Samuel Talbot Logan Jr. (born October 26, 1943)[1] is an American ecclesiastical historian and Presbyterian minister. He is professor of Church history at Biblical Theological Seminary and former president of Westminster Theological Seminary.[1] He served as president from 1991 to 2005. He is an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.[2] Logan's tenure was abruptly terminated in 2005 by the seminary's board of trustees due to their perception that he was too inclusive of liberal scholarship.[3]
Samuel T. Logan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Samuel Talbot Logan Jr. October 26, 1943 Vicksburg, Mississippi, US |
| Spouse | Susan Luthman Logan |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity (Presbyterian) |
| Church | Orthodox Presbyterian Church |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Hermeneutics and American Literature (1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Hesla |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Ecclesiastical history |
| Institutions | |
Works
Thesis
- Logan, Samuel T., ed. (1972). Hermeneutics and American Literature (PhD dissertation). Atlanta, Georgia: Emory University. OCLC 22149148.
Books
- Logan, Samuel T., ed. (1986). The Preacher and Preaching: Reviving the Art in the Twentieth Century. Phillipsburg, New York: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing. ISBN 978-0-875-52294-4.
- ———; Barker, William S., eds. (2003). Sermons That Shaped America: Reformed Preaching from 1630 to 2001. Phillipsburg, New York: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing. ISBN 978-0-87552-003-2.
- ———, ed. (2007). Confronting Kingdom Challenges: A Call to Global Christians to Carry the Burden Together. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books. ISBN 978-1-581-34863-7.
- ——— (2013). Reformed Means Missional: Following Jesus into the World. Greensboro, North Carolina: New Growth Press. ISBN 978-1-938-26775-8.
Chapters
- ——— (1985). "Jonathan Edwards and the Northampton Awakening". Preaching and Revival. London: Westminster Conference. OCLC 796960195.
- ——— (1986). "The Phenomenology of Preaching". In ——— (ed.). The Preacher and Preaching: Reviving the Art in the Twentieth Century. Phillipsburg, New York: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing. ISBN 978-0-875-52294-4.
Articles
- ——— (1974). "Theology And Literature: A Linguistic Approach". Westminster Theological Journal. 36 (3): 334ff.
- ——— (1980). "The Hermeneutics of Jonathan Edwards". Westminster Theological Journal. 43 (1): 79–96.
- ——— (1984). "The Doctrine of Justification in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards". Westminster Theological Journal. 46 (1): 26–52.
- ——— (1987). "The Origins of Modern Attacks on Biblical Authority". Westminster Theological Journal. 49 (1): 119–142.
- ——— (1988). "Where Have All The Tulips Gone? Being a Brief Treatise Discovering the Causes of the Decline of the Calvinistical Religion in New England Between 1630 and 1776". Westminster Theological Journal. 50 (1): 1–26.
- ——— (1991). "Academic Freedom at Christian Institutions". Christian Scholars Review. 21 (2): 14–17.
- ——— (1995). "Theological Decline in Christian Institutions and the Value of Van Til's Epistemology". Westminster Theological Journal. 57 (1): 145–63.