Over the last 50 years many notable evangelical thinkers have converted to the Roman Catholic Church
I was going to include Roger Olson’s exploration of the interplay between evangelicalism and the Roman Catholic Church in my “few good links“.
Upon re-reading the post, I feel it’s worth highlighting in it’s own right:
Over the last 50 years many notable evangelical thinkers have converted to the Roman Catholic Church (or to some independent Catholic church of which there are many; here I’m concerned mainly with those who have converted to the RC Church). Think of Tom Howard, evangelical professor at Wheaton (and I think Gordon), who converted to RCC and wrote a book about his conversion called Evangelical Is Not Enough (1988). Think of Peter Kreeft and, most recently, my own colleague Francis Beckwith. But there are many more than never get noticed.
Last evening I attended the first session of a conference on Catholic-Evangelical dialogue. I renewed acquaintance with a former colleague (from the university where I used to teach) who has converted from being Baptist to RCC. (He now teaches at a Catholic university.)
Over the years I’ve had several students convert to RCC. I wouldn’t call it an avalanche yet. But it is a noticeable movement–very bright, studious, even scholarly evangelicals turning to the RCC and often attempting to maintain their evangelical identities.