Nels F. S. Ferré (1908–1971)
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Bildnachweis: Nels Fredrick Solomon Ferré, 1956. Taken in his study at Vanderbilt University by Frederick Ferré (son). PhotoShopped for clarity by Damon H. Amyx, 2011.
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The living God of nowhere and nothing 5 Exemplare
Reason and the Christian faith 3 Exemplare
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A theology for Christian education 2 Exemplare
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Meeting God Through The Bible 2 Exemplare
Paul Tillich: retrospect and future 1 Exemplar
Paul Tillich: Retrospect and Future 1 Exemplar
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Strenghening the Spiritual life 1 Exemplar
Christ And The Christian 1 Exemplar
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The Universal Word 1 Exemplar
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Ferré, Nels F. S.
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Ferré, Nels Fredrick Solomon
- Geburtstag
- 1908-06-08
- Todestag
- 1971-02-06
- Begräbnisort
- Newton Cemetery, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA (naturalized)
- Geburtsort
- Lüleå, Sweden
- Sterbeort
- Wooster, Ohio, USA
- Wohnorte
- Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Fairfield, Iowa, USA
Wooster, Ohio, USA - Ausbildung
- Boston University | A.B. | summa cum laude | 1931
Andover Newton Theological School | B.D. | 1933
Harvard University | Ph.D. | 1939 - Berufe
- Professor
- Beziehungen
- married to Katharine Louise Pond, 1932
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- American Theological Society
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- Phi Beta Kappa
Kent Fellowship
President, American Theological Society - Kurzbiographie
- Born 1908 in Sweden, emigrated (alone) to USA at age 13, appointed by Andover Newton Theological School in 1939 to Abbott Professorship of Systematic Theology (oldest chair in theology in USA); appointed by Vanderbilt University Divinity School in 1950 as Professor of Philosophical & Systematic Theology; returned to Abbott Professorship at Andover Newton Theological School in 1957; appointed by Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa, in 1965 as Scholar in Residence; appointed by The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, in 1968 as Professor of Philosophy. Died 1971. (Source: Frederick Ferré, son.)
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The living God of nowhere and nothing von Nels F. S. Ferré
I loved reading this book during the 1970s, apparently just before the author passed away in 1973, a day shy of his 80th birthday. I read the red hardback copy from the state university library, which had a great philosophical and theological section.
The chapter on Christian Conduct was the one most compelling to me, and most problematic, after the chapters integrating Tillichian analysis.
By classical constructs, Christian theists HAS seen God as transcendent, and this analysis sees that way also, as did Tillich, but is that how modern 21st (then 20th) century Christians should 'do theology' faithfully?
I recall, too, that Ferré sided with the Democratic Socialists of Europe and gave his reasons for doing so.
I studied at Harvard Divinity School with his niece, Faith Victoria Ferré.… (mehr)
By classical constructs, Christian theists HAS seen God as transcendent, and this analysis sees that way also, as did Tillich, but is that how modern 21st (then 20th) century Christians should 'do theology' faithfully?
I recall, too, that Ferré sided with the Democratic Socialists of Europe and gave his reasons for doing so.
I studied at Harvard Divinity School with his niece, Faith Victoria Ferré.… (mehr)
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