David Scott

  David William Scott

 

Education

  • B.A. Mathematics, Lawrence University
  • M.T.S. Theology, Philosophy, and Ethics, Boston University School of Theology
  • Ph.D. Religious Studies, Boston University

 

Current Courses Taught

  • REL 235  Religious Models of Servant Leadership: Mohandas K. Gandhi & Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • REL 240  Introduction to Eastern Religions
  • REL 344  Religious Responses to Globalization

 

 

 

Awards and Honors

  • Dempster Graduate Fellowship, The United Methodist Church, 2011
  • Reverend Edmund M. Beebe, Lucinda Bidwell Beebe, and Frank D. & Bertha Howard Fellowships, Boston University School of Theology, 2009-2010
  • Jacob Sleeper Fellowship, Boston University School of Theology, 2008
  • David H. Tribou Fellowship, Boston University School of Theology, 2008
  • Dean’s Fellowship, Boston University Dept. of Religious & Theological Studies, 2008-2012
  • Student LeadershipSociety, Boston University School of Theology, 2007
  • LANTERN Service Award, Lawrence University, 2002

 

 

Recent Publications and Presentations

  • “Chinese Methodists in Malaysia: A Typology of Mission and Migration”.  InHandbook on Popular Spiritual Movements in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. Edited by Michael Poon.  (Expected publication in 2014).
  • With Dana L. Robert. “World Growth of the United Methodist Church in Comparative Perspective: A Brief Statistical Analysis.” Methodist Review 3 (2011): 37-52.
  • Co-Editor, Newsletter of the American Society of Church History 4:2-6:2 (Jan. 2009-Oct. 2011).
  • “Missionary Education and the Chinese in Malaysia: A Case Study for the Symbiotic Growth of the Methodist Movement.” Methodist History 48:3 (April 2010).
  • “Racial Images in John Wesley’s Thoughts Upon Slavery.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 43, no. 2 (Fall 2008).

 

 

 

Areas of Interest

  • Servant Leadership
  • Comparative World Religions
  • Religion in Asia
  • History of Christianity
  • World Christianity