PCA Historical Center: Robert D. Knudsen

Graduate Education: Westminster Theological Seminary, ThM, 1947; University of Basel; Union Theological Seminary, (NY), S.T.M., 1952; Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ph.D., 1958

Ministry: Professor of Apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA, 1955 - 1995; Ordained by the Presbytery of the Dakotas (OPC), 16 September 1953.
Dr. Knudsen's papers are preserved as part of the Faculty Archives at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA.
Memorial Address by Arthur J. Fox, [OPC pastor, Middletown, PA.]

Bibliography
[a more complete bibliography of Dr. Knudsen's writings appeared in the Westminster Theological Journal,
Vol. 58, No. 1 (Spring 1996), pp. 111-121, citing six major works and approximately 150 articles]
Books and Dissertations:

PGI, Symbol and Myth in Contemporary Theology (1952)
The Idea of Transcendence in the Philosophy of Karl Jaspers (1958)
Dialectic and Synthesis in Contemporary Theology (1967)
History: The Encounter of Christianity with Secular Science (1976)
Psychology: The Encounter of Christianity with Secular Science (1980)
Sociology: The Encounter of Christianity with Secular Science (1981)

Articles
New Horizons [denominational magazine of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church]
"Witness and Dialogue in Missions"	Vol. 11, No. 2 (February 1990), pages 15-16
"Do Christians Have a Political Agenda?"	Vol. 11, No. 5 (May 1990), pages 19-20
"The Defense of the Faith in the Early Church"	Vol. 12, No. 10 (December 1991), pages 19-20
"Foundations"	Vol. 13, No. 8 (October 1992), page 26
"A Look Forward--after Fifty-six Years"	June 1999
The Presbyterian Guardian [as indexed in James Dennison's Cumulative Index to the Presbyterian Guardian]
"Visit to a Dutch Synod"	Vol. 27 (1958), pages 37-38
"One Message Only"	Vol. 27 (1958), pages 134-35; 144
"Ride On"	Vol. 28 (1959), page 73
"The Third Man"	Vol. 28 (1959), page 85
"A Faith That Redeemed"	Vol. 28 (1959), page 178
"The Glory of the Ministry"	Vol. 28 (1959), pages 195-98
"The Knockout Blow"	Vol. 28 (1959), page 256
"Come Holy Spirit"	Vol. 28 (1959), pages 307-310
"Adorning the Gospel"	Vol. 29 (1960), page 53
Review: H. Van Riessen, Christian Perspectives	Vol. 29 (1960), pages 86-87
"Grace Abounding"	Vol. 29 (1960), page 150
"What Do You Confess?"	Vol. 29 (1960), page 181
"Heavenly Manna"	Vol. 30 (1961), page 40
"Demetrius"	Vol. 30 (1961), page 60
Review: D.H. Freeman, Modern Thinkers Series	Vol. 30 (1961), pages 142-43
"Let the Church Be the Church"	Vol. 31 (1962), page 25
"How to Conquer Your Neighbor"	Vol. 31 (1962), page 144
Review: R.H. Nash, Dooyeweerd and the Amsterdam Philosophy	Vol. 31 (1962), page 172
"The Bible and Labor"	Vol. 33 (1964), page 117
"To the Sources"	Vol. 33 (1964), page 166
"Creative Builder"	Vol. 34 (1965), pages 53-54
"The Adiaphora"	Vol. 37 (1968), pages 41-42, 50, 56
"The Communion of the Spirit"	Vol. 37 (1968), pages 74-75
"The Spirit and the Word"	Vol. 37 (1968), pages 89-90
"The Spirit and Salvation"	Vol. 37 (1968), pages 106-108
The Westminster Theological Journal [incomplete listing]
Review: Carl F.H. Henry, Remaking the Modern Mind	Vol. 9 (May, 1947), pages 250-255
Review: H. Henry Meeter, Calvinism, An Interpretation	Vol. 11 (May, 1949), pages 176-178
Review: Paul Tillich, Systematic Theology	Vol. 14 (November, 1951), pages 55-59
Review: Gordon H. Clark, A Christian View of Men and Things	Vol. 15 (May, 1953), pages 159-164
Review: Kegley & Bretall, The Theology of Paul Tillich	Vol. 16 (November 1953), pages 92-93
Review: William Young, Toward a Reformed Philosophy	Vol. 16 (November 1953), pages 127-131
"Symbol and Reality in Nicolas Berdyaev"	Vol. 24 (November 1961), pages 38-47
"Crosscurrents"	Vol. 35 (Spring, 1973), pages 303-314
"To Our Readers"	Vol. 38 (Spring, 1976), pages 279-280
"Analysis of Theological Concepts: A Methodological Sketch"	Vol. 40 (Spring, 1978), pages 229-244
"The Transcendental Perspective of Westminster's Apologetic"	Vol. 48 (Fall, 1986), pages 223-239