J. I. Packer and the Evangelical Future: The Impact of His Life and Thought

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J. I. Packer is one of the most significant evangelical theologians of the last one hundred years. He has had a deep and encompassing influence on many renewal movements within North American Christianity and has become a highly regarded leader in the world Christian movement through his many books and lectures around the globe

Here a stellar team of scholars examines some of the major aspects of Packer's life and thought. The contributors analyze and assess Packer's impact on ...

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Overview

J. I. Packer is one of the most significant evangelical theologians of the last one hundred years. He has had a deep and encompassing influence on many renewal movements within North American Christianity and has become a highly regarded leader in the world Christian movement through his many books and lectures around the globe

Here a stellar team of scholars examines some of the major aspects of Packer's life and thought. The contributors analyze and assess Packer's impact on evangelicalism over the past half century, ask what more we can learn from him about ministry and the evangelical future, and suggest a way forward for evangelical theology. J. I. Packer himself offers a response and reflection. The book also includes a full bibliography of Packer's writings, which is the most comprehensive listing of his writings in print.

Contributors

Charles W. Colson on Packer, Puritans, and postmoderns
Mark E. Dever on Packer and pastoral wisdom from the Puritans
Timothy George on learning Latin (and other things) from Packer
D. Bruce Hindmarsh on evangelical spiritual vitality
Paul R. House on the primacy of Scripture in Packer's ministry
Edith M. Humphrey on Packer's gifts
James Earl Massey on Packer's modern theological classic, Knowing God
Alister E. McGrath on Packer's engagement with the past to enrich the present
David Neff on journalism, theology, and the thirst for truth
Richard John Neuhaus on Christ without culture
Donald J. Payne on Packer's theological method
Carl R. Trueman on Packer's English nonconformist perspective

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780801033872
  • Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 10/1/2009
  • Series: Beeson Divinity Studies
  • Pages: 256
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Meet the Author

Timothy George (ThD, Harvard University) is founding dean of Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama, and is the author or editor of more than twenty books, including Theology of the Reformers and God the Holy Trinity. He serves as executive editor for Christianity Today and is on the editorial advisory board of Books & Culture and the Harvard Theological Review.
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Table of Contents

Preface by Timothy George
1. The Great Tradition: J. I. Packer on Engaging with the Past to Enrich the Present (Alister McGrath)
2. The Gifts of J. I. Packer: A Cool Head, a Warm Heart, and the Great Tradition (Edith M. Humphrey)
3. Pumping Truth: Journalism, Theology, and the Thirst for Truth (David Neff)
4. J. I. Packer's Theological Method (Don J. Payne)
5. God Has Spoken: The Primacy of Scripture in J. I. Packer's Ministry (Paul R. House)
6. J. I. Packer and Pastoral Wisdom from the Puritans (Mark E. Dever)
7. Retrieval and Renewal: A Model for Evangelical Spiritual Vitality (D. Bruce Hindmarsh)
8. J. I. Packer: An English Non-Conformist Perspective (Carl R. Trueman)
9. Packer, Puritans, and Postmoderns (Charles W. Colson)
10. Christ without Culture (Richard John Neuhaus)
11. On Knowing God (James Earl Massey)
12. Unde, Quonam, et Quemadmodum? Learning Latin (and Other Things) from Packer (Timothy George)
13. Reflection and Response (J. I. Packer)
14. Bibliography of the Works of J. I. Packer, July 1952-August 2008
15. A Tribute to J. I. Packer
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