Douglas Wilson (theologian)
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Douglas James Wilson is a conservative Reformed
and evangelical
theologian
, pastor
at Christ Church
in Moscow
, Idaho
, faculty member at New Saint Andrews College
, and prolific author and speaker. He is featured in the documentary film Collision
documenting his debates with anti-theist
Christopher Hitchens
on their promotional tour for the book "Is Christianity Good for the World?".
in classical studies
and a B.A. and an M.A.
in philosophy
from the University of Idaho
. In addition to his role as pastor of Christ Church, he is a founder and Senior Fellow in Theology at New Saint Andrews College, founder and editor of Credenda/Agenda
magazine, and founder of Greyfriars Hall, a three-year ministerial training program. He also serves on the governing boards of New Saint Andrews, Logos School
(a Christian private school
), and the Association of Classical and Christian Schools
. Wilson was instrumental in forming the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches
. He is married to Nancy Wilson and has three children, including N. D. Wilson
, and 15 grandchildren.
Reforming Marriage, Angels in the Architecture and Joy at the End of the Tether. Wilson said "if someone read those three books they'd have a pretty good grasp of what I think is important"
Wilson is the publisher of and a contributor to the Reformed cultural
and theological
journal Credenda/Agenda
, and is a former contributor to Tabletalk, the magazine published by R. C. Sproul
's Ligonier Ministries. He has published a number of books on culture and theology, several children's books
, and a collection of poetry
.
, and he laid out his vision for education in several books and pamphlets, especially in Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning (1991, ISBN 0-89107-583-6). In those writings, he argues that the American public schools are failing to educate their students, and he proposes a Christian approach to education based on the Trivium, a Greco-Roman approach to education which emphasizes grammar
, rhetoric
, and logic
and advocates a wide exposure to the liberal arts
, including classical Western
language
s such as Latin
and Greek
. The model has been adopted by a number of Christian private school
s and homeschoolers
.
, including Reforming Marriage (ISBN 1-885767-45-5), Federal Husband (ISBN 1-885767-51-X), Her Hand in Marriage (on biblical courtship
; ISBN 1-885767-26-9), Standing on the Promises: A Handbook of Biblical Childrearing (ISBN 1-885767-25-0), and Future Men (ISBN 1-885767-83-8).
, and "Reformed" Is Not Enough: Recovering the Objectivity of the Covenant (ISBN 1-59128-005-2). He has also been a noted advocate for Van Tillian
presuppositional apologetics
and postmillennialism
. Letter from a Christian Citizen (ISBN 0915815664) is Wilson's response to atheist Sam Harris
's Letter to a Christian Nation
. In May 2007, Wilson debated another noted atheist, Christopher Hitchens
, in a six-part series published by Christianity Today
. In October of the following year, they debated in person in three separate venues on three consecutive days.
as espoused in "Reformed" Is Not Enough and in his contribution to The Federal Vision (ISBN 978-0-9753914-0-2) have caused some controversy as part of the Federal Vision
theology, partly because of its similarity to the New Perspective on Paul
, which Wilson does not fully endorse, though he has praised some tenets that are in line with his theology. The RPCUS
denomination
, consisting of twelve congregations in the United States, declared his views on the subject to be heretical
, and although "Reformed" Is Not Enough was already in process when the RPCUS's resolution was published, Wilson sought to address some of their charges in that book.
co-founder and fellow Christian minister Steve Wilkins
. The pamphlet stated that "slavery produced in the South a genuine affection between the races that we believe we can say has never existed in any nation before the War or since." Historians such as Peter H. Wood
, Clayborne Carson
, and Bancroft Prize
winner Ira Berlin
condemned the pamphlet's arguments, with Wood
calling them as spurious as holocaust denial
.
