Nels F. S. Ferré
Swedish theologian
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Nels F. S. Ferré's Degrees
- PhD Theology Uppsala University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Nels Fredrick Solomon Ferré was a Christian theologian born in Luleå, Sweden on June 8, 1908. Life Nels F.S Ferré, born Nils Ferré, was born in Sweden in 1908 to Maria Wickman Ferré and Frans August Ferré and emigrated to The United States alone at age 13. Upon his arrival on Ellis Island, he was detained and later joined his brother in St. Paul Minnesota where he would work for a family farm. In 1931 he graduated with his undergrad from Boston University. In 1932, Ferré married Katharine Louise Pond. With his interest in philosophy and theology, Ferré would pursue a D.B. degree at Andover Newton, graduating with the class of 1934. He would go on to receive his A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University in 1936 and 1938 respectively.
Nels F. S. Ferré's Published Works
Published Works
- Pillars of faith (1948) (22)
- Evil and the Christian faith (1948) (9)
- The Christian understanding of God (1951) (8)
- Christian faith and higher education (1954) (5)
- Christ and the Christian (1958) (5)
- Searchlights on contemporary theology (1961) (4)
- Altruistic Love: A Study of American Good Neighbors and Christian-Catholic Saints, by Pitirim A. Sorokin. 253 pp. Boston, Beacon Press, 1950. $3.00 (1950) (4)
- Historical and Analytical: The Church and the Four-Year College: An Appraisal of Their Relation (1956) (3)
- The Place of the Chapel in a Christian College: Fusing Faith and Knowledge (1967) (2)
- Notes by a Theologian on Biblical Hermeneutics (1959) (2)
- The Christian fellowship (1940) (2)
- Paul Tillich : retrospect and future (1967) (2)
- Book Review: An Exodus Theology: Einar Billing and the Development of Modern Swedish Theology (1970) (2)
- Reason in religion (1963) (2)
- Three Critical Issues in Tillich's Philosophical Theology (1957) (2)
- Biblical thought and the secular university (1961) (1)
- Christianity and society (1950) (1)
- The Universal Word;: A theology for a universal faith, (1969) (1)
- Contemporary Theology in the light of 100 years (1958) (1)
- Strengthening the spiritual life (1956) (1)
- Making religion real (1955) (1)
- Faith and reason (1947) (1)
- The sun and the umbrella (1953) (1)
- The finality of faith and Christianity among the world religions (1963) (1)
- Beyond Substance and Process (1967) (1)
- Church, law and society (1948) (1)
- The Dynamics of Faith, by Paul Tillich. 127 pp. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1957. $2.75 (1957) (1)
- Philosophy and Religion Face the Future Together (1953) (1)
- Return to Christianity (1952) (1)
- The Holy Spirit and the Individual (1948) (1)
- This Is My Point of Viewing (1962) (0)
- The Bible as Authority (1959) (0)
- The Place of Philosophy in the Curriculum (1970) (0)
- Report on Religion (1969) (0)
- Book Review: Revolutionary Concept (1954) (0)
- Revelation and Reason, by Emil Brunner. Translated by Olive Wyon. 440 pp. Philadelphia, Westminster Press, 1946. $4.50 (1947) (0)
- Christianity and the Control of Power (1947) (0)
- Which Way British Theology ? (1959) (0)
- Extremism Without Extremity (1964) (0)
- Critic's Corner (1966) (0)
- Living Light and Dedicated Decision (1952) (0)
- Is the Basis of the World Council Heretical? (1962) (0)
- Christianity Today and Tomorrow (1949) (0)
- Book Review: To Renew—Or Destroy (1955) (0)
- Know your faith (1959) (0)
- The Sun and the Umbrella: A Parable (1953) (0)
- Book Review: Via Barth (1953) (0)
- HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY (1971) (0)
- Book Review:The Truth of the Gospel G. B. Caird (1951) (0)
- Book Review: Aid to Understanding (1956) (0)
- The Savior Still 1 (1947) (0)
- The Christian faith : an inquiry into its adequacy as Man's ultimate religion (1942) (0)
- Systematic Theology: A Historicist Perspective, by Gordon D. Kaufman. 525 pp. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968. $8.95 (1969) (0)
- The Church's Faith, A Primer of Christian Beliefs, by Regin Prenter. 216 pp. Philadelphia, Fortress Press, 1968. $3.00 (1969) (0)
- The Church-Related College and A Mature Faith (1959) (0)
- Book Review:Science and Religion: The First Series of the 1951 Gifford Lectures, "Natural Religion and Christian Theology" Charles E. Raven (1954) (0)
- Biblical Faith and Philosophic Truth (1966) (0)
- A Provocative Discussion: Christian Faith and Higher Education (1955) (0)
- Dynamic Centralism in Theology (1959) (0)
- Book Review: Barth on Barth (1960) (0)
- Book Review:The Divine Relativity: A Social Conception of God Charles Hartshorne (1949) (0)
- The Given for Christian Theology (1966) (0)
- Told with Superb Skill: Science and Christian Belief (1956) (0)
- Natural Theology and The Christian Faith (1958) (0)
- A New Day for Protestantism (1956) (0)
- Devotional and Pastoral Classics (1958) (0)
- Reason Must Become Religious (1945) (0)
- Theology and the Devotional Life (1955) (0)
- The Relation between Religion and Philosophy (1961) (0)
- Theology and Religion (1949) (0)
- Present Responsibility and Future Hope (1952) (0)
- FEAR, DUTY AND LOVE (1948) (0)
- Book Review: A Religion and the Religion (1955) (0)
- A theology for Christian education (1967) (0)
- Book Review:A Preface to Christian Theology John A. MacKay (1941) (0)
- Book Review:The Reawakening of Christian Faith Bernard Eugene Meland (1950) (0)
- The Faith of Modern Man, by Romano Guardini, translated from the German by Charlotte E. Forsyth. 166 pp. New York, Pantheon Books, 1952. $2.75 (1953) (0)
- Book Review:The God of Our Faith Harris Franklin Rall (1956) (0)
- Theologians of our Time (1963) (0)
- God Without Theism (1965) (0)
- The Uses of Reason, by Arthur E. Murphy. 346 pp. New York, Macmillan, 1943. $3.00 (1945) (0)
- The Fabric of Paul Tillich's Theology (1968) (0)
- Theology and Ethics (1951) (0)
- The atonement and mission : the Christian doctrine of atonement in its bearings on a theology of missions (1960) (0)
- Reason and Religion. (1965) (0)
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