Karen
Lucas
PhD Student, Theological Studies
About Karen
I am a third year PhD student of theological studies. My focus area is Pentecostal Studies. I am interested in Pentecostal-Charismatic and Neo-charismatic origins, history, worship practices, and spiritual formation patterns, along with Pentecostalism’s intersections with the Contemporary Praise and Worship movement, and postcolonial/decolonial strategies. In addition to my formal education, I draw from my experience in Contemporary Praise and Worship leadership, social worker, and ten years in archival work with the International Pentecostal Holiness Church (denomination).
Education
Campbell University
2020
Master of Divinity
Emmanuel University
1997
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
Research Interests
Pentecostal Studies, Historiography of Christian Worship, Decolonial/Postcolonial Studies
Publications
Let us Worship or Let Us Breath - Sean Feucht and Maverick City Music's Divergent Approaches to Worship Leading in 2020 and 2021
2023 Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies
Considering Virtue and Vice Through the Lens of Holiness-Pentecostal Reception History: The Sanctification Teaching Chart-An Early 20th Century Method of Teaching the Doctrine of Sanctification
2019 Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies
Lay Leaders as Spiritual Catalysts: The Influence of J. A. Culbreth and D. H. Hood on the Emergence of Holiness-Pentecostalism in Eastern North Carolina
2016 Annual Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society
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