Samuel T. Logan

Samuel T. Logan, Jr.
Born (1943-10-26) October 26, 1943
Vicksburg, MS
Title Professor of Church History at Biblical Theological Seminary
Spouse(s) Susan Luthman Logan
Children 2 sons
Academic background
Education Princeton University, Westminster Theological Seminary
Alma mater Emory University (PhD)
Thesis Hermeneutics and American Literature (1972)
Academic work
Discipline Church history
Institutions Barrington College
Westminster Theological Seminary
Biblical Theological Seminary

Samuel T. Logan, Jr. (born October 26, 1943),[1] 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]

Works

Thesis

  • Logan, Samuel T., ed. (1972). Hermeneutics and American Literature (Ph.D.). Emory University.

Books

  • Logan, Samuel T., ed. (1986). The Preacher and Preaching: reviving the art in the twentieth century. Phillipsburg, NY: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing. ISBN 978-0-875-52294-4. OCLC 13092429.
  • ———; Barker, William S., eds. (2003). Sermons that shaped America : Reformed preaching from 1630 to 2001. Phillipsburg, NY: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing. ISBN 9780875520032. OCLC 53091307.
  • ———, ed. (2007). Confronting Kingdom Challenges: a call to global Christians to carry the burden together. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books. ISBN 978-1-581-34863-7. OCLC 81150153.
  • ——— (2013). Reformed Means Missional: following Jesus into the world. Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press. ISBN 978-1-938-26775-8. OCLC 840937611.

Chapters

  • ——— (1986). "The Phenomenology of Preaching". In ———. The Preacher and Preaching: reviving the art in the twentieth century. Phillipsburg, NY: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing. ISBN 978-0-875-52294-4. OCLC 13092429.
  • ——— (1985). "Jonathan Edwards and the Northampton awakening". Preaching and Revival. London, England: Westminster Conference. OCLC 796960195.

Articles

  • ——— (Spring 1974). "Theology And Literature: A Linguistic Approach". Westminster Theological Journal. 36 (3): 334-.
  • ——— (Fall 1980). "The Hermeneutics of Jonathan Edwards". Westminster Theological Journal. 43 (1): 79–96.
  • ——— (Spring 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.
  • ——— (Spring 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.
  • ——— (Fall 1991). "Academic Freedom at Christian Institutions". Christian Scholars Review. 21 (2): 14–17.
  • ——— (Spring 1995). "Theological Decline in Christian Institutions and the Value of Van Til's Epistemology". Westminster Theological Journal. 57 (1): 145–63.

References

  1. 1 2 "Samuel T. Logan Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Biblical Theological Seminary. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Westminster Seminary Gets New President, Dean". Philadelphia Inquirer. 30 June 1991. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Embattled professor to leave seminary Westminster suspended Peter Enns for writing a book saying both men and God wrote the Bible". Philadelphia Inquirer. 26 July 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
Academic offices
Preceded by
George C. Fuller		 President of Westminster Theological Seminary
1991-2005		 Succeeded by
Peter Lillback


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