Theological Society in 1965. He died in 1985 and was buried near Westcliffe, Colorado. Philosophy Clark's philosophy and theology has been summarized as: Epistemology: propositional revelation in the Bible Soteriology: faith alone Metaphysics: theism Ethics: the superiority of divine law over human law/Christian egoism Politics: constitutional republic Personal life Clark met his future wife Ruth Schmidt during his graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania; she had actually been baptized by Gordon's father as a baby. They married in 1929 and stayed together for 48 years until Ruth's death from leukemia in 1977. They had two daughters, Lois Antoinette (later Lois Zeller, b. 1936) and Nancy Elizabeth (later Betsy Clark George, b. 1941). At the time of his death, Clark was survived by his two daughters and their husbands, 12 grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Clark was well known as a keen chessplayer. In 1966, he won the championship of the King's Men Chess Club in Indianapolis. Publications Clark was a prolific author who wrote more than forty books, including texts on ancient and contemporary philosophy, volumes on Christian doctrines, commentaries on the New Testament and a one-volume history of philosophy: Philosophy An Introduction to Christian Philosophy (), in which Clark's thought is well summarized in three lectures given at Wheaton College, reissued in Christian Philosophy () Three Types of Religious Philosophy, reissued in Christian Philosophy () Thales to Dewey, a history of philosophy () Ancient Philosophy, Dr. Clark's section of a History of Philosophy, which he co-published with three other authors; also includes eleven major essays, including his doctoral dissertation on Aristotle () William James and John Dewey () Behaviorism and Christianity () Philosophy of Science and Belief in God () Historiography: Secular and Religious () A Christian View of Men and Things, which develops Clark's Christian worldview () A Christian Philosophy of Education () Logic, a textbook on logic for students () Essays on Ethics and Politics () Lord God of Truth printed with Concerning the Teacher by St. Augustine () Selections from Hellenistic Philosophy edited by Clark () Readings in Ethics edited by Clark and T. V. Smith () Clark Speaks from the Grave written just before Clark died and published posthumously, responding to some of his critics () Theology In Defense of Theology () Religion, Reason, and Revelation, Clark's major work on apologetics () God's Hammer: The Bible and Its Critics () What Do Presbyterians Believe?,