The Evangelical Left: Encountering Postconservative Evangelical Theology
Overview
Millard Erickson identifies practitioners of a new theological movement in evangelicalism that who, he contends, have adopted a postconservative position and have drifted from the fundamental affirmations of conservative evangelicalism.
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Key Features
- Traces the roots of postconservative thought
- Explains the postconservative position
- Presents arguments from the opposing schools of thought
Product Details
- Title: The Evangelical Left: Encountering Postconservative Evangelical Theology
- Author: Millard J. Erickson
- Publisher: Baker
- Publication Date: 1997
- Pages: 144
About Millard J. Erickson
Millard J. Erickson is a distinguished professor of theology at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon. He received his BA from the University of Minnesota, BD from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, MA from the University of Chicago, and PhD from Northwestern University. He has served as a pastor and seminary dean and has taught at numerous schools, including Bethel University, Southwestern Baptist Seminary, and Baylor University.
Top Highlights
“It is important that evangelicals ask whether they now stand where some of these other Christian groups did earlier in the century, and what can be done to ensure that the story is not repeated. George Santayana’s famous statement that those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it is very pertinent here.” (Page 14)
“Other signs of the fundamentalists’ decline were also evident in their failure to control the church’s institutions.” (Page 21)
“Daniel Fuller, son of the founder, just returned from studying in Switzerland, was the dean-elect of the school.” (Pages 25–26)
“they were establishing new schools, such as Westminster Theological Seminary and Dallas Theological Seminary.” (Page 22)
“Stanley Grenz, professor of theology at Carey Theological College, Vancouver, British Columbia, outlined his agenda for the restructuring of evangelical theology in his Revisioning Evangelical Theology. His Theology for the People of God is the first complete systematic theology to appear from this group.” (Page 31)
- Title: The Evangelical Left: Encountering Postconservative Evangelical Theology
- Author: Millard J. Erickson
- Publisher: Baker
- Print Publication Date: 1997
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Evangelicalism › North America--History--20th century; Postconservative theology › North America--History--20th century; North America › Church history--20th century
- ISBNs: 9781441252203, 0801021405, 9780801021404, 1441252207
- Resource ID: LLS:EVANGLEFTERICKSON
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T23:43:48Z
Millard Erickson (b. 1932) is Distinguished Professor of Theology at Western Seminary, Portland, and the author of the widely acclaimed systematics work Christian Theology along with more than twenty other books. He was professor of theology and academic dean at Bethel Seminary for many years. He earned a B.A. from the University of Minnesota, a B.D. from Northern Baptist Seminary, an M.A. from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University.