Keith Mathison

{{short description|American theologian (born 1967)}}

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Keith A. Mathison (born 1967) is an American Reformed theologian.

Mathison grew up near Houston, Texas. He began graduate studies at Dallas Theological Seminary before transferring to Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando. After completing his M.A. at RTS, he began working at Ligonier Ministries, where he served as an associate editor of the Reformation Study Bible.{{cite web |title=Our Faculty and Staff |url=http://reformationbiblecollege.org/academics/ |publisher=Reformation Bible College |accessdate=24 August 2015}} He obtained a Ph.D. from Whitefield Theological Seminary and currently serves as professor of systematic theology at [https://reformationbiblecollege.org/ Reformation Bible College] in Sanford, Florida.

In The Shape of Sola Scriptura (2001), Mathison uses the term "solo Scriptura" to describe the view that the Bible is the only authority for Christians.{{cite book |last1=Horn |first1=Trent |title=The Case for Catholicism: Answers to Classic and Contemporary Protestant Objections |date=2017 |publisher=Ignatius Press |page=11 |isbn=9781681497891 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7jo9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT11 |access-date=16 September 2022}}{{cite journal |last1=Beckwith |first1=Francis J. |author1-link=Francis J Beckwith |title=Natural Law, Catholicism, and the Protestant Critique: Why We Are Really Not That Far Apart |journal=Christian Bioethics: Non-Ecumenical Studies in Medical Morality |date=2019 |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=154–168 |doi=10.1093/cb/cbz001 |url=https://academic.oup.com/cb/article/25/2/154/5525410 |access-date=16 September 2022|doi-access=free }}{{cite book |last1=Wozniak |first1=Kenneth W. M. |title=Living as the Living Jesus: A Broader Jesus Ethic |date=2021 |publisher=Wipf and Stock |page=45 |isbn=9781532680533 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W3oeEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT45 |access-date=16 September 2022}} Mathison himself advocates for a "communitarian sola Scriptura" view in which "the true interpretation of Scripture is found only in the Church".{{cite book |last1=Peckham |first1=John |title=Canonical Theology: The Biblical Canon, Sola Scriptura, and Theological Method |date=2016 |publisher=Eerdmans |page=152 |isbn=9781467446198 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9H93DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA152 |access-date=16 September 2022}}

In Given for You: Reclaiming Calvin's Doctrine of the Lord's Supper (2002), Mathison coins the word "suprasubstantiation" (in distinction to transubstantiation or consubstantiation) to describe Calvin’s doctrine of the Lord's Supper.{{cite book |last1=Salkeld |first1=Brett |title=Transubstantiation: Theology, History, and Christian Unity |date=2019 |publisher=Baker Academic |page=177 |isbn=9781493418244 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lLeGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT177 |access-date=16 September 2022}} He also advocates for the use of wine in the Lord's Supper.{{cite book |last1=Hesselink |first1=I. John |title=Understanding Four Views on the Lord's Supper |date=2009 |publisher=Zondervan |page=84 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R6LkmS_ntYwC&pg=PA84 |access-date=16 September 2022 |chapter=Reformed View: The Real Presence of Christ|isbn=9780310542759 }}