Andrew Purves (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is Jean and Nancy Davis Professor of Historical Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous books including Reconstructing Pastoral Theology: A Christological Foundation, The Crucifixion of Ministry, and The Resurrection of Ministry. He is an ordained Presbyterian minister and has three grown children with his wife, Catherine, who is minister of the Bellevue United Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh.