Carl Trueman, Ph.D. Pre-Conference: Consecrating Humanity: The Call to Re-humanize the World

May 29, 2026    Carl Trueman, Jennifer Patterson

Born and raised in England, Carl R. Trueman is a graduate of the Universities of Cambridge (M.A., Classics) and Aberdeen (Ph.D, Church History), and has taught on the faculties of the Universities of Nottingham and Aberdeen before moving to the United States in 2001 to teach at Westminster Theological Seminary (PA). In 2017-18 he was the William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. Since 2018, he has served as a professor at Grove City College in the Calderwood School of Arts and Humanities. He is widely published in both academic and popular circles, is a Contributing Editor at "First Things" and "Touchstone Magazine," an opinion columnist at "World" magazine, and a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington DC. His most recent books are "The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Expressive Individualism," "Cultural Amnesia, and the Road to Sexual Revolution" and "Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution" (both from Crossway) and (with Bruce Gordon) "The Oxford Handbook to Calvin and Calvinism" (Oxford University Press). He also has a forthcoming book, "To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse" due later this year from Broadman and Holman. His writing has appeared in "Deseret Journal," "Wall Street Journal," "National Review Online," "American Mind," "Claremont Review of Books." and "Public Discourse." He and his wife Catriona have two adult sons and a granddaughter.