Donald G. Bloesch
Donald G. Bloesch | |
|---|---|
| Born | Donald George Bloesch May 3, 1928 |
| Died | August 24, 2010 (aged 82) |
| Spouse |
Brenda Jackson (m. 1962) |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Church | |
| Ordained | 1953 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Thesis | Reinhold Niebuhr's Re-Evaluation of the Apologetic Task (1956) |
| Influences | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Theology |
| Sub-discipline | Systematic theology |
| School or tradition | |
| Institutions | University of Dubuque |
| Notable works | Christian Foundations (1992–2006) |
| Influenced | Roger E. Olson |
Donald George Bloesch (May 3, 1928 – August 24, 2010) was an American evangelical theologian. For more than 40 years, he published scholarly yet accessible works that generally defend traditional Protestant beliefs and practices while seeking to remain in the mainstream of modern Protestant theological thought. His seven-volume Christian Foundations series has brought him recognition as an important American theologian.
His own denomination, in which he was an ordained minister, was the United Church of Christ (UCC). He was raised in the Evangelical and Reformed Church, now merged with the UCC, in which his father and both his grandfathers were also ordained ministers. The "E and R" was a representative of evangelical pietism, a movement that emphasized personal piety, a discerning, educated laity, a reliance on scripture, and an acceptance of the mystical side of Christianity.