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Georges Florovsky · 1972–1989 · Book
Georges Florovsky's Collected Works represent the systematic compilation of writings by one of the most influential Orthodox theologians of the twentieth century. Published across multiple volumes from 1972 to 1989, these works…
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Cornelius Van Til · 1972 · Treatise
Van Til's treatise emerges from decades of theological controversy within Reformed circles over the relationship between God's grace extended to all humanity and the particular grace of salvation. Writing as professor of…
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Francis Schaeffer · 1972 · Commentary
Francis Schaeffer wrote this commentary on Genesis 1-11 as part of his broader apologetic project at L'Abri Fellowship in Switzerland, where he engaged intellectuals and young people wrestling with Christianity's relationship to…
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Francis Schaeffer · 1972 · Book
Francis Schaeffer wrote this philosophical apologetic in 1972 as the third volume in his trilogy addressing modern intellectual challenges to Christianity, following The God Who Is There and Escape from Reason. Writing…
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Bernard Lonergan · 1972 · Book
Bernard Lonergan's Method in Theology emerged from decades of reflection on how theological inquiry could achieve the rigor and precision that marks authentic intellectual work. Writing in the aftermath of Vatican II,…
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J. B. Phillips · 1972 · Scripture
A mature revision of J. B. Phillips's influential modern-speech New Testament, this edition covers the New Testament alone, translated from Greek and taking the Greek New Testament as its base text. Phillips,…
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Thomas Hopko · 1972 · Book
Thomas Hopko's comprehensive exposition emerged from his work as a seminary professor and his recognition that English-speaking audiences lacked accessible introductions to Orthodox theology. Writing in the early 1970s as interest in…
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Dumitru Staniloae · 1972 · Book
Dumitru Stăniloae's Spiritualitatea Ortodoxă represents the culmination of decades of theological reflection by Romania's most influential Orthodox theologian. Writing in the aftermath of Vatican II and amid growing ecumenical dialogue, Stăniloae sought…
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Watchman Nee · 1972 · Book
Spiritual Authority emerged from Watchman Nee's ministry to house churches in China during the tumultuous decades of the early to mid-twentieth century. Originally delivered as spoken messages to Christian workers and believers…
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Clarence Jordan · 1972 · Sermon
This collection gathers sermons preached by Clarence Jordan at Koinonia Farm, the interracial Christian community he founded in rural Georgia in 1942. The sermons emerged from the crucible of the civil rights…
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Henri Nouwen · 1972 · Book
With Open Hands emerged from Henri Nouwen's pastoral work with seminary students and retreat participants who struggled with prayer as an abstract obligation rather than a lived relationship. Writing in the early…
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Henri Nouwen · 1972 · Book
Henri Nouwen's "The Wounded Healer" emerged from his observations of ministry in an increasingly secular and fragmented world of the early 1970s. Writing as both priest and psychologist, Nouwen addressed the crisis…
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James Barr · 1973 · Book
James Barr wrote this book in the wreckage of a movement he had helped to dismantle. His Semantics of Biblical Language (1961) had exposed the linguistic fantasies underwriting mid-century biblical theology, and…
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Clarence Jordan · 1973 · Commentary
Clarence Jordan's Cotton Patch Version of Hebrews and the General Epistles represents the final volume of his radical translation project that relocated the New Testament to the American South. Writing from Koinonia…
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Anthony Bloom · 1973 · Book
Courage to Pray emerged from Anthony Bloom's decades of pastoral experience as Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church in Western Europe, where he encountered countless believers struggling with the apparent silence of…
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A. W. Pink · 1973 · Book
Arthur Walkington Pink's theological treatise emerged from his decades of biblical exposition and pastoral concern for doctrinal precision within Reformed Christianity. Writing primarily through his monthly magazine "Studies in the Scriptures" in…
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Jacques Ellul · 1973 · Book
Jacques Ellul's The Ethics of Freedom emerged from the French Reformed theologian's growing conviction that Christian ethics had become trapped between legalism and situational relativism. Writing in the aftermath of the cultural…
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John R. W. Stott · 1973 · Commentary
Guard the Gospel is John Stott's exposition of Paul's Second Letter to Timothy, written during the early 1970s as part of his broader commitment to expository preaching and biblical exposition. The work…
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J. I. Packer · 1973 · Book
J. I. Packer's "Knowing God" emerged from his concern that evangelical Christianity was becoming increasingly superficial in its understanding of God's character and ways. Writing in the early 1970s from his position…
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Jacques Ellul · 1973 · Book
Jacques Ellul wrote The New Demons as a theological diagnosis of what he saw as a fundamental shift in Western spiritual consciousness during the late twentieth century. Writing from his perspective as…
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Committee on Bible Translation · 1973 · Scripture
The New International Version is one of the most influential modern English evangelical translations. It comprises the complete Bible, rendered from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, working from modern critical editions of the…
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Frank Laubach · 1973 · Book
Frank Laubach's "Practicing His Presence" emerged from his profound spiritual awakening during his missionary work in the Philippines in the 1930s. Isolated on the island of Mindanao after his wife's death, Laubach…
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Story and Promise Story and Promise: A Brief Theology of the Gospel About Jesus
Robert Jenson · 1973 · Book
Robert Jenson's theological primer emerged from his teaching at Luther College and reflects the ferment of systematic theology in the early 1970s. Writing for students and educated church members rather than professional…
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Hans Urs von Balthasar · 1973–1983 · Treatise
Hans Urs von Balthasar's Theo-Drama represents the second movement of his massive theological trilogy, published across five volumes between 1973 and 1983. Writing in response to what he saw as theology's excessive…
