The Theology of Emil Brunner Introduction Emil Brunner was a man of deep conviction with a personal passion for his Lord Jesus Christ. His hair was white, and his manner animated when in 1946 he visited Southern Seminary. With perfect English and a British accent he answered questions from students while pacing the platform and sipping water, as he put… Read More
Book Review: Revivals, Awakenings and Reform From a historian’s perspective William McLoughlin 1 sets out to analyze the phenomena of spiritual awakening and define it from a multi-disciplined point of view. As recorded in the foreword, McLoughlin takes Paul Tillich’s statement, “that religion is the soul of culture and culture the form of religion” (vii) literally. He is more interested in… Read More
Mary Daly: A Postchristian Radical Feminist The purpose of this article is to clarify some key points of feminist theology as espoused by Mary Daly. Daly is not a Christian theologian, she describes herself as a post-christian radical feminist. Many of her views and presuppositions will be strange to a Christian reader. This article’s purpose is not to explain or defend… Read More
Emil Brunner’s View of Revelation Emil Brunner defined revelation as presence. He expanded on this theme in his work Truth as Encounter to describe it as “God’s self-giving.”1 More than information is communicated during the encounter. God’s personal presence is transmitted during the actual event. The goal of this revelation is the establishment of a personal relationship with God. This… Read More