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1. Dallas Willard
De ce ar fi trebuit sa stii de el: Dr. Dallas Willard nu este prea cunoscut in afara cercurilor academice sau a anumitor medii crestin evanghelice. Cartile si articolele sale au luminat ;umea evanghelica. Are materiale traduse si in limba romana.
Pozitia: Profesor in cadrul School of Philosophy la University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Pana acum: A fost la USC pina in 1965, unde a fost Director of the School of Philosophy in perioada 1982-1985. A activat la University of Wisconsin (Madison, 1960-1965), si a avut citeva contacte cu lumea acadameica de la UCLA (1969) si University of Colorado (1984).Educatie:
Tennessee Temple College (B.A., 1956, Psychology)
Baylor University (B.A., 1957, Philosophy and Religion)
Baylor University and the University of Wisconsin (Ph. D., 1964: Major in Philosophy, Minor in the History of Science)Aria de interes si expertiza: Discipline spirituale, Ucenicia crestina, Epistemologie. Filosofia intelesurilor si logicii, lumea filosofica a lui Edmund Husserl.
Carti: Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship With God (1999), The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives (1998), The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God (1998), Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ (2002)
Despre: Intr-o vreme in care tinta criticilor era indreptata spre iratiolismul indus de credinta in Dumnezeu si irelevanta credintei intr-un mediu intellectual-cultural, Dr. Willard a lucrat incet si sigur la restaurarea unei demnitati intelectuale crestin-evanghelice. Ca filozof, el a furnizat exemplul cum sa ai o marturie si un discurs biblic intr-o academie laica. Cum sa prezinti puncte de vedere crestine asupra lumii, inconjurat de sistme de gandiere in general agnostice sau atee. Ca si comuicator si autor Willard a ajutat la reorientarea crestinilor spre disciplinele spirituale care sa fie promovate si dezvoltae pe calea uncenicei si a unei vietii normale in ascultare de Cuvintul lui Dumnezeu, Biblia.
Articole de referinta:Jesus The Logician Christian Scholar’s Review, 1999, Vol. XXVIII, #4, 605-614.“Knowledge and Naturalism, In Naturalism: A Critical Analysis, edited by William Lane Craig and J. P. Moreland (London: Routledge, 2000), 51 pp. “Why Bother With Discipleship?” RENOVARE Perspective, Vol. V, No. 4. First published in a Biola University bulletin.The Key to the Keys of the Kingdom
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