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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches > General
In many societies all over the world, an increasing polarization
between contrasting groups can be observed. Polarization arises
when a fear born of difference turns into 'us-versus-them' thinking
and rules out any form of compromise. This volume addresses
polarizations within societies as well as within churches, and asks
the question: given these dynamics, what may be the calling of the
church? The authors offer new approaches to polarizing debates on
topics such as racism, social justice, sexuality and gender,
euthanasia, and ecology and agriculture in various contexts. They
engage in profound theological and ecclesiological reflection, in
particular from the Reformed tradition. Contributors to this volume
are: Najib George Awad, Henk van den Belt, Nadine Bowers Du Toit,
Jaeseung Cha, David Daniels, David Fergusson, Jan Jorrit Hasselaar,
Jozef Hehanussa, Allan Janssen, Klaas-Willem de Jong, Viktoria
Koczian, Philipp Pattberg, Louise Prideaux, Emanuel Gerrit Singgih,
Peter-Ben Smit, Thandi Soko-de Jong, Wim van Vlastuin, Jan Dirk
Wassenaar, Elizabeth Welch, Annemarieke van der Woude, and Heleen
Zorgdrager.
In this Very Short Introduction, Jon Balserak explores major ideas
associated with the Calvinist system of thought. Beginning during
the Protestant Reformation in cities like Zurich, Geneva, and
Basel, Calvinismaalso known as Reformed Theologyaspread rapidly
throughout Europe and the New World, eventually making its way to
the African Continent and the East. Balserak examines how Calvinist
thought and practice spread and took root, helping shape church and
society. Much of contemporary thought, especially western thought,
on everything from theology to civil government, economics, the
arts, work and leisure, education, and the family has been
influenced by Calvinism. Balserak explores this influence. He also
examines common misconceptions and objections to Calvinism, and
sets forth a Calvinist understanding of God, the world, humankind,
and the meaning of life. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short
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The seventeenth century Reformed Orthodox discussions of the work
of Christ and its various doctrinal constitutive elements were rich
and multifaceted, ranging across biblical and exegetical,
historical, philosophical, and theological fields of inquiry. Among
the most contested questions in these discussions was the question
of the necessity of Christ's satisfaction. This study sets that
"great controverted point," as Richard Baxter called it, in its
historical and traditionary contexts and provides a philosophical
and theological analysis of the arguments offered by two
representative Reformed scholastic theologians, William Twisse and
John Owen.
In this volume, leading systematic theologians and New Testament
scholars working today undertake a fresh and constructive
interdisciplinary engagement with key eschatological themes in
Christian theology in close conversation with the work of Karl
Barth. Ranging from close exegetical studies of Barth's treatment
of eschatological themes in his commentary on Romans or lectures on
1 Corinthians, to examination of his mature dogmatic discussions of
death and evil, this volume offers a fascinating variety of
insights into both Barth's theology and its legacy, as well as the
eschatological dimensions of the biblical witness and its salience
for both the academy and church. Contributors are: John M. G.
Barclay, Douglas Campbell, Christophe Chalamet, Kaitlyn Dugan,
Nancy J. Duff, Susan Eastman, Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Grant
Macaskill, Kenneth Oakes, Christoph Schwoebel Christiane Tietz,
Philip G. Ziegler.
In the second volume of her Essays in Ecumenical Theology, Ivana
Noble engages in conversation with Orthodox theologians and
spiritual writers on diverse questions, such as how to discover the
human heart, what illumination by the divine light means, how
spiritual life is connected to attitudes and acts of social
solidarity, why sacrificial thinking may not be the best frame for
expressing Christ's redemption, why theological anthropology needs
to have a strong ecological dimension, why freedom needs to coexist
with love for others, and why institutions find the ability to be
helpful not only in their own traditions but also in the Spirit
that blows where it wills.
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