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The National Covenant in Scotland, 1638-1689 (Hardcover): Chris R Langley The National Covenant in Scotland, 1638-1689 (Hardcover)
Chris R Langley; Contributions by Alasdair Raffe, Allan Kennedy, Andrew Lind, Chris R Langley, …
R2,286 Discovery Miles 22 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What did it mean to be a Covenanter? From its first subscription in 1638, the National Covenant was an aspect of life that communities across Scotland encountered on a daily basis. However, how contemporaries understood its significance remains unclear. This edited collection assesses how people interacted with the National Covenant's infamously ambiguous text, the political and religious changes that it provoked, and the legacy that it left behind. This volume contains eleven chapters divided between three themes that reveal the complex processes behind Covenanting: the act of swearing and subscribing the Covenants; the process of self fashioning and identity formation, and, finally, the various acts of remembering and memorialising the history of the National Covenant. The collection reveals different narratives of what it meant to be a Covenanter rather than one, uniform, and unchanging idea. The National Covenant forced contortions in Scottish identities, memories, and attitudes and remained susceptible to changes in the political context. Its impact was dependent upon individual circumstances. The volume's chapters contend that domestic understanding of the National Covenant was far more nuanced, and the conversations very different, from those occurring in a wider British or Irish context. Those who we now call 'Covenanters' were guided by very different expectations and understandings of what the Covenant represented. The rules that governed this interplay were based on local circumstances and long-standing pressures that could be fuelled by short-term expediency. Above all, the nature of Covenanting was volatile. Chapters in this volume are based on extensive archival research of local material that provide a view into the complex, and often highly personalised, ways people understood the act or memory of Covenanting. The chapters explore the religious, political, and social responses to the National Covenant through its creation in 1638, the Cromwellian invasion of 1650 and the Restoration of monarchy in 1660.

Isaac Nelson - Radical Abolitionist, Evangelical Presbyterian, and Irish Nationalist (Hardcover): Daniel Ritchie Isaac Nelson - Radical Abolitionist, Evangelical Presbyterian, and Irish Nationalist (Hardcover)
Daniel Ritchie
R3,779 Discovery Miles 37 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book reconsiders the career of an important, controversial, but neglected figure in this history of Irish Presbyterianism. The Revd Isaac Nelson is mostly remembered for his opposition to the evangelical revival of 1859, but this book demonstrates that there was much more to Nelson's career. Nelson started out as a protege of Henry Cooke and as an exemplary young evangelical minister. Upon aligning himself with the Belfast Anti-Slavery Society and joining forces with American abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, Nelson emerged as a powerful voice against compromise with slaveholders. One of the central objectives of this book is to show that anti-slavery, especially his involvement with the 'Send Back the Money' controversy in the Free Church of Scotland and the debate over fellowship with slaveholders at the Evangelical Alliance, was crucially important to the development of Nelson into one of Irish Presbyterianism's most controversial figures. His later opposition to the 1859 Revival has often been understood as being indicative of Nelson's opposition to evangelicalism. This book argues that such a conclusion is mistaken and that Nelson opposed the Revival as a Presbyterian evangelical. His later involvement with the Land League and the Irish Home Rule movement, including his tenure as the Member of Parliament for County Mayo, could be easily dismissed as an entirely discreditable affair. While avoiding romantic nostalgia in relation to Nelson's nationalism, this book argues that Nelson's basis for advocating Home Rule was not as peculiar as it might first appear.

Becoming Divine - Jonathan Edwards's Incarnational Spirituality within the Christian Tradition (Paperback): Brandon G... Becoming Divine - Jonathan Edwards's Incarnational Spirituality within the Christian Tradition (Paperback)
Brandon G Withrow
R676 Discovery Miles 6 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Was Jonathan Edwards the stalwart and unquestioning Reformed theologian that he is often portrayed as being? In what ways did his own conversion fail to meet the standards of his Puritan ancestors? And how did this affect his understanding of the Divine Being and of the nature of justification? Becoming Divine investigates the early theological career of Edwards, finding him deep in a crisis of faith that drove him into an obsessive lifelong search for answers. Instead of a fear of God, which he had been taught to understand as proof of his conversion, he experienced a 'surprising, amazing joy'. Suddenly he saw the Divine Being in everything and felt himself transported into a heavenly world, becoming one with the Divine family. What he developed, as he sought to make sense of this unexpected joy, is a theology that is both ancient and early modern: a theology of divine participation rooted in the incarnation of Christ.

