▁in ▁an ▁opposite ▁direction ▁is ▁Robert ▁M . ▁Bow man , ▁Jr ., ▁formerly ▁of ▁the ▁Christian ▁Research ▁Institute . ▁His ▁book ▁The ▁Word - Fa ith ▁Cont ro vers y ▁is ▁more ▁sympath etic ▁to ▁Ken y on ' s ▁historical ▁background ▁yet ▁more ▁critical ▁of ▁his ▁doctrine ▁than ▁is ▁De Ar te aga ' s ▁work . ▁ ▁Bapt ist ▁evangel ist ▁Justin ▁Peters , ▁an ▁out sp oken ▁critic ▁of ▁the ▁Word ▁of ▁Fa ith ▁movement , ▁wrote ▁his ▁Master ▁of ▁Div inity ▁th esis ▁on ▁Ben ny ▁H inn ▁and ▁has ▁appeared ▁frequently ▁as ▁an ▁expert ▁on ▁Word ▁of ▁Fa ith ▁past ors ▁in ▁document aries ▁and ▁TV ▁news ▁stories . ▁In ▁his ▁sem inar ▁" A ▁Call ▁for ▁Disc ern ment ", ▁he ▁traces ▁the ▁movement ' s ▁orig ins ▁to ▁the ▁Ph ine as ▁Qu im by ' s ▁New ▁Th ought ▁Mov ement ▁and ▁Mary ▁Baker ▁Edd y ' s ▁Christian ▁Science ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁and ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁centuries . ▁ ▁In ▁contrast , ▁Past or ▁Joe ▁Mc Int y re , ▁now ▁head ▁of ▁Ken y on ' s ▁G ospel ▁Publishing ▁Society ▁in ▁Washington , ▁arg ues ▁that ▁the ▁primary ▁influ ences ▁of ▁Ken y on ▁were ▁A . B . ▁Sim pson ▁and ▁A . J . ▁Gordon ▁of ▁the ▁Fa ith ▁C ure ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁evangel ical ▁movement . ▁Mc Int y re ' s ▁version ▁is ▁told ▁in ▁the ▁author ized ▁bi ography