Education
A.B. Harvard University; Ph.D. in astrogeophysics, University of Colorado; M.Div. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; Ph.D. in Christian dogmatics and divinity, University of Edinburgh.
chrisk@westernsem.edu

Courses
TF100 The Church's Life and Witness (150-1536)
TF113 Systematic Theology I
TF512 Ministering to Science-Minded people
TF526 Continuing Judaism as a Theological Partner in the Early Church
TF529 Early High Christology
TF530 Ante-Nicene Theologians
TF531 Nicene and Post-Nicene Theologians
TF532 Augustine of Hippo
TF537 The Church in the Age of Reason
DM830 D.Min. Project Seminar

I look at the scientific and technological framework of our culture and ask what the meaning of Christian faith might be for people at work in that world. The question leads me to an interest in the history of how our cultural framework developed and what its relation is to Christian theology - especially the doctrines of God, creation, and the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Background
Chris Kaiser began his professional life as a scientist and went on to become a theologian, and his teaching vocation has always included working to build bridges between his two disciplines. He has been part of Western's faculty since 1976. He has also served as lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and at Calvin Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and has been a resident member of the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, New Jersey. There, he conducted research on the interaction of science and theology during the Renaissance and the eighteenth century. He is a frequent contributor to theological journals, and his 1991 book, Creation and the History of Science, was awarded a John Templeton Prize for Outstanding Books in Science and Religion.

Dr. Kaiser has served on the Theological Commission of the Reformed Church in America and is active in the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Gospel and Our Culture Network.