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Mitchell, Christopher W., 1951-2014.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: October 20, 1951 - July 10, 2014

Biography

Christopher W. Mitchell was the third director of the Marion E. Wade Center from 1994 to 2013 and also held the Marion E. Wade Chair of Christian Thought at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois from 2006 to 2013. In addition to serving as the Director of the Wade Center and teaching theology, Mitchell served as Consulting Editor for VII: An Anglo-American Literary Review (now VII: Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center), a journal published annually by the Wade Center on its seven authors.

Prior to coming to Wheaton College he served as a missionary and pastor. Mitchell received his M.A. from Wheaton College, and a Ph.D. from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, where his concentration was Historical Theology.

Dr. Mitchell's published works include: "Following the Argument Wherever it Leads: C.S. Lewis and the Oxford University Socratic Club, 1942 to 1954," in Inklings Jahrbuch fur Literatur und Asthetik (No. 17, 1999); "Jonathan Edwards's Scottish Connection," in Jonathan Edwards at Home and Abroad: Historical Memories, Cultural Movements, Global Horizons, eds. David W. Kling and Douglas A. Sweeney (University of South Carolina Press, 2003); "Making Doctrine Dance," Christian History and Biography, (Fall 2005 Issue); “C.S. Lewis and Historic Evangelicalism,” C.S. Lewis and the Church: Essays in Honour of Walter Hooper, Judith Wolfe and Brenden N. Wolfe, eds. (T and T Clarke, 2011); and “C.S. Lewis and Authentic Discipleship,” Knowing and Doing: C.S. Lewis Institute, A Teaching Quarterly for Discipleship of Heart and Mind, (Spring 2011 Issue).

He has also written articles for Who's Who in Christian History (Tyndale), Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology (T and T Clark), the Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, revised edition (Baker), and the New Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press). In June 2013 Chris and his wife Julie moved to Southern California where he had been teaching at the Torrey Honors Institute of Biola University. He passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on July 10, 2014.

Mitchell Publications Bibliography

Christopher W. Mitchell Memorial Page

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Billy Graham Center (BGC) Administration records.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2005-028
Dates: 1985-2002

Christopher W. Mitchell Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Wade-B-33
Abstract

This archive includes papers from the career of Christopher W. Mitchell, who served as the third director of the Marion E. Wade Center from 1994 to 2013.

Dates: Created: 1939-2013; Other: Date acquired: June 2015

Collection 682 Oral History Interviews with Kioko Mwangangi

 Collection
Identifier: CN 682
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Kioko Mwangani in which he describes about his work as an evangelist and pastor of the Africa Inland Church (AIC) in Kenya. Topics include his family background; early education, involvement with the ministry of DIGUNA and the movement’s leaders Vic Paul and David Rempel; higher education at Scott Theological College and Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST), his pastorates in Rural area; influence on his faith of marriage and fatherhood; the...
Dates: 2014

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Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 1
Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
Christian union. 1
Church fund raising. 1
Church work with prisoners. 1