Carl Trueman: podcast appearances and interviews

Carl R. Trueman, born March 18, 1967, is an English Christian theologian and ecclesiastical historian. He served as Professor of Historical Theology and Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary, where he held the Paul Woolley Chair of Church History. In 2018, Trueman transitioned to a role at Grove City College, joining the Department of Biblical and Religious Studies. He has authored several books including John Owen Reformed Catholic Renaissance Man The Creedal Imperative and Fools Rush in Where Monkeys Fear to Tread. His 2020 publication The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self is among his most well-known works, examining cultural and societal shifts leading to the sexual revolution. Following this, he authored Strange New World a condensed version of his previous book and other titles such as Crisis of Confidence To Change All Worlds and The Desecration of Man. In addition to his writing, Trueman contributes regularly to First Things blogs and co-hosts the Mortification of Spin podcast with Todd Pruitt. He is an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and previously served as pastor of Cornerstone OPC in Ambler Pennsylvania. His educational background includes studies at Marling School Gloucestershire St Catharine's College Cambridge and the University of Aberdeen. Trueman has taught at the University of Aberdeen and the University of Nottingham and was editor of Themelios from 1998 to 2007. He is a council member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and a fellow in the Ethics and Public Policy Center’s Evangelicals in Civic Life Program. In 2022, he appeared in the documentary What Is a Woman.