Norman Geisler

Norman Leo Geisler
Born
Norman Leo Geisler

(1932-07-21)July 21, 1932
DiedJuly 1, 2019(2019-07-01) (aged 86)
EducationWheaton College
William Tyndale College
Loyola University
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern Philosophy
SchoolNon-denominational Evangelical Christian, Amyraldism, Neo-Thomistic Philosophy, Premillennial-Dispensational
Institutions Detroit Bible College
Dallas Theological Seminary
Southern Evangelical Seminary
Veritas International University
Trinity College
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
ThesisReligious Transcendence: Some Criteria (1970)
Main interests
Philosophy of religion, Christian apologetics, Systematic theology, Philosophy, Thomism/Neo-Thomism, Biblical inerrancy, Bible difficulties, Creationism versus Evolution, Calvinism-Arminianism, Roman Catholicism and Evangelicalism (differences and agreements), Christian Ethics
Notable ideas
12 point apologetic argument, Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics
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Norman Leo Geisler (July 21, 1932 – July 1, 2019) was an American Christian systematic theologian, philosopher, and apologist. He was the co-founder of two non-denominational evangelical seminaries (Veritas International University[1] and Southern Evangelical Seminary[2]).

He held a Ph.D. in philosophy from Loyola University and made scholarly contributions to the subjects of classical Christian apologetics, systematic theology, the history of philosophy, philosophy of religion, Calvinism, Roman Catholicism, Biblical inerrancy, Bible difficulties, ethics, and more. He was the author, coauthor, or editor of over 90 books[3] and hundreds of articles.[4]

One of the primary architects of the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, Geisler was well noted within the United States evangelical community for his stalwart defense of Biblical inerrancy.[5]

  1. ^ "Dr. Norman Leo Geisler". Veritas International University. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "Home". Southern Evangelical Seminary. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "About Dr. Geisler". Archived from the original on August 22, 2014.
  4. ^ "Index of Articles". Archived from the original on August 22, 2014.
  5. ^ Greene, Richard (May 2014), "Take a Stand on Biblical Inerrancy", Decision Magazine, archived from the original on 22 August 2019, retrieved 4 July 2019