Like a River Glorious : The Biography of John Paul Newport, Paperback

by Bullock, Karen O'dell

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Like a River Glorious : The Biography of John Paul Newport, Paperback by Bullock, Karen O'dell, ISBN 1481316060, ISBN-13 9781481316064, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK John Paul Newport was perhaps the most influential American Baptist philosopher and apologist of the twentieth century. He became legendary as a Baptist statesman, scholar, peacemaker, and transformational professor, who supervised more than fifty PhD students in philosophy, apologetics, theology, biblical studies, and world religions. Written from the unpublished autobiographical papers of John Newport, this official biography, Like a River Glorious , examines the life and legacy of one of America’s premier Baptist scholars. Newport studied with the best minds of his day and taught for more than fifty years in Baptist colleges and seminaries, as well as at Rice University. He was also a churchman in pulpits across the South, serving as interim pastor in more than 150 churches in four states. His best-known book, Life’s Ultimate Questions , synthesized the most-asked questions about what it means to live as a human being, and anchored his responses in a reasoned, philosophical, and biblical worldview. Newport spent most of his career at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary where he chaired the philosophy department and served as vice president of academic affairs and provost. He was also the special consultant to then-president Russell Dilday and helped to lead the institution through some of its most di

• ISBN: 9781481316064
• Condition: Fine

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