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Know Your Evangelicals
Know Your Evangelicals: Alvin Plantinga
Name: Alvin Plantinga Why you should know him: Plantinga has been described by Time magazine as “America’s leading orthodox Protestant philosopher of God.” Position: Emeritus John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and the inaugural holder of the Jellema Chair in Philosophy at Calvin College. Education: A.B., Calvin College (1954) M.A., University of Michigan (1955) Ph.D., Yale University (1958) Areas of interest/expertise: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion. Associations: American Philosophical Association Central Division, Vice-President (1980-81) President (1981-82); Society of Christian Philosophers, President (l983-86) Books: Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism (2011), Warranted...
Know Your Evangelicals: William Wilberforce
Name: William Wilberforce (August 24, 1759 – July 29, 1833) Why you should know him: Wilberforce was a social reformer and politician who helped bring an end to the British slave trade. Position: Member of Parliament representing Kingston upon Hull (Yorkshire, England) Organizational Associations: Church Missionary Society (founding member); Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; African Institution (founder); Clapham Sect; Society for the Suppression of Vice; Association for the Better Observance of Sunday Education: BA, St John’s College, University of Cambridge (1781), MA, St John’s College, University of Cambridge (1788) Books: A Practical View of the Prevailing religious...
Know Your Evangelicals: Charles Colson
Name: Charles “Chuck” Colson Why You’ve Heard of Him: Colson was Richard Nixon’s “hatchet man” and spent seven months in prison for Watergate-related charges. He entered Alabama’s Maxwell Prison in 1974 as a new Christian and became a staunch advocate for prisoners. After telling his story in the bestselling Born Again, Colson used the royalties to found Prison Fellowship, the world’s largest outreach to prisoners, ex-prisoners, crime victims, and their families. Positions: Founder and chairman emeritus of the board for Prison Fellowship and Prison Fellowship International (1976 to present); Commentator for Breakpoint; founder of the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview....
Know Your Evangelicals: Francis Schaeffer
Name: Francis A. Schaeffer (1912-1984) Why you should know him: Schaeffer was one of the most influential figures in American evangelicalism in the period between World War II and the mid-1980s. Previous roles: Founder of L’Abri Fellowship International; Lecturer and author of eighteen books. Education: B.A., Hampden-Sydney College B.Div. Faith Theological Seminary Honorary D.Div., Highland College Area of expertise/interest: Apologetics, philosophy, Western culture, abortion, neo-Calvinism Books: The God Who is There (1968); Escape from Reason (1968); Death in the City (1969); The Church at the End of the Twentieth Century (1970); The Mark of a Christian (1970); Pollution and the Death of...
