Dr. William Herzog II
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty for Andover Newton Theological School.
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Dr. William Herzog IIVice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty for Andover Newton Theological School.
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| Church Affiliation: | Dr. Herzog was ordained on July 20, 1969 at the First Baptist Church of West Covina, California, and served as minister of the Loraine Avenue Baptist Church in Glendora, California from 1971-1974. |
| Academic Background | Dr. Herzog graduated from Harvard University (1966) before receiving his MDiv at the American Baptist Seminary of the West (1969) and his doctorate at Claremont Graduate School (1976). He has served on the faculties of three American Baptist Seminaries: the American Baptist Seminary of the West and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, from 1974-1988; Central Baptist Theological Seminary from 1988-1991; and Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School from 1991-2006. He was dean at both Central Baptist Theological Seminary and Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. While at CRCDS, Herzog played a leading role in helping develop that school's nationally recognized Black Church Studies program. |
| Books: | Dr. Herzog has published three studies of the historical Jesus: Parables as Subversive Speech: Jesus as Pedagogue of the Oppressed (1994); Jesus, Justice and the Reign of God (2000); and Prophet and Teacher: An Introduction to the Historical Jesus (2005) as well as numerous other articles. In addition to his work in New Testament, |
| Other publications | Dr. Herzog is interested in the relationship of baseball, religion and American culture. Working with a faculty colleague, Christopher Evans, he has co-edited a collection of essays entitled The Faith of Fifty Million: Essays on Baseball, Religion and American Culture (2002). |