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The Legacy of John Paul II: An Evangelical Assessment, Edited by Tim Perry

The Legacy of John Paul II

An Evangelical Assessment

Edited by Tim Perry

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The Legacy of John Paul II
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  • Length: 327 pages
  • Dimensions: 6 × 9 in
  • Published: October 16, 2007
  • Imprint: IVP Academic
  • ISBN: 9780830825950

The papacy of John Paul II was phenomenal, and not least for the fact that many evangelicals came to honor and respect him. Running parallel with this pope's ministry was an unprecedented level of conversation between Protestant evangelicals and Roman Catholics. In the West, at least, there was a growing sense that in a post-Christian society it was time for Christians of orthodox faith to explore their common commitments and to make common cause in the great moral and social issues of the day. Tim Perry calls on some of the best evangelical minds to offer their assessments of the thought of John Paul II as expressed in his major encyclicals.

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"Vigorous, comprehensive and thoroughly evangelical, The Legacy of John Paul II makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of one of the great Christian leaders of the last century, and advances the cause of Christian unity."R. R. Reno, professor of theology, Creighton University
"In the sixteenth century--a time when Protestants were not inclined to say nice things about Catholic leaders--the Reformer Theodore Beza addressed one of his treatises to 'the more sensible part of those who call themselves Roman Catholics.' This fine book of essays is a testimony to a Catholic pope whom many of us in the evangelical world revered, not only as a 'sensible' spiritual leader, but as someone who on various occasions and on various subjects spoke words of godly wisdom, both tous and for us."Richard J. Mouw, president and professor of Christian philosophy, Fuller Theological Seminary
"Of the many legacies of the twenty-six--year pontificate of John Paul II is the astonishing attentiveness of non-Catholics to his teaching ministry, as is demonstrated in this informative and provocative book. Such attentiveness does not always mean agreement, but it is a genuinely new thing in the world Christian movement."The Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, editor-in-chief of First Things
"John Paul II was one of the most significant witnesses to the gospel of Jesus Christ in recent times and a teacher of the church whose influence will extend far into the future. Here prominent evangelical thinkers assess his legacy with insight and appreciation through an engagement with the major encyclicals of his papacy. This is an outstanding collection of essays that bears witness to the vitality of both Roman Catholic and evangelical thought in service to our common Lord."John R. Franke, professor of theology, Biblical Seminary
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CONTENTS

Foreword by J. I. Packer
Foreword by Avery Cardinal Dulles
Introduction: For Such a Time as This: Living With(in) the Legacy of John Paul II
Tim Perry
Part 1: Setting the Scene
1. Evangelicals and John Paul II
Mark Noll
2. A deep amazement at man?s worth and dignity: Technology and the Person in Redemptor hominis
Derek S. Jeffreys
Part 2: Witnessing to Truthful Doctrine
3. Fides et ratio, The Role of Philosophy and the Christian University
Michael Beaty and C. Stephen Evans
4. Dominum et vivificantem, The Breath of Divine Life
Clark Pinnock
5. Redemptoris mater, A Bridge Too Far?
Tim Perry
6. Ecclesia de eucharistia, Locus of Doctrine, Way of Life
Mark Noll
7. Ut unum sint and Papal Infallibility: A Response
William J. Abraham
8. Veritatis splendor, Human Freedom and the Splendor of Truth
Andrew J. Goddard

Part 3: Witnessing to Truthful Practice
9. Evangelium vitae, John Paul II Meets Francis Schaeffer
Nancy Pearcey
10. Dives in misericordia and Sollicitudo rei socialis, Mercy and Justice
Mark Charlton

11. Centesimus annus and Laborem exercens, Work and Economics
Ronald J. Sider
12. Redemptoris missio, Into All the World
Terrance L. Tiessen
13. Slavorum apostoli, The Enduring Legacy of Cyril and Methodius
Peter Kuzmi
14. Ex corde ecclesia and the Trouble with Truth
David Lyle Jeffrey
Epilogue: Our Common Teacher
Timothy George
Contributors
Name Index
Subject Index
Scripture Index

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ABOUT Tim Perry

Tim Perry

Tim Perry is an associate professor of theology at Providence College in Otterburne, Manitoba, Canada. He is a columnist for Faith Today magazine and author of Mary for Evangelicals (IVP Academic).

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