Carl F.H. Henry (b. 1923)

Major works

•          God, Revelation and Authority

Importance

•          Leading evangelical theologian of the latter half of the 20^th century

•          Defender of evangelical truth

•          Christianity Today’s founding editor

•          Involved with Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy; wanted church to avoid excesses of fundamentalism and engage broader theological community

•          Focused on God, revelation, and various points of controversy

•          Gave a thorough defense of inerrancy

•          At Wheaton made friends with Billy Graham and Harold Lindsell

•          Went to Fuller Seminary in 1947

•          Viewed Barth’s views as dangerous

•          Was a presuppositionalist