Oden was left leaning liberal - Holy Spirit pursued me
Thomas C. Oden , one of the most gracious and respected theologians of our times, died yesterday at age 85. Professor Oden made the pilgrimage from theological liberalism, and what he acknowledged as an infatuation with heresy, all the way to the orthodox affirmation of biblical Christianity . His story is one of the greatest theological testimonies of our age. The following is an edited transcript of my conversation for “ Thinking in Public” with Dr. Oden about his life and times and the trajectory of his theological pilgrimage. The conversation, “ The Remaking of a Modern Mind ,” was released on March 16, 2015. I am thankful to God for the life and testimony of Professor Thomas C. Oden. Thomas Oden lived one of the most interesting lives of the 20th century and into the 21st. He was the General Editor of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Christian and the Ancient Christian Doctrine series. He was also the director of the Center for Early African Christianity at Eastern U...