Willem Zuurdeeg and the Concept of Convictional Theology.

This paper demonstrates the significance of the work of Willem F. Zuurdeeg for the later work of James Wm. McClendon Jr. and James M. Smith as they developed the concept of convictions in the hope of contributing a means of addressing convictional conflicts. The paper also provides a summary of McClendon and Smith's critique and development of Zuurdeeg's thinking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]