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Oswald Chambers · 1966 · Book
The Moral Foundation of Life emerges from Oswald Chambers' conviction that modern Christianity had become dangerously detached from its ethical moorings. Writing in the early twentieth century amid theological liberalism's challenge to…
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James Barr · 1966 · Book
Published in 1966, Old and New in Interpretation is James Barr's sustained examination of how the two Testaments belong together and what it means to read them as one book. Barr, a…
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Henri de Lubac · 1966 · Book
Henri de Lubac's L'Écriture dans la Tradition emerged from the theological ferment of the 1960s as Catholic scholars grappled with questions of biblical interpretation and ecclesial authority in the wake of Vatican…
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Yves Congar · 1966 · Book
Yves Congar wrote this theological treatise in the early 1960s as the Second Vatican Council was reconsidering the Catholic Church's relationship to Scripture, tradition, and development of doctrine. The work emerged from…
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Watchman Nee · 1967 · Book
Changed Into His Likeness emerged from Watchman Nee's pastoral ministry in China during the 1930s and 1940s, addressing the practical struggles of Chinese Christians seeking to live transformed lives amid cultural upheaval…
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Alvin Plantinga · 1967 · Book
Alvin Plantinga's first major philosophical work emerged from his conviction that belief in God deserved the same rigorous philosophical treatment accorded to other fundamental questions about knowledge and reality. Writing at a…
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Josef Pieper · 1967 · Book
Hope and History emerged from Josef Pieper's philosophical wrestling with the relationship between Christian hope and human temporal existence. Writing in the 1960s amid widespread cultural upheaval and questions about progress, the…
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Koren Jerusalem Bible Koren Jerusalem Bible — English Translation
English text edited/revised by Harold Fisch · 1967 · Scripture
An important Israeli-produced Hebrew–English Tanakh whose English text is shaped for Jewish use, this edition presents the Hebrew Bible alongside a facing English rendering. Its source languages are Hebrew together with an…
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Thomas Merton · 1967 · Book
Mystics and Zen Masters emerged from Thomas Merton's deepening engagement with Eastern spirituality during the 1960s, a period when the Trappist monk was increasingly convinced that contemplative wisdom transcended religious boundaries. Writing…
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Robert Jenson · 1967 · Book
Robert Jenson's first book emerged from his doctoral dissertation at the University of Heidelberg, written during the theological ferment of the 1960s when American Christianity grappled with secularization, the "death of God"…
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Bernard Lonergan · 1967 · Book
Bernard Lonergan's Verbum represents a groundbreaking philosophical investigation into Thomas Aquinas's understanding of human knowing, emerging from Lonergan's doctoral studies and years of teaching medieval philosophy. Originally published as a series of…
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James Barr · 1968 · Book
A technical monograph by James Barr, then Professor of Semitic Languages and Literatures at Manchester, published in 1968. It was written into a specific scholarly moment. The recovery of Ugaritic in the…
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Clarence Jordan · 1968 · Commentary
The Cotton Patch Version of Paul's Epistles emerged from Clarence Jordan's radical experiment in Christian community at Koinonia Farm in rural Georgia during the height of the civil rights era. As founder…
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Josef Pieper · 1968 · Book
Josef Pieper's "Death and Immortality" emerged from his lifelong engagement with Thomas Aquinas and the challenge of articulating perennial Christian truths to a modern audience increasingly skeptical of traditional metaphysics. Writing in…
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Francis Schaeffer · 1968 · Book
Francis Schaeffer wrote this philosophical analysis in 1968 as part of his broader effort to diagnose what he saw as the intellectual and spiritual crisis of Western civilization. Working from his L'Abri…
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Francis Schaeffer · 1968 · Book
Francis Schaeffer wrote The God Who Is There as a comprehensive response to what he saw as the philosophical crisis engulfing Western civilization in the 1960s. Drawing from his experience establishing L'Abri…
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Watchman Nee · 1968 · Book
Watchman Nee wrote this meditation on Christian separation from worldliness during his final imprisonment under the Communist regime in China, though it was not published until after his death in 1972. The…
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Yves Congar · 1968 · Book
Yves Congar's ecclesiological study emerges from his lifelong commitment to understanding the Church's self-understanding across history. Writing in the midst of post-Vatican II theological ferment, Congar turned his attention to the formative…
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Thomas Merton · 1968 · Book
Published near the end of Merton's life, this collection of essays represents the Trappist monk's sustained engagement with Zen Buddhism during the 1960s, a period when few Western Christians were seriously exploring…
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John Meyendorff · 1969 · Book
John Meyendorff's Christ in Eastern Christian Thought emerged from his conviction that Western Christianity had developed in relative isolation from the rich christological heritage of the Eastern Orthodox tradition. Writing as both…
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Cornelius Van Til · 1969 · Book
Van Til's systematic exposition of presuppositional apologetics emerged from decades of teaching at Westminster Theological Seminary and his conviction that traditional Christian apologetics had conceded too much ground to secular philosophy. Writing…
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Thomas Merton · 1969 · Book
Thomas Merton's final book on prayer emerged from his mature understanding of contemplative spirituality, written in the last years before his death in 1968. The work synthesizes decades of monastic experience at…
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Clarence Jordan · 1969 · Commentary
The Cotton Patch Version of Luke and Acts is Clarence Jordan's radical translation of these New Testament books into the vernacular and social context of the twentieth-century American South. Jordan, a Southern…
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Lesslie Newbigin · 1969 · Book
Lesslie Newbigin's The Finality of Christ emerged from his decades as a missionary in India and his deep involvement in the World Council of Churches during the 1960s, when Christianity's relationship to…
