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 |
Peter A. Lillback is an American theologian who is President and Professor of Historical Theology and Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary,a Presbyterian and Reformed Christian graduate educational institution in Glenside,Pennsylvania. [1] He also serves as the president of the Providence Forum and a senior editor at Unio cum Christo:An International Journal of Reformed Theology and Life. Lillback has been ordained in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC),and holds credentials as teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). [2] Lillback holds degrees from Cedarville University (B.A.),Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M.),and Westminster Theological Seminary (Ph.D.). [1] He is the author of the biography George Washington’s Sacred Fire,based on primary-source research and scholarship on the life of George Washington. [3]
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