About Richard Shaull
Lived 1919 – 2002 (aged 82–83). Richard Shaull was an American theologian and missionary.
Millard Richard Shaull (November 24, 1919 – October 25, 2002) was an American theologian, author and a Presbyterian missionary noted for his support for pedagogical thinking in Latin America.
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.
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
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Who was Richard Shaull?
American theologian (1919–2002)
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Richard Shaull was born in 1919 in Felton.
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Richard Shaull died on 25 October 2002 in Ardmore.
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Richard Shaull was a theologian and missionary.
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Richard Shaull was American.
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