John Burgess has taught at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary since 1998, where he is the James Henry Snowden Professor of Systematic Theology. He has received grants from the Fulbright Program, the Center of Theological Inquiry, and the Henry Luce III Foundation. His books from WJK include Why Scripture Matters, After Baptism, and Encounters with Orthodoxy. Of special interest to him are Reformed theology and issues of religion and nation.