Jason Vickers, PhD

Education

• PhD, Religious Studies (Systematic Theology), Southern Methodist University
• MDiv, Nazarene Theological Seminary (Kansas City, MO)
• BA, Trevecca Nazarene University (Nashville, TN)

Research Interests

• Sacramental Theology and the Doctrine of Christ’s Second Coming

Courses Taught

• Christian Doctrine and Theology
• Wesleyan studies

Publication Highlights

• Outpouring: A Theological Witness (Co-author with Thomas H. McCall)
• Minding the Good Ground: A Theology for Church Renewal;
• Wesley: A Guide for the Perplexed;
• Invocation and Assent: The Making and Remaking of Trinitarian Theology.
• The Cambridge Companion to American Protestantism (Editor)
• Methodist Christology: From the Wesleys to the 21^st Century (Editor)
• The Cambridge Companion to American Methodism (Editor)
• A Wesleyan Theology of the Eucharist (Editor)
• The Cambridge Companion to John Wesley (Editor)
• Canonical Theism: An Agenda for Theology and the Church (Editor)

About Dr. Vickers

Dr. Jason Vickers serves as professor of Christian theology and the Wesley Endowed Chair of Christian Theology.  A popular teacher, prolific author, and ordained elder in the Global Methodist Church, Vickers holds a PhD from Southern Methodist University. Prior to joining Truett Seminary, Vickers taught at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He also has taught at Austin College in Sherman, Texas, Hood Theological Seminary in Salisbury, North Carolina, and United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. Professor Vickers is a past president of the Wesleyan Theological Society and current member of the Discipleship, Doctrine, and Just Ministry Commission of the Global Methodist Church. Vickers is editor of the Wesleyan Theological Journal, and co-author with Thomas H. McCall of Love Divine: A Wesleyan Systematic Theology. 

Dr. Vickers is married with three children. He is an avid outdoorsman and a lifelong fan of classical country music.