William Placher

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William Carl Placher (April 28, 1948 to November 30, 2008) was an American postliberal theologian. He was LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Wabash College until his death in 2008. He was a leader at Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church.

Life

Placher graduated from Wabash in 1970 and completed his PhD at Yale in 1975; he became assistant professor at Wabash in 1974, but also taught at Stanford, Haverford College, Chicago and Princeton. A History of Christian Theology, 1983 Callings: Twenty centuries of Christian wisdom on vocation, 2005 The Triune God, 2007 Mark, 2010 Unapologetic Theology

Editing Essentials of Christian Theology (ed.), 2003