Jack Provonsha
Jack Wendell Provonsha | |
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| Born | May 30, 1919 |
| Died | August 11, 2004 |
| Occupation(s) | Protestant, Seventh-day Adventist Theologian |
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Jack Wendell Provonsha (May 30, 1919 – August 11, 2004) was a Seventh-day Adventist lecturer and theologian.
Biography
He was born on May 30, 1919. He was an emeritus professor of Christian ethics and philosophy of religion at Loma Linda University. He was also the founding director of the Center for Christian Bioethics at the university. he died on August 11, 2004.
Legacy
In a 1985 questionnaire of North American Adventist lecturers, Provonsha tied for tenth place among the Adventist authors who had most influenced them.[1] A colleague described him as "one of the most significant theologians in the Adventist church in the last century."[2]
See also
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Seventh-day Adventist theology
- Seventh-day Adventist eschatology
- History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- 28 fundamental beliefs
- Questions on Doctrine
- Teachings of Ellen White
- Inspiration of Ellen White
- Prophecy in the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Investigative judgment
- The Pillars of Adventism
- Second Advent
- Baptism by Immersion
- Conditional Immortality
- Historicism
- Three Angels' Messages
- End times
- Sabbath in Seventh-day Adventism
- Ellen G. White
- Adventist
- Seventh-day Adventist Church Pioneers
- Seventh-day Adventist worship
- Avondale College
- Ellen G. White Estate
References
- ^ Malcolm Bull and Keith Lockhart (October 1987). "The Intellectual World of Adventist Theologians" (PDF). Spectrum. 18 (1). Roseville, California: Adventist Forums: 32–37. ISSN 0890-0264. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 30, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
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External links
- James Walters, "Jack W. Provonsha’s Contribution to Adventist Thought". Adventist Today 12:5 (September 2004). Part 2 in Adventist Today issue 12:6 (November 2004)
- David R. Larson, Roy Branson, Charles Scriven, Spectrum editors, "In Memory of Jack Provonsha". Spectrum online, August 2004
- Articles by Provonsha and about Provonsha as cataloged in the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index (SDAPI)
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