Background
Sloan was born in Coleman, Texas, and grew up in Abilene, Texas.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Robert Bryan
Edit ProfileEducation
After post-graduate research at the University of Bristol, he earned his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Basel in 1978. In 2002, Sloan unveiled a 42-page plan titled "," outlining his strategy to transform into a national university with Doctor of Philosophy programs and research professors, allowing to "to enter the top tier of American universities while reaffirming and deepening its distinctive Christian mission." His plan included twelve imperatives that were "necessary for Baylor to fulfill the Vision".
Career
He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Baylor University in 1970, and his M.Div from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1973. After serving as an adjunct at Hardin-Simmons University and on the faculty of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Sloan joined the Department of Religion faculty at Baylor University in 1983, and would eventually become the founding dean of the George West. Truett Theological Seminary. He succeeded Herbert H. Reynolds as president of the university in 1995.
Opposition to the plan, as well as several controversial financial moves, resulted in Sloan narrowly escaping a 2004 vote to oust him as president, and eventually resigning in 2005.
The saga is chronicled in the 2007 book The Baylor Project: Taking Christian Higher Education to the Next Level (). Following a brief stint as Baylor"s Chancellor, Sloan served as visiting scholar at the University of Street Andrews in 2006, before beginning his tenure as president of Houston Baptist University on September 1, 2006.
In 2008 Sloan, along with the Board of Trustees, approved a 12 year vision document titled "The Ten Pillars: Faith and Reason in a Great City". The purpose of this plan is to enable the university to "fulfill its responsibility for the renewal of Christian Higher Education."
He is also the publisher of the academic journal, The City.
Sloan has pastored churches throughout Texas and beyond.
He has also held membership in the Society of Biblical Literature, the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, and Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas.
Connections
-
Born
-
Nationality
American