Synopsis: What is it to confess the Christian faith, and what is
the status of formal confessions of faith? How far does the context
inform the content of the confession? These questions are addressed
in Part One, with reference to the Reformed tradition in general,
and to its English and Welsh Dissenting strand in particular. In an
adverse political context the Dissenters' plea for toleration under
the law was eventually granted. The question of tolerance remains
alive in our very different context, and in addition we face the
challenge of confessing and commending the faith in an intellectual
environment in which many question Christianity's relevance and
rebut traditional defenses of it. In Part Two it is recognized that
Christian confessing is an ecclesial, not simply an individual,
calling, and that the one confessing church catholic is visibly
divided over doctrine and practice. Suggestions for ameliorating
this situation are offered, though the final resolution may be a
matter for the eschaton. Until then Christians are called to
witness faithfully and to live hopefully as citizens of heaven. In
an epilogue the challenges and pitfalls of systematic theology as a
discipline involving both confession and commendation are explored.
Endorsements: "It is a delight to find these essays of Sell's
brought together with a coherence and timeliness that makes it
useful for the reader of theological, historical, or pastoral
interest. . . . This book demonstrates again for the ecumenist that
it is important we dare not lose any of the gifts with which the
Holy Spirit has gifted her churches . . . as we move in pilgrimage
toward that visible unity for which Christ prayed." --Brother
Jeffrey Gros, Catholic Studies Scholar in Residence, Lewis
University "From the sixteenth century to the present, from the
evolution of toleration to the fluctuating history of eschatology,
in conversation with Browne, Calvin, Forsyth, Barth, and countless
ecumenical partners, here is Reformed theology at its elegant,
thoughtful, lucid, courteous, and provocative best." --David
Cornick, Fellow in Theology and Religious Studies, Robinson
College, Cambridge Author Biography: Alan P. F. Sell, of the
University of Wales Trinity Saint David, is a
philosopher-theologian and ecumenist who has held academic posts in
England, Canada, and Wales, and ecclesiastical posts in England and
Geneva. He is the author of over thirty books.
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