Charles Scriven (born 1945, Prineville, Oregon) is a Seventh-day Adventist theologian who served as President of Kettering College from 2000 through 2013.[1][2] He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Kettering foundation[3] and chair of the board of Adventist Forums, publisher of Spectrum magazine.[4]
Charles Scriven | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1945 Prineville, Oregon, U.S. |
| Occupation | Theologian |
Career
editAfter attending Walla Walla University in College Place, Washington, Scriven obtained a master's degree in divinity at Andrews University in 1968. In 1984 he obtained a Ph.D. in systematic theology and Christian social ethics at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He served for six years as minister in the Seventh-day Adventist church in Sligo in Montgomery County, Maryland. In 1992 he was appointed president of Columbia Union College in Takoma Park, Maryland. He has been an editor of Insight, a Seventh-day Adventist magazine for young people.[1][5]
Selected publications
edit- The Demons Have Had It: A Theological ABC (1976)
- The Transformation of Culture: Christian social ethics after H. Richard Niebuhr (1988)
- The Promise of Peace: Dare to Experience the Advent Hope (2009)
See also
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- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Seventh-day Adventist theology
- Seventh-day Adventist eschatology
- History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- 28 fundamental beliefs
- Questions on Doctrine
- Teachings of Ellen White
- Inspiration of Ellen White
- Prophecy in the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Investigative judgment
- The Pillars of Adventism
- Second Advent
- Baptism by Immersion
- Conditional Immortality
- Historicism
- Three Angels' Messages
- End times
- Sabbath in Seventh-day Adventism
- Ellen G. White
- Adventist Review
- Adventist
- Seventh-day Adventist Church Pioneers
- Seventh-day Adventist worship
- Adventist Health Studies
- Ellen G. White Estate
References
edit- ^ a b Kevin Lamb, "Scriven gets top position at KCMA." Dayton Daily News May 1, 2001 [1]
- ^ Dayton Business Journal July 19, 2010
- ^ "Kettering Foundation - Board of Directors". Kmcfoundation.org. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ^ Carpenter, Alexander (2008-06-26). "Reconstructing Seventh-day Adventism - Charles Scriven". Spectrum Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ^ Biographical sketch, Southwestern Adventist University, September 2011.
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