Essays On Being Reformed

Author : Dirkie Smit
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781920338206

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Essays on Being Reformed by Dirkie Smit Pdf

What does it mean to be Reformed Christians in the world today ? and in Africa and South Africa? What does it mean to commemorate the legacy of John Calvin (1509-1564) after 500 years ? in a modern world characterised by democracy, by popular notions of human dignity and human rights, by worldwide struggles for individual freedoms and for social justice, by a global economy in crisis ? when social historians argue about the lasting contribution of Calvin and his followers precisely with respect to all these modern phenomena? The 28 essays by Dirkie Smit selected for this volume deal with such questions.

Author : Oliver D. Crisp
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830839285

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Retrieving Doctrine by Oliver D. Crisp Pdf

Oliver Crisp offers a set of essays that analyze the significance and contribution of several great thinkers in the Reformed tradition, ranging from John Calvin and Jonathan Edwards to Karl Barth. Crisp explains how these thinkers navigated pressing theological issues and how contemporary readers can draw relevant insights from the tradition.

Author : Amy Plantinga Pauw,Serene Jones
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664224377

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Feminist and Womanist Essays in Reformed Dogmatics by Amy Plantinga Pauw,Serene Jones Pdf

This book is a collection of essays by thirteen feminist and womanist authors who locate themselves within the Reformed tradition. Topics explored include: the Trinity, creation, election, atonement, the church, fear, resistance, and vocation. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students interested in feminist theology. The Columbia Series in Reformed Theology represents a joint commitment by Columbia Theological Seminary and Westminster John Knox Press to provide theological resources from the Reformed tradition for the church today. This series examines theological and ethical issues that confront church and society in our own particular time and place.

Author : Neelak S. Tjernagel
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725220850

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The Reformation Essays of Dr. Robert Barnes by Neelak S. Tjernagel Pdf

Author : Peter Ymen De Jong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Synod of Dort
ISBN : 097936776X

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Crisis in the Reformed Churches by Peter Ymen De Jong Pdf

Author : Ryan Glomsrud
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 148418985X

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Justified by Ryan Glomsrud Pdf

"God justifies the ungodly": Paul's statement in Romans 4:5 has brought comfort and provoked controversy throughout the history of the church. Historically, most Protestants have seen the Reformation as a rediscovery of this gospel truth-indeed, justification as "the article by which the church stands or falls." In our day, however, neither the Reformers' account of the doctrine nor their appraisal of its significance can be taken for granted. Through various movements within Protestant theology and biblical studies, fresh (and not so fresh) challenges have made it imperative for us to reevaluate the Scriptures and the systematic as well as historical arguments that have been persuasive for so many Christians in previous eras. This book joins that contemporary conversation, bringing together voices from the pages of Modern Reformation magazine over the years. Like the magazine, this collection connects Lutheran, Reformed, and Baptist theologians, historians, and biblical scholars who are able to unpack important issues for thoughtful nonspecialists. This collection covers a lot of ground: the relationship of justification to covenant (especially recent discussions between N. T. Wright and John Piper), the law, union with Christ, as well as sanctification. A final chapter considers the contemporary relevance of justification. If theology is for the church, then the gospel is surely a matter for all of God's people to wrestle with together. In this expanded volume, two classic essays are now included under the heading "Union and Peace with Christ" in order to emphasize further the significance of justification for the Christian life, all in keeping with Paul's conclusion in Romans 5:1, "Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." May all churches being reformed by the Word stand in the grace of Christ and "rejoice in hope of the glory of God."

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Australia
ISBN : UOM:39015008287370

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Essays on Reform by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Vosloo
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781928314370

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Reforming Memory by Robert Vosloo Pdf

Although we should acknowledge the fragility of memory, we should nevertheless affirm the remarkable ability of memory to reform and transform our identity. Our memories and ways of remembering are, however, often marked by trauma and violence. Memory, therefore, not merely reforms; it too is in need of reformation, redemption and transformation. With this emphasis in mind, Reforming Memory grapples with the question what a responsible engagement with the past entails, also for Christians and churches associated with the Reformed tradition. The history of Reformed churches in South Africa is, one can argue, a deeply divided and ambivalent one. The same figures are heroes to some and villains to others; historic events are deeply ambiguous and conflicting views surround different discourses. Yet the histories, and perhaps futures, of these churches and traditions are inextricably interwoven. Reforming Memory fundamentally combines an interest in the notion of "e;memory"e; with an interest in (South African) Reformed theology and history. Central is the question: how should we remember and represent the past responsibly? The essays collected in this book engage in different ways with this question, attending in the process to some episodes in the history of the Dutch Reformed Church, some influential Reformed theologians, and some important Reformed practices and confessional documents.

Author : David Hadley Jensen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498221535

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Always Being Reformed by David Hadley Jensen Pdf

One of the most persistent slogans of Reformed theology is that it is "reformed and always being reformed." But what does this slogan mean? This volume gathers thirteen essays written by a younger generation of Reformed theologians who teach and write on five different continents, who together offer this work in Christian systematic theology. Unlike many other works of Reformed theology, however, this book is framed by pressing contextual issues and questions (instead of traditional loci). Each chapter engages classical doctrine, but does so through the lens of contemporary, lived experience in particular contexts. The result is not a theology where doctrines are "applied" to contexts, but an approach where doctrine and context mutually shape one another. The contributors take seriously the notion that theology is "always being reformed" and is always partial, ever on the way--hence it requires conversation partners beyond the Reformed family of faith. The result is a study in Reformed theology that is thoroughly ecumenical.