Scottish Presbyterianism Re-Established - The Case of Stirling and Dunblane, 1687-1710 (Hardcover): Andrew Muirhead Scottish Presbyterianism Re-Established - The Case of Stirling and Dunblane, 1687-1710 (Hardcover)
Andrew Muirhead
R2,630 R2,205 Discovery Miles 22 050 Save R425 (16%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In 1690, the Church of Scotland rejected episcopal authority and settled as Presbyterian. The adjacent Presbyteries of Stirling and Dunblane covered an area that included both lowland and highland communities, speaking both English and Gaelic and supporting both the new government and the old thus forming a representative picture of the nation as a whole. This book examines the ways in which the two Presbyteries operated administratively, theologically and geographically under the new regime. By surveying and analysing surviving church records from 1687 to 1710 at Presbytery and parish level, Muirhead shows how the two Presbyteries related to civil authorities, how they dealt with problematic discipline cases referred by the Kirk Sessions, their involvement in the Union negotiations and their overall functioning as human, as well as religious, institution in seventeenth-century Scotland. The resulting study advances our understanding of the profound impact that Presbyteries had on those involved with them in any capacity.

Reformed Dogmatics - Holy Spirit, Church, and New Creation (Hardcover): Herman Bavinck, John Bolt, John Vriend Reformed Dogmatics - Holy Spirit, Church, and New Creation (Hardcover)
Herman Bavinck, John Bolt, John Vriend
R1,400 R1,104 Discovery Miles 11 040 Save R296 (21%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

"Like Augustine, Calvin, and Edwards, Bavinck was a man of giant mind, vast learning, ageless wisdom, and great expository skill, and to have these volumes now in full English is a wonderful enrichment. Solid but lucid, demanding but satisfying, broad and deep and sharp and stabilizing, Bavinck's magisterial "Reformed Dogmatics" remains after a century the supreme achievement of its kind."--J. I. Packer, Regent College

"Finally Bavinck becomes available to the English-speaking world. The Dutch version has shaped generations of theologians and helped them to preach, think, and act on a fresh, Reformed basis. The strength of Bavinck's dogmatics is that it's neither conservative nor progressive, but its biblical character makes it constantly up-to-date. Baker Academic and the Dutch Reformed Translation Society deserve praise for this project, from which without doubt church and theology will profit for years to come."--Herman Selderhuis, Theologische Universiteit Appeldoorn

"What a wonderful gift to the English-speaking theological world! The topics explored by Bavinck are still of the utmost importance, and he addresses them here in a theological voice that is amazingly fresh."--Richard J. Mouw, president, Fuller Theological Seminary

"Pastors and theologians will welcome the historic first complete translation of Herman Bavinck's "Reformed Dogmatics," . . . This masterful theological work is now available to passionate students of theology."--R. Albert Mohler Jr., Preaching

"Arguably the most important systematic theology ever produced in the Reformed tradition. I have found it to be the most valuable. English-speaking theology throughout the twentieth century until now has beensingularly impoverished by not having at its disposal a translation of Bavinck's "Dogmatiek" in its entirety. The appearance of this volume will be an incomparable boon for generations of students, pastors, teachers, and others, serving to deepen understanding and enrich reflection in both historical and systematic theology."--Richard B. Gaffin Jr., Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia

Pennsylvania Dutch - The Story of an American Language (Paperback): Mark L. Louden Pennsylvania Dutch - The Story of an American Language (Paperback)
Mark L. Louden
R778 Discovery Miles 7 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The fascinating story of America's oldest thriving heritage language. Winner of the Dale W. Brown Book Award by the Young Center for Anabaptists and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College While most world languages spoken by minority populations are in serious danger of becoming extinct, Pennsylvania Dutch is thriving. In fact, the number of Pennsylvania Dutch speakers is growing exponentially, although it is spoken by less than one-tenth of one percent of the United States population and has remained for the most part an oral vernacular without official recognition or support. A true sociolinguistic wonder, Pennsylvania Dutch has been spoken continuously since the late eighteenth century despite having never been "refreshed" by later waves of immigration from abroad. In this probing study, Mark L. Louden, himself a fluent speaker of Pennsylvania Dutch, provides readers with a close look at the place of the language in the life and culture of two major subgroups of speakers: the "Fancy Dutch," whose ancestors were affiliated mainly with Lutheran and German Reformed churches, and traditional Anabaptist sectarians known as the "Plain people"-the Old Order Amish and Mennonites. Drawing on scholarly literature, three decades of fieldwork, and ample historical documents-most of which have never before been made accessible to English-speaking readers-this is the first book to offer a comprehensive look at this unlikely linguistic success story.

Come, Let Us Worship - The Korean-English Presbyterian Hymnal and Service Book (Hardcover): Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Come, Let Us Worship - The Korean-English Presbyterian Hymnal and Service Book (Hardcover)
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation
R1,093 Discovery Miles 10 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Recognizing the need for bilingual hymnal and service materials within Korean Presbyterian congregations, the 207th General Assembly (1995) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mandated the creation of a resource to meet the needs of local congregations and to promote authentic Korean compositions and traditional Korean tunes. This new Korean-English hymnal is now available as a worship resource for intergenerational, bilingual, and ecumenical use.

John Calvin - His Life, His Teaching, And His Influence (Paperback): William Wileman John Calvin - His Life, His Teaching, And His Influence (Paperback)
William Wileman
R203 Discovery Miles 2 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Church and University in the Scottish Enlightenment - The Moderate Literati of Edinburgh (Paperback, 2nd edition): Richard Sher Church and University in the Scottish Enlightenment - The Moderate Literati of Edinburgh (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Richard Sher
R732 R663 Discovery Miles 6 630 Save R69 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Since its original publication in 1985, Church and University in the Scottish Enlightenment has come to be regarded as a classic work in 18th-century Scottish history and Enlightenment studies. It depicts Hugh Blair, Alexander Carlyle, Adam Ferguson, John Home, and William Robertson as an intimate coterie that played a central role in the Scottish Enlightenment, seen here not only as an intellectual but as a cultural movement. These men were among the leaders in the University of Edinburgh, in the Moderate party in the Church of Scotland, and in Edinburgh's thriving clubs. They used their institutional influence and their books, plays, sermons, and pamphlets to promulgate the tenets of Moderatism, including polite Presbyterianism, Christian Stoicism, civic humanism, social and political conservatism, and the tolerant, cosmopolitan values of the international Enlightenment. Using a wide variety of sources and an interdisciplinary methodology, this collective biography portrays these 'Moderate Iiterati' as zealous activists for the cause in which they believed, ranging from support for a Scots militia, Ossian, and Roman Catholic relief to opposition to the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 and the American and French Revolutions