Wilson held a February 2004 conference for those who supported his ideas, such as pastor George Grant
, in the University of Idaho
. The University published a disclaimer distancing itself from the event, and numerous anti-conference protests took place. Wilson described critical attacks as 'abolitionist propaganda
'. He also has repeatedly denied any racist leanings. Wilson has described his own views as 'paleo-Confederate'
. He has said his "long war" is not on behalf of white supremacy, rather, Wilson seeks to revive the memory—however rose-tinted—of eras in Western history when faith and reason seemed at one, when family, church, and the organic "community of Christians" that T. S. Eliot
describes in Christianity and Culture were more powerful than the state.
Canon Press ceased publication of Southern Slavery, As It Was when it became aware of serious citation errors in several passages authored by Wilkins. Robert McKenzie, the history professor who first noticed the citation problems, described the authors as being "sloppy" rather than "malevolent." Wilson reworked and redacted the arguments in the tract, and published (without Wilkins) a new set of essays under the name Black & Tan (ISBN 1-59128-032-X) after consulting with historian Eugene Genovese.
Calvinism
Calvinism is a Protestant theological system and an approach to the Christian life...
and evangelical
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
theologian
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
, pastor
Pastor
The word pastor usually refers to an ordained leader of a Christian congregation. When used as an ecclesiastical styling or title, this role may be abbreviated to "Pr." or often "Ps"....
at Christ Church
Christ Church (Moscow, Idaho)
Christ Church is a Reformed and evangelical church in Moscow, Idaho pastored by Douglas Wilson, and a member of the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches...
in Moscow
Moscow, Idaho
Moscow is a city in northern Idaho, situated along the Washington/Idaho border. It is the most populous city and county seat of Latah County and the home of the University of Idaho, the land grant institution and primary research university for the state...
, Idaho
Idaho
Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
, faculty member at New Saint Andrews College
New Saint Andrews College
New Saint Andrews College is a classical Christian college located in Moscow, Idaho. It was founded in 1994 and modeled in part on the curriculum of Harvard College of the seventeenth century. The college offers no undergraduate majors, but follows a single, integrated classical liberal arts...
, and prolific author and speaker. He is featured in the documentary film Collision
Collision (film)
Collision is a documentary film released on October 27, 2009 featuring a debate between prominent atheist Christopher Hitchens and Douglas Wilson, Presbyterian pastor of Christ Church Moscow...
documenting his debates with anti-theist
Antitheism
Antitheism is active opposition to theism. The etymological roots of the word are the Greek 'anti-' and 'theismos'...
Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Eric Hitchens is an Anglo-American author and journalist whose books, essays, and journalistic career span more than four decades. He has been a columnist and literary critic at The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Slate, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry, and became a media fellow at the...
on their promotional tour for the book "Is Christianity Good for the World?".
Biography
Wilson earned a B.A.Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in classical studies
Classics
Classics is the branch of the Humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, archaeology and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean world ; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during Classical Antiquity Classics (sometimes encompassing Classical Studies or...
and a B.A. and an M.A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
from the University of Idaho
University of Idaho
The University of Idaho is the State of Idaho's flagship and oldest public university, located in the rural city of Moscow in Latah County in the northern portion of the state...
. In addition to his role as pastor of Christ Church, he is a founder and Senior Fellow in Theology at New Saint Andrews College, founder and editor of Credenda/Agenda
Credenda/Agenda
Credenda/Agenda is Christian cultural and theological journal, published under the auspices of Christ Church of Moscow, Idaho. Douglas Wilson serves as editor, Douglas Jones as senior editor, and N. D. Wilson as managing editor. Editions are published quarterly in print form and also electronically...
magazine, and founder of Greyfriars Hall, a three-year ministerial training program. He also serves on the governing boards of New Saint Andrews, Logos School
Logos School
Logos School is a private, Classical Christian school and is a member of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools . Logos provides a Classical Christian education . It is located in Moscow, Idaho...
(a Christian private school
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
), and the Association of Classical and Christian Schools
Association of Classical and Christian Schools
The Association of Classical & Christian Schools is an organization founded in 1994 to encourage the formation of Christian schools using a model of classical education...
. Wilson was instrumental in forming the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches
Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches
The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches , formerly the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches, was founded in 1998 as a body of churches that hold to Reformed theology. Member churches include those from Presbyterian, Reformed, and Reformed Baptist backgrounds...
