Frank James

Type:	author
Address:	130 Essex Street
	South Hamilton, MA 1982
	United States
Phone:	(978) 468-7111

Dr. Frank James is President of Biblical Theological Seminary in the Philadelphia suburb of Hatfield, PA. Prior to taking his current post in 2013, he taught and served as president at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, FL, and served as provost and taught at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, MA. Additionally, he has been on the teaching faculties of Villanova University and Westmont College, and was Visiting Professor at the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Oxford University.

Dr. James has focused particularly in two academic areas—the Reformation and Contemporary American Evangelicalism—and has taught and written widely in both areas. He has written or edited nine books and published over 60 articles in popular and academic journals. His latest book is Church History: Reformation to the Present (Zondervan, 2013). Previous works include (as coeditor and contributor) The Glory of the Atonement: In Biblical, Theological and Historical Perspective (InterVarsity Press, 2004); Peter Martyr Vermigli and Predestination: The Augustinian Inheritance of an Italian Reformer (Oxford University Press, 1998); and (as coeditor and contributor) Companion to Peter Martyr Vermigli/ (Brill, 2009). Dr. James has also has given lectures at distinguished universities and research institutes around the globe, including Oxford University, the University of Zurich, and the University of Padua, Italy.

A Texas native, Dr. James has two doctorates: a DPhil in History from Oxford and a PhD in Theology from Westminster Theological Seminary. He is married to fellow author Carolyn Custis James.

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