The Quest for Revival

James Innell Packer (22 July 1926 – 17 July 2020) was an English-born Canadian evangelical theologian, cleric and writer in the low-church Anglican and Calvinist traditions. Having been considered as one of the most influential evangelicals in North America,[5] Packer is known for his 1973 best-selling book Knowing God, along with his work as the general editor of the English Standard Version Bible.