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Oliver D. Crisp (born 1972) is a British
theologian 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 ...
who currently works as Professor of Analytic Theology at the
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, and was formerly a professor of systematic theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in
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. Crisp was, until 2011, a reader in philosophical theology at
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in the United Kingdom. He specializes in analytic theology,
philosophical theology Philosophical theology is both a branch and form of theology in which philosophical methods are used in developing or analyzing theological concepts. It therefore includes natural theology as well as philosophical treatments of orthodox and heter ...
, and
historical theology Historical theology is the study of the history of Christian doctrine. Stanley Grenz, Grenz, Guretzki and Nordling describe it as, "The division of the theological discipline that seeks to understand and delineate how the church interpreted Scri ...
. His historical work focuses on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American
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theologians, including
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and William Shedd. His constructive work has, to date, primarily been in the areas of
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, soteriology, and hamartiology. Along with Michael Rea, Crisp has been involved in a rising trend among growing number of theologians known as analytic theology. As part of this ongoing initiative Crisp and Rea founded the ''Journal of Analytic Theology'' in 2013. Simultaneously, he worked with Fred Sanders to start the LA Theology Conference in 2013, completing the ninth conference in 2023. Crisp earned his
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, Master of Theology, and Master of Laws degrees from the
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. He received his
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degree from
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, in 2002. His thesis focused on the philosophical theology of Jonathan Edwards and was supervised by
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. In 2016, Crisp was awarded a Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Aberdeen. He is the author or editor of thirty eight books, and has written over a hundred articles, chapters, and essays in theology and philosophy. The covers of Crisp's singly authored works often feature his own artwork. (See for example the cover of ''Deviant Calvinism''.)


Selected works


Books

* ''Participation and Atonement: An Analytic and Constructive Account'' by Oliver D. Crisp; Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2022. ISBN 978-0801049965 * ''Freedom, Redemption and Communion: Studies in Christian Doctrine'' by Oliver D. Crisp; London: T&T Clark, 2021. * ''God, Creation and Salvation: Essays in Reformed Theology'' by Oliver D. Crisp; London: T&T Clark, 2020. ISBN 978-0567689535 * ''Approaching the Atonement: The Reconciling Work of Christ'' by Oliver D. Crisp; Downers Grove, Ill: IVP Academic, 2020. ISBN 978-0830851973 * ''Analyzing Doctrine: Toward a Systematic Theology'' by Oliver D. Crisp; Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1481309868 * ''Jonathan Edwards: An Introduction to his Thought'' by Oliver D. Crisp and Kyle C. Strobel; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2018. ISBN 978-0802872692 * ''Saving Calvinism: Expanding the Reformed Tradition'' by Oliver D. Crisp; Downers Grove, Ill: IVP Academic, 2016. * ''The Word Enfleshed: Exploring the Person and Work of Christ'' by Oliver D. Crisp; Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2016. * J''onathan Edwards Among the Theologians'' by Oliver D. Crisp; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2015. ISBN 978-0802871725 * ''Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology'' by Oliver D. Crisp; Fortress Press, 1 September 2014 * ''Jonathan Edwards on God and Creation'' by Oliver D. Crisp; New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0199755295 * ''Retrieving Doctrine: Essays in Reformed Theology'' by Oliver D. Crisp; Downers Grove, Ill; IVP Academic, 2011. * ''Revisioning Christology: Theology in the Reformed Tradition'' by Oliver Crisp; Farnham: Ashgate, 2011. * ''God Incarnate: Explorations in Christology'' by Oliver Crisp; New York: T & T Clark, 2009. * ''A Reader in Contemporary Philosophical Theology'' edited by Oliver Crisp; New York: T & T Clark, 2009. * ''Analytic Theology: New Essays in the Philosophy of Theology,'' edited by Oliver Crisp and Michael Rea; New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. * ''Divinity and Humanity: The Incarnation Reconsidered'' by Oliver Crisp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. * ''An American Augustinian: Sin and Salvation in the Dogmatic Theology of William G. T. Shedd'' by Oliver Crisp; Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2007. * ''Jonathan Edwards and the Metaphysics of Sin'' by Oliver Crisp; Burlington, VT: Ashgate Pub, 2005.


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Hiring Announcement at Fuller
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