Personal Information CHRISTOPHER CARLTON MOORE 7399 Center Rd. Bladenboro, NC 28320 Cell Phone: (919) 698-7888 Chris_Moore2@alumni.baylor.edu Spouse: Amie Smith Moore Education: Campbell University (2002) Children: Clara Rose Moore, DOB: October 26, 2008 Olivia Bren Moore, DOB: August 19, 2011 Ordained: Minister March 14, 2010 Durham Memorial Baptist Church, Durham, NC Deacon November 11, 2012 Seventh and James Baptist Church, Waco, TX Education Baylor University (Waco, TX) Ph.D., Religion, 2016 o Major: Historical Studies o Inside Minor: Theology (9 hours graduate coursework) o Outside Minor: History (18 hours graduate coursework) o Dissertation: Apostle of the Confederacy: J. William Jones and the Question of Ecumenism and Denominational Identity in the Development of Lost Cause Mythology o Dissertation director: Dr. Douglas Weaver Duke University Divinity School (Durham, NC) Master of Theology, 2007 o Major: History o Minor: Theology o Thesis: The Christian Manliness of Thomas J. Jackson or Why Stonewall Hung Over My Piano Campbell University Divinity School (Buies Creek, NC) Master of Divinity (with languages), 2005 o Concentrations: History, Theology
Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC) Bachelor of Arts, 2001 o Major: Religion o Minor: Biology Teaching Experience Catawba Valley Community College (Hickory, NC) History and Religion Faculty (full-time) o Courses Taught HIS 131, American History I HIS 132, American History II REL 110, World Religions 2016-present University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Belton, TX) 2015-2016 Adjunct Instructor of Religion o Course Taught CSBS 1312, New Testament Survey Baylor University (Waco, TX) 2011-2016 Part-time Lecturer o Course Taught REL 1350, Christian Heritage Graduate Assistant o Worked with Dr. Steve Sadler and Dr. Doug Weaver Responsibilities included grading and maintenance of Blackboard Guest Lecturer o REL 1350, Christian Heritage o THEO 7396, The Baptist Identity (Truett Seminary) Graduate Fellow for the Baptist Studies Center for Research (BSCR) o Responsibilities included maintenance of the BSCR website BSCR website: http://www.baylor.edu/baptiststudies/ Sampson Community College (Clinton, NC) 2008-2011 Adjunct Instructor of Religion o Courses Taught REL 110, World Religions REL 211, Introduction to Old Testament REL 212, Introduction to New Testament REL 221, Religion in America Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC) 2006-2008 (in person); 2008-present (online) Adjunct Instructor of Religion o Courses Taught PHIL 121, Introduction to Philosophy REL 125, Introduction to Christianity REL 224, Christian Ethics
REL 251, World Religions REL 335, Baptist History Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC) 2004-2005 Graduate Assistant o Worked with Dr. Steve Harmon Guest Lecturer o DIV 2400, Christian Ethics o DIV 1200, Old Testament Survey Research Interests Religion during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Religion and Memory in the American South Church-State Relations Baptist History Professional Organizations Southern Historical Association Baptist History and Heritage Society National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion Languages Koine Greek (reading proficiency; 15 hours of graduate coursework) Ancient Hebrew (reading proficiency; 6 hours of graduate coursework) Modern German (reading proficiency; 9 hours of graduate coursework) Modern French (reading proficiency; 6 hours of graduate coursework) Modern Spanish (reading proficiency; 6 hours of undergraduate coursework) Conference Presentations The Circumstances and Limits of Baptist Proto-Ecumenism During the American Civil War, Baptist History and Heritage Society, Waco, TX: May 23-25, 2016. For Queen and Congregation: Robert Browne's Hate-Love Relationship with the Established Church, Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, AAR/SBL, Irving, TX: March 11-13, 2016. Confederate Hagiography: J. William Jones s Vision for the Postwar South, National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, Raleigh, NC: May 18-20, 2015. A Union Which Cannot Be Dissolved : Anti-Catholicism in the American Civil War and the German Wars of Unification, Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, AAR/SBL, Irving, TX: March 13-15, 2015.
