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Vladimir Lossky · 1955 · Essay
This theological essay emerges from Vladimir Lossky's sustained effort to articulate Eastern Orthodox trinitarian theology for Western audiences in the mid-twentieth century. Writing within the context of renewed patristic scholarship and ecumenical…
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Leon Morris · 1955 · Book
Leon Morris wrote this theological study as a young Anglican scholar responding to what he saw as inadequate treatments of New Testament atonement theology in mid-twentieth-century scholarship. Working from his position as…
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Hugh J. Schonfield · 1955 · Scripture
The Authentic New Testament, prepared by Hugh J. Schonfield, is an independent translation notable for reading the New Testament within a strongly Jewish historical framework. Its scope is limited to the New…
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Cornelius Van Til · 1955 · Book
Van Til's magnum opus emerged from his decades of teaching apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary, where he developed a distinctively Reformed approach to defending Christianity against modern philosophical challenges. Writing in the…
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A. W. Pink · 1955 · Book
Arthur Pink's systematic treatment of sanctification emerged from his decades of pastoral writing and biblical exposition, addressing widespread confusion in mid-twentieth-century evangelicalism about the nature and process of Christian holiness. Writing primarily…
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Ronald Knox · 1955 · Scripture
The Knox Bible is a major one-man Catholic translation of Scripture, the work of the English priest and writer Ronald Knox, undertaken at the request of the Catholic hierarchy of England and…
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Thomas Merton · 1955 · Book
Thomas Merton's No Man Is an Island emerged from his deepening experience as a Trappist monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani and his growing recognition that authentic spiritual life cannot be pursued…
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Hans Urs von Balthasar · 1955 · Book
Hans Urs von Balthasar wrote this compact theological meditation on prayer during the 1950s as part of his broader project to renew Catholic theology through a return to the great spiritual masters…
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A. W. Tozer · 1955 · Book
The Root of the Righteous emerged from A. W. Tozer's weekly editorials in The Alliance Witness during his tenure as editor from 1950 to 1963. Tozer compiled these brief but penetrating reflections…
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Thomas Torrance · 1955 · Book
Royal Priesthood emerged from Thomas Torrance's deep engagement with the theological crisis of the mid-twentieth century, particularly the need to recover a robust understanding of the church's identity and mission in a…
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A. W. Pink · 1956 · Book
Arthur W. Pink's exposition of the prophet Elijah emerged from his decades of Bible teaching and his conviction that Old Testament narratives provide essential instruction for Christian living. Writing in the mid-twentieth…
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Kenneth S. Wuest · 1956 · Scripture
The Wuest Expanded Translation is a highly expanded rendering of the New Testament, prepared by the Greek scholar Kenneth S. Wuest, long associated with Moody Bible Institute, and issued in the middle…
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Karl Barth · 1956 · Essay
This brief essay emerged from a lecture Barth delivered in 1956, representing a mature theological reflection that addressed growing criticism of his earlier work's emphasis on divine transcendence. Written during the final…
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C. S. Lewis · 1956 · Book
Lewis's final novel retells the ancient myth of Cupid and Psyche from the perspective of Orual, the ugly elder sister of the beautiful Psyche. Written late in his career, this work emerged…
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George M. Lamsa · 1957 · Scripture
The Lamsa Bible is the most prominent complete modern English Bible translated from the Syriac Peshitta rather than from the standard Hebrew and Greek base texts. Produced by George M. Lamsa, a…
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Insight Insight: A Study of Human Understanding
Bernard Lonergan · 1957 · Book
Bernard Lonergan's magnum opus emerged from decades of wrestling with the relationship between faith and reason in twentieth-century Catholic thought. Writing amid the intellectual ferment that preceded Vatican II, the Jesuit philosopher…
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Watchman Nee · 1957 · Book
The Normal Christian Life emerged from a series of Bible studies Watchman Nee delivered to Western missionaries and Chinese Christians in the 1930s and 1940s. Writing during a period of intense persecution…
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Oswald Chambers · 1957 · Book
"Not Knowing Whither" emerged from Oswald Chambers' spoken ministry during his final years, compiled posthumously by his wife Biddy Chambers from her stenographic records of his Bible studies and talks. The title…
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Vladimir Lossky · 1957 · Book
Vladimir Lossky's Orthodox Theology emerged from his lectures at St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris during the 1940s and 1950s, where he sought to articulate Eastern Orthodox doctrine for Western audiences…
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Watchman Nee · 1957 · Book
Watchman Nee's "Sit, Walk, Stand" emerged from his exposition of Ephesians delivered to Chinese believers in the 1940s, later compiled into this compact treatise on Christian living. Writing during a period of…
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Gladys Aylward · 1957 · Book
Gladys Aylward's autobiography recounts her remarkable journey from working as a parlormaid in London to becoming a missionary in remote China during the tumultuous decades of the 1930s and 1940s. Written after…
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Elisabeth Elliot · 1957 · Book
Elisabeth Elliot's Through Gates of Splendor chronicles the deaths of five American missionaries killed by Huaorani warriors in the Ecuadorian rainforest in January 1956. Writing as the widow of Jim Elliot, one…
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Thomas Torrance · 1957 · Book
Thomas Torrance's "When Christ Comes and Comes Again" emerged from his pastoral work in the Church of Scotland during the post-war period, when questions about Christ's presence and future return pressed urgently…
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Works The Works of Jonathan Edwards Volume 1
Jonathan Edwards · 1957 · Book
This inaugural volume of Yale University Press's critical edition of Jonathan Edwards's complete works launched in 1957 under Perry Miller's editorial leadership, marking the beginning of modern Edwards scholarship. The project emerged…
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