2009 - 2010 Academic Catalog - Westminster Theological Seminary

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Carl R. Trueman
Professor of Historical Theology
and Church History
M.A., St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge,
1988; Ph.D., University of Aberdeen, 1991;
Tutorial Assistant in Church History, University
of Aberdeen, 1991–1993; Lecturer in Theology,
University of Nottingham, 1993–1998;
Senior Lecturer in Church History, University
of Aberdeen, 1998–2001; Editor, Themelios, 1998–2007; Council
member, Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, 2004– ; Westminster,
2001– .
Author: Luther’s Legacy: Salvation and English Reformers, 1525–
1556; The Claims of Truth: John Owen’s Trinitarian Theology;
Reformation: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow; The Wages of Spin: Critical
Writings on Historic and Contemporary Evangelicalism; John Owen:
Reformed Catholic, Renaissance Man; Minority Report: Unpopular
Essays on Everything from Ancient Christianity to Zen Calvinism.
Contributor: Dictionary of Historical Theology; Dictionary of National
Biography (UK); Dictionary of the Theological Interpretation of
Scripture; Dictionary of Apologetics; Religion in Geschichte und
Gegenwart; Evangelicals Now; Covenanter Witness; A Pathway into
the Scriptures; The Bible, Church, and Reformation; Interpreting the
Bible; The Reformation World; Reformation and Scholasticism: An
Ecumenical Enterprise; The Cambridge Companion to John Calvin;
The Cambridge Companion to Reformation Theology; The Word
Became Flesh; Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals; Blackwell
Companion to Modern Theology; Protestant Scholasticism: Essays
in Reassessment (co-editor); Solid Ground: Twenty-five Years of
Evangelical Scholarship (co-editor); The Trustworthiness of God (coeditor);
Calvin, Barth, and Reformed Theology (co-editor).
Representative Articles: “John Owen’s Dissertation on Divine Justice:
An Exercise in Christocentric Scholasticism,” Calvin Theological
Journal 33, 1998; “A Small Step Towards Rationalism: The Impact of
the Metaphysics of Tommaso Campanella on the Theology of Richard
Baxter,” Protestant Scholasticism, 1999; “Simul peccator et justus:
Martin Luther and Justification,” Justification in Perspective, 2006.
Peter Alan Lillback
Professor of Historical Theology
B.A., Cedarville College, 1974; Th.M.,
Dallas Theological Seminary, 1978; Ph.D.,
Westminster Theological Seminary, 1985;
Professor, Philadelphia Theological Seminary,
1995–1999; President, The Providence
Forum, 1999– ; Pastoral ministry, Delaware
and Pennsylvania, including Proclamation
Presbyterian Church, 1982– ; Westminster, 1981, 1986– .
Author: The Sacrament of Baptism: First Steps of Life in Covenant
With God; The Binding of God: Calvin’s Role in the Development of
Covenant Theology; The Practical Calvinist; Freedom’s Holy Light, With
a Firm Reliance on Divine Providence; Exploring the Ancient Scriptures
in the New Millennium: Bible Odyssey Study Guide; Proclaim Liberty;
George Washington’s Sacred Fire; Wall of Misconception; Lessons
on Liberty: A Primer for Young Patriots; A Theological Guide to Calvin’s
Institutes; Essays and Analysis (editor).
Contributor: The Future of Theological Education in the Global Era of
Church History: Change Without Compromise; Peter Martyr Vermigli
and the European Reformations; Luther & Calvin; Election Day
Sermons; Pressing Toward the Mark: Essays Commemorating Fifty
Years of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church; An Introduction to the
Presbyterian and Reformed Heritage (editor); Justified in Christ.
Representative Articles: “Ursinus’ Development of the Covenant of
Creation: A Debt to Melanchthon or Calvin?,” Westminster Theological
Journal, 1981; “A Primer on Presbyterianism,” New Horizons, 1989;
“The Continuing Conundrum: Calvin and the Conditionality of the
Covenant,” Calvin Theological Journal, 1994.
Alexander (Sandy) Finlayson
Professor of Theological Bibliography
B.A., University of Toronto, 1980; M.L.S.,
University of Toronto, 1982; M.T.S., Tyndale
Seminary, 2002; Public Services Librarian,
University of Saskatchewan Libraries, 1982–
1991; Library Director, Tyndale College &
Seminary, 1991–2002; Westminster 2002– .
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