Donald bloesch biography
- Donald George Bloesch (May 3, 1928 – August 24, 2010) was an.
- Donald Bloesch, an American theologian and an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, died on Tuesday, August 24, 2010.
- Donald G. Bloesch (1928-2010), a noted American theologian, is Professor Emeritus of Theology (1957-1992) at Dubuque Theological Seminary.
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Donald Bloesch
Donald G. Bloesch Donald G. Bloesch (1928-2010), a noted American theologian, is Professor Emeritus of Theology (1957-1992) at Dubuque Theological Seminary. Bloesch earned a B.A. from Elmhurst College, a B.D. from Chicago Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He did postdoctoral work at the universities of Oxford, Tübingen and Basel, and has written numerous books including the seven-volume systematic theology, Christian Foundations.
A middle ground
Donald Bloesch, characterizing himself a "progressive evangelical" or "ecumenical orthodoxy",^[1]^ has attempted to find a middle ground between Neo-orthodoxy, on the one hand, and "right wing" orthodoxy on the other hand. He claims to have a very high view of Scripture, denounces liberalism, and calls for a creedal theology based upon Holy Scripture. He insists on the primacy of Scripture over "religious experiences," and denies that the Apocrypha and church tradition have an equal standing with the Bible. Karl Barth and John Calvin loom large across the pages of his works.
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Theologian Donald Bloesch died a week ago at the age of 82. His friend and colleague Gabriel Fackre paid tribute to him in Christianity Today and commented that he was “underappreciated in his lifetime.”
His denomination (and mine), the United Church of Christ, certainly never paid him much heed. Fackre said, “Don was never given the recognition due to him in the UCC because he was a feisty critic of the liberal establishment. We both were doing our best in the United Church of Christ to call it back to its original ecumenical vision.”
But whether he got the recognition he deserved or not in the United Church of Christ, he never left it, and in doing so he embodied a steadfast commitment to church that reflected his own deep catholicity. In this regard he was an evangelical catholic in the best sense of the word, but he defied easy labels. He himself used such dialectical phrases as “progressive evangelical,” and “Ecumenical orthodox” to describe himself.
He called himself an evangelical theologian and he was on the board of Christianity Today to pro
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Bloesch, Donald George
BLOESCH, Donald George. American, b. 1928. Genres: Theology/Religion. Career: Professor of Theology, now Emeritus, Dubuque Theological Seminary, Iowa, 1957-. Past President, American Theological Society, Midwest Division. Publications: Centers of Christian Renewal, 1964; The Christian Life and Salvation, 1967; The Crisis of Piety, 1968; The Christian Witness in a Secular Age, 1968; (co-author) Christian Spirituality East and West, 1968; The Reform of the Church, 1970; (ed.) Servants of Christ, 1971; The Ground of Certainty, 1971; The Evangelical Renaissance, 1973; Wellsprings of Renewal, 1974; The Invaded Church, 1975; Jesus Is Victor!, 1976; Essentials of Evangelical Theology, 2 vols., 1978-79; The Struggle of Prayer, 1980; Faith and Its Counterfeits, 1981; Is the Bible Sexist?, 1982; The Future of Evangelical Christianity, 1983; Crumbling Foundations, 1984; Battle for the Trinity: The Debate Over Inclusive God-Language, 1985; Freedom for Obedience, 1987; A Theology of Word & Spirit, 1992; Holy Scripture, 1994; God the Almighty, 1995; Jesus Ch
Recent Posts
Theologian Donald Bloesch died a week ago at the age of 82. His friend and colleague Gabriel Fackre paid tribute to him in Christianity Today and commented that he was “underappreciated in his lifetime.”
His denomination (and mine), the United Church of Christ, certainly never paid him much heed. Fackre said, “Don was never given the recognition due to him in the UCC because he was a feisty critic of the liberal establishment. We both were doing our best in the United Church of Christ to call it back to its original ecumenical vision.”
But whether he got the recognition he deserved or not in the United Church of Christ, he never left it, and in doing so he embodied a steadfast commitment to church that reflected his own deep catholicity. In this regard he was an evangelical catholic in the best sense of the word, but he defied easy labels. He himself used such dialectical phrases as “progressive evangelical,” and “Ecumenical orthodox” to describe himself.
He called himself an evangelical theologian and he was on the board of Christianity Today to pro
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Bloesch, Donald George
BLOESCH, Donald George. American, b. 1928. Genres: Theology/Religion. Career: Professor of Theology, now Emeritus, Dubuque Theological Seminary, Iowa, 1957-. Past President, American Theological Society, Midwest Division. Publications: Centers of Christian Renewal, 1964; The Christian Life and Salvation, 1967; The Crisis of Piety, 1968; The Christian Witness in a Secular Age, 1968; (co-author) Christian Spirituality East and West, 1968; The Reform of the Church, 1970; (ed.) Servants of Christ, 1971; The Ground of Certainty, 1971; The Evangelical Renaissance, 1973; Wellsprings of Renewal, 1974; The Invaded Church, 1975; Jesus Is Victor!, 1976; Essentials of Evangelical Theology, 2 vols., 1978-79; The Struggle of Prayer, 1980; Faith and Its Counterfeits, 1981; Is the Bible Sexist?, 1982; The Future of Evangelical Christianity, 1983; Crumbling Foundations, 1984; Battle for the Trinity: The Debate Over Inclusive God-Language, 1985; Freedom for Obedience, 1987; A Theology of Word & Spirit, 1992; Holy Scripture, 1994; God the Almighty, 1995; Jesus Ch
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