Issue: Summer 2013 | Posted: June 4, 2013

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New Thornbury book focuses on Carl F. H. Henry

A new book by Gregory A. Thornbury explores the theology of Carl F. H. Henry and how his ideas of “classic evangelicalism” can unite today’s church.

The book, Recovering Classic Evangelicalism: Applying the Wisdom and Vision of Carl F. H. Henry, is published by Crossway and is now available in bookstores.

“What I wanted to do was paraphrase the best of Henry’s theological work and give it a new hearing for a new audience,” said Thornbury, dean of the School of Theology and Missions.

Henry, a theologian, journalist and the first editor of Christianity Today, died in 2003 at age 90. He was the author of the influential “God, Revelation and Authority” series of books, among others.

“It’s been almost a decade since Carl Henry passed, and it’s time to revisit his legacy,” Thornbury said. “Henry’s thoughts, ideas and theology were what gave the neo-evangelical movement so much of its spark and verve, initially.”

Barry H. Corey, president of Biola University, described Recovering Classic Evangelicalism as an “important, erudite work that should be read by anyone who longs for a return to a robust, vital evangelicalism.”