An Uncommon Union: Dallas Theological Seminary and American Evangelicalism

Dallas Theological Seminary is often stereotyped as a stronghold of fundamentalism, biblical inerrancy, and dispensational premillennialism. In this groundbreaking book, a graduate and veteran faculty member of DTS explains how the truth is far more complicated than such stereotypes would imply.

The tenures or the school's five presidents reveal the stress that DTS has experienced while charting its course through changes in American religious and cultural life. Rather than being a monolithic institution, Dallas Theological Seminary is a blend of differing heritages and of opposing traditions.

All readers interested in the history and future of evangelicalism, regardless of their theological persuasion, will benefit from this thoughtful and insightful book.

This insightful history explores the stereotype of Dallas Theological Seminary as an anti-intellectual stronghold of fundamentalism and dispensational premillennialism. The tenures of the school's five presidents reveal the tensions that DTS, a blend of differing heritages and of opposing traditions, has experienced amid changes in American religious and cultural life.

Dr. John D. Hannah (ThD, PhD) is distinguished professor of historical theology at Dallas Theological Seminary and research professor of theological studies. He has received numerous awards and has written several books, including The Glory of God Alone, The Kregel Pictorial Guide to Church History, and Our Legacy: A History of Christian Doctrine.