. He is married to Nancy Wilson and has three children, including N. D. Wilson
N. D. Wilson
Nathan David "N. D." Wilson is an American author of fiction, screenwriter, and Shroud of Turin skeptic.-Background:Wilson is a 1999 graduate of New Saint Andrews College, and holds a master’s degree in liberal arts from St. John’s College...
, and 15 grandchildren.
Works
Doug Wilson has said that "if someone wants a quick and easy way to figure out what makes me tick" they should read three of his books:Reforming Marriage, Angels in the Architecture and Joy at the End of the Tether. Wilson said "if someone read those three books they'd have a pretty good grasp of what I think is important"
Wilson is the publisher of and a contributor to the Reformed cultural
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
and theological
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
journal Credenda/Agenda
Credenda/Agenda
Credenda/Agenda is Christian cultural and theological journal, published under the auspices of Christ Church of Moscow, Idaho. Douglas Wilson serves as editor, Douglas Jones as senior editor, and N. D. Wilson as managing editor. Editions are published quarterly in print form and also electronically...
, and is a former contributor to Tabletalk, the magazine published by R. C. Sproul
R. C. Sproul
Robert Charles Sproul, is a prominent American Calvinist theologian, author, and pastor of the Reformed tradition...
's Ligonier Ministries. He has published a number of books on culture and theology, several children's books
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
, and a collection of poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
.
On education
Wilson has been a prominent advocate for classical Christian educationClassical Christian education
Classical Christian education is an approach to learning which emphasizes biblical teachings and incorporates a teaching model known as the Trivium, consisting of three parts: grammar, logic, and rhetoric. According to Douglas Wilson, this method of instruction was developed by early Christians as...
, and he laid out his vision for education in several books and pamphlets, especially in Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning (1991, ISBN 0-89107-583-6). In those writings, he argues that the American public schools are failing to educate their students, and he proposes a Christian approach to education based on the Trivium, a Greco-Roman approach to education which emphasizes grammar
Grammar
In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. The term refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics,...
, rhetoric
Rhetoric
Rhetoric is the art of discourse, an art that aims to improve the facility of speakers or writers who attempt to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations. As a subject of formal study and a productive civic practice, rhetoric has played a central role in the Western...
, and logic
Logic
In philosophy, Logic is the formal systematic study of the principles of valid inference and correct reasoning. Logic is used in most intellectual activities, but is studied primarily in the disciplines of philosophy, mathematics, semantics, and computer science...
and advocates a wide exposure to the liberal arts
Liberal arts
The term liberal arts refers to those subjects which in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free citizen to study. Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were the core liberal arts. In medieval times these subjects were extended to include mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy...
, including classical Western
Western culture
Western culture, sometimes equated with Western civilization or European civilization, refers to cultures of European origin and is used very broadly to refer to a heritage of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, religious beliefs, political systems, and specific artifacts and...
language
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
s such as Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
and Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
. The model has been adopted by a number of Christian private school
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
s and homeschoolers
Homeschooling
Homeschooling or homeschool is the education of children at home, typically by parents but sometimes by tutors, rather than in other formal settings of public or private school...
.
On family
Wilson and his wife have also written a number of books on family issues based on their understanding of the BibleBible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
, including Reforming Marriage (ISBN 1-885767-45-5), Federal Husband (ISBN 1-885767-51-X), Her Hand in Marriage (on biblical courtship
Biblical courtship
Biblical courtship, also known as Christian courtship, is a term used to denote a particular response to secular dating culture within various American Christian communities, c. 1985 to present...
; ISBN 1-885767-26-9), Standing on the Promises: A Handbook of Biblical Childrearing (ISBN 1-885767-25-0), and Future Men (ISBN 1-885767-83-8).
