Imatge de l'autor

Nels F. S. Ferré (1908–1971)

Autor/a de Making Religion Real

42+ obres 328 Membres 2 Ressenyes

Sobre l'autor

Crèdit de la imatge: Nels Fredrick Solomon Ferré, 1956. Taken in his study at Vanderbilt University by Frederick Ferré (son). PhotoShopped for clarity by Damon H. Amyx, 2011.

Obres de Nels F. S. Ferré

Making Religion Real (1900) 45 exemplars
Faith and Reason. (1946) 27 exemplars
Know your faith (1959) 25 exemplars
The Sun and the Umbrella (1953) 18 exemplars
Christ and the Christian (1958) 15 exemplars
Christian Understanding of God (1951) 12 exemplars
Evil and the Christian faith (1947) 10 exemplars
Return to Christianity (1945) 7 exemplars

Obres associades

Paul Tillich: Retrospect and Future (1966) — Col·laborador — 14 exemplars

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Nom normalitzat
Ferré, Nels F. S.
Nom oficial
Ferré, Nels Fredrick Solomon
Data de naixement
1908-06-08
Data de defunció
1971-02-06
Lloc d'enterrament
Newton Cemetery, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
USA (naturalized)
Lloc de naixement
Lüleå, Sweden
Lloc de defunció
Wooster, Ohio, USA
Llocs de residència
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Fairfield, Iowa, USA
Wooster, Ohio, USA
Educació
Boston University | A.B. | summa cum laude | 1931
Andover Newton Theological School | B.D. | 1933
Harvard University | Ph.D. | 1939
Professions
Professor
Relacions
married to Katharine Louise Pond, 1932
Organitzacions
American Theological Society
Premis i honors
Phi Beta Kappa
Kent Fellowship
President, American Theological Society
Biografia breu
Born 1908 in Sweden, emigrated (alone) to USA at age 13, appointed by Andover Newton Theological School in 1939 to Abbott Professorship of Systematic Theology (oldest chair in theology in USA); appointed by Vanderbilt University Divinity School in 1950 as Professor of Philosophical & Systematic Theology; returned to Abbott Professorship at Andover Newton Theological School in 1957; appointed by Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa, in 1965 as Scholar in Residence; appointed by The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, in 1968 as Professor of Philosophy. Died 1971. (Source: Frederick Ferré, son.)

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I loved reading this book during the 1970s, apparently just before the author passed away in 1973, a day shy of his 80th birthday. I read the red hardback copy from the state university library, which had a great philosophical and theological section.
 
Marcat
vegetarian | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Jul 16, 2017 |
The chapter on Christian Conduct was the one most compelling to me, and most problematic, after the chapters integrating Tillichian analysis.

By classical constructs, Christian theists HAS seen God as transcendent, and this analysis sees that way also, as did Tillich, but is that how modern 21st (then 20th) century Christians should 'do theology' faithfully?

I recall, too, that Ferré sided with the Democratic Socialists of Europe and gave his reasons for doing so.

I studied at Harvard Divinity School with his niece, Faith Victoria Ferré.… (més)
 
Marcat
vegetarian | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Apr 26, 2013 |

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Obres
42
També de
1
Membres
328
Popularitat
#72,311
Valoració
5.0
Ressenyes
2
ISBN
9

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