{"product_id":"a-place-at-the-table-george-eldon-ladd-and-the-rehabilitation-of-evangelical-scholarship-in-america-9780195341676","title":"A Place at the Table George Eldon Ladd and the Rehabilitation of Evangelical Scholarship in America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Eldon Ladd was a pivotal figure in the resurgence of evangelical scholarship in America during the years after the Second World War. Ladd''s career as a biblical scholar can be seen as a quest to rehabilitate evangelical thought both in content and image, a task he pursued at great personal cost. Best known for his work on the doctrine of the Kingdom of God, Ladd moved from critiquing his own movement to engaging many of the important theological and exegetical issues of his day. Ladd was a strong critic of dispensationalism, the dominant theological system in conservative evangelicalism and fundamentalism, challenging what he perceived to be its anti-intellectualism and uncritical approach to the Bible.   In his impressive career at Fuller Theological Seminary, Ladd participated in scholarly debates on the relationship between faith and historical understanding, arguing that modern critical methodologies need not preclude orthodox Christian belief. Ladd also engaged the thought\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat a read!...D'Elia has written a superb biography of Ladd, I had trouble putting it down, it is clear, well-sourced, and succint...This volume is necessary reading for anyone who wants to understand how evangelicalism emerged from the separatist shadows of the 1950s in America and how it eventually won a place at the table of modern academia. I commend this book also to evangelical scholars so as to be reminded that the best of men are men at best. * Michael Bird, Euangelion *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766914089303,"sku":"9780195341676","price":76.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780195341676.jpg?v=1758711644","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-place-at-the-table-george-eldon-ladd-and-the-rehabilitation-of-evangelical-scholarship-in-america-9780195341676","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}