The Surprising Work of God: Harold John Ockenga, Billy Graham, and the Rebirth of Evangelicalism. By Garth M. Rosell. Grand Rapids, Mich.: BakerAcademic, 2008. 270 pp. $19.99 paper.

摘要

It is rare in academic circles to read about a scholar’s love for his subjects, yet suchnadoration flows freely through the pages of Garth Rosell’s The SurprisingWork ofnGod. This profound admiration stems naturally from Rosell’s own past. The sonnof mid-twentieth-century preacher Merv Rosell, one of the many evangelists hisnbook lauds, Rosell readily admits his place in the history he tells:nI loved being around them. I loved hearing them preach. I loved having mynfather tell me stories about them. But most of all, I remember the sense ofnabsolute wonder and awe that would suddenly come over my father whennhis comments would turn ... to a discussion of the surprising work ofnGod in their midst. (15)