Edmund Clowney

Edmund Clowney
Born	Edmund Prosper Clowney (1917-07-30)July 30, 1917 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	March 20, 2005(2005-03-20) (aged 87)
Nationality	American
Title	President of Westminster Theological Seminary
Spouse	Jean Granger (nee Wright)
Children	five children
Academic background
Education	Wheaton College Westminster Theological Seminary Yale Divinity School
Alma mater	Wheaton College (DD)
Academic work
Discipline	Biblical theology
Institutions	Westminster Theological Seminary Trinity Presbyterian Church Westminster Seminary California
Notable works	Preaching and Biblical Theology

Edmund Prosper Clowney (

.

Early life and education

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he earned a Bachelor of Arts from Wheaton College in 1939, a Bachelor of Theology from Westminster Theological Seminary in 1942, a Master of Sacred Theology from Yale Divinity School in 1944, and a Doctor of Divinity from Wheaton College in 1966.

Ministry

Clowney was ordained in the

. After two years in Texas, Clowney returned to Trinity Presbyterian Church as part-time theologian-in-residence, a position he held until his death in 2005.

Tim Keller has said that Clowney and J. Alec Motyer were "the fathers of my preaching ministry".^[1]

In 1990 a Festschrift was published in his honor. Practical Theology and the Ministry of the Church, 1952-1984: Essays in Honor of Edmund P. Clowney included contributions from Jay E. Adams, William Edgar, Roger Nicole, J. I. Packer, Robert G. Rayburn, and Geoff Thomas.

Clowney married Jean Granger Wright (1920–2008) on August 30, 1942. They had five children.

Publications

Clowney was also a prolific writer. Books that he has authored include:

• Preaching and Biblical Theology (
  ISBN 0-87552-145-2
  )
• Called to the Ministry (
  ISBN 0-87552-144-4
  )
• Christian Meditation (
  ISBN 1-57383-227-8
  )
• Doctrine of the Church
• The Message of I Peter: The Way of the Cross (The Bible Speaks Series,
  ISBN 0-8308-1227-X
  )
• The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Christ in the Old Testament (
  ISBN 0-87552-174-6
  )
• Preaching Christ in All of Scripture (
  ISBN 1-58134-452-X
  )
• The Church (Contours of Christian Theology,
  ISBN 0-8308-1534-1
  )
• How Jesus Transforms the Ten Commandments (
  ISBN 978-1-59638-036-3
  )

In addition, he authored many articles, lectures and sermons, including the anonymous humor column "Eutychus and His Pin" (later renamed "Eutychus and His Kin") for the magazine Christianity Today from 1955-60, and Bible studies for the daily devotional Tabletalk.

See also

• List of Christian theologians

References

External links

• "The Politics of the Kingdom" a
  biblical-theological essay in which Clowney discusses how the Church must resist the temptation to become subservient to earthly political
  powers and programs.
• Obituary for Dr. Edmund Clowney by Westminster Theological Seminary
• EdmundClowney.com, a tribute site

Academic offices
New office	President of Westminster Theological Seminary 1966-1984	Succeeded by George C. Fuller