PROFESSOR KENNETH J. WOO TO BE INSTALLED INTO P. C. Rossin Chair of Church History and Historical Theology
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary invites you to an installation lecture Oct. 2, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. in Hicks Chapel. The Rev. Dr. Kenneth J. Woo, associate professor of church history, will present the P. C. Rossin Chair of Church History and Historical Theology Lecture—"Theological Imagination, a Poet in Exile, and Calvin as Interpreter of the Psalms."
This event will be in person and online. A reception will follow the lecture. Register for this free event.
ABOUT PROFESSOR WOO
The Rev. Dr. Kenneth J. Woo began teaching at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in 2016. He has taught at Duke Divinity School, Redeemer Seminary, and the College of New Jersey. He has also served as a faculty member in the United Methodist Church Course of Study program for ordained ministry. Dr. Woo received his Th.D. in the history of Christianity (Reformation Studies) from Duke University in 2015. Before that he completed his M.Div. at Westminster Theological Seminary and B.A. at the College of William and Mary. Dr. Woo’s first book—Nicodemism and the English Calvin, 1544-1584 (Brill, 2019)—examines the complex ways in which John Calvin and his followers employed theological polemics against religious dissimulation to establish and enforce social and ecclesial boundaries in a variety of 16th century contexts. His next book, John Calvin, Refugee Theologian, will be published by Baker Academic. Beyond the European reformations, Dr. Woo’s research interests span the development of the Reformed tradition, the intersection of biblical interpretation and church history, historical religious responses to persecution and mass migration, and Asian-American history and theology. His work has appeared in Church History and Religious Culture, Concordia Theological Quarterly, Reformation and Renaissance Review, Interpretation, Theology Today, and Sixteenth Century Journal, as well as in volumes published by Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. A minister of the Reformed Church in America (RCA), Dr. Woo has served churches in New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina, as well as several years in campus ministry. He served for six years as pastor of a multicultural congregation near Washington, D.C. Dr. Woo currently chairs the candidates committee of his classis, which oversees the progress of individuals pursuing ordination in the RCA. He is a member of the Association of Asian/North American Theological Educators (AANATE) and a trustee of the Foundation for Theological Education in Asia and the Pacific (FTEAP).
About P. C. Rossin
Peter C. Rossin was chairman and chief executive officer of Dynamet Inc., which he founded in 1967. During his professional career, Rossin served as director of several public and private companies. He was a graduate of Lehigh and Yale universities. Mr. Rossin and his wife, Ada—longtime members of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania—shared a commitment to the effective education of future generations and, specifically, to the upholding of moral, social, and professional ethics. The chair was endowed by the Rossins in 1991.