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Dr. Michael Di Giacomo
Chair, Arts and Sciences Department
Faculty Department
Tel: 610.917.3949
Fax: 610.917.2077
Mailing Address:
Valley Forge Christian College
1401 Charlestown Rd
Phoenixville, PA 19460
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EducationPh.D., Université Laval, 1999
M.A., Université Laval, 1994
Diplôme, Université Laval, 1999
Diplôme, Collège biblique Québec, 1980
Professional experienceProfessor (2000 to present)
Valley Forge Christian College
Courses taught:
- Assemblies of God Doctrine and History
- U.S. History since World War II (Honors)
- U.S. History Survey (Colonial times to the present)
- U.S. History Survey (Internet course)
- Revolutionary America (directed studies)
- America in the Modern Age (directed studies)
- Ancient and Medieval Christian History (beginnings to the Reformation)
- Modern and Contempary Christian History(Reformation to the present)
- World Religions
- Ancient and Medieval World History (beginnings to the Renaissance)
- Modern and Contemporary World History (Enlightenment to the present)
Adjunct Professor (2004 to present)
Assemblies of God Theological Seminary
Graduate courses taught:
Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements
Christianity in the Modern and Postmodern Eras
Adjunct Professor (1990-2007)
Institut biblique du Québec
Courses taught:
- La pratique pastorale (Practical Theology)
- Ecclésiologie-Eschatologie (Ecclesiology-Eschatology)
- Histoire du pentecôtisme (History of the Pentecostal Movement)
Lecturer - (Autumn 1999)
Department of Classical and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa
Course taught:
- Histoire du christianisme moderne et contemporain
(History of Christianity since the Reformation)
Scholar in Residence, June 1999 - July 2000
Centre for Research on French Canadian Culture
Research topic : History of French Canadian Protestantism
Supervisor : Robert Choquette
University of Ottawa
Pastor 1982 - 1993
Assemblée chrétienne des Bois-Francs, Victoriaville, Canada
Assistant to senior pastor 1979 - 1982
Carrefour chrétien de la capitale, Quebec City, Canada
Religious education teacher 1980 - 1981
École secondaire Renaissance, Quebec City, Canada
Papers, Presentations, PublicationsRefereed Articles
"Aimee Semple McPherson:'Shot in the Arm' for French-Canadian Protestantism," in review.
"La vieille capitale: son importance pour la croissance du pentecôtisme canadien-français," Etudes d'histoire religieuse, 70 (2004), 79-94.
"FLITE: Religious Entrepreneurship in Quebec in the 1970s and 1980s," Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society, XLVI, 1 (Spring 2004), 49-88.
"Pentecostalism, Nationalism, and Quebec Culture," Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, 28, 1 (Spring 2006), 33-58.
"Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity in Canada: Its Origins, Development, and
Distinct Culture," in Michael Wilkinson, Editor, Canadian Pentecostalism: Transition and Transformation, Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press (Studies in the History of Religion, 2009, Series 2, Volume 49):15-38.
Monographs
Les Assemblées de la Pentecôte du Canada: Leur origine, leur évolution, leur théologie distinctive, St-Hubert, QC : Éditions Ministères Multilingues, 1999, 190p.
M.A. thesis
Les Assemblées de la Pentecôte du Canada : leur origine, leur évolution, leur théologie distinctive, 1994.
Thesis Director : Raymond Lemieux
Ph.D. dissertation
Quebec Pentecostals, 1966-1995: The Making of a Revival/Les pentecôtistes québécois, 1966-1995 : histoire d'un réveil, 1999 (written in both English and French)
Thesis Director : Raymond Lemieux
Conference Papers
"The Contribution of the Social Sciences and Humanities to Understanding Pentecostal Doctrine," paper presented at the Assemblies of God Faculty Seminar, June 24-26, 2009, Evangel University, Springfield, MO.
"Aimee Semple McPherson’s Contribution to Quebec Evangelicalism," Symposium on Canadian Contributions to North American Pentecostalism, paper presented at the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Eugene Bible College, Eugene, OR, March 26 2009.
"Canadian Pentecostalism: Its Distinct Culture," Canadian Pentecostal Symposium, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Oct. 14, 2006.
"Evangelicals in the Province of Quebec in the 1970s: The Making of a Revival," American Society of Church History, Philadelphia, Jan.5-8, 2006.
"Responding to God's Call in the Liberal Arts," Paper presented to the Arts and Sciences Faculty Seminar, Evangel University, Springfield, Missouri, July 16-19, 2002.
"Aimee Semple McPherson, le big bang du pentecôtisme québécois," 67th Association canadienne-française pour l'avancement des sciences (ACFAS) conference, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, May 10-14, 1999.
"Aimee Semple McPherson, The Big Bang of Québécois Pentecostalism," Canadian Society of Church History annual meeting at the Social Sciences and Humanities Congress, Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Quebec, June 3-4, 1999.
"La vieille capitale: son importance pour la croissance du pentecôtisme canadien-français," Colloque sur le franco-protestantisme, Faculté de théologie évangélique (Acadia University), Montreal, May 9, 1998.
"Le profil de l'adhérent au pentecôtisme dans la région de Québec," 66th ACFAS conference, Laval University, Quebec City, May 11-15, 1998.
Other
Quebec: Mission Not Impossible, authored with Ronald Rust
Brochure printed for the 2000 General Conference of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, Hull, QC, August 2000 (also printed in French as Le Québec: Mission Pas Impossible)
"Le début de l'oeuvre pentecôtiste candienne-française," Par mon esprit, vol.1, no.3 (August 1997), 8-9.
"Pampered Pastors," The Pentecostal Testimony, (June 1986): 14-15.
Lettres sur la prière, studies on prayer distributed to prayer groups of the Carrefour chrétien de la Capitale, Québec, 1982.
"Chez nos frères les sourds," series of articles on the hearing-impaired written for the Épître au Carrefour, monthly magazine for the Carrefour Chrétien de la Capitale, 1982.
Le Saint-Esprit, correspondance course: Carrefour chrétien de la Capitale, Québec, 1980.
Cours pour conseillers, Sunday School course for counsellors, Carrefour chrétien de la Capitale, Québec, 1979.
Professional MembershipsAmerican Academy of Religion
American Society of Church History
Society for Pentecostal Studies
The Historical Society
Canadian Pentecostal Research Network
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