Dr. Harper is married to Dr. Anne Harper. He is Professor of Christian History and Thought with Asia Graduate School of Theology – Philippines. He teaches courses in church history and historical theology. He is the editor of the Journal of Asian Evangelical Theology, a publication of the Asia Theological Association.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy – Boston University
Master of Divinity, magna cum laude – Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Bachelor of Science – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications
A People So Favored of God: Boston’s Congregational Churches and Their Pastors, 1710-1760. Forewords by Richard F. Lovelace and Mark A. Noll. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 2004; 2nd ed., Eugene, Ore.: Wipf and Stock, 2007.
“Who Is My Enemy?” In At the Crossroads: Loving Our Enemies in the Twenty-First Century, 7-23. Craig Smith, ed. Mandaluyong City, Philippines: OMF Literature, 2008.
“Albuquerque, Alfonso d’.” In Dictionary of Asian Christianity. Scott Sunquist, ed. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2001.
“‘Christ’s Invitation Is a Broad One’: A. Z. Conrad’s Preaching in Gilded Age America.” Trinity Journal 37, no. 2 (Fall 2016): 235-249.
“‘It Is a Battle-Royal’: A. Z. Conrad’s Preaching at Boston’s Park Street Church during the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy.” Fides et Historia 45, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 2013): 30-47.