Mark A. Noll is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Notre Dame. His other books include A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada, America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln, and Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity.
Christianity Today, Book of the Year (1995) Booklist
"That anti-intellectualism is not inherent in evangelicalism Noll
demonstrates by presenting evangelical intellectual history,
primarily in the U.S., with scholarly thoroughness and journalistic
accessibility. . . Noll well exemplifies what he prays evangelicals
generally will learn to value again: thinking like a Christian."
Crisis
"Mark Noll is the McManis Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton
College, and so has a vested interest in adding to the number of
thinking evangelicals. That he had the capacity to do so is
demonstrated by this learned, lucid book. . . In any case, Noll's
excellent book is likely to influence the development of the
evangelical mind and deserves the widest discussion." Dialog
"Noll's book provides a bold analysis of the history of evangelical
thought in America. Scandal may itself be a history-making book.
Named 'Book of the Year' by Christianity Today, this volume is a
vigorous sign of the renewal of evangelical thinking for which its
author calls. This book should be read by persons interested in
enlightenment in America, the legacy of fundamentalism, and the
relationship of evangelical Christianity to science and politics.
This book should be required reading for anyone who still does not
know the difference between a fundamentalist and an evangelical."
Equip for Ministry
"This book must be rated as one of the top ten books of the year,
at least for our readers." Evangelical Studies Bulletin
"This is a book that every American historian ought to read
precisely because it makes one think hard about a subject and a
discipline in a way that few books do. The Scandal of the
Evangelical Mind brilliantly reverses the balance in the principle
that the best scholarship is necessarily morally informed, a
principle widely, if quietly, shared by the left and right."
Publishers Weekly
"Required reading for those seeking to understand the often
peculiar relationship between Evangelical religion and secular
culture, this is a brilliant study by--yes--a first-rate
Evangelical mind." Southwestern Journal of Theology
"This is a must read book. Its being named the 1995 Christianity
Today Book of the Year is not undeserved. It sets the agenda for a
very interesting discussion." The Church of England Newspaper
"Agenda-setting work. . . A 'must-read' for any thinking
evangelical." Theology (U.K.)
"A most impressive book, combining passionate engagement with
careful and rational analysis."
Claiming that ``the scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind,'' historian Noll sets out to trace the reasons for what he sees as the great divorce between intellect and piety in North American Evangelical Christianity. In a breathtaking panorama of evangelical history from the Great Awakenings to the present, Noll shows that early Evangelicals like Jonathan Edwards embraced the use of reason as an expression of faith in the Creator of the natural world. The advent of Fundamentalism and Pentecostalism, Noll contends, with their emphases on dispensationalism and other-worldliness, fostered anti-intellectualism. Since politics and science, in the form of the religious right and creationism, have been the secular arenas in which the Evangelical mind has most publicly expressed itself, Noll focuses on them to explore ways in which the mindlessness ``scandal'' has created a lack of adequate Christian thinking about the world. Finally, Noll is hopeful that the work of contemporary Evangelical scholars will recover a respect for intellect. Required reading for those seeking to understand the often peculiar relationship between Evangelical religion and secular culture, this is a brilliant study by--yes--a first-rate Evangelical mind. (July)
Christianity Today, Book of the Year (1995)
Booklist
"That anti-intellectualism is not inherent in evangelicalism Noll
demonstrates by presenting evangelical intellectual history,
primarily in the U.S., with scholarly thoroughness and journalistic
accessibility. . . Noll well exemplifies what he prays evangelicals
generally will learn to value again: thinking like a Christian."
Crisis
"Mark Noll is the McManis Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton
College, and so has a vested interest in adding to the number of
thinking evangelicals. That he had the capacity to do so is
demonstrated by this learned, lucid book. . . In any case, Noll's
excellent book is likely to influence the development of the
evangelical mind and deserves the widest discussion." Dialog
"Noll's book provides a bold analysis of the history of evangelical
thought in America. Scandal may itself be a history-making
book. Named 'Book of the Year' by Christianity Today, this
volume is a vigorous sign of the renewal of evangelical thinking
for which its author calls. This book should be read by persons
interested in enlightenment in America, the legacy of
fundamentalism, and the relationship of evangelical Christianity to
science and politics. This book should be required reading for
anyone who still does not know the difference between a
fundamentalist and an evangelical." Equip for Ministry
"This book must be rated as one of the top ten books of the year,
at least for our readers." Evangelical Studies Bulletin
"This is a book that every American historian ought to read
precisely because it makes one think hard about a subject and a
discipline in a way that few books do. The Scandal of the
Evangelical Mind brilliantly reverses the balance in the
principle that the best scholarship is necessarily morally
informed, a principle widely, if quietly, shared by the left and
right." Publishers Weekly
"Required reading for those seeking to understand the often
peculiar relationship between Evangelical religion and secular
culture, this is a brilliant study by--yes--a first-rate
Evangelical mind." Southwestern Journal of Theology
"This is a must read book. Its being named the 1995 Christianity
Today Book of the Year is not undeserved. It sets the agenda
for a very interesting discussion." The Church of England
Newspaper
"Agenda-setting work. . . A 'must-read' for any thinking
evangelical." Theology (U.K.)
"A most impressive book, combining passionate engagement with
careful and rational analysis."
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