianity, women in the Christian Tradition, biography, Henri Nouwen, baseball history

Selected publications

"Religion and the Family in European History," special issue of Journal of Family History 8 (Summer 1983). Co-editor with introduction.

"The Beginnings of the Bible Society of Massachusetts," Bulletin of the Congregational Library 35 (Spring-Summer 1984)

"The Ignatian Long Recension and Christian Communities in Fourth Century Syrian Antioch" Harvard Theological Review 80 (Oct. 1987)

"The Pilgrimage of James Smith (1798-1871): Scottish Infidel, Southern Evangelist, Lincoln's Springfield Pastor." Journal of Presbyterian History 66 (Fall 1988)

"Ancient Christian Trinitarian Metaphors and a Contemporary Analogy from Music," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 33 (Sept. 1990)

"This was Paradise: Voices of the Pacific Coast League Padres, 1936-1958." Journal of San Diego History 41 (1995). Co-author.

"Junipero Serra" American National Biography 19 (1998)

George H. Williams, "In Defense of Church History: A Minister with Historical Perspective" The Contentious Triangle... (1999) Editor with introduction.

Nelson's New Christian Dictionary (2001). Editorial Board; 15 essays.

"Reflections on Euzoius in Alexandria in Antioch," Studia Patristica 36 (2001)

"Wide Angles and Zoom Lenses: Medieval Chronicles..." Christian History 20 (2001).

"Faith as Substance or Surety: Historical Perspectives on 'hypostasis' in Hebrews 11:1" The Challenge of Bible Translation (2003)

The Subjective Eye... Essays in Honor of Margaret Ruth Miles (2006). Co-editor, with essay.

"Foreword" to Julia Kavanagh, Women of Christianity: The Pioneer 1852 Narrative of Women's Lives in the Christian Tradition (2006).

The Fabric of Early Christianity: Reflections in Honor of Helmut Koester (2007). Co-editor, with essay.

"The Protreptic Henri: Christian Witness as Hospitality," Turning the Wheel: Henri Nouwen and Our Search for God (2007).

Encyclopedia of Christian Literature (forthcoming). Co-editor, with essay.