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'Send Back the Money!' is a thorough and gripping examination of a
fascinating and forgotten aspect of Scottish and American relations
and Church history. A seminal period of Abolition activity is
exposed by Iain Whyte through a study of the fiery 'Send back the
Money!' campaign named after 'the hue and cry of the day' that
encapsulated the argument that divided families, communities, and
the Free Church itself. This examination of the Free Church's
involvement with American Presbyterianism in the nineteenth century
reveals the ethical furore caused by a Church wishing to emancipate
itself from the religious and civil domination supported by the
established religion of the state. The Free Church therefore found
an affinity with those oppressed elsewhere, but subsequently found
itself financially supported by the Southern slave states of
America. Whyte sensitively handles this inherent contradiction in
the political, ecclesiastical, and theological institutions, while
informing the reader of the roles of charismatic characters such as
Robert Burns, Thomas Chalmers and Frederick Douglass. These key
individuals shaped contemporary culture with action, great oratory,
and rhetoric. The author adroitly draws parallels from the
twentieth century onwards, bringing the reader to a fuller
understanding of the historic and topical issues within global
Christianity, and the contentious topic of slavery. 'Send back the
Money!' throws light upon nineteenth-century culture, British and
American Abolitionists, and ecclesiastical politics, and is written
in a clear and engaging style.
In Calvin's Political Theology and the Public Engagement of the
Church, Matthew J. Tuininga explores a little appreciated dimension
of John Calvin's political thought, his two kingdoms theology, as a
model for constructive Christian participation in liberal society.
Widely misunderstood as a proto-political culture warrior, due in
part to his often misinterpreted role in controversies over
predestination and the heretic Servetus, Calvin articulated a
thoughtful approach to public life rooted in his understanding of
the gospel and its teaching concerning the kingdom of God. He
staked his ministry in Geneva on his commitment to keeping the
church distinct from the state, abandoning simplistic approaches
that placed one above the other, while rejecting the temptations of
sectarianism or separatism. This revealing analysis of Calvin's
vision offers timely guidance for Christians seeking a mode of
faithful, respectful public engagement in democratic, pluralistic
communities today.
Lincolnshire, 1537. Amid England's religious turmoil,
fifteen-year-old Anne Askew is forced to take her dead sister's
place in an arranged marriage. The witty, well-educated gentleman's
daughter is determined to free herself from her abusive husband,
harsh in-laws, and the cruel strictures of her married life. But
this is the England of Henry VIII, where religion and politics are
dangerously entangled. A young woman of Anne's fierce independence,
Reformist faith, uncanny command of plainspoken scripture, and-not
least-connections to Queen Katheryn Parr's court cannot long escape
official notice, or censure. In a deft blend of history and
imagination, award-winning novelist Rilla Askew brings to life a
young woman who defied the conventions of her time, ultimately
braving torture and the fire of martyrdom for her convictions. A
rich evocation of Reformation England, from the fenlands of
Lincolnshire to the teeming religious underground of London to the
court of Henry VIII, this gripping tale of defiance is as pertinent
today as it was in the sixteenth century. While skillfully
portraying a significant historical figure-one of the first female
writers known to have composed in the English language-Prize for
the Fire renders the inner life of Anne Askew with a depth and
immediacy that transcend time.
Edward Hendrie uses God's word to strip the sheep's clothing from
false Christian ministers and expose them as ravening wolves
preaching an anti-gospel. The anti-gospel is based on a myth that
all men have a will that is free from the bondage of sin to choose
whether to believe in Jesus. The Holy Bible, however, states that
all men are spiritually dead and cannot believe in Jesus unless
they are born again of the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 2:1-7; John
3:3-8. God has chosen his elect to be saved by his grace through
faith in Jesus Christ. Ephesians 1:3-9; 2:8-10. God imbues his
elect with the faith needed to believe in Jesus. Hebrews 12:2; John
1:12-13. The devil's false gospel contradicts the word of God and
reverses the order of things. Under the anti-gospel, instead of a
sovereign God choosing his elect, sovereign man decides whether to
choose God. The calling of the Lord Jesus Christ is effectual; all
who are chosen for salvation will believe in Jesus. John 6:37-44.
The anti-gospel has a false Jesus, who only offers the possibility
of salvation, with no assurance. The anti-gospel blasphemously
makes God out to be a liar by denying the total depravity of man
and the sovereign election of God. All who preach that false gospel
are under a curse from God. Galatians 1:6-9.
This biography offers an in-depth look at R. C. Sproul's life and
ministry, detailing his contributions to the trajectory of the
Reformed tradition and his influence on American evangelicalism.
