Truth is now simply a matter of etiquette: it has no authority, no sense of rightness, because it is no longer anchored in anything absolute. If it persuades, it does so only because our experience has given it its persuasive power, but tomorrow our experience might be different.

David Wells (b. 1939), Theologe und Professor für Systematische Theologie

Topics: Freedom & Truth, Time & Transience

Occasions: For Reflection

David Wells

David Falconer Wells (* 1939) ist ein US-amerikanischer reformierter Theologe und lehrte über viele Jahre als Professor für Systematische Theologie am Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Er wurde vor allem durch seine kulturkritischen Analysen bekannt, in denen er dem modernen Evangelikalismus einen Verlust an theologischer Tiefe zugunsten von Pragmatismus und Konsumorientierung vorwirft. Bibellesern dient er heute als scharfsinniger Diagnostiker der Säkularisierung und als Mahner für theologische Integrität gegenüber zeitgeistigen Anpassungen.

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