Background
Woodbridge, John Dunning was born on May 24, 1941 in Salisbury, North Carolina, United States. Son of Charles Jahleel and Ruth (Dunning) Woodbridge.
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Biblical Authority: Infallibility and Inerrancy in the Christian Tradition
( "The unpleasant task of exposing shoddy scholarship can...)
"The unpleasant task of exposing shoddy scholarship can rarely have been taken in hand with so much gentleness and grace as it is in Professor Woodbridge's response to The Authority and Interpretation of the Bible. A nasty job nicely done. In The Authority and Interpretation of the Bible two young professors tried to show that the best theology before the Reformation and the best Reformed theology since affirms the infallibility of Scripture in matters of faith and conduct but allows it to be incorrect on matters of historical and scientific detail. Professor Woodbridge's learned review makes it impossible to doubt that this paradoxical opinion is wrong. With courtesy and restraint Professor Woodbridge administers a series of knock-out blows to the confidently voiced claim that factual inerrancy is no authentic element in the historic Christian view of Scripture. Professor Woodbridge brings scholarly integrity and a great weight of learning to the business of setting straight the record, confused by others, as to how Christians through the centuries have regarded the Bible. His monograph is a model of careful analysis and cool, corrective controversy. It advances understanding of the history of thought about Scripture in a way that the more pretentious essay that called it forth quite failed to do." --James I. Packer
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Great Leaders of the Christian Church
(Moody Press; Chicago 1988)
Moody Press; Chicago 1988
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802490514/?tag=2022091-20
Biblical Authority: A Critique of the Rogers/McKim Proposal
( "The unpleasant task of exposing shoddy scholarship can...)
"The unpleasant task of exposing shoddy scholarship can rarely have been taken in hand with so much gentleness and grace as it is in Professor Woodbridge's response to The Authority and Interpretation of the Bible. A nasty job nicely done. In The Authority and Interpretation of the Bible two young professors tried to show that the best theology before the Reformation and the best Reformed theology since affirms the infallibility of Scripture in matters of faith and conduct but allows it to be incorrect on matters of historical and scientific detail. Professor Woodbridge's learned review makes it impossible to doubt that this paradoxical opinion is wrong. With courtesy and restraint Professor Woodbridge administers a series of knock-out blows to the confidently voiced claim that factual inerrancy is no authentic element in the historic Christian view of Scripture. Professor Woodbridge brings scholarly integrity and a great weight of learning to the business of setting straight the record, confused by others, as to how Christians through the centuries have regarded the Bible. His monograph is a model of careful analysis and cool, corrective controversy. It advances understanding of the history of thought about Scripture in a way that the more pretentious essay that called it forth quite failed to do." --James I. Packer
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0310447518/?tag=2022091-20
John Dunning Woodbridge
Edit ProfileHistory and church history educator
John Dunning Woodbridge, American History and church history educator. National Endowment for Humanities fellow, 1973-1974, Herzog August Bibliothek fellow, 1982, American Council of Learned Societies fellow, Paris, 1976-1977; National Endowment for Humanities summer grant, Chicago, 1995. Member American Society Eighteenth Century Studies, Society French History.
Education
Bachelor in History, Wheaton College, 1963; Master of Arts in History, Michigan State University, 1965; Doctorat de Troisième Cycle, U. Toulouse, France, 1969; Master of Divinity, Trinity Evangelical Division School, Deerfield, Illinois, 1971.
Career
Visiting professor of history, U. Toulouse, 1968-1969; assistant professor of history, Trinity College, Deerfield, 1970-1974; professor church history, Trinity Evangelical Division School, Deerfield, since 1970; visiting professor of history, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1988-1995. Visiting professor religion Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, U. Paris, 1996, 99.
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Biblical Authority: Infallibility and Inerrancy in the Christian Tradition
( "The unpleasant task of exposing shoddy scholarship can...)
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Biblical Authority: A Critique of the Rogers/McKim Proposal
( "The unpleasant task of exposing shoddy scholarship can...)
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Great Leaders of the Christian Church
(Moody Press; Chicago 1988)
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Biblical Authority: Infallibility and Inerrancy in the Christian Tradition
Membership
Member American Society Eighteenth Century Studies, Society French History.
Interests
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Married Susan Jane Frerichs, June 28, 1970. Children: Elisabeth Anne, Joshua, David.
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National Endowment for Humanities fellow, 1973-1974, Herzog August Bibliothek fellow, 1982, American Council of Learned Societies fellow, Paris, 1976-1977. National Endowment for Humanities summer grant, Chicago, 1995.National Endowment for Humanities fellow, 1973-1974, Herzog August Bibliothek fellow, 1982, American Council of Learned Societies fellow, Paris, 1976-1977. National Endowment for Humanities summer grant, Chicago, 1995.