On theology
Wilson has written on theological subjects in books such as Mother Kirk: Essays and Forays in Practical Ecclesiology (ISBN 1-885767-72-2), To a Thousand Generations (ISBN 1-885767-24-2) on infant baptismInfant baptism
Infant baptism is the practice of baptising infants or young children. In theological discussions, the practice is sometimes referred to as paedobaptism or pedobaptism from the Greek pais meaning "child." The practice is sometimes contrasted with what is called "believer's baptism", or...
, and "Reformed" Is Not Enough: Recovering the Objectivity of the Covenant (ISBN 1-59128-005-2). He has also been a noted advocate for Van Tillian
Cornelius Van Til
Cornelius Van Til , born in Grootegast, the Netherlands, was a Christian philosopher, Reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist.-Biography:...
presuppositional apologetics
Presuppositional apologetics
In Christian theology, presuppositionalism is a school of apologetics that presumes Christian faith is the only basis for rational thought. It presupposes that the Bible is divine revelation and claims to expose flaws in other worldviews...
and postmillennialism
Postmillennialism
In Christian end-times theology, , postmillennialism is an interpretation of chapter 20 of the Book of Revelation which sees Christ's second coming as occurring after the "Millennium", a Golden Age in which Christian ethics prosper...
. Letter from a Christian Citizen (ISBN 0915815664) is Wilson's response to atheist Sam Harris
Sam Harris (author)
Sam Harris is an American author, and neuroscientist, as well as the co-founder and current CEO of Project Reason. He received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Stanford University, before receiving a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA...
's Letter to a Christian Nation
Letter to a Christian Nation
Letter to a Christian Nation is a non-fiction book by Sam Harris, written in response to feedback he received following the publication of his first book The End of Faith. The book is written in the form of an open letter to a Christian in the United States...
. In May 2007, Wilson debated another noted atheist, Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Eric Hitchens is an Anglo-American author and journalist whose books, essays, and journalistic career span more than four decades. He has been a columnist and literary critic at The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Slate, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry, and became a media fellow at the...
, in a six-part series published by Christianity Today
Christianity Today
Christianity Today is an Evangelical Christian periodical based in Carol Stream, Illinois. It is the flagship publication of its parent company Christianity Today International, claiming circulation figures of 140,000 and readership of 290,000...
. In October of the following year, they debated in person in three separate venues on three consecutive days.
Federal Vision
Wilson's views on covenant theologyCovenant Theology
Covenant theology is a conceptual overview and interpretive framework for understanding the overall flow of the Bible...
as espoused in "Reformed" Is Not Enough and in his contribution to The Federal Vision (ISBN 978-0-9753914-0-2) have caused some controversy as part of the Federal Vision
Federal Vision
The Federal Vision is a Reformed Evangelical theological conversation that focuses on covenant theology, trinitarian thinking, the sacraments of Baptism and Communion, biblical theology and typology, justification, and postmillennialism.A controversy arose in Calvinist, Reformed, and Presbyterian...
theology, partly because of its similarity to the New Perspective on Paul
New Perspective on Paul
The "New Perspective on Paul" is a significant shift in the way some scholars, especially Protestant scholars, interpret the writings of the Apostle Paul.-Description:Since the Protestant Reformation The "New Perspective on Paul" is a significant shift in the way some scholars, especially...
, which Wilson does not fully endorse, though he has praised some tenets that are in line with his theology. The RPCUS
Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States
The Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States is a small Presbyterian denomination with twelve congregations in the United States. The RPCUS was established in 1983, subscribes to the unrevised Westminster Confession and upholds biblical inerrancy...
denomination
Religious denomination
A religious denomination is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name, tradition, and identity.The term describes various Christian denominations...
, consisting of twelve congregations in the United States, declared his views on the subject to be heretical
Heresy
Heresy is a controversial or novel change to a system of beliefs, especially a religion, that conflicts with established dogma. It is distinct from apostasy, which is the formal denunciation of one's religion, principles or cause, and blasphemy, which is irreverence toward religion...
, and although "Reformed" Is Not Enough was already in process when the RPCUS's resolution was published, Wilson sought to address some of their charges in that book.
