George Lindbeck

George Lindbeck (b. 1923) is a Lutheran theologian and known today as an advocate of postliberalism. However, "for most of his career he was known primarily as a medievalist and, above all, as a theologian at the forefront of ecumenical dialogue." http://people.bu.edu/wwildman/WeirdWildWeb/courses/mwt/dictionary/mwt_themes_862_lindbeck.htm Lindbeck has a BA from Gustavus (1943) and a BD and PhD from Yale University (1946; 1955). While still finishing his doctoral degree, Lindbeck was appointed to the Yale faculty in 1952 where he remained until his retirement in 1993. He is well known for his Cultural-Linguistic approach to doctrine which he argues in his book, The Nature of Doctrine (1984). Hans Frei, Paul Holmer and David Kelsey have had a major influence on his thought.
== Select publications ==
* The Future of Roman Catholic Theology (SPCK, 1970)
* Infallibility (Marquette University Press, 1972)
* The Nature of Doctrine: Religions and Theology in a Postliberal Age (WJK, 1984)
* The Church in a Postliberal Age, ed. James Buckley (Eerdmans, 2003)
== Notes ==
== See also ==
* Postliberalism
* Ecumenicalism
== External links ==
* George A. Lindbeck and Postliberal Theology, The Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Modern Western Theology
* Response to George Lindbeck, by Ronald F. Thiernann
* Review of The Nature of Doctrine, by John Frame
=== Online writings ===
* Barth and Textuality
Lindbeck, George