Richard Shaull
American theologian and missionary (1919–2002)
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Millard Richard Shaull (November 24, 1919 – October 25, 2002)[1] was an American theologian, author and a Presbyterian missionary noted for his support for pedagogical thinking in Latin America.[2]
Biography
Shaull was born November 24, 1919, in Felton, Pennsylvania, to Millard and Anna (Brenneman) Shaull. He earned a B.A. from Elizabethtown College in 1938, and a Th.B. (1941) and Th.D. (1959) from Princeton Theological Seminary.[1] He served as a missionary to Colombia and later taught ecumenics at Princeton Theological Seminary until he retired in 1980, in addition to serving with the World Student Christian Federation.[1] Shaull was sympathetic to Latin-American progressives and was accused of advocating “blood revolution” by the Conservative The Southern Presbyterian Journal.[3]
He died at age 82 on October 25, 2002, at home in Ardmore, Pennsylvania.[4]
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[4]
