Cornelius Van Til: Reformed Apologist and Churchma (American Reformed Biographies) - Hardcover

John R. Muether

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0875526659 ISBN 13: 9780875526652

Publisher: Presbyterian and Reformed, 2008

Synopsis

Cornelius Van Til (1895 1987), who taught apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary for more than forty years, has through his teaching and writings called two generations of thinkers to a Christian worldview and a biblical defense of the faith. Yet, twenty years after his death, conflicting claims about Van Til's apologetic legacy abound. What most interpreters tend to overlook is his life as a Presbyterian churchman. This biography locates Van Til in the context of twentieth-century Presbyterian and Reformed ecclesiastical struggles in America, including the formation of Westminster Seminary and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, the rise of neo-evangelicalism and American expressions of Barthianism, and post World War II developments in the Christian Reformed Church. As Van Til spent his life "raising high the banner of the Reformed faith," his role in these debates arose from his hopes for a church that was self-consciously rooted in its Reformed identity.

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About the Author

John R. Muether (MAR, Westminster Theological Seminary) is librarian and associate professor of church history at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando. The coauthor of four volumes, Muether has served on the Harvard Divinity School library staff and has been librarian at Western Theological Seminary and Westminster Theological Seminary. He has served on the editorial board of Regeneration Quarterly and on the board of directors of Mars Hill Audio. He is historian of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and serves on that denomination s Christian Education Committee.

Edition details

• Publisher: Presbyterian and Reformed
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0875526659
• ISBN 13: 9780875526652
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288