P. Andrew Sandlin is a Christian minister, cultural theologian, and author; the founder and president of th
Center for Cultural Leadership
in

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; De Yong Distinguished Visiting Professor of Culture and Theology at Edinburg Theological Seminary in

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; and core faculty a
Evan Runner International Academy for Cultural Leadership
of th
Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity
in

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. He was formerly president of th
National Reform Association
and executive vice president of the

Chalcedon Foundation The Chalcedon Foundation is an American Christian Reconstructionist organization founded by Rousas John Rushdoony in 1965. Named for the Council of Chalcedon, it has also included theologians such as Gary North (economist), Gary North, who later f ...

Education

Sandlin holds a

B.A. Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

liberal studies Liberal arts education (from Latin "free" and "art or principled practice") is the traditional academic course in Western higher education. ''Liberal arts'' takes the term ''art'' in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically the ...

concentrating in

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history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

, and

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

from the

University of the State of New York The University of the State of New York (USNY, ) is the state of New York (state), New York's governmental umbrella organization for both public and private institutions in New York State. The "university" is not an educational institution: it i ...

(1991), an

M.A. A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

English literature English literature is literature written in the English language from United Kingdom, its crown dependencies, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, and the countries of the former British Empire. ''The Encyclopaedia Britannica'' defines E ...

from the

University of South Africa The University of South Africa (UNISA), known colloquially as Unisa, is the largest university system in South Africa by enrollment. It attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa. Through various colleges and affiliates, U ...

(1993), and an S.T.D. in

Theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

and

Ecclesiastical History __NOTOC__ Church history or ecclesiastical history as an academic discipline studies the history of Christianity and the way the Christian Church has developed since its inception. Henry Melvill Gwatkin defined church history as "the spiritual ...

from Edinburg Theological Seminary (2007), United States extension of Universidad Juan Calvino of Mexico City. He also did

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is a ...

studies in English at

Kent State University Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio. The university also includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio and additional facilities in the region and internationally. Regional campuses are located in As ...

in 1994.

Ministries

He is a minister in the Fellowship of Mere Christianity and was pastor at Church of the Word,

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(1984-1995) and Cornerstone Bible Church,

Scotts Valley, California Scotts Valley is a small city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States, about thirty miles (48 km) south of downtown San Jose and six miles (10 km) north of the city of Santa Cruz, in the upland slope of the Santa Cruz Mounta ...

(2004-2014).

Theology

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide Interdenominationalism, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "bor ...

Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

committed to the neo-Reformational paradigm of

Abraham Kuyper Abraham Kuyper (; ; 29 October 1837 – 8 November 1920) was the Prime Minister of the Netherlands between 1901 and 1905, an influential neo-Calvinist theologian and a journalist. He established the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, which upo ...

Herman Bavinck Herman Bavinck (13 December 1854 – 29 July 1921) was a Dutch Calvinist theologian and churchman. He was a significant scholar in the Calvinist tradition, alongside Abraham Kuyper and B. B. Warfield. Biography Background Bavinck was bor ...

Herman Dooyeweerd Herman Dooyeweerd (7 October 1894, Amsterdam – 12 February 1977, Amsterdam) was a professor of law and jurisprudence at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam from 1926 to 1965. He was also a philosopher and principal founder of Reformational philo ...

, and

Cornelius Van Til Cornelius Van Til (May 3, 1895 – April 17, 1987) was a Dutch-American reformed philosopher and theologian, who is credited as being the originator of modern presuppositional apologetics. A graduate of Calvin College, Van Til later received ...

, Sandlin is a critic of both

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...

and

progressive Progressive may refer to: Politics * Progressivism, a political philosophy in support of social reform ** Progressivism in the United States, the political philosophy in the American context * Progressive realism, an American foreign policy par ...

theological trends. He is considered an extreme

Christian Reconstructionist Christian reconstructionism is a fundamentalist Calvinist theonomic movement. It developed primarily under the direction of Rousas Rushdoony, Greg Bahnsen and Gary North and has had an important influence on the Christian right in the United S ...

Americans United for Separation of Church and State Americans United for Separation of Church and State (Americans United or AU for short) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that advocates for the disassociation of religion and religious organizations from government. The separation of church ...

. He was targeted by Right Wing Watch, a program of People for the American Way, for arguing that “Christians Must Be Conservative, And Conservatives Must Be Christian." He advocates a unity of

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, traditionally distinguished among

Christians, and he was an early critic of "

Biblical Patriarchy Biblical patriarchy, also known as Christian patriarchy, is a set of beliefs in Reformed Evangelical Protestant Christianity concerning gender relations and their manifestations in institutions, including marriage, the family, and the home. It s ...

Bibliography

He has written and edited several books: * ''New Flesh, New Earth: The Life-Changing Power of the Resurrection'' (Oakdown, 2003) * ''Backbone of the Bible: The Covenant in Contemporary Perspective'' (ed., Covenant Media, 2004) * ''Un-Inventing the Church: Toward a Modest Ecclesiology'' (Center for Cultural Leadership, 2007) * ''A Faith That Is Never Alone: A Response to Westminster Seminary California'' (ed., Kerygma, 2007) * ''Christian Culture: An Introduction'' (Center for Cultural Leadership, 2013). In addition, he has published numerous essays and articles, both scholarly and popular, in publications such as ''

Free Inquiry ''Free Inquiry'' is a bimonthly journal of secular humanist opinion and commentary published by the Council for Secular Humanism, a program of the Center for Inquiry. Philosopher Paul Kurtz was the editor-in-chief from its inception in 1980 unti ...

'', '' Christian Statesman'', ''

The New Rambler ''The New Rambler'' is an online book review co-founded by Eric Posner, Adrian Vermeule, and Blakey Vermeule in 2015. It was relaunched under new editorship in August 2019. Its current editors are Cindy Ewing, Connor Ewing, Simon Stern, and Anna S ...

'', ''The Modern Age'', and the ''Reformation and Revival Journal''. His article on a neo-Reformational defense of environmental stewardship in ''

,'' published by The Council for Secular Humanism, was the first avowedly Christian article in that magazine's history.

References

External links

Christian Culture: Personal blogThe Center for Cultural Leadership"Toward a Catholic Calvinism,"
by P. Andrew Sandlin
Lutheranized Calvinism by P. Andrew Sandlin
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sandlin, Andrew American Calvinist and Reformed theologians Living people American Calvinist and Reformed ministers University of South Africa alumni Kent State University alumni 20th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians 21st-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians People from Scotts Valley, California Year of birth missing (living people)