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Dr. Eric Vail
Professor of Theology
Department
School of Christian Ministry
Biography
Professional Experience
- Professor of Theology, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, 2023-Present
- Associate Professor of Theology, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, 2015-present
- Assistant Professor of Theology, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, 2012-2015
- Adjunct, Northwest Nazarene University, 2012
- Adjunct, Nazarene Theological Seminary 2011-2012
- Ordained Elder, Kansas City District, Church of the Nazarene, 2011
- Pastor, First Church of the Nazarene, St. Joseph, Missouri, 2010-2012
- Lecturer, Marquette University, 2009-2010
Professional Organizations
- Wesleyan Theological Society
Published Works & Presentations
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- Eric M. Vail, Creation, The Wesleyan Theology Series (Kansas City, MO: The Foundry Publishing, 2022).
- Eric M. Vail, Eschatology, The Wesleyan Theology Series (Kansas City, MO: The Foundry Publishing, 2020).
- Eric M. Vail, Atonement and Salvation: The Extravagance of God’s Love (Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill Press, 2016).
- Eric M. Vail, Creation and Chaos Talk: Charting a Way Forward, Princeton Theological Monograph Series (Eugene, OR: PICKWICK Publications, 2012).
Degrees
Education
- Ph.D., Religious Studies, Systematic Theology (“Using ‘Chaos’ in Articulating the Relationship of God and Creation in God’s Creative Activity”), Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 2009
- M.Div. Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO, 2005
- B.A., Philosophy Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, ID, 2001