Donald Fairbairn
Born |
Donald MacAllister Fairbairn, Jr August 31, 1963 |
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Education |
Princeton University, 1985: A.B. in English Literature Denver Seminary, 1989: M.Div University of Cambridge, 1999: Ph.D in Patristics |
Occupation |
Professor Theologian Historian |
Employer | Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary |
Title | Robert E. Cooley Professor of Early Christianity |
Religion | Evangelical Christian |
Spouse(s) | Jenifer Katona |
Children | Donald III, Anna |
Donald Fairbairn (born August 31, 1963) is a scholar specializing in patristic soteriology and Cyril of Alexandria who currently teaches at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
Education
Fairbairn graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with an A.B. in English literature.[1] During his time at Princeton he was awarded the "Class of 1859 Prize" which was awarded to the student in the English department with the highest graduating GPA. He then began an M.Div program at Erskine Theological Seminary in Due West, South Carolina where he was awarded the Kenneth Fitzhugh Morris Award for excellence in Biblical studies. After two years of study at Erskine he transferred to Denver Seminary where he graduated with honors, having been awarded the Scholarship Award for being the M.Div graduate with the highest GPA. In 1999 Fairbairn was awarded the Ph.D in Patristics from the University of Cambridge where he completed a dissertation titledGrace and Christology in Cyril of Alexandria and John Cassian under Lionel Wickham.[2]
Teaching career
Despite being nearly completely deaf,[3] Fairbairn has taught at various institutions, including adjunct roles at the Cambridge Summer School of Theology, Denver Seminary, the Greek Biblce Institute, Haddington House, IFES Eurasia, North Caucaus Bible College, the REALIS Institute in Kiev. While still a PhD student at Cambridge he was teaching multiple courses and provided academic leadership at Donetsk Christian University in Donetsk (Ukraine), during the institution's formative years, and he continued there as a visiting professor of theology later on. He also teaches part-time as a professor of Historical Theology at Evangelische Theologische Faculteit in Leuven. He is currently the Robert E. Cooley Professor of Early Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina and previously taught full-time at Erskine Theological Seminary.[4]
Published works
Books
- Correspondence on Christology and Grace, Catholic University of America Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-8132-0126-9
- Understanding Language, Catholic University of America Press, 20 July 2011, ISBN 978-0-8132-1866-3
- Life in the Trinity, InterVarsity Press, 28 September 2009, ISBN 978-0-8308-3873-8
- Blomberg, Craig L; Sung Wook Chung, eds. (1 February 2009), "Contemporary Millennial/Tribulational Debates: Whose Side Was the Early Church On?", Case for Historic Premillennialism, A: An Alternative to "Left Behind" Eschatology, Grand Rapids: Baker Publishing Group, pp. 105–132, ISBN 978-0-8010-3596-8
- Sanders, Fred; Issler, Klaus, eds. (2007), "The One Person Who Is Jesus Christ: The Patristic Perspective", Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective, B&H Publishing Group, pp. 80–113, ISBN 978-0-8054-4422-3
- Grace and Christology in the Early Church, Oxford University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0-19-929710-8
- Partridge, Christopher Hugh; Gabriel, Theodore P C, eds. (2003), "Eastern Orthodox Mystical Theology", Mysticisms East and West: studies in mystical experience, Paternoster, ISBN 978-1-84227-092-9
- Eastern Orthodoxy Through Western Eyes, Westminster John Knox Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-664-22497-4
- Hart, Trevor A; Bauckham, Richard, eds. (2000), "John Cassian", The Dictionary of Historical Theology, Paternoster Press, ISBN 978-1-84227-002-8
- Linzey, Sharon; Kaisch, Ken, eds. (23 November 1999), "Orthodox Supremacy in Russia: Is There a Place for Evangelicalism?", God in Russia: the Challenge of Freedom, Lanham: University Press of America, pp. 288–314, ISBN 978-0-7618-1548-8
Journal articles
- "Justification in St. Cyril of Alexandria, with Some Implications for Ecumenical Dialogue", Participatio: Journal of the Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship (T F Torrance Theological Fellowship) 4, 2013: 123–146
- Fairbairn, Donald (2007), "Allies or Merely Friends? John of Antioch and Nestorius in the Christological Controversy", The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 58 (3): 383, doi:10.1017/S0022046907001558, ISSN 0022-0469
- "Patristic Soteriology: Three Trajectories", Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 50 (2), June 2007: 289–301, ISSN 0360-8808
- Fairbairn, D. (2005), "The Puzzle of Theodoret's Christology: A Modest Suggestion", The Journal of Theological Studies 58 (1): 100–133, doi:10.1093/jts/fll159, ISSN 0022-5185
- "Patristic Exegesis and Theology: the Cart and the Horse", The Westminster Theological Journal 69 (1), 2007: 1–19, ISSN 0043-4388
- "Is the Early Church Relevant to the Scottish Reformation?", Haddington House Journal 8 (Supplemental Issue), 2006: 7–28
- "Salvation as Theosis: The Teaching of Eastern Orthodoxy", Themelios 23 (2), June 1998: 42–54
Notes
- ↑ Prof. Dr. Donald M. Fairbairn, Jr. -Evangelical Theological Faculty, Leuven, retrieved 25 January 2014
- ↑ Fairbairn, Donald, Donald Fairbairn Curriculum Vitae
- ↑ Fairbairn, Donald (2010). The Worst and the Best of Eastern Orthodoxy (Speech). Event occurs at 1:10.
- ↑ Dr. Donald Fairbairn, retrieved 25 January 2014