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Van Til Review

July 30, 2008 at 8:07 am | Posted in Historical Theology, Reading | 2 Comments
Tags: John Muether, Reading, Van Til

Discerning Reader recently put up a review of Muether’s new book on Van Til here is what they had to say:

Although Cornelius Van Til is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century he remains relatively unknown outside of Reformed circles. A number of books have been written on Van Til’s thought, yet the only full treatment of his life and ministry has been William White’s memoir of 1979. While many insights can be gleaned from White his book is largely uncritical of its subject. Thankfully, John Muether has written Cornelius Van Til: Reformed Apologist and Churchman. In this biography the author treads new ground by providing a detailed look at Van Til within the context of the church at the local, denominational and trans-denominational level. Muether’s interpretation of Van Til is well rounded and paints a portrait “warts and all.” Such historical honesty frees readers to appropriate Van Til – positively and negatively – within his immediate context of American Reformed Christianity and in the larger contexts of Christian history and contemporary thought.

John R. Muether is librarian and associate professor of church history at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. Muether has published a number of scholarly works including two volumes that he co-wrote with Darryl G. Hart. The first is a history of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and the second is an examination of Reformed worship. His Cornelius Van Til is the third volume in American Reformed Biographies which is a relatively new series edited by Hart and Sean Michael Lucas…. Read More.