Historian Mark Noll traces evangelicalism from its nineteenth-century roots. He applies lessons learned in the milieu of Great Britain and North America to answer the question: Have evangelicals grown to mature confidence in their views of God and Scripture so they may stand-alone if they must-between faith and higher critical skepticism? "This is nuts-and-bolts history at its best." - Douglas Jacobsen, Fides et Historia "This is not only an outstanding study of evangelical biblical scholarship, it is the best survey of the twentieth-century evangelical thought that we have." - George Marsden "This book will be of immense value to all who want to know what the background to current evangelical biblical scholarship is, and who want to explore the likely developments in the future." - Gerald Bray, The Churchman " Noll] has enriched our knowledge of this history through his mastery of its substance and has come to grips with its findings." - Todd Nichol, Word and World Mark A. Noll, the McManis Professor of Christian Thought and professor of church history at Wheaton College, has written more than ten books, including Religion, Faith and American Politics, and Christian Faith and Practice in the Modern World. He edited Confessions and Catechisms of the Reformation. His PhD degree is from Vanderbilt University.
This is the type of discussion on faith and criticism that evangelical scholarship has needed for years." --Michael Bird, Ridley Melbourne College of Mission and Ministry, Australia "A project like this is long overdue.
A key argument running through the book is that to develop constructive forms of critique a more thorough and systematic investigation of resources for criticism located within religious worldviews themselves is needed.
This wide-ranging collection of essays provides the reader with a critical introduction to the New Testament as the church's canon.
The studies in this book explore the relationship between history and faith in three main areas: the Old Testament, the New Testament and the philosophy of Christian belief.
The author is concerned with three things: an ongoing, living, community-based faith; openness towards science and scientific method; and an effective Christian praxis.
"--Telford Work, Westmont College "Sparks asks hard questions. In this volume he provides answers that he believes satisfy intellectually as well as spiritually. His erudition is evident on every page.
Thus there emerged a new line of defense against Feuerbach's atheism, one that also took into account the aesthetic faculty and asked man to “cultivate the worship of beauty and truth.”81 This shift from religious philosophy to ...
Basil Mitchell argues that, in any serious intellectual and spiritual quest, faith and criticism belong together.
A keen eye for cross-cultural analysis and contextualization enriched this volume with an intriguing reading of scripture, Ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman texts in conversation with other faith traditions, particularly Senegalese Diola ...
The primary function of the Bible under the providence of God is to bear witness to the gospel of Christ and in light of this we are to read and teach its parts. This creates something like the concept of a canon within the canon, ...