George W. Stroup (born 1944) is J.B. Green Professor Emeritus of Theology at

Columbia Theological Seminary Columbia Theological Seminary is a Presbyterian seminary in Decatur, Georgia. It is one of ten theological institutions affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). History Columbia Theological Seminary was founded in 1828 in Lexington, Geor ...

. He is a minister in the

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. He is married to Dr. Donna Fox Stroup, a mathematical statistician.

Biography

Stroup first studied history at

Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranked among the top universities ...

before attending

Yale Divinity School Yale Divinity School (YDS) is one of the twelve graduate and professional schools of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Congregationalist theological education was the motivation at the founding of Yale, and the professional school has ...

. He pursued his Ph.D. at

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...

. He taught as an assistant professor at both

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and

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary is a Presbyterian seminary in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1902 to provide pastors for the rapidly growing Presbyterian Church in the frontier Southwest. Thonton Rogers Sampson was the first president. ...

before coming to Columbia Theological Seminary in 1974. In 1986, he was appointed as the J.B. Green Professor of Theology until his retirement in 2014. Among many contributions, he was on the editorial board for

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for ''The Columbia Series in Reformed Theology'' (1995) and ''Feasting on the Word: Preaching for the Revised Common Lectionary'' (2008-2010). For the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A), he was on the General Assembly Committee on the Inclusion of the Belhar Confession in the Book of Confessions (2009-2010), the General Assembly Select Committee on a Brief Confession of Faith (1984-1991), and The Council on Theology and Culture (1983-1988). Publications include: * ''Why Jesus Matters''. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2011 * ''Calvin''. Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 2009. * ''Before God''. Eerdmans, 2004. * ''Many Voices, One God: Being Faithful in a Pluralistic World''. Co-Edited with

Walter Brueggemann Walter Brueggemann (born March 11, 1933) is an American Protestant Old Testament scholar and theologian who is widely considered one of the most influential Old Testament scholars of the last several decades. His work often focuses on the Hebrew p ...

Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 1998. * ''Reformed Reader: A Sourcebook in Christian Theology''. Volume II: Contemporary Trajectories, 1799–Present. Editor. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993. * ''Jesus Christ for Today''. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1982. * ''The Promise of Narrative Theology: Recovering the Gospel in the Church''. Richmond, Virginia: John Knox Press, 1981; London, SCM Press, 1984; Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 1997.

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