Peter C. Phan and the Reconstruction of World Christianity

Over the past half century, one has often heard a lament in the halls of theological schools that the “age of the theological giants” has past.¹ Any one making such a claim today has obviously not yet encountered the work of Peter C. Phan. Phan is without question a theological giant, with many of us already happily perched upon his shoulders.² His scholarship covers an enormous theological range, from earliest Christianity to contemporary culture, engaging the ecumenical spectrum of Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Pentecostal traditions and perspectives. Along the way, he has touched constructively on almost every major area