Quotations
- The Christian faith is good for the world because it provides the fixed standard which atheism cannot provide and because it provides forgiveness for sins, which atheism cannot provide either. We need the direction of the standard because we are confused sinners. We need the forgiveness because we are guilty sinners. Atheism not only keeps the guilt, but it also keeps the confusion.
Southern slavery
Wilson's most controversial work is probably his pamphlet Southern Slavery, As It Was (ISBN 1-885767-17-X), which he wrote along with League of the SouthLeague of the South
The League of the South is a Southern nationalist organization, headquartered in Killen, Alabama, which states that its ultimate goal is "a free and independent Southern republic." The group defines the Southern United States as the states that made up the former Confederacy...
co-founder and fellow Christian minister Steve Wilkins
J. Steven Wilkins
J. Steven Wilkins is a conservative American Calvinist and evangelical pastor and author.-Biography:Steve Wilkins holds degrees from the University of Alabama and the Reformed Theological Seminary of Jackson, Mississippi...
. The pamphlet stated that "slavery produced in the South a genuine affection between the races that we believe we can say has never existed in any nation before the War or since." Historians such as Peter H. Wood
Peter H. Wood
Peter H. Wood is an American historian and author of Black Majority: Negroes in Colonial South Carolina from 1670 through the Stono Rebellion . It has been described as one of the most influential books on the history of the American South of the past 50 years. He is a professor at Duke...
, Clayborne Carson
Clayborne Carson
Clayborne Carson is an African American professor of history at Stanford University, and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute. Since 1985 he has directed the Martin Luther King Papers Project, a long-term project to edit and publish the papers of Martin Luther...
, and Bancroft Prize
Bancroft Prize
The Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas. It was established in 1948 by a bequest from Frederic Bancroft...
winner Ira Berlin
Ira Berlin
Ira Berlin is an American historian, a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, and a past President of the Organization of American Historians. Berlin is the author of such books as Many Thousands Gone and Generations of Captivity.-Biography:Berlin received his Ph.D....
condemned the pamphlet's arguments, with Wood
Peter H. Wood
Peter H. Wood is an American historian and author of Black Majority: Negroes in Colonial South Carolina from 1670 through the Stono Rebellion . It has been described as one of the most influential books on the history of the American South of the past 50 years. He is a professor at Duke...
calling them as spurious as holocaust denial
Holocaust denial
Holocaust denial is the act of denying the genocide of Jews in World War II, usually referred to as the Holocaust. The key claims of Holocaust denial are: the German Nazi government had no official policy or intention of exterminating Jews, Nazi authorities did not use extermination camps and gas...
.
Wilson held a February 2004 conference for those who supported his ideas, such as pastor George Grant
George Grant (author)
George Grant is an evangelical educator and a Presbyterian Church in America pastor.He was a church planter and pastor in Texas for ten years. He then served as an assistant to D. James Kennedy at the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and taught at Knox Theological Seminary...
, in the University of Idaho
University of Idaho
The University of Idaho is the State of Idaho's flagship and oldest public university, located in the rural city of Moscow in Latah County in the northern portion of the state...
. The University published a disclaimer distancing itself from the event, and numerous anti-conference protests took place. Wilson described critical attacks as 'abolitionist propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group....
'. He also has repeatedly denied any racist leanings. Wilson has described his own views as 'paleo-Confederate'
Neo-confederate
Neo-Confederate is a term used by some academics and political activists to describe the views of various groups and individuals who have a positive belief system concerning the historical experience of the Confederate States of America, the Southern secession, and the Southern United...
. He has said his "long war" is not on behalf of white supremacy, rather, Wilson seeks to revive the memory—however rose-tinted—of eras in Western history when faith and reason seemed at one, when family, church, and the organic "community of Christians" that T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot
Thomas Stearns "T. S." Eliot OM was a playwright, literary critic, and arguably the most important English-language poet of the 20th century. Although he was born an American he moved to the United Kingdom in 1914 and was naturalised as a British subject in 1927 at age 39.The poem that made his...
describes in Christianity and Culture were more powerful than the state.
