Retrieval for the Sake of Renewal

To borrow imagery from C. S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Timothy George's perspective as a historical theologian is the wardrobe that we can walk through to get to Narnia, an exciting new place where we discover the wonderful works of Augustine, Aquinas, Calvin, Luther, Wesley, and many others. George is one of the most respected church historians, theologians, and Christian educators of our time. But how did this Baptist preacher from Tennessee become a premier church historian and follow in the footsteps of great historians like the Harvard scholar George Huntston Williams (who was a Unitarian), the Duke scholar David Steinmetz (who was a Methodist), and the Yale scholar Jaroslav Pelikan (who was a Lutheran and later Eastern Orthodox)? This book will uncover how each of these influences contributed to George's eye-opening, heart-warming, and kingdom-advancing approach to the study of church history.

Author: Christopher R. Hanna
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: 11/18/2022
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d
ISBN13: 9781666748451
ISBN10: 1666748455
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Religious
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Religion | Christian Church | History

About the Author
Christopher R. Hanna is the department chair and professor of theological studies at Highlands College. He serves as an associate pastor at Church of the Highlands, the largest church in Alabama. He completed his MDiv at Beeson Divinity School of Samford University (2016). He studied historical theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he earned a ThM (2019) and completed his PhD dissertation (2020).