Talk:Tim Keller
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[edit] Context?
insufficient context 68.19.129.143 01:06, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Reformed theologian
User:Yakuman has suggested by his repeated deletion of the category from this page that Tim Keller does not fit in Category:Reformed theologians and that it is POV (i.e., biased) to put him in it.
I contended that Keller is an author who is an author of theological works, e.g. his book The Call of the Jericho Road, which outlines a theology of mercy ministry, and his chapter on theonomy (a theological concept) and the poor in Theonomy: A Reformed Critique, a volume written by the faculty of Westminster Theological Seminary (WTS). Indeed, Keller earned his doctorate from WTS, was a full-time professor of practical theology there for five years, and continues as an adjunct.[1] Hence, I conclude he is properly called a theologian, and it is biased to say otherwise in face of this evidence.
WTS and the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), the denomination in which Keller is ordained and a leading figure, both requires subscription to the Westminster Confession of Faith, which is clearly a Reformed confession. Therefore, he is confessionally Reformed, and it is biased to say otherwise.
Putting it all together, he is a Reformed theologian and should be in the category.
This was essentially the reasoning I gave in my edit summary, to which Yakuman responded with the reasoning that "Professor of Practical *Theology* at WTS [is not equal to] theologian." I find this reasoning to be exceedingly dubious in light of the evidence above. Thoughts? --Flex (talk|contribs) 23:23, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
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- I don't see any reason why he wouldn't be considered such —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Harlock jds (talk • contribs) 07:58, 31 March 2007 (UTC).
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- Having read http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/theologian, it makes sense. OTOH, I think Wiktionary is wrong this time :).
- --TimNelson 15:49, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Broken links
A heads up - there are a fair amount of broken links in the footnote section. 70.131.132.206 (talk) 17:38, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
