C. STACEY WOODS
and the evangelical rediscovery of the university
By A. Donald Macleod. IVP. 238 pages
ISBN 978-0-8308-3432-7
This is a good and fascinating biography of a man who, from very ordinary circumstances in Australia, became a major force for evangelicalism in North America and then worldwide.
Much should be of interest to British readers. Professor MacLeod writes as a historian and has carried out very careful research, giving many extracts from letters and memoranda. He is not moralising, but describing developments and some of their fruits. It is focused on student work where Stacey Woods was first Secretary of the Canadian IVCF, then simultaneously of the IVCF of USA and finally of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES). He led all three movements from their very early stages to a position of strength. There is much of general interest. British readers will skip some of the details of people who are unknown here, but it would be a great pity to miss the gems that appear repeatedly.
