Mark Coppenger

God and Humanity at Marshall (eBook, ePUB)

Toward November 14, 1970, and Beyond

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The movie We Are Marshall brought national attention to the tragic loss and dramatic reconstitution of the school's football team. But neither this film nor the Emmy-winning documentary, Marshall University: Ashes to Glory, explores the spiritual context and effect of the plane crash. Few know that a visiting campus preacher touched the life of a popular defensive lineman the week before his ill-fated flight; that a campus minister was surprised several weeks later by a nighttime visit from students who'd come to ask "the Jesus man" how to be saved; that two years before the crash, a new, young professor, with a doctorate from India, enlisted five students to help evangelize the campus; and that three decades later, a devout linebacker urged the coach to change the name of a play since it was demeaning to women. The story extends back to the school's log-church beginnings, up through the decades when campus Ys generated foreign missionaries, to the national championship years, when key players testified freely to their faith--nearly two centuries of spiritual highs (and yes, lows) in the life of this remarkable school.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781725281318
• Artikelnr.: 62499709

Autorenporträt

Mark Coppenger is Retired Professor of Christian Philosophy and Ethics at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has a B.A. from Ouachita, a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt (both in philosophy), and an M.Div. from Southwestern. He's taught full time at Wheaton, Midwestern, and Southern; been senior pastor for churches in Arkansas and Illinois; served as an infantry officer; and done short-term missionary stints on five continents.