Everett F. Harrison

Everett Falconer Harrison ( July 2, 1902 – February 10, 1999)[1] was an American Theologian.

Early life and education

Born on July 2, 1902 in Skagway, Alaska to Presbyterian missionaries. He attended the University of Washington and then Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary where he studied under J.Gresham Machen he received his AM and Th.B in 1927. Harrison was also ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1927. He received two doctorates: Th.D from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1938 and a Ph.D from the University of Pennsylvania in 1950 .[2]

Neo-Evangelicalism and Founding Fuller

Harrison was an important figure in the Neo-Evangelical movement of the mid 20th Century. Harrison was an important figure involved in rejecting Machen call to leave the PCUSA and his on/off relationship with Dallas Theological Seminary and its President Lewis Chaffer, due to Chaffer's fundamentalism view of Dispensationalism.[3] In 1947, Harrison accepted Charles Fuller invitation to start Fuller Theological Seminary,[4] he stay there until 1980. Harrison was also one of the founding signers of the National Association of Evangelicals.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://death-records.mooseroots.com/l/171311887/Everett-F-Harrison
  2. 1 2 Kurian, George Thomas; Lamport, Mark A. (2016-11-10). Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442244320.
  3. ↑ Marsden, George M. (1995-03-01). Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 9780802808707.
  4. ↑ Kurian, George Thomas; Lamport, Mark A. (2015-05-07). Encyclopedia of Christian Education. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810884939.


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