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Scot McKnight | |
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Born | 1953 (age 70–71) |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity, theologian, speaker, author and blogger |
Spouse | Kristen |
Children | Laura; Lukas |
Ecclesiastical career | |
Religion | Christian (Anglican) |
Church | Anglican Church in North America |
Ordained | 2014 (deacon) |
Congregations served | Church of the Redeemer in Highwood, Illinois |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Thesis | New Shepherds for Israel: An Historical and Critical Study of Matthew 9:35-11:1 (1986) |
Doctoral advisor | James D. G. Dunn |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Theology |
Sub-discipline | Biblical studies, Biblical theology, Biblical hermeneutics |
School or tradition | Evangelical Anglicanism |
Institutions | |
Notable works | The Jesus Creed (2004); Praying with the Church (2006); The Blue Parakeet (2008); The King Jesus Gospel (2011); A Long Faithfulness (2013); Kingdom Conspiracy (2014); A Fellowship of Differents (2015); The Heaven Promise (2015); The Hum of Angels (2017); Open to the Spirit (2018); It Takes a Church to Baptize (2018); Pastor Paul (2019); A Church Called Tov (2020); Pivot (2023); Revelation for the Rest of Us (2023) |
Website | https://scotmcknight.substack.com/ |
Scot McKnight (born 1953) is an American New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity, theologian, and author who has written widely on the historical Jesus, early Christianity and Christian living. He is currently the Julius R. Mantey Chair of New Testament at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Lisle, Illinois,[1][2] but announced in January 2024 that he would leave the faculty by the end of the academic year, due to allegations of mismanagement in Northern.[3]
McKnight is an ordained Anglican deacon and canon theologian for the Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others with anabaptist leanings, and has also written on issues in modern anabaptism.[4][5]