Randal D. Rauser is a Canadian
Baptist
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theologian who serves as an associate professor of historical theology at
Taylor Seminary.
Work
Rauser wrote a guide to ''
The Shack'' in his companion volume ''Finding God in the Shack'' (Paternoster, 2009). In the book Rauser responds to many of the objections raised by critics like
Chuck Colson
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and
Albert Mohler
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. Rauser has written a book with the ex-Christian minister and
atheist
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polemicist
John W. Loftus
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Early life and education
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and debated him on radio. Rauser has attempted to persuade people to practise
analytic philosophy
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.
Reception
Eugene H. Peterson
Eugene Hoiland Peterson (November 6, 1932 – October 22, 2018) was an American Presbyterian minister, scholar, theologian, author, and poet. He wrote over 30 books, including the Gold Medallion Book Award–winner '' The Message: The Bible in ...
praised Rauser as a "skilled and accessible theologian."
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Education and career
Zimmerman received his bach ...
praised Rauser as having the "intellectual honesty to face up to the genuine difficulties confronting his faith." Rauser and
Peter Enns
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have discussed their views on
biblical inerrancy
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.
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21st-century Canadian male writers
21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers
21st-century Protestant theologians
Alumni of King's College London
Canadian Baptist theologians
Canadian evangelicals
Living people
Seminary academics
Trinity Western University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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