George Lindbeck

George Lindbeck
Born
George Arthur Lindbeck

(1923-03-10)March 10, 1923
Luoyang, China
DiedJanuary 8, 2018(2018-01-08) (aged 94)
Florida, United States
NationalityAmerican
SpouseViolette Lindbeck[12]
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisIs Duns Scotus an Essentialist? (1955)
Doctoral advisorRobert Lowry Calhoun
Other advisors
Influences
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
School or tradition
InstitutionsYale University
Doctoral students
Notable students
Notable worksThe Nature of Doctrine (1984)
Influenced

George Arthur Lindbeck (March 10, 1923 – January 8, 2018) was an American Lutheran theologian. He was best known as an ecumenicist and as one of the fathers of postliberal theology.[13][14]

  1. ^ Lindbeck, George (1989). "Response to Bruce Marshall". The Thomist. 53 (3): 405. doi:10.1353/tho.1989.0018. S2CID 171415066. Cited in Adiprasetya, Joas (2005). "George A. Lindbeck and Postliberal Theology". Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Modern Western Theology. Boston: Boston University. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. ^ Placher, William C. (1996). The Domestication of Transcendence: How Modern Thinking About God Went Wrong. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press. p. xi. ISBN 978-0-664-25635-7.
  3. ^ a b Adiprasetya, Joas (2005). "George A. Lindbeck and Postliberal Theology". Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Modern Western Theology. Boston: Boston University. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  4. ^ Johansson, Lars (1999). "Mystical Knowledge, New Age, and Missiology". In Kirk, J. Andrew; Vanhoozer, Kevin J. (eds.). To Stake a Claim: Mission and the Western Crisis of Knowledge. New York: Orbis Books. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-57075-274-2.
  5. ^ a b Knowles, Steven (2010). Beyond Evangelicalism: The Theological Methodology of Stanley J. Grenz. Farnham, England: Ashgate. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-7546-6608-0.
  6. ^ "Kathryn Tanner | Yale Divinity School".
  7. ^ "Centre for Catholic Studies".
  8. ^ Erwin, R. Guy (23 January 2018). "Memories of Lindbeck: Prayerful Ecumenist". The Living Church. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  9. ^ Ditmer, Bob (24 January 2018). "Postliberal Theologian George Lindbeck Dies at 94". ChurchLeaders.com. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  10. ^ a b Placher, William C. (2007). The Triune God: An Essay in Postliberal Theology. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press. p. ix. ISBN 978-0-664-23060-9.
  11. ^ Sumner, George (18 January 2018). "Missionary to Postmodernity". The Living Church. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  12. ^ Sterling, Greg (19 January 2018). "George Lindbeck, 1923–2018". Yale Divinity School. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  13. ^ Francisco, Grant D. Miller (1999). "George Lindbeck, (1923–)". Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Western Theology. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  14. ^ Shellnutt, Kate. "Died: George Lindbeck, Father of Postliberal Theology". News & Reporting. Retrieved 1 January 2020.