Thomas E. Woodward

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Thomas E. Woodward is professor of missions, evangelism and science at Trinity College of Florida/Dallas Theological Seminary (Tampa Bay Extension) and a prominent Christian apologist. Professor Woodward has published widely defending intelligent design and attacking Darwin's theory of evolution. His biography on Amazon.com lists the subjects he teaches as "systematic theology, communications, and the rhetoric of science".

Professor Woodward did his doctoral work in the Department of Communication of the University of South Florida. His thesis, a history of the Intelligent Design movement, was published by Baker Books as "Doubts About Darwin" in 2003. Since 1988, Woodward has led Trinity’s Center for University Ministries (CFUM), as well as an evangelical teaching and discipleship ministry, the C. S. Lewis Society, which is hosted by Trinity College. Prior to this, Woodward served with UFM International ("Unevangelized Field Mission International", a missionary organization now known as Crossworld) in the Dominican Republic. Woodward has a B.A. in History awarded by Princeton University and a Th. M. in Systematic Theology from the Dallas Theological Seminary.

In the fall of 2006 and the spring of 2007, Woodward was adjunct faculty at the Tampa extension of the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary of Wake Forest, North Carolina. He taught classes in "Salvation and Religious Pluralism" and "Eschatology".