Rate My Professor Peter Bellini

An interdisciplinary theologian, Dr. Bellini researches, writes, and teaches at the nexus of theology, philosophy, and science, emphasizing the person and work of the Holy Spirit, power evangelism through deliverance and healing, and discipleship. His teaching portfolio covers Church Renewal, Evangelization, Global Charismatic Studies, Interreligious and Intercultural Encounter, Philosophy, and Pastoral Care and Counseling. Research interests span Trinitarian theology, applied pneumatology in holiness, prayer, healing, mental health, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy of mind, deliverance, and discipleship, alongside renewal movements such as early Methodism, the Holiness movement, Pentecostal-Charismatic traditions, and Global South renewal. Expertise areas include evangelism, church renewal, global charismatic studies, intercultural and interreligious encounter, missiology, and urban studies. Select publications are Introducing Truth Therapy: Renewing Your Mind with the Word of God (2010, co-editor), Participation: Epistemology and Mission Theology (2011), Truth Therapy Expanded Edition (2015), Unleashed: C1-13: Integrative Deliverance Needs Assessment (2018), “Origins and Early Development of Missio Dei: A Missional Hermeneutic for Today” in Missio Dei and the United States (2018), “The Rest of Her Offspring: The Relationship between Revelation 12 and the Targumic Expansion of Genesis 3:15” in Novum Testamentum 60 (2018), The X-Manual: A Comprehensive Handbook on Deliverance and Exorcism, Thunderstruck! (The Deliverance Ministry of John Wesley), The Cerulean Soul: A Relational Theology of Depression, AGI and the Image of God, Through the Threshold, The Bellini C1-13 Demonization Assessment, and Losing Your Mind and Gaining the Mind of Christ. Recognized as one of the foremost authorities on deliverance and exorcism, his work significantly influences practical theology and renewal practices.