Peter Lillback

The Reverend Dr. Peter A. Lillback
Born	(1952-05-31)May 31, 1952
Known for	Historical Theology
Title	President of Westminster Theological Seminary
Board member of	President, The Providence Forum
Academic background
Education	Cedarville College (B.A.) Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M.) Westminster Theological Seminary (Ph.D.)
Alma mater	Westminster Theological Seminary
Thesis	The Binding of God: Calvin's Role in the Development of Covenant Theology (1985)
Doctoral advisor	D. Clair Davis
Academic work
Discipline	Historical Theology
Sub-discipline	Reformation and Post Reformation Studies
Institutions	Westminster Theological Seminary
Religious life
Religion	Christianity
Denomination	Presbyterian
Church	Presbyterian Church in America
Profession	Teaching Elder

Peter A. Lillback is an American theologian and church historian, the president and professor of historical theology and church history at Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside, Pennsylvania. He has held the presidency since 2005.

Education and career

Lillback earned a B.A. from Cedarville University (1974), a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary (1978), and a Ph.D. from Westminster Theological Seminary (1985). He was ordained in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and holds credentials as a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America.

He is the founder and president emeritus of the Providence Forum, an organization focused on the religious foundations of American governance. He also serves as senior editor of Unio cum Christo: An International Journal of Reformed Theology and Life.

Lillback is the author of George Washington's Sacred Fire (2006), a biographical work that argues Washington was a Christian rather than a deist.