Christian Dogmatics - An Introduction (Paperback): Gijsbert van den Brink, C. Van Der Kooi Christian Dogmatics - An Introduction (Paperback)
Gijsbert van den Brink, C. Van Der Kooi
R915 R745 Discovery Miles 7 450 Save R170 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Architect of Reformation (Hardcover): Bruce Gordon, Emidio Campi Architect of Reformation (Hardcover)
Bruce Gordon, Emidio Campi
R1,499 R1,172 Discovery Miles 11 720 Save R327 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Christianity & Liberalism (Paperback): J. Gresham Machen Christianity & Liberalism (Paperback)
J. Gresham Machen
R230 Discovery Miles 2 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
All of Grace (Paperback): Charles Spurgeon All of Grace (Paperback)
Charles Spurgeon
R184 Discovery Miles 1 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Our Connectional Church - The Hopeful Future of the Pc(usa) (Paperback): Gradye Parsons Our Connectional Church - The Hopeful Future of the Pc(usa) (Paperback)
Gradye Parsons
R442 R358 Discovery Miles 3 580 Save R84 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
1689 Baptist Confession of Faith & the Baptist Catechism (Paperback): James Renihan 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith & the Baptist Catechism (Paperback)
James Renihan
R395 Discovery Miles 3 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Reformed Dogmatics in Dialogue - The Theology of Karl Barth and Jonathan Edwards (Paperback): Uche Anizor Reformed Dogmatics in Dialogue - The Theology of Karl Barth and Jonathan Edwards (Paperback)
Uche Anizor
R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Defense of Calvinism (Hardcover): Charles Haddon Spurgeon A Defense of Calvinism (Hardcover)
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
For Calvinism (Paperback): Michael Horton For Calvinism (Paperback)
Michael Horton
R454 R336 Discovery Miles 3 360 Save R118 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In an eloquent defense of Calvinist theology, author and professor Michael Horton invites us to explore the teachings of Calvinism-also commonly known as Reformed theology-by showing how it is biblical and Christ-centered, leading us to live our lives for the glory of God. The system of theology known as Calvinism has been immensely influential for the past five hundred years, but it's often encountered negatively as a fatalistic belief system that confines human freedom and renders human action and choice irrelevant. Taking us beyond the caricatures and typical reactions, For Calvinism: Explores the historical roots of Reformed thought. Delivers the essence of Calvinism, examining its distinctive characteristics, such as election, atonement, effectual calling, and perseverance. Encourages us to consider its rich resources for faith and practice in the present age. As a companion to Roger Olson's Against Calvinism critique and response, readers will be able to compare contrasting perspectives and form their own opinions on the merits and weaknesses of Calvinism.

Bavinck - A Critical Biography (Hardcover): James Eglinton Bavinck - A Critical Biography (Hardcover)
James Eglinton
R1,019 R818 Discovery Miles 8 180 Save R201 (20%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

2020 Book Award Winner, The Gospel Coalition (History & Biography) 2020 For the Church Book Award Dutch Calvinist theologian Herman Bavinck, a significant voice in the development of Protestant theology, remains relevant many years after his death. His four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the twentieth century. James Eglinton is widely considered to be at the forefront of contemporary interest in Bavinck's life and thought. After spending considerable time in the Netherlands researching Bavinck, Eglinton brings to light a wealth of new insights and previously unpublished documents to offer a definitive biography of this renowned Reformed thinker. The book follows the course of Bavinck's life in a period of dramatic social change, identifying him as an orthodox Calvinist challenged with finding his feet in late modern culture. Based on extensive archival research, this critical biography presents numerous significant and previously ignored or unknown aspects of Bavinck's person and life story. A black-and-white photo insert is included. This volume complements other Baker Academic offerings on Bavinck's theology and ethics, which together have sold 90,000 copies.

The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology - Revised Edition (Paperback, Revised ed.): Pascal Denault The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology - Revised Edition (Paperback, Revised ed.)
Pascal Denault
R508 Discovery Miles 5 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Presbyterian Handbook, Revised Edition (Paperback): Presbyterian Publishing Corp The Presbyterian Handbook, Revised Edition (Paperback)
Presbyterian Publishing Corp
R506 R415 Discovery Miles 4 150 Save R91 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Scots Confession (Paperback): John Knox The Scots Confession (Paperback)
John Knox
R148 Discovery Miles 1 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
John Calvin's Treatise on Relics (Paperback): Henry Beveridge John Calvin's Treatise on Relics (Paperback)
Henry Beveridge; John Calvin
R164 Discovery Miles 1 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Dynamics of the Early Reformation in their Reformed Augustinian Context (Hardcover, 0): Robert Christman The Dynamics of the Early Reformation in their Reformed Augustinian Context (Hardcover, 0)
Robert Christman
R3,464 Discovery Miles 34 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

