The Case for Biblical Christianity

The Case For Biblical Christianity, in which the full range and development of Carnell's mind is revealed, gives the Christian community ready access to many of Carnell's finest articles. They have been selected and edited by Ronald M. Nash, and in this collection, as in all of Carnell's writings, will be found thoughtful, stimulating, and often thought-provoking essays on a variety of topics, all of contemporary interest.

""Edward John Carnell was--in my estimation--the brightest and the best of the neo-evangelical leaders. He was a courageous thinker who was not afraid to think new thoughts in the service of biblical orthodoxy. The Carnell Library is a gift to today's evangelical movement.""

--Richard J. Mouw
President, Fuller Seminary


""[Carnell's] fertile mind and ready pen blazed fresh theological trails as he sought to defend and proclaim the Christian faith as a world and life view.""

--Dr. David Allan Hubbard
Former President of Fuller Theological Seminary


""In this welcome collection of Carnell books, we are offered an inside view of a radical shift in American religious thinking -- the emergence of twentieth-century evangelicalism out of Protestant fundamentalism.""

--Rudolph Nelson, author of
The Making and Unmaking of an Evangelical Mind: The Case of Edward Carnell

Edward John Carnell was an ordained Baptist minister, born in Antigo, Wisconsin. For three years he served as Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Gordon Divinity School. He was appointed as the second President of Fuller Theological Seminary from 1954 to 1959. Carnell resigned his position in 1959 to give himself fully to teaching, serving as Professor of Apologetics at Fuller for eight additional years.

Dr. Carnell contributed to many religious journals and authored several books including An Introduction to Christian Apologetics, Television: Servant or Master?, The Theology of Reinhold Niebuhr, A Philosophy of the Christian Religion, and Christian Commitment.

Ronald H. Nash was Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Department of Philosphy at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green. He authored or edited six books, including The Light of the Mind: St. Augustine's Theory of Knowledge, Ideas of History and The Philosophy of Gordon H. Clark. He held degrees from Barrington College (A.B.), Brown University (M.A.), and Syracuse University (Ph.D.).