H. S. Wilson

Henry Steward Wilson
Born	1946 Karnataka, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Theologian

Church	Church of South India Karnataka Southern Diocese
Ordained	November 19, 1978 at CSI-St. Paul’s Church, Mangalore by S. R. Furtado
Offices held	Pastor, Church of South India (1973-1979) Professor, United Theological College, Bangalore (1978-1988) Director, Ecumenical Relations Department, Church of South India Synod(1988-1989) Executive Secretary, Department of Theology, World Alliance of Reformed Churches, Geneva(1989-1998) Director, Center for Global Theologies, Wartburg Theological Seminary (2000-2003) Director, Multicultural Mission Resource Center, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia(2003-2006) Adjunct Professor, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia(2007-) Guest Professor, Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore (2007-)
Title	The Reverend Doctor

H. S. Wilson (born 1946) is Executive Director of Foundation for Theological Education in the Southeast Asia based in Philadelphia. Wilson is widely known in India for his contribution to theological education in India as Director (1980 through 1988) of Research and Church Relations at the Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College, Bangalore, the theological arm of the Senate of Serampore College (University), the nation's first University

Wilson studied at St. Aloysius College (Mangalore) obtaining a degree in Commerce (B. Com.) from the University of Mysore. He had his ministerial formation at the United Theological College, Bangalore as a candidate of the United Basel Mission between 1967-1970 where he obtained a Bachelor of Divinity (B. D.) entitling his graduate thesis as An Impact of Protestant Christianity of the Religious, Social, and Cultural Aspect of Tuluva Community in South Kanara. Later, the University under the Registrarship of Chetti Devasahayam awarded him with a degree.

From 1970-1972 he pursued a Master of Arts (M. A.) degree from Karnataka University and then went over to Princeton, New Jersey to study for a postgraduate degree in Theology taking a Master of Theology (Th.M.) degree from the Princeton Theological Seminary and continued his studies up to research level by enrolling at the Drew University obtaining a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in 1977 where he submitted a thesis entitled The Speaking God: Luther's Theology of Preaching done under the guidance of Professors Bard Thompson, James Pain and Charles L. Rice.