Chris Crain

Associate Professor of Historical and Pastoral Theology

Recent Publications

• “Developing Relevant, Relatable and Transformative Training Programs at the Unit
  Level.” Military Chaplaincy Review. September 22, 2025.
• “Nevin, John Williamson.” Michael J. McClymond, ed., Encyclopedia of Religious Revivals in America (Westport, CT: Greenwood, Press, 2007).
• “The ‘Christological Aesthetics’ of John Williamson Nevin.” The New Mercersburg
              Review. The New Mercersburg Review 71 (2026): 59-86.
• “Turning the Beast into a Beauty: Towards an Evangelical Theological Aesthetics.” Presbyterion 29 (2003): 27-41
              Review. The New Mercersburg Review 71 (2026): 59-86.
• Review of Robert Littlejohn and Charles T. Evans, Wisdom and Eloquence: A Christian Paradigm for Classical Learning (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2006) in Intégrité 5:2 (2006): 67-69.
• Review of Mark A. Noll, America’s God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001) in Presbyterion 32:1 (2006): 55-57.
• Review of D.G. Hart, John Williamson Nevin: High Church Calvinist (Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 2005) in Westminster Theological Journal 67:2 (2005): 437-440.
• Review of Frank Lambert, Inventing the “Great Awakening” (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999) in Calvin Theological Journal 37:1 (2002): 141-2.
• Review of Gerald O’Collins and Edward G. Farrugia, A Concise Dictionary of Theology, Revised and Expanded Edition (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2000) in Journal of The Evangelical Theological Society 44:4 (2001): 747-8.
• Review of Matthew Heckel, Through My Side into Luther: Calvin’s Relationship to
  Luther’s Doctrine of the Will (Gottingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2025) in Intégrité 24:2 (2025): 94-99.
• Review of Richard Wentz, John Williamson Nevin: American Theologian (NY: Oxford University Press, 1997) in Presbyterion 25 (1999): 123-5.

Experience & Ministry

• U.S. Army Chaplain (2012-2024)
• Headmaster, Covenant Classical Christian School (2006-2011)
• Assistant Pastor, Covenant Presbyterian Church (2006-2011)
• Candidates and Credentials Committee, Palmetto Presbytery (PCA)