Jane Dempsey Douglass
Jane Dempsey Douglass | |
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| Born | Essie Jane Dempsey March 22, 1933 |
| Other names | Essie Jane Dempsey Douglass |
| Title | President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (1990–1997) |
| Spouse |
Gordon K. Douglass (died 2017) |
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| Thesis | The Doctrine of Justification in the Preaching of John Geiler of Keiserberg (1963) |
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| Doctoral students | Haruko Nawata Ward |
| Notable students | Paul C. H. Lim |
Essie Jane Dempsey Douglass (born 1933) is an American Presbyterian theologian and ecclesiastical historian. She was a professor at Claremont Graduate School before becoming the Hazel Thompson McCord Professor of Historical Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. Douglass served as the President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches from 1990 to 1997, making her the first woman to head a worldwide communion of churches.