Douglas A. Foster

Douglas Allen Foster (born 1952) is professor of church history at Abilene Christian University and Associate Dean of Abilene Christian's Graduate School of Theology. He has taught at Abilene Christian since August 1991. He was appointed Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Theology in June 2006 and served until the Fall semester of 2007. He also serves as Director of the Center for Restoration Studies located in Abilene Christian's Brown Library. Foster is best known for his scholarly work on the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement.

Education

B.A. Lipscomb University (1974)

M.A. Central Methodist University (1980)

Ph.D. Vanderbilt University (1987)

Publications

• The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004. ISBN 0802838987,

ISBN 978-0802838988. (Editor)

• The Crux of the Matter. Abilene, TX: ACU Press, 2002. ISBN 089112036X, ISBN 978-0891120360.
• The Stone-Campbell Movement: An International Religious Tradition. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2002. ISBN 1-57233-179-8. (Editor)
• Will the Cycle Be Unbroken?: Churches of Christ Face the 21st Century. ACU Press, 1994. ISBN 1-57233-179-8.

Personal life

Foster is married to Mary Linda Grissom Foster (née 1948). They have a daughter (Mary Elizabeth) and a son (Mark).

External links

• Foster's Bio on Abilene Christian web-site