Canon Press ceased publication of Southern Slavery, As It Was when it became aware of serious citation errors in several passages authored by Wilkins. Robert McKenzie, the history professor who first noticed the citation problems, described the authors as being "sloppy" rather than "malevolent." Wilson reworked and redacted the arguments in the tract, and published (without Wilkins) a new set of essays under the name Black & Tan (ISBN 1-59128-032-X) after consulting with historian Eugene Genovese.
Author
- Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning (ISBN 978-0891075837)
- Persuasions (ISBN 978-1885767295)
- Finding the Faith
- Fruit of the Cross
- Ephesians, With Notes
- Easy Chairs/Hard Words (ISBN 978-1885767301)
- Reforming Marriage (ISBN 978-1885767455)
- Contours of Postmaturity (ISBN 978-1885767202)
- To A Thousand Generations (ISBN 978-1885767240)
- Standing on the Promises (ISBN 978-1885767257)
- Her Hand in Marriage (ISBN 978-1885767264)
- Joy at the End of the Tether (ISBN 978-1885767509)
- Federal Husband (ISBN 978-1885767516)
- The Paideia of God (ISBN 978-1885767592)
- Fidelity (ISBN 978-1885767646)
- For Kirk and Covenant (ISBN 978-1581820584)
- Exhortations (ISBN 0967760313)
- Untune the Sky (ISBN 978-1930710696)
- Mother Kirk (ISBN 978-1885767721)
- Future Men (ISBN 978-1885767837)
- Excused Absence (ISBN 978-0970224514)
- Beyond Stateliest Marble (ISBN 978-1581821642)
- Greyfriars Covenant
- A Serrated Edge (ISBN 978-1591280101)
- The Case for Classical Christian Education (ISBN 978-1581343847)
- Blackthorn Winter (ISBN 978-1932168105)
- "Reformed" is Not Enough (ISBN 978-1591280057)
- My Life for Yours (ISBN 978-1885767905)
- Black & Tan (ISBN 978-1591280323)
- For a Glory and a Covering (ISBN 978-1591280415)
- Letter from a Christian Citizen (ISBN 978-0915815661)
- Heaven Misplaced: Christ's Kingdom on Earth (2008) (ISBN 978-1591280514)
- A Primer on Worship and Reformation (2008) (ISBN 978-1591280613)
- God Is. How Christianity Explains Everything (2009) (ISBN 978-0915815869)
- The Deluded Atheist (2009) (ISBN 978-0915815593)
Co-author
- Introductory Logic (with James B. Nance) (ISBN 978-1591280330)
- Latin Grammar (with Karen Craig) (ISBN 978-1885767370)
- Beyond Promises (with David Hagopian and John Armstrong) (ISBN 978-1885767129)
- Southern Slavery As It Was (with Steve Wilkins) (ISBN 978-1885767172)
- Angels in the Architecture (with Douglas Jones) (ISBN 978-1885767400)
- Is Christianity Good for the World? (with Christopher Hitchens) (ISBN 978-1591280538)
Editor and contributor
- No Stone Unturned
- The Forgotten Heavens
- Repairing the Ruins (ISBN 978-1885767141)
- Bound Only Once (ISBN 978-1885767844)
- Omnibus I: Biblical and Classical Civilizations (ISBN 978-1932168426)
Contributor
- Back to Basics (ISBN 978-0875522166)
- Whatever Happened to the Reformation? (ISBN 978-0875521831)
- The Case for Covenantal Infant Baptism (ISBN 978-0875525549)
- When Shall These Things Be? (ISBN 978-0875525525)
- The Federal Vision (ISBN 978-0975391402)
- The Case for Covenant Communion (ISBN 978-0975391433)
External links
- Blog and Mablog - Wilson's blog
- The Wilson-Hitchens Debate
- The Wilson-Drange Debate, a formal, written debate in which Wilson defends Christian theism and assails the views of nonbeliever Theodore Drange
- The Controversialist, profile from Christianity Today