Contents: 1. The schoolboy: 1927-44 -- Early family life -- The accident of 1933 -- The typewriter -- Early religious views -- Encounter with C.S. Lewis -- Preparing for Oxford University -- 2. Oxford: Corpus Christi College, 1944-8 -- The OICCU -- The conversion -- Misgivings over 'Victorious Living' -- Discovering the Puritans -- Academic success. 3. London: Oak Hill College, 1948-9 -- Reflecting on ministry -- The selection process -- The Church of England in the late 1940s -- Tutor at Oak Hill College -- 4. Oxford: Wycliffe Hall, 1949-52 -- Wycliffe Hall -- Theological studies, 1949-50 -- Doctoral research, 1950-2 -- The founder of the Puritan Studies Conferences -- Packer and the Puritans. 5. Birmingham: St. John's, Harborne, 1952-4 -- Packer the curate -- Marriage to Kit, 1954 -- 6. Bristol: Tyndale Hall, 1955-61 -- Tyndale Hall -- The attack on Keswick -- 'Fundamentalism' and the Word of God (1958) -- Evangelism and the sovereignty of God (1961) -- Where next? 7. Oxford: Latimer House, 1961-70 -- The origins of Latimer House -- The warden -- Packer's critique of the radical theology of the 1960s -- The theological consolidation of evangelicalism -- The redefining of English evangelicalism: The crisis of 1966 -- The National Evangelical Anglican Congress, 1967 -- The decision to leave Oxford -- 8. Bristol: Tyndale Hall, 1970-2 -- Tyndale and Clifton: The failed merger of 1968-9 -- The new principal of Tyndale Hall -- The reorganization of theological education -- The break with Martyn Lloyd-Jones, 1970 -- A new crisis: The end of Tyndale Hall? -- The birth of Trinity College. 9. Bristol: Trinity College, 1972-9 -- Packer as a theological teacher -- Knowing God: The origins and anatomy of a classic -- The 'Battle for the Bible' -- The Tyndale Lecture: Packer on the Atonement -- Renewed controversy: Christian Believing -- The Nottingham Event: NEAC 2 -- The decision to leave England -- 10. Vancouver, BC: Regent College, 1979-96 -- The origins of Regent College -- The background to Packer's appointment -- Professor of theology at Regent College -- The importance of tradition for evangelicals -- Theology and spirituality -- The debate over universalism and conditional immortality -- Evangelicals and Catholics together -- Canadian Anglicanism: Essentials 94 -- Conclusion -- James I. Packer: An assessment. Published in: Grand Rapids, Mich. Physical description: xii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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