In an earlier piece, “The Evangelical Coalition,” I outlined the formation of the new evangelical movement (or, as Roger Olson calls it, postfundamentalist evangelicalism). As that piece closed, I noted that Olson surveys five theologians as representatives of evangelical theology.

• Carl F. H. Henry: Dean of Evangelical Theology
• E. J. Carnell: Apologist for Evangelical Theology
• Bernard Ramm: Moderate Evangelical Theologian
• Donald Bloesch: Progressive Evangelical Theologian
• Clark Pinnock: Postconservative Evangelical Theology

I’ve held my peace on this for a couple of weeks now, so it is time to get back at it.

Roger Olson begins his chapter on Clark Pinnock with two incredible paragraphs giving his take on the current state of affairs in evangelicalism (as of 2007, that is, the date of the book). These paragraphs are so significant I reproduce them here: [Read more…]