Michael Lodahl is a theologian in the

Church of the Nazarene The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the 19th-century Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism. It is headquartered in Lenexa within Johnson County, Kansas. With its members ...

. He graduated from Northwest Nazarene College in 1977, graduated

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from Nazarene Theological Seminary in 1981, and earned a Ph.D. from

Emory University Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...

. He has pastored one church, La Puente Church of the Nazarene from 1981–1984, held professorship at

Northwest Nazarene University Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) is a private Nazarene university in Nampa, Idaho. History Eugene Emerson organized a combination grade school and Bible school in 1913 as Idaho Holiness School. It was renamed twice in 1916, first to North ...

, and currently teaches at

Point Loma Nazarene University Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) is a private Christian liberal arts college with its main campus on the Point Loma oceanfront in San Diego, California, United States. It was founded in 1902 as a Bible college by the Church of the Nazaren ...

. He has published over 10 books, some of them held in many libraries. His best-known literary work is ''Story of God''. His most widely held book is ''Shekhinah/spirit : divine presence in Jewish and Christian religion'', published by Paulist Press in 1992, and held in 292 worldCat libraries.http://www.worldcat.org/title/shekhinahspirit-divine-presence-in-jewish-and-christian-religion/oclc/025552175

Publications

* Praying with Jesus: Meditations on the Lord's Prayer (Foundry Press, 2022) * Matthew Matters: The Yoke of Wisdom and the Church of Tomorrow (Cascade, 2021) * Renewal in Love: Living Holy Lives in God's Good Creation (Beacon Hill, 2014) * Claiming Abraham: Reading the Bible and the Qur'an Side by Side (Brazos Press, 2010) * When Love Bends Down: Images of the Christ Who Meets Us Where We Are (Beacon Hill Press, 2006) * Relational Holiness: Responding to the Call of Love (Beacon Hill Press, 2005) * God of Nature and of Grace: Reading the World in a Wesleyan Way (Abingdon Press, 2004) * All Things Necessary to Our Salvation: The Hermeneutical and Theological Implications of the Article on the Holy Scriptures in the Manual of the Church of the Nazarene (Point Loma Press, 2004) * Embodied Holiness: A Corporate Theology of Spiritual Growth (InterVarsity Press, 1999) * The Story of God: Wesleyan Theology & Biblical Narrative (Beacon Hill Press, 1994) * Shekinah/Spirit: Divine Presence in Jewish and Christian Religion (Paulist Press, 1992)

References

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