The Man Who Birthed Evangelicalism
Carl Henry's complex legacy, 100 years after his birth.
[ posted 1/22/2013 9:52AM ]
One hundred years after his birth and a decade after his death, is it time to revisit Carl F.H. Henry? For many, the first question very well may be "Carl who?"
The answer is, the Carl Henry who invented post-World War II evangelicalism, ...
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Kenn Iskov
Henry was a great heart, but the emphasis in the article is a bit limited, focusing only on the North American Continent. In the same era another (prior?) revival in evangelical scholarship was occurring in Great Britain, with the launch of InterVarsity Press, the publication of the New Bible Commentary and the New Bible Dictionary, and the emergence of scholars such as John Stott, J.I Packer, J.D. Douglas, Kenneth Prior, J.A. Motyer, K.A. Kitchen, R.K. Harrison, Donald Guthrie, and many more. Just sayin'! Kenn Iskov
John Hale
And my apologies to Mr. Hewlett for misspelling his name!
John Hale
Ted Hewlitt is technically correct that the term "Evangelicalism" has a meaning beyond just the movement led by Henry and others. In part this is why at its start it was called "New Evangelicalism" or "Neo-Evangelicalism" to differentiate it from historic Evangelicalism in general. The pejorative use of the "New" and "Neo-" labels by opposing Fundamentalists, however, plus the extra "mouthful" the added syllable provided, eventually led to labeling the movement simply Evangelicalism.
audrey ruth
"Evangelicals would credit that [Evangelical theology] to Jesus Christ and his apostles." I agree with Ted Hewlett (and Oun Kwon too).
Ted Hewlett
To dub Carl Henry "the man who birthed Evangelicalism" seems historically short-sighted. In this case, Wikipedia seems more accurate when it says that Evangelicalism "began in the 17th century and became an organized movement with the emergence around 1730 of the Methodists in England and the Pietists among Lutherans in Germany and Scandinavia." In the English-speaking world it is hard to think of Evangelicalism without thinking of John Wesley; though, of course, he did not originate Evangelical theology. Evangelicals would credit that to Jesus Christ and his apostles. There are Roman Catholics who regard themselves as evangelicals, and who emphasize the grace of God in Salvation.
Oun Kwon
Evangelicalism - the word is easy to understand. But I get confused with the word 'evangelicals'. Who would be evangelicals? Is it one of a denomination or a cross-denomination?