The Destructive Power of the Tongue as a Verbum Inefficax: A Canonical-Literary Reading of James 3:1–12 through the Lens of Speech-Act Theory1

Prof. Dan Lioy (Ph.D., North-West University) is a Senior Research Academic at South African Theological Seminary (in South Africa), a Professor of biblical theology at the Institute of Lutheran Theology (in South Dakota, USA), and a Dissertation Advisor in the D.Min. program at Portland Seminary (in Oregon, USA). Professor Lioy is active in local church ministry, being rostered with the North American Lutheran Church. He is widely published, including a number of academic monographs, peer-reviewed journal articles, and church resource products.