Victor Shepherd

Victor Shepherd (born 1944) is a Canadian Presbyterian minister, theology professor and author living in Toronto. He is a critic of the theology of the United Church of Canada and acted as an expert witness in a case against the church. [cite web | url = http://www.layman.org/layman/news/news-around-church/united-chuch-of-canada.htm | title = Court rules United Church of Canada deviates from doctrinal standards | author = Paula R. Kincaid | work = The Presbyterian Layman | date = November 23, 1998 | accessdate = 2007-01-21 ]

Biography

Shepherd is Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Tyndale University College and Seminary, and Adjunct Professor of Theology at Toronto School of Theology (University of Toronto), supervising PhD comprehensive examinations and dissertations on themes related to the Protestant Reformation and to the tradition arising from it. At Tyndale University College and Seminary Victor Shepherd teaches courses in the history and theology of the Sixteenth Century Reformation, the theology of Wesley and the spirituality of the Puritans. In addition he teaches philosophy.

Prior to joining the Tyndale faculty in 1993, Shepherd was Adjunct Professor in the Department of Church History, Emmanuel College, University of Toronto, the Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University and the Department of Religious Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland. A frequent lecturer, he has addressed learned societies both in Canada and abroad, such as the North American Calvin Studies Society and the Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies. He holds the position of Professor Ordinarius at the University of Oxford. [cite web | url = http://www.presbyteriancollege.ca/2006_bios.pdf | title = Continuing Education Week: February 13-17, 2006 Invited Guest Speakers | work = The Presbyterian College, Montreal | accessdate = 2007-01-21 ]

Shepherd earned his Th.D. from Emmanuel College, University of Toronto, in 1978. In 1995 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, N.Y., in recognition of his contribution to Wesley studies.

Ordained into the United Church of Canada 1970, Shepherd left that denomination in the late nineties and joined the Presbyterian Church in Canada. He has served four pastorates in New Brunswick and Ontario. He is the author of several books and journal articles.He has served on the board of the Peel Mental Health Housing Coalition and Pathway Community Developments, and is long-time advocate for the mentally ill and the underhoused.

He belongs to the Canadian Philosophical Association, the Sixteenth Century Studies Society, the Canadian Methodist Historical Society, the Toronto Renaissance and Reformation Colloquium, the Writers' Union of Canada and PEN Canada. [cite web | url = http://www.pencanada.ca/media/AnnualReport04-05.pdf | title = Annual Report 04-05 | work = PEN Canada | accessdate = 2007-01-21 ]

elected publications

*Shepherd, Victor A., "Do you love me? And other questions Jesus asks" / Toronto : Clements Pub., 2007. ISBN 1894667697
*Shepherd, Victor A., "Seasons of grace : pathways from wilderness to wonder" / Toronto : Clements Pub., 2001. ISBN 1894667018
*Shepherd, Victor A., "Seasons of Grace" Carp, Ontario: Creative Bound Inc., 1994. ISBN 0921165366
*Shepherd, Victor A., "Ponder and Pray" Mississauga, Ontario: Light and Life Press Canada, 1993. 1984. ISBN 0886221773; reprinted in 2001. ISBN 1894667034
*Shepherd, Victor A., "So great a cloud of witnesses : profiles of 25 Christian "greats" Missauga, Ont. : Light and Life Press Canada, c1993. 87 p. : ports. ; 22 cm. ISBN 0919201105
*Shepherd, Victor A., "Making sense of the Christian faith" Toronto : Clements Pub., 2006. ISBN 1894667786
*Shepherd, Victor A., "The nature and function of faith in the theology of John Calvin" Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, c1983. 248 p. ; 26 cm. ISBN 0865540667
*Shepherd, Victor A., "Our evangelical faith". Toronto : Clements Pub., c2006. 79 p. ; 22 cm. ISBN 1894667840 ISBN 9781894667845
*Shepherd, Victor A., "Witnesses to the word : fifty profiles of faithful servants", 2001. ISBN 189466700X

Reviews of Shepherd's books

* [http://www.freemethodistchurch.org/Sections/Resources/BookReviews/Non-fiction/SeasonsofGrace.htm Free Methodist Church - "Seasons of Grace" by Victor Shepherd, Toronto: Clements, 2001, Reviewed by David Clarkson, The Free Methodist Herald]
* [http://www.freemethodistchurch.org/Sections/Resources/BookReviews/Non-fiction/WitnessTotheWord.htm Free Methodist Church - "Witnesses to the Word" reviewed by Gary R. Walsh] , President of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada

References

External links

* [http://www.victorshepherd.on.ca/ Victor Shepherd] Official site.
** [http://www.victorshepherd.on.ca/other%20writings/about1.htm CV of Victor Shepherd]
* [http://www.tyndale.ca/seminary/viewfaculty.php?id=23 Tyndale University College and Seminary - Faculty - Victor Shepherd]
* [http://www.regentbookstore.com/ Regent Bookstore (sells audio recordings of Victor Shepherd's lectures)]
* [http://www.writersunion.ca/s/shepherd.htm Writers Union of Canada: Victor Allan Shepherd]
* [http://www.christianity.ca/faith/theology/2006/03.000.html "What Evangelicals Believe" by Victor Shepherd]