Thomas H. Troeger
J. Edward and Ruth Cox Lantz Professor of Christian Communication
Professor Troeger has written more than fifteen books in the fields of preaching, poetry, hymnody
and worship and is a frequent contributor to journals dedicated to these topics.
His most recent books include Preaching and Worship, Preaching While the Church Is
Under Reconstruction, and Above the Moon Earth Rises: Hymn Texts, Anthems and Poems
for a New Creation. He is also a flutist and a poet whose work appears in the hymnals of
most denominations and is frequently set as choral anthems. For three years Professor Troeger hosted the Season of Worship broadcast for Cokesbury, and he has led conferences and lectureships in worship and preaching throughout North America, as well as in Denmark, Holland, Australia, Japan, and Africa. Ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1970 and in the Episcopal Church in 1999, he is dually aligned with both traditions. He is a former president of the Academy of Homiletics and currently serves on the board of Societas Homiletica (the international guild of scholars in homiletics.
B.A., Yale University; B.D., Colgate Rochester Divinity School; S.T.D., Dickinson College; D.D., Virginia Theological Seminary.