Douglas Wilson Bio

Douglas J. Wilson is a Senior Fellow of Theology at New Saint Andrews College, a permanent member of the College’s Board of Trustees, and a member of the College’s Executive Council. At other colleges, he has taught both ethics and logic. He received a B.A. in Classical Studies, and a B.A. and an M.A. in Philosophy, all at the University of Idaho. He was also a founder of Logos School, a K-12 institution that pioneered the current classical Christian school movement. Today more than three hundred schools around the country (and countless homeschools), model their curriculums on the classical instruction used at Logos.

Wilson is also the editor of Credenda/Agenda magazine, a small Trinitarian cultural journal known for its humorous and satirical flavor, and has authored numerous books. These include several titles related to education and worldview: The Case for Classical Christian Education, Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning, The Paideia of God, and Excused Absence: Should Christian Kids Leave Public School? His works on theology and culture include Mother Kirk, Reformed is Not Enough, Angels in the Architecture and To a Thousand Generations. He has also written A Serrated Edge: A Brief Defense of Biblical Satire and Trinitarian Skylarking as well as several children’s books and biographies.

Wilson has been the pastor of Christ Church, Moscow, for more than 30 years. He and his wife, Nancy, have three grown children and a bunch of grandchildren, some of whom live in Moscow, and some who currently dally in Oxford, England.