Arlie J. Hoover Vitae

Professional experience

• Professor of History, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, 1964-77.

• Dean, Columbia Christian College, Portland, OR, 1977-80.

• Professor of History, Abilene Christian University, 1980-present.

Education

• University of Tampa, FL B. A., History, 1960.

• University of Texas, Austin, M. A., Ph.D., History, 1962, 1965.

• Free University of Berlin, Germany, doctoral research, 1963-64.

• University of Heidelberg, Germany, post-doctoral research, 1968.

Awards:

• Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship, UT/Austin, 1960-61.

• Fulbright Grant, Free University of Berlin, 1963-64.

• Exchange Fellowship, UT/Austin-Free University of Berlin, 1963-64.

• Research Grant, National endowment for Humanities, Heidelberg, 1968.

• Outstanding Educators of America, 1972, 1973.

• Military History Workshop, West Point USMA, Summer, 1989.

• Research grants from Abilene Christian University, Summers of 1985 (Basel), (Marburg), 1986, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 (Oxford), 1987, 1988 (Cambridge), 1990 1991 (Abilene), 1992 (Weimar-Leipzig).

Membership in scholarly societies

• Conference on Faith and History

• Phi Alpha Theta (ACU chapter: Zeta-Beta)

• International Society for the Study of European Ideas

• The Historical Society

Publications: books

• Fallacies of Unbelief (Abilene: TX: ACU Press, 1976).

• Ideas and their Consequences (Abilene: TX: ACU Press, 1977).

• Dear Agnos: A Defense of Christianity (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker book House, 1976). Chosen months selection Evangelical book Club, January, 1977. Second printing title changed to The Case for Christian Theism. Third printing College Press, Joplin, MO. Russian transaction, Moscow, 1994.  Translation in Kazak forthcoming.

• Fallacies of Evolution (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1977).

• The Case for Teaching Creation (Joplin, MO: College Press, 1981).

• Don't You Believe It! Poking Holes in Faulty Logic (Chicago: Moody Press, 1982).

• The Gospel of Nationalism: German Patriotic Preaching from Napoleon to Versailles, 1806-1918 (Stuttgart: Steiner, 1986).

• God, Germany, and Britain in the Great War: A Study in Clerical Nationalism (New York: Prager, 1989).

• Friedrich Nietzsche: His Life and Thought (New York: Prager, 1994).

• God, Britain, and Hitler in World War II: The Message of the British Clergy, 1939-1945 (New York: Prager, 1999).

Publications: articles

• "The Case for Christian Miracles," Pillars of Faith: Biblical Certainty in an Uncertain World (Grand Rapids: MI: Baker Book House, 1973).

• "Combating Contemporary Moral Relativism," Fides et Historia (Spring, 1977).

• "An Inspired Bible," Introducing the Church of Christ (Fort Worth, TX: Star Publishing Co., 1981.

• "Apologetics" and "God: Arguments for the Existence of," Evangelical Dictionary of Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1984).

• "God and German Unification: Patriotic Preaching During the Franco-Prussia War," Fides et Histroia, XVIII:2 (June, 1986).

• "God and Germany in the Great War: The View of Protestant Pastors," Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism, XIV:1 (Sprint 1987).

• "The Dangers of Religious Patriotism: A German Example," Restoration Quarterly, XXIX:2 (1987).

• "Religion and National Stereotypes: A German Protestant Example," History of European Ideas, VIII: 3 (1987).

• "Evolution and the Ways of Science," Evolution and Faith, ed. J. D. Thomas (Abilene, TX: ACU Press, 1988).

• "German Christian Nationalism: Its Contribution to the Holocaust," Holocaust and Genocide Studies, IV: 3 (1989).

• "Waiting for Woodrow Wilson: Internationalism Among the British Clergy in the Great War," Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism, XX:1,2 (1993).

• "German Nationalism and Religion," History of European Ideas, XX: 4-6 (February 1995).

• "Friedrich Nietzsche's Contribution to the Holocaust," From Prejudice to Destruction: Western Civilization in the Shadow of Auschwitz (Muenster: LIT Verlag, 1995).

• "This Ism will Self-destruct: The Death Wish in Nietzsche's Epistemology," The European Legacy, II:4 (July, 1997).

• "Who Speaks for Life? Nietzsche's Contribution to the Third Reich," Restoration Quarterly, XL:2 (Summer, 1998).

Conference papers:

• "Combating Contemporary Moral Relativism." Annual meeting Conference on Faith and History, Biola College, La Mirade, CA. October, 1976.

• "The Current Status of the Creation-Evolution Controversy with Special Reference to Methodological and Epistemological Problems." Annual meeting Evangelical Theological Society, Trinity Deerfield Seminary, December, 1978.

• "Marxism and the Family." Annual meeting Conference on Faith and History, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, November, 1982.  Presented also to the Association of East-Central European History, University of South Florida, Sarasota, FL, April, 1985.

• "God and German Unification: Protestant Patriotic Preaching during the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71." Annual meeting Conference on Faith and History, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX, October, 1984. Presented also to Phi Alpha Theta meeting, Zeta-Beta Chapter, Abilene, TX, December, 1984.

• "The Dangers of Religious Patriotism: A German Example." Western Social Science Association, Fort Worth, TX, March, 1985.

