Biography

Donald Fairbairn is Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Union School of Theology and Dean of Newton House. He is also the Robert E. Cooley Professor of Early Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He has ministered and taught throughout Europe and North America. He and his wife, Jennifer, have two adult children, Trey and Ella.

PhD, University of Cambridge
MDiv, Denver Seminary
BA, Princeton University

Email: dfairbairn@ust.ac.uk

Selected Publications

The Trinity, Essentials Series (Union Publishing, 2024)

The Global Church—The First Eight Centuries: From Pentecost through the Rise of Islam (Zondervan Academic, 2021)

The Story of Creeds and Confessions: Tracing the Development of the Christian Faith (Baker Academic, 2019; Co-authored with Ryan Reeves)

Life in the Trinity: An Introduction to Theology with the Help of the Church Fathers (IVP Academic, 2009)

Grace and Christology in the Early Church (Oxford University Press, 2003)