John Warwick Montgomery
John Warwick Montgomery (born October 18, 1931 in Warsaw , New York ) is an American university professor, Lutheran theologian , lawyer and author .
Life
Warwick graduated from college in 1952. He then obtained various academic degrees in library science , theology and law . From 1964 to 1974 he was Professor of Church History at the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield , Illinois . After that, Montgomery taught law at various institutions, including the Simon Greenleaf School of Law in Anaheim , where, in addition to his work as dean from 1980, he also served as director of the library.
He was involved in various research trips aimed at finding the remains of Noah's Ark in Turkey . In addition to his numerous publications on jurisprudence, theology and apologetics , he gained notoriety through debates with Thomas Jonathan Jackson Altizer about his assumption that God is dead , and with Joseph Fletcher about questions of ethics.
literature
- William A. Dembski , Thomas Schirrmacher , Paige Patterson (Eds.): Tough-Minded Christianity: Honoring the Legacy of John Warwick Montgomery . Broadman, 2009. ISBN 978-0-8054-4783-5
- Ross Clifford : John Warwick Montgomery's Legal Apologetic: An Apologetic for All Seasons . Publishing house for culture and science, 2004. ISBN 978-3-938116-00-5
Works (selection)
In english
- The Repression of Evangelism in Greece: European Litigation Vis-A-Vis a Closed Religious Establishment . University Press of America, 2001. ISBN 978-0-7618-1956-1
- The Shape of the Past: A Christian Response to Secular Philosophies of History , Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2009, ISBN 978-1-60608-449-6
In German translation
- World history where? Hänssler, Neuhausen-Stuttgart 1977
- Where is China marching to. Trobisch, Kehl 1994. ISBN 978-3-87827-020-1
- China at the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre: Findings from an eyewitness 20 years ago. Publishing house for culture and science, 2011. ISBN 978-3-86269-022-0
Individual evidence
- ^ Randall Herbert Balmer: Montgomery, John Warwick (1931-) . In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 465 (English).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Montgomery, John Warwick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American theologian, professor, lawyer, and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw , New York |