• "The Just War: A German Protestant Version," Midwest Historical Conference, Stillwater, OK, September 20, 1985.

• "God and Germany in the Great War," Ohio Valley History Conference, Bowling Green, KY, October 4, 1985.

• "Religion and National Stereotypes," Tenth Annual European Studies Conference, Omaha, NB, October 10, 1985.

• "The Sins of Germany in the Great War." Southwest Social Science Association, Dallas, TX, March 19, 1987.

• "German Religious Nationalism and the Holocaust," Southwest Social Science Association, Houston, TX, March 25, 1988.

• "German Christian Nationalism: Its Contribution to the Holocaust," International Conference on the Holocaust, "Remembering for the Future," Oxford, July 10-14, 1988. Same paper delivered to American Society on Church History, Louisville, KY, April 28, 1989.

• "British Clerics and German Madness in the Great War," Western Association of British Studies, Austin, TX, October, 14, 1989.

• "Nietzsche's Contribution to Fascist Propaganda." Southwest Social Science Association, Fort Worth, TX, March 29, 1989.

• "Religion and Nationalism in the Great War." Meeting History of European Ideas, Leuven, Belgium, September, 1990.

• "The Just War: Its Finest Hour." Northern Great Plains Historical Conference, Grand Forks, ND, October 5, 1990.

• "The Just War in the Great War." Duquesne History Forum, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, August 25, 1991.

• "Friedrich Nietzsche and the Holocaust." Eleventh Annual Holocaust Conference, Millersville University, Millersville, PA, April 6, 1991.

• "German Nationalism and Religion," History of European Ideas, University of Aalborg, Denmark, August 26, 1992.

• "Nietzsche's Contribution to the Holocaust." International Conference on the Holocaust, "Remembering for the Future II," Berlin, Germany, March 13-17, 1994.

• "This Ism will Self-destruct: The Death Wish in Nietzsche's Epistemology." History of European Ideas, Graz, Austria, August 25, 1994.

• "Was the Holocaust a Misdemeanor? The Danger of Deconstructing the Shoah." International Conference on "Teaching the Holocaust," Hebrew University, Mt.  Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel, December 26, 1994 - January 2, 1995.

• "Who Speaks for Life: Nietzsche's Contribution to the Third Reich/Holocaust." 26th Annual Scholar's Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, Minneapolis, MN, March 3-5, 1996.

• "Nietzsche's Contribution to the Third Reich/Holocaust." Fifth International Conference for the History of European Ideas, Utrecht, Netherlands, August, 1996.

• "Christendom Versus Hitler: The British Clergy in World War II." Conference for the History of European Ideas, University of Haifa, Israel, August 16-21, 1998.

• "Christendom Versus Nazi Racism: Racial Equality as a Weapon of British Clerical Propaganda in World War II." 29th annual meeting of Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, Long Island, NY, March 6-9, 1999.

• "Perfidious Albion Looks at Insidious Schicklgruber: The Critique of Fascism by the British Clergy in World War II." southwest Social Science Association, San Antonio, TX, April 1-3, 1999.

• "Christian Universalism Versus Nazi Racism in World War II: The Effort of the British Clergy, 1936-45." Remembering for the Future III (International Conference on the Holocaust), Oxford University, July 16-23, 2000.

Lectureships, workshops, seminars

• Forum on "Relationship Between Christianity and Americanism." Pepperdine University, April, 1965.

• Workshop on "Christian Apologetics and the Fallacies of Unbelief." Pepperdine University, April, 1972.

• Workshop on "Witnessing to Unbelievers." Great Western Evangelism Workshop, Sacramento, CA, September, 1978.

• Workshop on "Reaching the Agnostic." Eastern Evangelism Workshop, Colonial Heights, VA, July, 1979.

• Workshop on "The Bible as Literature." White's Ferry Road School of Biblical Studies, West Monroe, LA, October, 1979.

• Workshop on "Answering Special Questions Posed by Unbelievers." Pepperdine University, April, 1980.

• "Roots of Our Moral Crisis," Abilene Christian University Lectureship, February, 1983.

• Workshop on "Apologetics in Campus Ministry." West Coast Ministry Seminar, Pepperdine University, January, 1985.

• Debate: "Evolution is the only theory of origins that should be taught in the public schools." Portland, OR and Concord, CA, Summer, 1979.

• Workshop on "Christian Evidences." Kerrville Church of Christ, Kerrville, TX, June, 1984.

• Chair of session, "Nietsche's Attack on the Correspondence Paradigm," History of European Ideas, Grax, Austria, August, 1994.

• Lecture series on "Christian Ethics." Portland State University, April, 1987.

• Lecture series on "Feminism." Abilene Christian University Lectureship, February, 1989.

• Lecture series on "Christian Philosophy." Sponsored by Gemeinde Christi, Chemnitz, Germany, August, 1996.

• Lecture series on "Christianity and Neopaganism." Hillcrest Church of Christ, January, 1997.

• Lecture series on "Christianity and Neopaganism." Abilene Ministerial Alliance, January-May, 1997.

• Series on "Neopaganism." Abilene Christian University Lectureship, February, 1997.

• Lectures at Technical University: "Marx: Positive and Negative," "Christians in Russia, 1917-91," "Christianity and Neopaganism," "A True Confessing Church." Chemnitz, Germany, March 1997.