On 1 July 1523, Johann van den Esschen and Hendrik Voes, two Augustinian friars from Antwerp, were burned on the Grand Plaza in Brussels, thereby becoming the first victims of the Reformation. Despite being well-known, the event barely registers in most Reformation histories. By tracing its origins and examining the impact of the executions on Martin Luther, on the Reformed Augustinian world, and on the early Reformation in the Low Countries and the German speaking lands, this study definitively demonstrates that the burnings were in fact the denouement of broader trends within Late Medieval Reformed Augustinianism, as well as a watershed in the early Reformation. In doing so, it also reveals the central role played by the Augustinian friars of Lower Germany in shaping both the content and spread of the early Reformation, as well as Wittenberg's influence on the events leading up to these first executions.

The Grace of Godliness - An Introduction to Doctrine and Piety in the Canons of Dort (Paperback, New): Matthew Barrett The Grace of Godliness - An Introduction to Doctrine and Piety in the Canons of Dort (Paperback, New)
Matthew Barrett
R521 R432 Discovery Miles 4 320 Save R89 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When the pastors and theologians who comprised the Synod of Dort met in 1618 and 1619 to frame a response to the rise of Arminian theology in Dutch churches, they were concerned to provide not just theological argument but pastoral vision. They considered seriously the implications of right theology on both growth in grace and holiness and the spiritual comfort of believers. Keenly aware of this vital link between theology and practice, they drew up the Canons of Dort in a manner that astutely rebutted from Scripture the Arminian Remonstrants, point by point, arguing the veracity of the doctrines of predestination, particular atonement, total depravity, effectual grace and the perseverance of the saints-the five points that have come to be known as ''the doctrines of grace." Matthew Barrett opens a window on the synod's deliberations with the Remonstrants and examines the main emphases of the canons, with special attention on their relationship to biblical piety and spirituality. For example, the doctrine of predestination is shown from Scripture to establish not just God's electing grace but assurance of salvation-comforting believers that the God who saved them will preserve them to the very end. As Dr. Barrett examines the Canons of Dort it becomes clear why they are so important. Indeed, the piety and godliness that saturates these seventeenth-century canons shows they are as relevant for the church today as they were then. Wow I really like this book. Matthew Barrett has given us history, theology, ministerial counsel and impetus to true piety in this treatment of the Synod and Canons of Dort. The brief but vibrant historical accounts are informative, his guidance in some thick theological discussion is expert, and his focus on piety leads us to the true purpose of all theology the production of a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. Dr. Barrett s continual insistence on the necessity of monergism for a truly biblical grasp of the character of salvation from beginning to end is a much needed emphasis for contemporary evangelicalism. The appendices provide valuable source material. This is an excellent account of a vitally important subject. Tom J. Nettles, Professor of Historical Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky Matthew Barrett offers a wonderfully simple and direct exposition of one of the more misunderstood confessions of faith. The Canons of Dort are often vilified, but under closer examination Barrett demonstrates that they are biblical and pastoral and a potent tonic for a flagging faith. Tolle et lege, take up and read J.V. Fesko Academic Dean, Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology, Westminster Seminary California By breathing new life into historic events, documents and people, Matthew makes them speak to our culture, our churches and our hearts. David P. Murray Professor of Old Testament and Practical Theology, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan By reducing the discussion of Calvinism and the doctrines of grace to the simplified acrostic T-U-L-I-P, I m afraid we have generated far more heat than light. A book that looks deeply within, behind and around the five points of Calvinism is long overdue. Whether you find yourself saying Yea or Nay to the five points, we all need to say thank you to Dr. Barrett for his delightful, informative and light-generating book. Stephen J. Nichols Research Professor of Christianity and Culture, Lancaster Bible College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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