Philip L. Tite (Ph.D., McGill University, 2005) is an affiliate lecturer in the Comparative Religion Program, University of Washington and a lecturer in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Seattle University. Dr. Tite's teaching and research focus on ancient religious traditions, specifically early Christianity, Gnosticism, and martyrdom. He also has a strong interest in method and theory issues in the study of religion as well as the relationship of religion to violence. As a teacher, Dr. Tite is dedicated to active pedagogical strategies, believing that facilitating a mutual learning environment with students is the best way to guide students in their learning process.Dr. Tite is author of five books (four are listed here at Amazon, one is now out of print), over 20 academic articles/essays, and over 30 book reviews. He has published in various scholarly journals, including Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Harvard Theological Review, Religion, Teaching Theology and Religion, Biblical Theological Bulletin, and Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. He is also the editor of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion (published by Equinox Publishing) and editor of the Equinox book series "Studies in Ancient Religion and Culture" (SARC). His books include:The Apocryphal Epistle to the Laodiceans: An Epistolary and Rhetorical Analysis (TENTS, 7; Brill, 2012)Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse: Determining the Social Function of Moral Exhortation in Valentinian Christianity (NHMS, 67; Brill, 2009)(Co-edited with Bryan Rennie) Religion, Terror and Violence: Religious Studies Perspectives (Routledge, 2008)Conceiving Peace and Violence: A New Testament Legacy (University Press of America, 2004)Compositional Transitions in 1 Peter: An Analysis of the Letter-Opening (International Scholars Publications, 1997)