Awakening the Evangelical Mind

An Intellectual History of the Neo-Evangelical Movement

Owen Strachan

• Publisher: Zondervan Academic
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN: 9780310520801
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: World War II

The first major study to draw upon unknown or neglected sources, as well as original interviews with figures like Billy Graham, Awakening the Evangelical Mind uniquely tells the engaging story of how evangelicalism developed as an intellectual movement in the middle of the 20th century. Beginning with the life of Harold Ockenga, Strachan shows how Ockenga brought together a small community of Christian scholars at Harvard University in the 1940s who agitated for a reloaded Christian intellect.

With fresh insights based on original letters and correspondence, Strachan highlights key developments in the movement by examining the early years and humble beginnings of such future evangelical luminaries as George Eldon Ladd, Edward John Carnell, John Gerstner, Gleason Archer, Carl Henry, and Kenneth Kantzer.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Boston Brahmin In Training: The Preparation of Harold Ockenga
• 2. “A Mighty Man of God”: The Pastoral Work of Harold Ockenga
• 3. Three Mystics, Three Skeptics, and Three Evangelicals: Trial By Fire At Harvard
• 4. Grand Strategy By the Beach: Ockenga and the Cultivation of the Cambridge Evangelicals
• 5. Acts of Intellectual Daring: Ockenga and Henry On the Evangelical Mind
• 6. Carl Henry’s University Crusade: The Failed Founding of Crusade University
• Conclusion: The Intellectual Successes, Failures, and Fresh Prospects of Evangelicalism
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index