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Anneke Stasson

Anneke Stasson

Professor of Honors Humanities and History

Honors College

Ph.D.

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Dr. Anneke Stasson earned a BA from Calvin College, a Master’s degree in Church History from Regent College in Vancouver, BC, and a doctorate in the History of Christianity from Boston University. Anneke came to the John Wesley Honors College in 2016 and teaches “Wisdom, Culture, and Justice Through the Ages I,” “Honors Seminar on Faith and Scholarship,” and “Who Is Our Neighbor” in the JWHC.

Anneke researches women and family life in the history of Christianity and is the co-author of the award-winning book, Women in the Mission of the Church: Their Opportunities and Obstacles Throughout Christian History. In addition to positive reviews in journals like Christian Scholars Review, International Bulletin of Missionary Research, and International Review of Mission, Women in the Mission of the Church received the 2021 American Society of Missiology Book of the Year Award and was also named a “Resource of the Year” by Outreach Magazine in 2022. Dr. Stasson has been featured on many podcasts, including Alabaster Jar, and the Gospel Beautiful Podcast.

Anneke is also the author of Walter and Ingrid Trobisch and the Globalization of Modern, Christian Sexual Ethics (2021). The Trobishes helped to shape a transcultural conversation about love, sex, gender identity, and marriage during the mid-twentieth century. Anneke’s current research is on how converts to Christianity in early-twentieth-century China and India conceived of Christian home life. For this research, Anneke has received grants from the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and Indiana Wesleyan University’s Lilly Scholarship Fund. Her research will eventually culminate in a book tentatively titled, The Christian Home in Global Protestant Mission Thought and Practice: 1800-2000.

Anneke is a beloved mentor and professor. She has been invited to speak at events like the Always Forward Church Planting Conference of the Anglican Church of North America and Baylor University’s Evangelical Studies Program conference. Anneke lives with her husband, Steve, and four kids, Mary Lou, Eleanor, Ruthann, and Joseph, all of whom enjoy raising chickens, sheep, and cows on their little farm just north of Marion.

PHD
History of Christianity

Boston University , 2013

MA
Church History

Regent College , 2008

BA

Calvin College , 2003

Peer-reviewed journal articles:

  • Stasson, A. (2015). Modern Marital Practices and the Growth of World Christianity during the Mid-Twentieth Century. Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture, 84(2).
  • Stasson, A. (2014). Walter and Ingrid Trobisch and a Missiology of “Couple Power.” In The Missionary Family: Witness, Concerns, Care. William Carey Library.
  • Stasson, A. (2014). The Politicization of Family Life: How Headship Became Essential to Evangelical Identity in the Late Twentieth Century. Religion and American Culture, 24(1).
  • Stasson, A. The Legacy of Irma Highbaugh. International Bulletin of Missionary Research. (Forthcoming.)
  • Stasson, A. “Center of Christian Nurture and Evangelism”: The Christian Home in Mid-Twentieth-Century East Asia. (Under review.)
  • Stasson, A. (2008). Book review of Saving Women: Retrieving Evangelistic Theology and Practice by Laceye C. Warner. Religious Studies Review, 34(4).
  • Stasson, A. (2008). Reference entry: “Burton, Margaret Ernestine (1885–1969).” History of Missiology Biography Index.
  • Stasson, A. (2008). Reference entry: “Bushnell, Katharine C. (1855–1946).” History of Missiology Biography Index.
  • Stasson, A. (2008). Reference entry: “Jones, Eliza Grew (1803–1838).” History of Missiology Biography Index.
  • Stasson, A. (2008). Reference entry: “Newell, Harriet Atwood (1793–1812).” History of Missiology Biography Index.
  • Stasson, A. (2008). Reference entry: “Smith, Sarah Lanman Huntington (1802–1836).” History of Missiology Biography Index.

anneke.stasson@indwes.edu

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