Skoglund, John E.

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SKOGLUND, John E.

SKOGLUND, John E. American, b. 1912. Genres: Theology/Religion, Biography. Career: Cornelius Woelfkin Professor of Preaching, Emeritus, Colgate-Rochester/ Bexley Hall/Crozer, New York (joined faculty, 1958). Visiting Professor, American Baptist Seminary of the West, since 1984. Professor of Theology, American Baptist Seminary of the West, 1940-47; Foreign Secretary, American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, Valley Forge, Pa., 1947-54; Pastor, First Baptist Church, Seattle, Wash., 1954-58; Visiting Professor, United Theological College, Bangalore, India, 1974-77, Chinese University, Hong Kong, 1981-82, and Betelseminariet, Stockholm, 1983. Publications: The Spirit Tree, 1951; They Reach for Life, 1955; Come and See, 1956; To the Whole Creation, 1958; (with J.R. Nelson) Fifty Years of Faith and Order, 1964; The Baptists, 1965; Worship in the Free Churches, 1965; (ed.) Worship and Renewal, 1965; (ed.) Worship in a Secular Age, 1967; (ed.) A Manual of Worship, 1968, rev. ed. (with N. Hall), 1993; (with L.A. Nelson) Eric Lund, Apostle to the Philippines, 2000. Address: 33 Linda Ave. Apt. 1911, Oakland, CA 94611-4818, U.S.A.

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