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His teachers, especially
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religions began to influence religious life in
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Reformation insights about individual and societal estrangement and self-delusion. Gilkey's new theology of history rethought Christianity and traditional views on
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Gilkey was a prolific author, with 15 books and over 100 articles to his credit. Perhaps his most widely read book was the story of his own religious-theological journey. In
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during his freshman year. The following year, he went to China to teach
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in the mid-1970s took him to Rome. In late 1963 he became a professor at the
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Whirlwind in Culture: Frontiers in Theology—in Honor of Langdon Gilkey
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The Theology of Langdon B. Gilkey: Systematic and Critical Studies
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Contemporary Explosion of Theology: Ecumenical Studies in Theology
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Nature, Reality, and the Sacred: The Nexus of Science and Religion
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Through the Tempest: Theological Voyages in a Pluralistic Culture
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lawsuit against an Arkansas State law mandating the teaching of
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The Theology of Langdon Gilkey: Systematic and Critical Studies
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Society and the Sacred: Toward a Theology of Culture in Decline
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894:"The Ultimate and the Ordinary: A Profile of Langdon Gilkey"
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Message and Existence: An Introduction to Christian Theology
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Reaping the Whirlwind: A Christian Interpretation of History
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Shantung Compound: The Story of Men and Women Under Pressure
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Blue Twilight: Nature, Creationism, and American Religion
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Creationism on Trial: Evolution and God at Little Rock
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Creationism on Trial: Evolution and God at Little Rock
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170:in philosophy, magna cum laude, from
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226:from 1954 to 1963. He received a
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