"It would be difficult to mention any single work in which the
glorious plan of man's redemption is more fully and clearly
exhibited, than in Dr. Bates' Harmony Of The Divine Attributes. The
writer recollects with pleasure and gratitude, that when he was
first led to attend with interest to theological subjects, this
work fell into his hands, and was read with profit and delight; and
now, after the lapse of forty years, he has again perused it with
unmingled approbation; and he can scarcely conceive of any better
method of exhibiting the doctrines of the gospel, than that which
is here pursued." - Archibald Alexander
John Murray said of him, "Dr. Vos is, in my judgment, the most
penetrating exegete it has been my privilege to know, and I
believe, the most incisive exegete that has appeared in the
English-speaking world in this century." The uniqueness of Vos's
emphasis on the centrality of the covenantal work of Jesus Christ
in history and our possession of that work through His mediation
draws us back time and again to his powerful and passionate
sermons. Translated to the realm of glory itself through the
proclamation of the accomplished work of our covenant Lord, and by
the gift of His Spirit, we partake of unparalleled communion with
God and possess Him as our highest treasure presently in Christ as
our covenant God. Short of the consummation we have made His glory
and joy in His people our chief end in this pilgrim life.
Bringing immigrants onstage as central players in the drama of
rural
capitalist transformation, Anne Kelly Knowles traces a community of
Welsh immigrants to Jackson and Gallia counties in southern Ohio.
After
reconstructing the gradual process of community-building, Knowles
focuses on the pivotal moment when the immigrants became involved
with
the industrialization of their new region as workers and investors
in
Welsh-owned charcoal iron companies. Setting the southern Ohio
Welsh in
the context of Welsh immigration as a whole from 1795 to 1850,
Knowles
explores how these strict Calvinists responded to the moral
dilemmas
posed by leaving their native land and experiencing economic
success in
the United States.
Knowles draws on a wide variety of sources, including obituaries
and
community histories, to reconstruct the personal histories of over
1,700
immigrants. The resulting account will find appreciative readers
not
only among historical geographers, but also among American economic
historians and historians of religion.
John Calvin was born on 10 July 1509. Five hundred years later, the
ideas of this French theologian continue to influence churches all
around the world, and Western culture in general. He has also been
a victim of caricature and misunderstanding, even within his own
lifetime. The contributors to this stimulating volume, linked with
the 2009 Moore College School of Theology, are united by the
conviction that Calvin needs to be heard afresh, understood first
on his own terms and then drawn on as a theological resource for
Christian life and thought today. The essays explore selected
aspects of Calvin's contribution and encourage us to read Calvin
for ourselves and to engage with him as he speaks about the
knowledge of God the Creator and Redeemer, whom he served with a
singular devotion, cannot but mean that we will have our vision of
God expanded and our love for him inflamed. The contributors are
Peter Adam, Michael Jensen, Paul Helm, Robert Doyle, Mark Thompson,
Oliver Crisp, David HAhne, Martin Foord, John McClean, Andrew
Cameron, Peter Jensen and Colin Bale.
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Reformed Dogmatics
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Herman Bavinck, John Bolt, John Vriend
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In partnership with the Dutch Reformed Translation Society, Baker
Academic is proud to offer in English for the very first time all
four volumes of Herman Bavinck's complete "Reformed Dogmatics."
This masterwork will appeal not only to scholars, students,
pastors, and laity interested in Reformed theology but also to
research and theological libraries.
Calvin's 1559 Institutes is one of the most important works of
theology that emerged at a pivotal time in Europe's history. As a
movement, Calvinism has often been linked to the emerging features
of modernity, especially to capitalism, rationalism,
disenchantment, and the formation of the modern sovereign state. In
this book, Michelle Sanchez argues that a closer reading of the
1559 Institutes recalls some of the tensions that marked
Calvinism's emergence among refugees, and ultimately opens new ways
to understand the more complex ethical and political legacy of
Calvinism. In conversation with theorists of practice and
signification, she advocates for reading the Institutes as a
pedagogical text that places the reader in the world as the domain
in which to actively pursue the 'knowledge of God and ourselves'
through participatory uses of divine revelation. Through this lens,
she reconceives Calvin's understanding of sovereignty and how it
works in relation to the embodied reader. Sanchez also critically
examines Calvin's teaching on providence and the incarnation in
conversation with theorists of political theology and modernity who
emphasize the importance of those very doctrines.
