A review article: "The theology of Dallas Willard: discovering protoevangelical faith", Gary Black Jr.
This review essay is a critical analysis of Gary Black Jr.'s book The Theology of Dallas Willard. After summarizing the book, three aspects of its content are assessed. First, a crucial error in reconstructing Willard's thought is exposed, namely his position respecting David Bebbington�...
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| Format: | Print Review |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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Evangelical quarterly
Year: 2015, Volume: 87, Issue: 3, Pages: 264-269 |
| Review of: | The theology of Dallas Willard / Gary Black, Jr. - Eugene, Or. : Pickwick Publications, 2013 (Robb, Michael Stewart) |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
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| Summary: | This review essay is a critical analysis of Gary Black Jr.'s book The Theology of Dallas Willard. After summarizing the book, three aspects of its content are assessed. First, a crucial error in reconstructing Willard's thought is exposed, namely his position respecting David Bebbington's four evangelical distinctives, an error which proves fatal to Black's whole argument because it leaves Willard's theological context undefined. Second, on the philosophical level, the assumed epistemology of Black's book is pointed out to be contradictory with Willard's own painstakingly articulated epistemology, exposing Black's lack of command of Willard's philosophy. Third, Black's reconstruction of Willard, though largely accurate, is described as making precious few contributions to the scholarly study of his theology because it is on the whole a topical arrangement of Willard's theological statements, lacking in analysis or criticism. Its value for the layman is diminished by Black's idiosyncratic language. |
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| ISSN: | 0014-3367 |
| Contains: | In: Evangelical quarterly
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