Background

Kenneth Foreman was born on September 4, 1891, at Fort Edward, New York, United States. He was the son of Charles Waldo Foreman and Elizabeth Benedict.

Education

Kenneth earned a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1935.

Career

Foreman began his career as an associate professor of German at Davidson College in 1924, then joined Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, in 1947, remaining through 1962, when he retired. He served as visitor-in-residence at Union Theological Seminary between 1962 to 1964 and as editor of the Board of Christian Education for the Presbyterian Church in the United States from 1962 to 1964.

His first book, From This Day Forward, was published in 1950. His final volume out of five was Methuselah: Fantasy on a Moral Theme, published in 1968 by John Knox Press. He also contributed an influential weekly column to Presbyterian Outlook magazine for more than twenty-five years, and for a decade wrote The Bible Speaks, a weekly syndicated column that appeared in more than five hundred newspapers nationwide.

Achievements

• Kenneth Foreman was best known as the author of From This Day Forward and Methuselah: Fantasy on a Moral Dream.

Works

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  • The Letter of Paul to the Romans

    (It contains the First and the Second Letters of Paul to t...)

    1963
  • God's Will and Ours

    (An Introduction to the problem of freedom, foreordination)

    1954
  • From This Day Forward

    (Thoughts About a Christian Marriage)

    1953
  • The Saint in the Window and the Saint in the House 1954
  • Methuselah: Fantasy on a Moral Dream 1968

Connections

Kenneth Foreman was married to Sue Lewis. They had one son.

Father:

Charles Waldo Foreman

Mother:

Elizabeth Benedict Foreman

Spouse:

Sue Lewis Foreman

Son:

Kenneth Joseph Foreman

References

• Contemporary Authors A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields
  2008