Antiquity, Rationality, and Creation
Location
Howard Performing Arts Center Lobby
Start Date
16-2-2019 10:15 AM
End Date
16-2-2019 10:51 AM
Description
Jerry Root, PhD, is Professor of Evangelism, Director of Evangelism Initiative at Wheaton College. Dr. Root is a graduate of Whittier College and Talbot Graduate School of Theology at Biola University, both located in Southern California and received his PhD from the Open University. He has written C. S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil: An Investigation of a Pervasive Theme, and is the co-editor, with Wayne Martindale, of the bestselling, and award winning, The Quotable C. S. Lewis. He wrote, with Stan Guthrie, The Sacrament of Evangelism, and most recently published The Surprising Imagination of C. S. Lewis with Mark Neal. Jerry has made many written contributions to edited works about C. S. Lewis and has published numerous articles about Lewis, Evangelism and Discipleship, and Spiritual Formation. He is currently serving as the Director of the Institute for Strategic Evangelism at the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College, where he also teaches in the Christian Formation and Ministry Department and in the Evangelism and Leadership MA program. Jerry is also a visiting professor at Talbot Graduate School of Theology and Biola University.
Antiquity, Rationality, and Creation
Howard Performing Arts Center Lobby
Jerry Root, PhD, is Professor of Evangelism, Director of Evangelism Initiative at Wheaton College. Dr. Root is a graduate of Whittier College and Talbot Graduate School of Theology at Biola University, both located in Southern California and received his PhD from the Open University. He has written C. S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil: An Investigation of a Pervasive Theme, and is the co-editor, with Wayne Martindale, of the bestselling, and award winning, The Quotable C. S. Lewis. He wrote, with Stan Guthrie, The Sacrament of Evangelism, and most recently published The Surprising Imagination of C. S. Lewis with Mark Neal. Jerry has made many written contributions to edited works about C. S. Lewis and has published numerous articles about Lewis, Evangelism and Discipleship, and Spiritual Formation. He is currently serving as the Director of the Institute for Strategic Evangelism at the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College, where he also teaches in the Christian Formation and Ministry Department and in the Evangelism and Leadership MA program. Jerry is also a visiting professor at Talbot Graduate School of Theology and Biola University.