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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781606088999 |
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Publisher: | Pickwick Publications |
Publication date: | 02/01/2010 |
Series: | Evangelical Theological Society Monograph , #9 |
Pages: | 262 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Abbreviations x
List of Contributors xi
1 The Complexity and Variety of Contemporary Church-Early Church Engagements Paul A. Hartog 1
2 Learning from Patristic Evangelism and Discipleship Edward Smither 27
3 Learning from Patristic Community Formation Rex D. Butler 50
4 Learning from Patristic Use of the Rule of Faith Bryan M. Litfin 76
5 Learning from Patristic Responses to Cultural Opposition W. Brian Shelton 100
6 Learning from Patristic Preaching of Social Ethics Brian J. Matz 131
7 Learning from Patristic Christology Francis X. Gumerlock 155
8 Evangelicals and the Quest for the Historical Church-A Lutheran Response Glen L. Thompson 180
9 Evangelicals and the Tensions of Ressourcement-A Baptist Response Paul A. Hartog 201
Bibliography 229
What People are Saying About This
"When I graduated in 1982 with a doctoral degree in patristics, I soon discovered that most of my fellow Baptists regarded my studies with profound suspicion. It all seemed so "Roman" to them! As this book powerfully demonstrates, however, we are in the midst of a renaissance of evangelical interest in the Ancient Church. And like so many others before us-including evangelical stalwarts like Calvin and Cranmer, Gill and Wesley-we can find in the patristic era light and heat for our own day. Heartily recommended!"
Michael A. G. Haykin
Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky
"During the past century and a half, evangelical scholarship and practice seems to have neglected much of the richness of the historical Church to the-inevitable-detriment of doctrinal and ecclesial clarity and faithfulness. In more recent decades, however, lone voices have merged into what can only be described as a flourishing movement of ressourcement that seeks to reverse the prevalent historical amnesia among Evangelicals and restore the rightful relationship between contemporary and diachronic Christianity. This collection of essays is an important part of this discussion as it provides a number of valuable examples of that ressourcement. This is a volume that will be read broadly by both students and pastors as it pays particular attention to the contemporary application of ancient discussions-both ancients and moderns, after all, we are united in our common desire for faithfulness."
George Kalantzis
Associate Professor of Theology
Wheaton College