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Desiderius Erasmus

Age of Reform

• Produced a Greek New Testament.

• Most renowned scholar of his age

• Critical satires aimed at the corruption of the Church

Martin Luther

Age of Reform

• “Father of the Protestant Reformation”

• Taught justification by grace alone through faith alone.

• Translated the Bible into German.

Ulrich Zwingli

Age of Reform

• Established the reformation in Switzerland.

• Laid the groundwork of Reformed theology.

Ignatius Loyola

Age of Reform

• Founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)

Menno Simons

Age of Reform

• Unified and rebuilt Dutch Anabaptism.

John Calvin

Age of Reform

• Wrote the Institutes of the Christian Religion

• Focus on God’s sovereignty (predestination)

Teresa of Avila

Age of Reform

• Mystical writer

• Founder of the Discalced Carmelite Order.

George Fox

Age of Renewal

• Founder of the Society of Friends (Quakers)

Philip Jakob Spener

Age of Renewal

• Father of German pietism

Madame Jeanne Guyon

Age of Renewal

• Her quietism and influential spiritual writings.

Count Nikolaus Zinzendorf

Age of Renewal

• Founder of the Moravian Brethren.

• Kindled a missionary vision hitherto unknown in Protestantism.

Jonathan Edwards

Age of Renewal

• A strong force during the Great Awakening.

• One of the most influential theologians of America.

John Wesley

Age of Renewal

• Founder of Methodism.

• Responsible for the success of the Great Evangelical Revival in England.

• His holiness theology became very influential.

George Whitefield

Age of Renewal

• Fiery preacher and evangelist.

• Major figure of the Evangelical Revival in England and the Great Awakening in the America.

William Wilberforce

Age of Revolution

• “Conscience of England”

• Instrumental in bringing the end to slavery in England

William Carey

Age of Revolution

• “Father of modern missions”

Charles G. Finney

Age of Revolution

• “Father of American Revivalism”

• Key role in the evolution of American Protestant theology: “New School Calvinism” and “Oberlin Perfectionism”

Søren Kierkegaard

Age of Revolution

• Philosopher often referred to as “The Father of Existentialism”

William & Catherine Booth

Age of Revolution

• Co-founders of the Salvation Army.

• WB: First General of Salvation Army

• CB: Advocate of a woman’s right to preach the Gospel

Hudson Taylor

Age of Revolution

• Revolutionized the way missions were done

• Founded the China Island Mission, missionary in China.

William Seymour

Age of Revolution

• Practically all Pentecostal and Charismatic movements can trace their roots directly or indirectly to Seymour and Azusa Street.

Karl Barth

Age of Anxiety

• His “neo-orthodoxy” altered the course of modern theology.

• Revived Reformation themes (long muted by liberal theology) in modern terms (a problem for Fundamentalists)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Age of Anxiety

• Opponent of Nazism.

• His books, especially The Cost of Discipleship, are still very influential.

Mother Teresa

Age of Anxiety

• Founder of the Missionaries of Charity.

• A humanitarian who devoted her entire life to the poorest of the poor.

Oscar Romero

Age of Anxiety

• Convert to and advocate of Liberation Theology.

• Martyr.

Billy Graham

Age of Anxiety

• Evangelist

• An unofficial leader of the Evangelical movement

John Paul II

Age of Anxiety

• The most traveled pope in history

• Played a key role in the collapse of communism

Martin Luther King,Jr.

Age of Anxiety

• Led black Civil Rights movement in the 1950’s and 1960’s.

• Developed a social gospel theology in North America.