John A. D'Elia is the Senior Minister of the American Church in London. He is a graduate of UCLA, Fuller Theological Seminary, and the University of Stirling in Scotland. He is from Burbank, California.

"George Ladd was arguably the leading 'new evangelical' biblical scholar in the mid-decades of the twentieth century. He was also a person whose life and work were filled with intriguing tensions and contrasts. John D'Elia tells this poignant and fascinating story well." --George M. Marsden, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, and author of Fundamentalism and American Culture

"In this poignant and gracefully written account, John D'Elia unflinchingly but sympathetically recounts the personal and professional torments of George Eldon Ladd. Making extensive use of Ladd's own files, D'Elia sketches the twin paradoxes of Ladd's life: although eager to find 'a place at the table' of the larger scholarly community, Ladd deemed his own efforts towards that end a failure, and although he wrote extensively of the presence of the kingdom, he struggled to taste its fruits in his own life. Ironically, Ladd never truly understood his greatest legacy -- his crucial role in the development of evangelical biblical scholarship. D'Elia offers a welcome tribute to Ladd's legacy." --Marianne Meye Thompson, George Eldon Ladd Professor of New Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary

"D'Elia's biography of George Eldon Ladd is powerful and perceptive. He introduces us to a person who is spiritual and ambitious, intelligent and insecure, bold and troubled all at the same time. This is compelling reading for anyone interested in either the intellectual history of Evangelicalism or the movement's continuing struggle to secure and maintain 'a place at the table' of the mainstream scholarship." --Douglas Jacobsen, Distinguished Professor of Church History and Theology at Messiah College, and author of Thinking in the Spirit: Theologies of the Early Pentecostal Movement

"A Place at the Table: George Eldon Ladd and the Rehabilitation of Evangelical Scholarship in America is a gripping account of a man who was an integral part of the renaissance of postwar evangelical scholarship. ...John D'Elia has done all of us a service in this biography. A rising generation of young evangelical scholars should particularly profit from it. The book raises important questions. How can evangelicals engage the academic community? How does one judge the "success" of that engagement? Is the evangelical world mature enough to allow its scholarship to face the real and pressing issues of our society? Biographies of this caliber are an excellent entry-point into the discussion, because they incarnate the issues.--Books & Culture

"The coming of age and acceptance of Evangelical scholarship such as that produced by the Fuller faculty and students has been glacial but noticeable. ...The book is well worth the time of anyone interested in that story and Ladd's contribution to it." --Theological Studies

"The most insightful and interesting biography of an academic that this reviewer has ever read. ...a thoroughly researched work that does justice to Ladd's great contributions while not engaging in the hero-worship that marks that type of biography termed a 'hagiography'." --The Master's Seminary Journal

"A gripping account of a man who was an integral part of the renaissance of postwar evangelical scholarship. ...John D'Elia has done all of us a service in this biography." --Books & Culture

"With an amazing trove of personal letters and memoranda at his disposal, D'Elia relates with journalistic panache Ladd's debates with John Walvoord, his support of the Revised Standard Version translation of the Bible, and his explication of Rudolf Bultmann's theology for conservative readers...D'Elia supplies a vivid sidebar to the sweeping histories of modern Christian intellectuals." --Church History

"A Place at the Table is not an ordinary biographical sketch, but a composite of Ladd's life and a critical analysis of the theological issues of the time. Thus those who read this book will have a clearer picture of the current theological perspectives of the time. D'Elia did an excellent work of presenting Ladd's legacy of intellectual and spiritual benefits."--Seminary Studies

"D'Elia's scholarship is excellent and this book deserves to be on the shelves of every theological library. . . Ladd single-handedly reinvigorated evangelical scholarship and D'Elia tells that very story. . . We are in debt to this very fine and judicious study . . ."--Jesus Creed blog