Thomas Anderson Langford

Background

Langford, Thomas Anderson was born on February 22, 1929 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of Thomas Anderson and Louie Mae (Hughes) Langford.

Education

Thomas Anderson Langford received his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Duke Divinity School in 1954 and his doctorate from Duke as well in 1958.

Career

Thomas Anderson Langford became a professor of religion at Duke University in 1956, rose to dean of the Divinity School in 1971, and in 1984 became an administrator there. In 1984, he became vice provost for academic affairs. In 1990, he became interim provost and in 1991 assumed the position full-time. After retiring in 1997, Langford served as William Kellon Quick professor emeritus of theology and Methodist studies and continued writing on Methodist theology.

Achievements

• Tomas Anderson Langford was recognized as a prominent scholar on John Wesley. The Langford Building at Duke University Divinity School was named in his honor. In 1998 he was honored by Duke University with the University Medal for Distinguished Meritorious Service.

Works

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  • Doctrine and Theology in The United Methodist Church

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    1991
  • Practical Divinity: Theology in the Wesleyan Tradition

    (Practical Divinity traces the growth of Wesleyan thought ...)

    1983
  • Methodist Theology

    (Thomas Langford is well known as a writer about the Metho...)

    1998
  • Philosophy of Religion 1962
  • Christian Wholeness 1978
  • History of Philosophy 1965
  • In Search Of Foundations 1969
  • Introduction to Western Philosophy 1970
  • The Harvest of the Spirit 1981
  • Intellect and Hope: Essays in the Thought of Michael Polanyi 1968

Membership

Tomas Anderson Langford was a clergy member of the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Connections

On December 27, 1951 Thomas Anderson Langford married Ann Marie Daniel. They had four children: Thomas, James Howard, Timothy Daniel, Stephen Hughes.

Father:

Thomas Anderson Langford

Mother:

Louie Mae Langford

Spouse:

Ann Marie Daniel Langford

Son:

James Howard Langford

Son:

Timothy Daniel Langford

Son:

Thomas A. Langford

Son:

Stephen Hughes Langford

Sister:

Jeanne Elizabeth Garrett

Brother:

Paul Gilbert Langford

References

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