Carl Trueman

Carl R. Trueman (born 1967) is a Christian theologian and ecclesiastical historian. He was Professor of Historical Theology and Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary, where he held the Paul Woolley Chair of Church History. In 2018 Trueman resigned his position at Westminster to become a full-time undergraduate Professor at Grove City College, serving as Full Professor in their Department of Biblical and Religious Studies as of the fall semester of that same year.[3][4]

The Reverend Carl Trueman
Trueman lecturing at the Presbyterian Theological College, in Melbourne, Australia, in 2012
Born	1967 (age 52–53) Dudley, England[1][2]
Home town	West Country, England[2]
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Presbyterian)
Church	Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Academic background
Alma mater	St Catharine's College, Cambridge University of Aberdeen
Influences	J. I. Packer[1]
Academic work
Discipline	History theology
Sub-discipline	Ecclesiastical history historical theology
School or tradition	Calvinism
Institutions	University of Aberdeen University of Nottingham Westminster Theological Seminary Grove City College

Among Trueman's books are John Owen: Reformed Catholic, Renaissance Man,[5]The Creedal Imperative,[6] Fools Rush in Where Monkeys Fear to Tread: Taking Aim at Everyone,[7] and Republocrat: Confessions of a Liberal Conservative.[8] He contributes to First Things (Journal of Religion and Public Life)[9] blogs regularly at Reformation21[10] and co-hosts the Mortification of Spin[11] podcast.

Trueman is an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and was the pastor of Cornerstone OPC in Ambler, Pennsylvania.[12]

Trueman studied at Marling School, Gloucestershire, St Catharine's College, Cambridge and the University of Aberdeen, and previously taught at the University of Aberdeen and the University of Nottingham.[3] He was editor of Themelios from 1998 to 2007, and is a council member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.[3]