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Claude Welch (theologian)

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Claude Raymond Welch (March 10, 1922 in Genoa City, Wisconsin – November 6, 2009 in Freeport, Illinois) was a historical theologian specializing in Karl Barth and nineteenth-century theology. He served as President (1971-1982) and academic dean (1971-1987) of the Graduate Theological Union in California.

Publications

  • Protestant Thought in the Nineteenth Century, 2 vols. (Yale, 1972, 1985)
  • "Nineteenth Century: An Overview," in Oxford Companion to Christian Thought (Oxford, 2000)
  • (with John Dillenberger) Protestant Christianity, Interpreted Through Its Development, 2nd edition (Macmillan, 1988)
  • The Reality of the Church (Scribners, 1958)
  • Graduate Education in Religion: A Critical Appraisal (Montana, 1971)
  • In This Name: The Doctrine of the Trinity in Contemporary Theology (Scribners, 1952)