The State of the Evangelical Mind: Reflections on the Past, Prospects for the Future
By Mark Galli, Timothy Larsen, Jo Anne Lyon and
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Two decades on from Mark Noll's Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, could we now be on the threshold of another crisis of intellectual maturity in Christianity? Or are the opportunities for faithful intellectual engagement and witness even greater now than before? These essays invite readers to a virtual "summit meeting" on the current state of the evangelical mind. The insights of national leaders in their fields will aid readers to reflect on the past contributions of evangelical institutions for the life of the mind as well as prospects for the future. Contributors include:
- Richard J. Mouw
- Mark A. Noll
- Jo Anne Lyon
- David C. Mahan and C. Donald Smedley
- Timothy Larsen
- Lauren Winner
- James K. A. Smith
- Mark Galli
The State of the Evangelical Mind frames the resources needed for churches, universities, seminaries, and parachurch organizations to chart their course for the future, both separately and together, and provides readers an opportunity to participate in a timely conversation as they consider what institutional and individual role they might play. This is not a book to define or diagnose evangelicalism broadly, and there's no fear-mongering or demonizing here, but rather a call to attend to the evangelical mind and the role played by interlocking institutions in its intellectual formation and ongoing vitality. It will encourage—and challenge—those who want to be part of the solution in a time of need.
Mark Galli
Mark Galli (MDiv, Fuller Theological Seminary) is managing editor of Christianity Today magazine. He was a pastor for ten years and is the author of numerous books on prayer, preaching, and pastoral ministry.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A collection of essays regarding the state of the "evangelical mind," revisiting the theme of Mark Noll's "The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind." Some essays address the Evangelical Mind in general and find it lacking. Others explore the role of college campus ministry in faith formation, the role of parachurch organizations, thought in Evangelical churches, instruction in seminaries, the challenge of the Evangelical Mind in the future, and the highlight of the whole collection, James K. A. Smith's essay on the "catholic" future and the next scandal for the Evangelical Mind.The work really emphasizes the academic side of things, and thus the Evangelical left is highly over-represented. You learn something about the state of postsecondary Christian education, but not a whole lot about the minds of evangelicals in general......which is understandable to a degree, since there is still a lot of surface level thinking in a lot of Evangelicalism on the ground. But I personally found the collection to be, on the whole, disappointing, highly uneven and mostly designed to celebrate whatever program in which the essay author participates, while lamenting the overall condition of matters. Smith is fully honest and sanguine about things.Caveat emptor.**-galley received as part of early review program