Peter J BelliniDr. Peter J. Bellini is Professor of Church Renewal and Evangelization in the Heisel Chair at United Theological Seminary. Dr. B., as his students call him, is an interdisciplinary theologian, researching, writing, teaching at the intersection of thelogy, philosophy, and the science. He teaches courses in Church Renewal, Evangelization, Global Charismatic Studies, Interreligious and Intercultural Encounter, Urban Studies, Philosophy, and Pastoral Care and Counseling. His foci in Church Renewal are the person and work of the Holy Spirit. His main interest in evangelization is power evangelism (deliverance and healing) and discipleship.As an interdisciplinary theologian, his interests are in Trinitarian theology and applied pneumatology in practical areas, such as holiness, prayer, healing and mental health, deliverance, discipleship, and leadership development. These themes are also informed by secondary work in participatory ontology and epistemology, neurophilosophy, the social and behavioral sciences, theoretical physics, and cognitive neuroscience. Dr. Bellini also researches and writes in the theology, history, and practices of renewal movements, specifically early Methodism, the Holiness movement, the Pentecostal- Charismatic movement and the current Global Renewalist movement.He is an ordained Elder in the Allegheny West Conference of the Global Methodist Church and has served in ministry for over 37 years. In his free time, he is a recreational heavyweight boxer and a powerlifter. He also runs a boxing club ministry. Dr. Bellini is a heavyweight boxing historian and avid Roberto Clemente aficionado. Read More Read Less