David F. Wells | |
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Born | David Falconer Wells May 11, 1939 |
Occupation(s) | Professor, Author, Theologian |
Title | Distinguished Senior Research Professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary |
Spouse | Jane |
Academic background | |
Education | University of Cape Town University of London (B.D.) Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Th.M.) |
Alma mater | Manchester University (Ph.D.) |
Thesis | A Re-Examination of George Tyrrell's Theology in Relation to the Programme for Renewal Enunciated in the Documents Issued by the Second Vatican Council (1969) |
Doctoral advisor | Hubert Cunliffe-Jones |
Academic work | |
Era | 20th and 21st Century |
Discipline | Biblical research |
Institutions | Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary |
Main interests | Theology,Culture,Postmodernism,Evangelicalism |
Notable works | No Place for Truth,or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology? |
David Falconer Wells (born May 11,1939) is Distinguished Senior Research Professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. [1] He is the author of several books in which his evangelical theology engages with the modern world. He has taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School [2] and has served as the Academic Dean at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary's Charlotte,North Carolina campus.
Wells completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Cape Town in South Africa,before going on to study divinity at the University of London,graduating with a Bachelor of Divinity in 1966. He completed advanced graduate studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School graduating with a Master of Theology,summa cum laude in 1967. While at Trinity,he completed a thesis titled "Decretum Dei Speciale:An Examination of the Content and Significance of Calvin's Doctrine of Soteriological Predestination". He completed his Ph.D. from Manchester University (England) under the direction of Hubert Cunliffe-Jones and afterwards was appointed as a post-doctoral Research Fellow at Yale Divinity School. Wells is a Council member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. He also serves on the board of the Rafiki Foundation and as a member for the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. [3] The Cambridge Declaration came about in 1996 as a result of his book No Place for Truth,or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology?
He has authored,co-authored,or edited numerous publications including:
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