Conference Speakers

Following a call for papers, which generated about 20 paper proposals, the Henry Center selected four proposals, based both on quality of proposal and fit with other proposals. We then also invited two more prominent scholars with the intention of representing a spectrum of scholars from the established through the young and in anticipation of those emerging, hoping to carry on the legacy of Carl Henry, not only through the reception of his thought, but also in continuation of his vision and ethos.

Timothy Padgett

PhD student TEDS

Originally from Nashville, TN, Timothy Padgett earned his MDiv 2007 from Covenant Theological Seminary where he worked with the Francis Schaeffer Institute. After moving to Trinity, he earned his MA in Church History in 2011 with a thesis focused on how evangelical magazines wrote about American military actions in the post-Cold War era. He and his wife and three children live locally while he is working on his dissertation at TEDS, analyzing evangelical responses to US foreign policy from the Second World War through the Persian Gulf War.

Jason Stanghelle

Adjunct Professor Trinity College

Jason Stanghelle is a current PhD Candidate at TEDS in Theological Studies with an emphasis in Old Testament. Jason majored in Physics at Truman State University before following his Dad’s footsteps to Trinity where he received his Master of Divinity and then continued on into the PhD Program. Jason also works at Trinity College both as an Adjunct Professor where he teaches Christian Ministry and Biblical Studies classes, and also as an Assistant Resident Director. Jason’s research interests focus on the biblical prophets and continental philosophy, especially later Heidegger and the philosophy of place.

Owen Strachan

Assistant Professor Boyce College

Owen Strachan was the second Managing Director of the Henry Center for Theological Understanding, where he served while working on his doctorate in Historical Theology. He is currently Assistant Professor of Christian Theology & Church History at Boyce College in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Stracahn is a contributing writer for The Gospel Coalition, a blogger at Patheos, a blog columnist for Credo magazine, and a fellow of the Center for Pastoral Theologians. He has also published seven books and has written for The Atlantic, First Things, Christianity Today, and the Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology. Dr. Strachan also serves as the Executive Director of the The Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood.

Gregory Thornbury

President The Kings College

Gregory Alan Thornbury is the sixth president of The King’s College. Formerly a Professor of Philosophy, Dean of the School of Theology, and Vice President for Spiritual Life at Union University in Tennessee, Thornbury has spent his career in higher education. Thornbury is a visiting professor at Ansgar Teologiske Høgskole in Norway and at Southern Seminary, a Senior Fellow at The Kairos Journal, and a theological editor for biblemesh.com. A writer and speaker on philosophy, theology, education, spirituality, and public thought, he is also the prototypical heir of Carl Henry, and his 2013 book, Recovering Classical Evangelicalism: Appling the Wisdom and Vision of Carl F. H. Henry (Crossway, 2013) solidifies that relationship.

Michael White

Adjunct Professor North Greenville University

Michael serves as an Adjunct Professor of Theology for the Graduate School of Christian Ministry of North Greenville University and as the Associate Pastor for Family Ministry at Gainsville Baptist Church in Lincolnton, NC. He studied at at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary for his Masters work, and his doctoral work was completed at Wheaton College. His dissertation focused on the relationship of Word and Spirit in Carl Henry’s theological method. He has published articles in the Westminster Theological Journal and the Journal of Theological Interpretation, and he aspires to be a pastor-theologian.

Keith Yandell

Emeritus Professor Univ. of Wisconsin

Keith Yandell was Julius R. Weinberg Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, until his retirement. His many books include The Epistemology of Religious Experience (Cambridge University Press, 1994); Philosophy of Religion: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, 1999); with Harold Netland, Buddhism: A Christian Exploration and Appraisal (InterVarsity Press/Paternoster, 2009); Christianity and Philosophy (Eerdmans, 1984); Basic Issues in the Philosophy of Religion (Allyn and Bacon, 1971); and ed. Faith and Narrative (Oxford University Press, 2001). He was also involved from the beginning in the evangelical philosophical renaissance with other philosophers such asAlvin Plantinga and Nicholas Wolterstorff.