Octavio Esqueda

Department	Talbot School of Theology
Biola Affiliations	Faculty
Phone	(562) 903-4814 (Talbot School of Theology)

Documents

Degrees

Ph.D., University of North Texas
M.A., Dallas Theological Seminary
Lic., University of Guadalajara

Member of

Global Faculty and Staff Mexico

Biography

Octavio Javier Esqueda is a full professor of Christian higher education in the Ph.D. and Ed.D. programs in educational studies at the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. He �ƹ��Ƶd from the University of Guadalajara, Dallas Theological Seminary, and the University of North Texas, where he earned a Ph.D. in higher education. Dr. Esqueda has several publications on theological education, Christian higher education, and literature, including the coauthored books Anointed Teaching: Partnership with the Holy Spirit, The Cruciform Faculty: The Making of a Christian Professor, and The Hispanic Faculty Experience: Opportunities for Growth and Retention in Christian Higher Education. He is an academic leader and practical theologian with extensive worldwide experience, and an avid soccer fan. Personal Page:

Affiliations

Association of Theological Schools (ATS) Visiting Accreditation Committee Member, 2022-present
Grant Consultant Louisville Institute, 2022
Grant Consultant Faith and Leadership at Duke University, 2022
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Christian Higher Education: A Journal of Applied Research and Practice
Former Editorial Board Member and Book Review Editor for the Teaching-Learning Process Area at Christian Education Journal
Editorial Board Member, Revista Fuentes, Academic Journal of the School of Education at the University of Seville, Spain.
Editorial Board Member, Cuestiones Pedagógicas, Academic Journal at the University of Seville, Spain
Board Member Centro de Investigación y Memoria del Protestantismo Español (Center for Research and History of the Spanish Reformation)
Former Board Member of the Society of Professors in Christian Education (SPCE), formerly North American Professors of Christian Education
Former Board member, Howard Center for Christian Studies
Member of the International Network for Christian Higher Education (INCHE), formerly the International Association for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education (IAPCHE)
Member of the Asociación para la Educación Teológica Hispana (Hispanic Theological Association, AETH)

Publications (Selected)

Book: Christianity Speaks Spanish: An Introduction to the Spanish Reformation. Coauthored with Carlos Martinez-Garcia. B&H, Forthcoming. (Also available in Spanish as El cristianismo habla español: una introducción a la Reforma en España).
Book: El Dios cotidiano: una teología práctica para la vida diaria (The Everyday God: Practical Theology for Daily Life). Editorial CLIE, Forthcoming.
Book: The Hispanic Faculty Experience: Opportunities for Growth and Retention in Christian Colleges and Universities. Coedited with Benjamin Espinoza. Abilene Christian University Press, 2023.
Book: Christianity Speaks Spanish: An Introduction to the Spanish Reformation. Coauthored with Carlos Martinez-Garcia. B&H, Forthcoming
Book: Christian Education: Retrospects and Prospects. Coauthored with Robert W. Pazmiño. Publicaciones Kerygma, 2022. (Also available in Spanish as Educación cristiana: pasado y futuro).
Anointed Teaching: Partnership with the Holy Spirit. Coauthored with Robert W. Pazmiño. Publicaciones Kerygma, 2019 (Also available in Spanish as Enseñando con unción: colaborando con el Espíritu Santo)
Book Chapter “Biblical-Theological Foundations of Christian Education” in Christian Education: A Guide to the Foundations of Ministry. Baker Academic, 2019.
Book Chapter “La Reforma Española: La Influencia Protestante en México y Latinoamérica” in Die, spanische Reformation‘. Sonderwege reformatorischen Gedankengutes in Spanien und Hispanoamerika. Marina Ortrud M. Hertrampf (ed.). Peter Lang, 2017
The Cruciform Faculty: The Making of a Christian Professor. Coauthored with James Riley Estep Jr., Mark Maddix, and Mark Heinemann. Information Age Publishing, 2017.
Book Chapter “The Reformation In Light of a Christian Formation Perspective Within the Life of Our Latino People” in Our 95 Theses: 500 Years After the Reformation, Alberto L. Garcia and Justo L Gonzalez (Eds.), AETH, 2016 (Also available in Spanish as Nuestras 95 Tesis: A Quinientos Años de la Reforma)
Cuban Christian Theological Higher Education, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009.
Book chapters “God as Teacher,” “The Holy Spirit as Teacher,” and “How to Study the Bible” in The Teaching Ministry of the Church, 2^nd edition. Broadman and Holman, 2008.