Michael Horton (theologian)

Michael S. Horton
Born (1964-05-11) May 11, 1964
OccupationsProfessor, Theologian, Author
Years active1998–Present
Known forModern Reformation Magazine, White Horse Inn radio program
AwardsHonorary Doctor of Divinity, Grove City College (2016)
Academic background
EducationBiola University (BA),
Westminster Seminary California (MA),
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and University of Coventry (PhD)
ThesisThomas Goodwin and the Puritan doctrine of assurance : continuity and discontinuity in the Reformed Tradition, 1600-1680 (1998)
InfluencesJohn Calvin, Reformation Theology, Early Church Fathers
Academic work
InstitutionsWestminster Seminary California (Professor)
Main interestsSystematic Theology, Apologetics, Historical Theology
Notable works
  • Shaman and Sage: The Roots of “Spiritual but Not Religious” in Antiquity (2024)
  • Justification (2 Vols, 2018)
  • Rediscovering the Holy Spirit (2017)
  • The Christian Faith: A Systematic Theology for Pilgrims on the Way (2011)
  • Calvin on the Christian Life (2014)

Michael Scott Horton (born May 11, 1964) is an American Reformed systematic theology scholar. He is the J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary California. Horton has written and edited more than forty books and contributed to various encyclopedias, including the Oxford Handbook of Reformed Theology and Brill’s Encyclopedia of Christianity.

In addition to his work as a professor, Horton is the founder of Sola Media and its productions, the White Horse Inn radio show and podcast, Modern Reformation magazine, Core Christianity, and Theo Global.

His most recent book is Shaman and Sage: The Roots of “Spiritual but Not Religious” in Antiquity, the first of three volumes in his intellectual history of “spiritual but not religious” as a phenomenon in Western culture.