Peter A. Lillback | |
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Born | May 31, 1952 |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Historical Theology |
Title | President of Westminster Theological Seminary |
Board member of | President, The Providence Forum |
Academic background | |
Education | Cedarville College (B.A.) Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M.) Westminster Theological Seminary (Ph.D.) |
Alma mater | Westminster Theological Seminary |
Thesis | The Binding of God: Calvin's Role in the Development of Covenant Theology (1985) |
Doctoral advisor | D. Clair Davis |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Historical Theology |
Sub-discipline | Reformation and Post Reformation Studies |
Institutions | Westminster Theological Seminary |
Religious life | |
Religion | Christianity |
Denomination | Presbyterian |
Church | Presbyterian Church in America |
Profession | Teaching Elder |
Peter A. Lillback is an American theologian and church historian,the president and professor of historical theology and church history at Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside,Pennsylvania. [1] He has held the presidency since 2005. [1]
Lillback earned a B.A. from Cedarville University (1974),a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary (1978),and a Ph.D. from Westminster Theological Seminary (1985). [1] He was ordained in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and holds credentials as a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. [1]
He is the founder and president emeritus of the Providence Forum,an organization focused on the religious foundations of American governance. [1] He also serves as senior editor of Unio cum Christo:An International Journal of Reformed Theology and Life. [1]
Lillback is the author of George Washington's Sacred Fire (2006),a biographical work that argues Washington was a Christian rather than a deist. [2]