Craig Alan Blaising (born 1949) is the former Executive Vice President and Provost of

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. Blaising earned a Doctor of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the

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, Scotland, a Master of Theology

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, and a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the

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. He is a recognized authority in patristic studies and eschatology and is one of the primary proponents of "

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." Prior to serving at Southwestern, Blaising was Joseph Emerson Brown Professor of Christian Theology and associate vice president for doctoral studies at

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. Before that, he served as professor of systematic theology at

. In 1978, Blaising was the first faculty member to occupy the Evangelical Bible Chair at the

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. Blaising is a member of the

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. He was elected as the organization's national president in 2005 and served as the president of the Southwest Region in 1986-87. He is also a member of the International Association of Patristic Studies, the

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, and the

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Works

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Journal articles

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Other contributions

* * * * * * * *Dr. Blaising has also contributed various entries in ''The Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, 2nd ed.'' (1997) and '' The Evangelical Dictionary of Theology'' (1984 and 2001).

References

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