Peter Lillback

Peter A. Lillback
Born May 31, 1952
Nationality American
Known for Historical Theology
Title President of Westminster Theological Seminary
Board member of President, The Providence Forum
Academic background
Education Cedarville College(B.A.)
Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M.)
Westminster Theological Seminary (Ph.D.)
Alma mater Westminster Theological Seminary
Thesis The Binding of God: Calvin’s Role in the Development of Covenant Theology (1985)
Doctoral advisor D. Clair Davis
Academic work
Discipline Historical Theology
Sub-discipline Reformation and Post Reformation Studies
Institutions Westminster Theological Seminary

Peter A. Lillback is an American theologian who is President and Professor of Historical Theology and Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary, a Presbyterian and Reformed Christian graduate educational institution in Glenside, Pennsylvania. He also serves as the president of the Providence Forum and a senior editor at Unio cum Christo: An International Journal of Reformed Theology and Life. Lillback has been ordained in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC), and holds credentials as teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). Lillback holds degrees from Cedarville University (B.A.), Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M.), and Westminster Theological Seminary (Ph.D.). He is the author of the biography George Washington’s Sacred Fire, based on primary-source research and scholarship on the life of George Washington.