Dr. Tom Schwanda is Associate Professor Emeritus of Christian Formation and Ministry at Wheaton College and is fellow in the Royal Historical Society of England. He is an experienced pastor and has published and taught widely on Christian spirituality. Reviving contemplative spirituality from the Puritans for Protestants is a desire of his. He is also the author of countless articles and books such as Soul Recreation: The Contemplative-Mystical Piety of Puritanism; Emergence of Evangelical Spirituality, The: The Age of Edwards, Newton, and Whitefield; and Puritanism and Emotion in the Early Modern World.