Author : David Hadley Jensen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498221528

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Always Being Reformed by David Hadley Jensen Pdf

One of the most persistent slogans of Reformed theology is that it is "reformed and always being reformed." But what does this slogan mean? This volume gathers thirteen essays written by a younger generation of Reformed theologians who teach and write on five different continents, who together offer this work in Christian systematic theology. Unlike many other works of Reformed theology, however, this book is framed by pressing contextual issues and questions (instead of traditional loci). Each chapter engages classical doctrine, but does so through the lens of contemporary, lived experience in particular contexts. The result is not a theology where doctrines are "applied" to contexts, but an approach where doctrine and context mutually shape one another. The contributors take seriously the notion that theology is "always being reformed" and is always partial, ever on the way--hence it requires conversation partners beyond the Reformed family of faith. The result is a study in Reformed theology that is thoroughly ecumenical.

Author : Mack P. Holt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317185536

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Adaptations of Calvinism in Reformation Europe by Mack P. Holt Pdf

Traditional historiography has always viewed Calvin's Geneva as the benchmark against which all other Reformed communities must inevitably be measured, judging those communities who did not follow Geneva's institutional and doctrinal example as somehow inferior and incomplete versions of the original. Adaptations of Calvinism in Reformation Europe builds upon recent scholarship that challenges this concept of the 'fragmentation' of Calvinism, and instead offers a more positive view of Reformed communities beyond Geneva. The essays in this volume highlight the different paths that Calvinism followed as it took root in Western Europe and which allowed it to develop within fifty years into the dominant Protestant confession. Each chapter reinforces the notion that whilst many reformers did try to duplicate the kind of community that Calvin had established, most had to compromise by adapting to the particular political and cultural landscapes in which they lived. The result was a situation in which Reformed churches across Europe differed markedly from Calvin's Geneva in explicit ways. Summarizing recent research in the field through selected French, German, English and Scottish case studies, this collection adds to the emerging picture of a flexible Calvinism that could adapt to meet specific local conditions and needs in order to allow the Reformed tradition to thrive and prosper. The volume is dedicated to Brian G. Armstrong, whose own scholarship demonstrated how far Calvinism in seventeenth-century France had become divided by significant disagreements over how Calvin's original ideas and doctrines were to be understood.

Author : Carl R. Trueman,Scott R. Clark
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597527880

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Protestant Scholasticism: Essays in Reassessment by Carl R. Trueman,Scott R. Clark Pdf

Traditionally, Protestant theology between Luther's early reforming career and the dawn of the Enlightenment has been seen in terms of decline and fall into the wastelands of rationalism and scholastic speculation. In this volume a number of scholars question such an interpretation. The editors argue that the development of Post-Reformation Protestantism can only be understood when a proper historical model of doctrinal change is adopted. This historical concern underlies the subsequent studies of theologians such as Calvin, Beza, Olevian, Baxter and the two Turrentini. The result is a significantly different reading of the development of Protestant Orthodoxy, one which both challenges the older scholarly interpretations and clichŽs about the relationship of Protestantism to, among other things, scholasticism and rationalism, and which demonstrates the fruitfulness of the new, historical approach. Contributors: D. V. N. Bagchi, David C. Steinmetz, Richard A. Muller, Frank A. James III, John L. Farthing, Lyle D. Bierma, R. Scott Clark, Donald Sinnema, Paul R. Schaefer, W. Robert Godfrey, Carl R. Trueman, Philip G. Ryken, John E. Platt, Joel R. Beeke, James T. Dennison Jr., Martin I. Klauber, Lowell C. Green, and David P. Scaer.

Author : Chris Doude van Troostwijk,Matthew Clemente
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780253034038

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Richard Kearney's Anatheistic Wager by Chris Doude van Troostwijk,Matthew Clemente Pdf

This anthology of fifteen essays provides a variety of critical perspectives on the influential ideas in Richard Kearney’s Anatheism. Blaise Pascal famously insisted that it was better to wager belief in God than to risk eternal damnation. More recently, the distinguished philosopher Richard Kearney has offered a wager of his own—the anatheistic wager, or return to God after the death of God. In this volume, an international group of contributors consider what Kearney’s spiritual wager means. This volume examines what is at stake with such a wager and what anatheism demands of the self and of others. The essays explore the dynamics of religious anatheistic performativity, its demarcations and limits, and its motives. A recent interview with Kearney focuses on crucial questions about philosophy, theology, and religious commitment. As a whole, this volume interprets and challenges Kearney’s philosophy of religion and its radical impact on contemporary views of God.

Author : Werner O. Packull,Geoffrey L. Dipple
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351906883

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Radical Reformation Studies by Werner O. Packull,Geoffrey L. Dipple Pdf

This review brings together new research in three areas of Anabaptist studies and the Radical Reformation. Part One focuses on sixteenth-century Anabaptism, re-examining the ’polygenesis model’ of Anabaptism articulated by Stayer, Packull and Depperman. Part Two deals with the connections between Anabaptists and other Reformation dissenters, their marginalisation as social groups and their relations with the intellectual movements of the age. The final section addresses historiographic and comparative issues of writing the history of marginalised groups, investigating some preconceptions which influence historians’ approaches to Anabaptism and their implications for understanding other religious groups.

Author : B. A. Gerrish,Robert Benedetto,Dikran Hadidian
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725241749

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Reformatio Perennis by B. A. Gerrish,Robert Benedetto,Dikran Hadidian Pdf

Pittsburgh Theological Monograph Series General Editor - Dikran Y. Hadidian