{"id":30928,"date":"2025-10-28T09:05:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/?p=30928"},"modified":"2025-10-28T13:17:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:17:05","slug":"woo-installation-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/woo-installation-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Theological Imagination, a Poet in Exile, and Calvin as Interpreter of the Psalms"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Oct. 2, 2025, the Rev. Dr. Kenneth J. Woo was installed into the P. C. Rossin Chair of Church History and Historical Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. <\/em>Below are excerpts of his inaugural lecture, “Theological Imagination, a Poet in Exile, and Calvin as Interpreter of the Psalms.” These lecture points are more fully fleshed out in Dr. Woo’s upcoming book, <\/em>John Calvin, Refugee Theologian<\/a> (Baker Academic), which will be available Dec. 16, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u2014longtime members of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Upper St. Clair, Pa.\u2014shared 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.<\/em><\/p>\n