Millard Richard Shaull (November 24, 1919 – October 25, 2002) was an American theologian, author and a

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missionary noted for his support for pedagogical thinking in Latin America.Streck, D.
'The Intellectual as Transgressor': Richard Shaull and Latin American Pedagogical Thinking
''Diálogos Latinoamericanos'', Vol. 18 No. 26 (2017), accessed 6 April 2023

Biography

Shaull was born November 24, 1919, in

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, to Millard and Anna (Brenneman) Shaull. He earned a

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from

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in 1938, and a Th.B. (1941) and Th.D. (1959) from

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. He served as a missionary to Colombia and later taught ecumenics at

until he retired in 1980, in addition to serving with the

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. He died at age 82 on October 25, 2002 at home in

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Selected publications

Journals

* "Latin America: Three Responses to a New Historical Situation." ''Interpretation'' 46, 3 (July 1992): 261–270. * "The Pentecost Appeal to the Poor." ''Church & Society'' 86, 4 (March–April 1996): 49–55. * "From Academic Research to Spiritual Transformation: Reflections on a Study of Pentecostalism in Brazil." ''Pneuma'' 20, 1 (Spring 1998): 71–84. * "What Can the Mainline Learn from Pentecostals about Pentecost Preaching." ''Journal for Preachers'' 21, 4 (Pentecost 1998): 8-14.

Books

* ''Containment and Change'' (1967), co-authored with Carl Oglesby

References

20th-century Protestant theologians American Christian theologians American Presbyterian missionaries Presbyterian missionaries in Colombia Liberation theologians 1919 births 2002 deaths People from Ardmore, Pennsylvania Elizabethtown College alumni Princeton Theological Seminary alumni Princeton Theological Seminary faculty {{US-theologian-stub