Benjamin R. Merkle (born 1972) is president of New Saint Andrews College, a Christian college in Idaho, United States.
Merkle studied at the University of Idaho and the University of Oxford, obtaining a D. Phil. in 2012. He was appointed president of New Saint Andrews in 2015.
In 2009, Merkle wrote The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great. In 2015 his D. Phil. dissertation was published by Oxford University Press under the title Defending the Trinity in the Reformed Palatinate: The Elohistae. He previously served as executive minister of Christ Church, and has also served as managing editor of Credenda/Agenda.
References
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- "Benjamin R. Merkle, D.Phil". New Saint Andrews College. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- Quinn, Shanon (23 April 2015). "Merkle assumes presidency of New Saint Andrews College". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- "Staff and Ministry Leadership". Christ Church. Retrieved 24 August 2015.