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Question: How often in a given year of preaching (or listening to sermons) do you hear one of the names of the following theologians mentioned?<\/strong><\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>But I grew up in a baptistic tradition and while my childhood pastor never quoted (to my memory) the luminary theologians of the Great Tradition (like Athanasius), my college theology professor loved the medievals (though he had some suspicion about the early fathers). This illustrates what for me is a long-time observation: evangelical and Baptist theologians know their history though their churches prefer it straight out of the Bible.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019m not surprised by this new book from IVP, edited by Bradley G. Green: Shapers of Christian Orthodoxy: Engaging with Early and Medieval Theologians<\/a> $\"\"$ <\/em><\/strong>. I dipped and dived, read some of it very carefully and skimmed through other parts, and have to say this is a fine introduction into major theologians: Irenaeus, Tertullian, Origen, Athanasius, the Cappadocians, Augustine, Anselm, and Aquinas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each theologian is treated with profound respect; the life of each sketched and the major ideas explored; and there is always a bit of a discussion of how evangelicals can appropriate the theologian. The discussions differ from person to person: some are more biographically-oriented while others are concerned more directly with their theology. At times topics are raised only because evangelicals care \u2014 that is, somethings are a bit anachronistic \u2014 but the book will be useful, and for me functions as warm confirmation that the Great Theologians are on the rise among evangelicals. Each chp has nothing less than an admirable bibliography of primary and secondary sources.<\/p>\n

Well done, Bradley Green!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"