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R. C. Sproul

1939 - 2017

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Robert Charles Sproul ( SPROHL; February 13, 1939 – December 14, 2017) was an American Reformed theologian, Christian apologist, and ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America. He was the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries, and could be heard daily on the Renewing Your Mind radio broadcast in the United States and internationally. Working as a staunch defender of Protestantism, Sproul saw emerging modern technologies as an opportunity to disseminate teaching on Reformed theology. Faced with an increase in ecumenical activity between evangelical and Catholic figures in the 1990s, Sproul engaged in polemics to defend the evangelical doctrine of justification by faith alone. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. R. C. Sproul is the 1,210th most popular philosopher (down from 1,202nd in 2019), the 9,794th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,750th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, R. C. Sproul ranks 1,210 out of 1,267. Before him are Sara Danius, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Michael Novak, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Alister McGrath, and George Henry Lewes. After him are Paul Kurtz, Yuval Steinitz, Mary Midgley, Alexander Tarasov, David Ray Griffin, and Simon Blackburn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, R. C. Sproul ranks 520. Before him are Johanna Dohnal, Josef Černý, Yoshinobu Miyake, Chris Craft, Orlando Quevedo, and Helen Prejean. After him are Mary K. Gaillard, Karel Schoeman, Göran Sonnevi, Spencer Davis, Hadi Khosroshahi, and David Ray Griffin. Among people deceased in 2017, R. C. Sproul ranks 495. Before him are Dudley Storey, Jan Szczepański, Luis Garisto, Jeffrey Tate, Henri Emmanuelli, and Michael Novak. After him are Karel Schoeman, Horacio Guarany, Ahmed Kathrada, Peter Hall, Roberto Cabañas, and David Storey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, R. C. Sproul ranks 9,796 out of 20,380. Before him are Lewis Teague (1938), Jim Gordon (1945), Kenneth Rexroth (1905), Glenn Morshower (1959), Buck Angel (1962), and Audrey Landers (1956). After him are Mr. Marcus (1970), Barbara Kingsolver (1955), Charles Reisner (1887), Steven Brill (1962), Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878), and Mark R. Hughes (1956).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, R. C. Sproul ranks 73. Before him are William Alston (1921), Marshall Berman (1940), Robert Brandom (1950), James Burnham (1905), Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929), and Michael Novak (1933). After him are Paul Kurtz (1925), David Ray Griffin (1939), Charles Hartshorne (1897), Gary L. Francione (1954), Cornel West (1953), and Ralph Barton Perry (1876).

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