Rodney Lawrence Petersen is an American scholar in the area of history, ethics, and religious conflict.
His early work history included teaching at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Deerfield, Illinois), Webster University (Geneva, Switzerland), and with the Fédération des Institutions établies à Genève (FIIG).
He also worked with churches in France and Eastern Europe, primarily Romania.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, the Massachusetts Commission on Christian Unity, the Lord’s Day Alliance of the US, the Refugee Immigration Ministry, the Board of Church and Prison, Sec/tres.
American Society of Missiology (Eastern Fellowship), and numerous other academic and ecclesiastical organizations.