European Exegesis: Goldwin Smith s Biblical Hermeneutic and Critique of American Slavery, Central Texas Colloquium on Religion, Austin, TX: February 21, 2015. Bringing Azusa to the Baptists: G. B. Cashwell and the Rise of Pentecostalism in the American South, Baptist History and Heritage Society, Sioux Falls, SD: June 4-6, 2014. Christ in the Confederacy: Lost Cause Religion in the Works of William W. Bennett and J. William Jones, Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, AAR/SBL, Irving, TX: March 7-9, 2014. Blood, Blood, Rivers of Blood: Horace Bushnell s Political Theory as Atonement Narrative, Central Texas Colloquium on Religion, Austin, TX: February 8, 2014. From Cover to Cover: The Challenge of Writing Religious History, International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities (IABCU), Riverside, CA: June 2-4, 2013. Northern Fingers Have Played Our Pianos : Baptists and Reconciliation in Postwar North Carolina, 1865-1877, Baptist History and Heritage Society, Richmond, VA: May 20-22, 2013. Outliving the Gang: The Selective, Civil, and Religious Memory of Confederate Generals Jerome and Felix Robertson in Independence, Waco, and Beyond, Graduate Student History Symposium, Waco, TX: March 25, 2013. The Original Intent of David Barton: The Tension of the Sacred and the Secular in Barton s Church-State Rhetoric, Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, AAR/SBL, Irving, TX: March 8-10, 2013. From Golden State to Tobacco Road: G. B. Cashwell and the Quest for Unity in Early Pentecostalism, Central Texas Colloquium on Religion, Austin, TX: February 23, 2013. Publications Articles and Essays Outliving the Gang: The Selective, Civil, and Religious Memory of Confederate Generals Jerome and Felix Robertson in Independence, Waco, and Beyond. In Slavery, Civil War, and Freedom: Texas Baptists in the Civil War Era, Louisiana State University Press, Forthcoming. Confederate Hagiography: J. William Jones s Vision for the Postwar South. In Teresa Booker, ed., Keeping it Holy: Southerners, the South, and the Theme of Justice, University Press of Mississippi, Forthcoming. Stephen Chapin: 1818-1845. In Terry Wolever, ed., A Noble Company, vol. 7, Particular Baptist Press, 2016. Henry Smalley: 1765-1839. In Terry Wolever, ed., A Noble Company, vol. 6, Particular Baptist Press, 2015.
From Golden State to Tobacco Road: G. B. Cashwell and the Quest for Unity in Early Pentecostalism, 1906-1909. Southern Historian, vol. XXXV, Spring 2014. Justus Hull: 1755-1833. In Terry Wolever, ed., A Noble Company, vol. 5, Particular Baptist Press, 2014. Northern Fingers Have Played Our Pianos : Baptists and Reconciliation in Postwar North Carolina, 1865-1877. Baptist History and Heritage Journal, vol. XLVIII, number 2, Summer 2013. Other Publications Aimee Semple McPherson, in Scott Hendrix, ed., The World's Greatest Religious Leaders: How Religious Figures Helped Shape World History, ABC-Clio, Forthcoming. Review of In Subjection: Church Discipline in the Early American South, 1760-1830, by Jessica Madison, in Baptist History and Heritage Journal, vol. L, number 3, Fall 2015. The Confederate flag honors a bad memory, Baptist News Global, July 1, 2015, https://baptistnews.com/perspectives/the-confederate-flag-honors-a-bad-memory/. With Julie Whidden Long, Walter B. Shurden, Sr. Bibliography, Baptist History and Heritage Journal, vol. L, number 1, Spring 2015. Commentary writer for The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, NC), September 2010-December 2010 Wrote series of 13 commentaries (425 words each) on Smyth and Helwys Sunday School literature. Study Trips Duke University Divinity School (Fall 2006) o Location: Egypt o Topics of Study: Coptic Christianity and Monasticism Campbell University (Summer 2007) o Location: Germany o Topic of Study: The Protestant Reformation in Germany Baylor University (Spring 2012) o Location: England o Topic of Study: English Baptists Honors Peer reviewer for the Baptist History and Heritage Journal (2016) Nominated for the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, Baylor University (2015-2016) Norman W. Cox Award, Baptist History and Heritage Society o best article published in the Baptist History and Heritage Journal in 2013 Baptist College and University (BCU) Scholar, Baylor University (2011-present)
Graduated with distinction from Campbell University Divinity School (2005) Ledford Scholarship, Campbell University Divinity School (2001-2005) Graduated magna cum laude, Campbell University (2001) Donald B. Keyser Church History Award, Campbell University (2001) o highest average in Church History courses Presidential Scholarship, Campbell University (1997-2001) Eagle Scout recipient (1997) Ministerial Service Seventh and James Baptist Church Waco, TX 2011-2016 Deacon, Youth and Children s Council, and Substitute Sunday School Teacher Campbell University Buies Creek, NC 2010-2011 Board of Ministers Durham Memorial Baptist Church Durham, NC 2005-2011 Minister of Education, Children, and Senior Adults Westfield Baptist Church Dunn, NC 2003-2005 Youth Sunday School Teacher Bible Study Leader Campbell University Buies Creek, NC 1999-2001 Baptist Student Union Drama Team Leader References Dr. Doug Weaver, Professor and Chair of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Religion, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97284, Waco, TX 76798, (254) 710-7283, Doug_Weaver@baylor.edu Dr. Glenn Jonas, Jr., Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Campbell University, P. O. Box 1029, Buies Creek, NC 27506, (910) 893-1678, jonas@campbell.edu Dr. T. Michael Parrish, Linden G. Bowers Professor of American History, One Bear Place #97306, Waco, TX 76798, (254) 710-7404, Michael_Parrish@baylor.edu Dr. William L. Pitts, Jr., Professor of Church History, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97284, Waco, TX 76798, (254) 710-6321, William_Pitts@baylor.edu Dr. David R. Wilkinson, Executive Director & Publisher, Baptist News Global (formerly ABPnews/ Herald), (800) 340-6626 (ext. 3), 254-744-7737 (mobile), david@baptistnews.com
Rev. Ed Denton, Pastor, Durham Memorial Baptist Church, 5102 Kenwood Rd., Durham, NC 27712, (919) 596-7350, pastor@durhammemorial.org