Wells, David F. Primary Author mixed material bibliography Grand Rapids W.B. Eerdmans 1992 monographic en English

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Has something indeed happened to evangelical theology and to evangelical churches? According to David Wells, the evidence indicates that evangelical pastors have abandoned their traditional role as ministers of the Word to become therapists and "managers of the small enterprises we call churches." Along with their parishioners, they have abandoned genuine Christianity and biblical truth in favor of the sort of inner-directed experiential religion that now pervades Western society. Specifically, Wells explores the wholesale disappearance of theology in the church, the academy, and modern culture. Western culture as a whole, argues Wells, has been transformed by modernity, and the church has simply gone with the flow. The new environment in which we live, with its huge cities, triumphant capitalism, invasive technology, and pervasive amusements, has vanquished and homogenized the entire world. While the modern world has produced astonishing abundance, it has also taken a toll on the human spirit, emptying it of enduring meaning and morality. 230.046080280747 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 230.046 Wel n E98027989 Non Fiction 230.046 Wel n No_place_for_truth_or_whatever_happened_to_evangelical_theology.jpeg 37613 2014-11-27 11:54:25 2025-09-11 17:27:56 machine generated