Always Being Reformed, Second Edition: Faith for a Fragmented World

by Shirley C. Guthrie Jr.

Overview

This classic work by Shirley Guthrie probes the important question: how can Christians maintain their identity in a pluralistic society without becoming exclusive, intolerant, and irrelevant? Now, in this new edition, three distinguished theologians reflect on Guthrie's original question while commenting on and enlarging other key themes in Guthrie's work, including the Trinity and the church, world spirituality, and God's freedom. Together, these new essays add even more depth to Guthrie's profound reflections on how the Christian community can be an open, inclusive, and relevant community without losing its own authenticity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664231590
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	01/21/2008
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Shirley C. Guthrie Jr. was, for many years, Professor of Theology at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Publisher's Note     vii
Tribute to Shirley C. Guthrie Jr.   Charles B. Cousar     ix
Preface to First Edition, 1996     xvii
Introduction: A Tale of Two Churches     xix
The Double Crisis of Identity and Relevance     1
The Religious Relativism of the Reformed Tradition     11
Reformed by Faith in the Living Triune God     27
Suffering, Liberation, and the Sovereignty of God     41
Jesus Christ and the Religions of the World     57
Worldly Spirituality     73
Trinity and Church: Is the Church an Image of the Trinity?   Daniel L. Migliore     89
Church Practices for a Worldly Spirituality   Amy Plantinga Pauw     105
God's Freedom from and for the World   George W. Stroup     121
Notes     141
Contributors     155