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Who We Are
Cornwall Alliance Staff
E. Calvin Beisner, Ph.D.
President, Founder, and National Spokesman
Dr. Beisner is Founder, President, and National Spokesman of The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, a network of Christian theologians, natural scientists, economists, and other scholars educating for Biblical earth stewardship, economic development for the poor, and the proclamation and defense of the good news of salvation by God’s grace, received through faith in Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection.
Dr. Beisner was associate professor of historical theology and social ethics at Knox Theological Seminary from to and of interdisciplinary studies (focusing on the application of Biblical worldview, theology, and ethics to economics, government, and public policy) at Covenant College from to He has been an elder in the Presbyterian Church in America and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, planting a new congregation for the latter and serving on its past
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E. Calvin Beisner
Profile image of Calvin Beisner at Heartland Institute Press Conference Before Vatican&#;s Climate Summit, via YouTube.
Credentials
- Ph.D. Scottish History, University of St. Andrews ().
- M.A. Society with a Specialization in Economic Ethics, International College ().
- B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies in Religion and Philosophy, University of Southern California ().
Background
E. Calvin Beisner is a former Professor of Social Ethics at Knox Theological Seminary. He was a member of the faculty as an associate professor of historical theology and social ethics from July through December , but left Knox at the end of
In May Beisner left the PCA to help plant a new Orthodox Presbyterian Church congregation. He has served on the pastoral staff of Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC).
Beisner is known as a “leading evangelical climate-change skeptic,” and founder of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation. He has been called “
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Climate and Energy: The Case For Realism
Excerpt From The Interview
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