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'''Everett Falconer Harrison''' ( |
'''Everett Falconer Harrison''' (July 2, 1902 – February 10, 1999)<ref>http://death-records.mooseroots.com/l/171311887/Everett-F-Harrison {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref> was an American [[theologian]]. |
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== Early life and education == |
== Early life and education == |
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Harrison was born on July 2, 1902, in [[Skagway, Alaska]], to Presbyterian missionaries. He attended the [[University of Washington]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], 1923) |
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and then [[Princeton University]] ([[Master of Arts|AM]], 1927) and [[Princeton Theological Seminary]] ([[Th.B.|Th.B]], 1927) where he studied under [[John Gresham Machen|J. Gresham Machen]]. Harrison was also ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1927. He received two doctorates: [[Th.D.]] from [[Dallas Theological Seminary]] in 1938 and a [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in 1950.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=73xfDQAAQBAJ&q=Everett+F.+Harrison&pg=PA1048|title=Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States|last1=Kurian|first1=George Thomas|last2=Lamport|first2=Mark A.|date=2016-11-10|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442244320|language=en}}</ref> |
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== Neo-Evangelicalism and Founding Fuller == |
== Neo-Evangelicalism and Founding Fuller == |
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Although Harrison served on the faculty of Dallas Theological Seminary from 1928–1939 and 1944–1947,<ref>Hannah, John D (2009). An Uncommon Union: Dallas Theological Seminary and American Evangelicalism. Pages 101, 143-144, 339 n.33. Zondervan. {{ISBN|9780310237860}} |
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</ref> he became an important figure in the [[Evangelicalism|Neo-Evangelical]] movement of the mid 20th Century. Harrison was an important figure involved in rejecting J. Gresham Machen's call to leave the [[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian Church]], and had an on/off relationship with the [[Dallas Theological Seminary]] and its President [[Lewis Sperry Chafer|Lewis Chafer]], due to Chafer's fundamentalist view of [[dispensationalism]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uufvZyG-hjEC&q=Everett+F.+Harrison+and+j.+gresham+machen&pg=PA26|title=Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism|last=Marsden|first=George M.|date=1995-03-01|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|isbn=9780802808707|language=en}}</ref> |
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Harrison was pastor at the [[Third Presbyterian Church (Chester, Pennsylvania)|Third Presbyterian Church]] in [[Chester, Pennsylvania]] from 1940 to 1944.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Balmer|first1=Randall|title=Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism|date=2004|publisher=Baylor University Press|location=Waco, TX|isbn=1-932792-04-X|page=325|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vjwly0QyeU4C& |
Harrison was pastor at the [[Third Presbyterian Church (Chester, Pennsylvania)|Third Presbyterian Church]] in [[Chester, Pennsylvania]], from 1940 to 1944.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Balmer|first1=Randall|title=Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism|date=2004|publisher=Baylor University Press|location=Waco, TX|isbn=1-932792-04-X|page=325|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vjwly0QyeU4C&q=third+presbyterian+church+chester+pennsylvania&pg=PA325|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref> |
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In 1947, Harrison accepted Charles Fuller invitation to |
In 1947, Harrison accepted Charles Fuller's invitation to become a charter faculty member of [[Fuller Theological Seminary]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e6YoCQAAQBAJ&q=Everett+F.+Harrison+and+fuller&pg=PA525|title=Encyclopedia of Christian Education|last1=Kurian|first1=George Thomas|last2=Lamport|first2=Mark A.|date=2015-05-07|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780810884939|language=en}}</ref> and remained there until his retirement in 1980. Harrison was also one of the founding signers of the [[National Association of Evangelicals]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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== References == |
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Everett Falconer Harrison (July 2, 1902 – February 10, 1999)[1] was an American theologian.
Harrison was born on July 2, 1902, in Skagway, Alaska, to Presbyterian missionaries. He attended the University of Washington (BA, 1923) and then Princeton University (AM, 1927) and Princeton Theological Seminary (Th.B, 1927) where he studied under J. Gresham Machen. Harrison was also ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1927. He received two doctorates: Th.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1938 and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1950.[2]
Although Harrison served on the faculty of Dallas Theological Seminary from 1928–1939 and 1944–1947,[3] he became an important figure in the Neo-Evangelical movement of the mid 20th Century. Harrison was an important figure involved in rejecting J. Gresham Machen's call to leave the Presbyterian Church, and had an on/off relationship with the Dallas Theological Seminary and its President Lewis Chafer, due to Chafer's fundamentalist view of dispensationalism.[4]
Harrison was pastor at the Third Presbyterian ChurchinChester, Pennsylvania, from 1940 to 1944.[5]
In 1947, Harrison accepted Charles Fuller's invitation to become a charter faculty member of Fuller Theological Seminary,[6] and remained there until his retirement in 1980. Harrison was also one of the founding signers of the National Association of Evangelicals.[2]
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