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Calvin
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F. Bruce Gordon
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A revealing new portrait of John Calvin that captures his human
complexity and the sixteenth-century world in which he fought his
personal and theological battles During the glory days of the
French Renaissance, young John Calvin (1509-1564) experienced a
profound conversion to the faith of the Reformation. For the rest
of his days he lived out the implications of that transformation-as
exile, inspired reformer, and ultimately the dominant figure of the
Protestant Reformation. Calvin's vision of the Christian religion
has inspired many volumes of analysis, but this engaging biography
examines a remarkable life. Bruce Gordon presents Calvin as a human
being, a man at once brilliant, arrogant, charismatic, unforgiving,
generous, and shrewd. The book explores with particular insight
Calvin's self-conscious view of himself as prophet and apostle for
his age and his struggle to tame a sense of his own superiority,
perceived by others as arrogance. Gordon looks at Calvin's
character, his maturing vision of God and humanity, his personal
tragedies and failures, his extensive relationships with others,
and the context within which he wrote and taught. What emerges is a
man who devoted himself to the Church, inspiring and transforming
the lives of others, especially those who suffered persecution for
their religious beliefs.
The Oxford Handbook of Jonathan Edwards offers a state-of-the-art
summary of scholarship on Edwards by a diverse, international, and
interdisciplinary group of Edwards scholars, many of whom serve as
global leaders in the burgeoning world of research and writing on
'America's theologian'. As an early modern clerical polymath,
Edwards is of interest to historians, theologians, and literary
scholars. He is also an interlocutor for contemporary clergy and
philosophical theologians. All such readers-and many more-will find
here an authoritative overview of Edwards' life, ministry, and
writings, as well as a representative sampling of cutting-edge
scholarship on Edwards from across several disciplines. The volume
falls into four sections, which reflect the diversity of Edwards
studies today. The first section turns to the historical Edwards
and grounds him in his period and the relevant contexts that shaped
his life and work. The second section balances the historical
reconstruction of Edwards as a theological and philosophical
thinker with explorations of his usefulness for constructive
theology and the church today. In part three, the focus shifts to
the different ways and contexts in which Edwards attempted to
realize his ideas and ideals in his personal life, scholarship, and
ministry, but also to the ways in which these historical realities
stood in tension with, limited, or resisted his aspirations. The
final section looks at Edwards' widening renown and influence as
well as diverse appropriations. This Handbook serves as an
authoritative guide for readers overwhelmed by the enormity of the
multi-lingual world of Edwards studies. It will bring readers up to
speed on the most important work being done and then serve them as
a benchmark in the field of Edwards scholarship for decades to
come.
A lay-friendly introduction to Presbyterian beliefs, practices, and
history. Helps readers grasp what it means to be a (conservative)
Presbyterian in a postmodern age.
Nathaniel Gray Sutanto offers a fresh reading of Herman Bavinck's
theological epistemology, and argues that his Trinitarian and
organic worldview utilizes an extensive range of sources. Sutanto
unfolds Bavinck's understanding of what he considered to be the two
most important aspects of epistemology: the character of the
sciences and the correspondence between subjects and objects.
Writing at the heels of the European debates in the 19th and 20th
century concerning theology's place in the academy, and rooted in
historic Christian teachings, Sutanto demonstrates how Bavinck's
argument remains fresh and provocative. This volume explores
archival material and peripheral works translated for the first
time in English. The author re-reads several key concepts, ranging
from Organicism to the Absolute, and relates Bavinck's work to
Thomas Aquinas, Eduard von Hartmann, and other thinkers. Sutanto
applies this reading to current debates on the relationship between
theology and philosophy, nature and grace, and the nature of
knowing; and in doing so provides students and scholars with fresh
methods of considering Orthodox and modern forms of thought, and
their connection with each other.
Award-winning essayist Lance Morrow writes about the partnership of
God and Mammon in the New World-about the ways in which Americans
have made money and lost money, and about how they have thought and
obsessed about this peculiarly American subject. Fascinated by the
tracings of theology in the ways of American money Morrow sees a
reconciliation of God and Mammon in the working out of the American
Dream. This sharp-eyed essay reflects upon American money in a
series of individual life stories, including his own. Morrow writes
about what he calls "the emotions of money," which he follows from
the catastrophe of the Great Depression to the era of Bill Gates,
Oprah Winfrey, and Donald Trump. He considers money's dual
character-functioning both as a hard, substantial reality and as a
highly subjective force and shape-shifter, a sort of dream. Is
money the root of all evil? Or is it the source of much good?
Americans have struggled with the problem of how to square the
country's money and power with its aspiration to virtue. Morrow
pursues these themes as they unfold in the lives of Americans both
famous and obscure: Here is Thomas Jefferson, the luminous Founder
who died broke, his fortune in ruin, his estate and slaves at
Monticello to be sold to pay his debts. Here are the Brown brothers
of Providence, Rhode Island, members of the family that founded
Brown University. John Brown was in the slave trade, while his
brother Moses was an ardent abolitionist. With race in America a
powerful subtheme throughout the book, Morrow considers Booker T.
Washington, who, with a cunning that sometimes went unappreciated
among his own people, recognized money as the key to full American
citizenship. God and Mammon is a masterly weaving of America's
money myths, from the nation's beginnings to the present.
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