Biography

John C. Peckham is J.N. Andrews Professor of Systematic Theology and Philosophy at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary of Andrews University in Berrien Springs, MI. Peckham joined the Seminary faculty in 2013 and received the Daniel A. Augsburger Excellence in Teaching Award in 2016, the Siegfried H. Horn Excellence in Research and Creative Scholarship Award in 2019, and the John Nevins Andrews Medallion in 2025.

Previously, Peckham pastored in the Indiana Conference, taught for a number of years at Southwestern Adventist University in Keene, TX, where he received the Educator of the Year Award in 2012, and served as associate editor of Adventist Review.

Peckham has published widely, including over fifty articles published in academic and popular journals, over twenty chapters contributed to edited books, over sixty scholarly papers presented, and over ten monographs.

Peckham’s numerous books include most recently God’s Love and Justice (Pacific Press, 2025) and Why We Pray: Understanding Prayer in the Context of Cosmic Conflict (Baker Academic, 2024, Christianity Today 2025 Book Award Finalist, Academic Theology). Other books Peckham has written include: God with Us: An Introduction to Adventist Theology (Andrews University Press, 2023), Divine Attributes: Knowing the Covenantal God of Scripture (Baker Academic, 2021), The Doctrine of God: Introducing the Big Questions (T&T Clark, 2019), Theodicy of Love: Cosmic Conflict and the Problem of Evil (Baker Academic, 2018, WORLD Magazine Accessible Theology Book of the Year, Honorable Mention), Canonical Theology: The Biblical Canon, Sola Scriptura, and Theological Method (Eerdmans, 2016), The Love of God: A Canonical Model (IVP Academic, 2015, Readers’ Choice Award Winner), and The Concept of Divine Love in the Context of the God-World Relationship (Peter Lang, 2014).

John is married to Brenda, a Registered Nurse and they have one son, Joel, their pride and joy.