Jonathan Edwards's Vision of Reality

by Bombaro, John J.

• ISBN13: 9781610974561
• ISBN10: 1610974565
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-19
• Publisher: Pickwick Pubns

Summary

In this volume noted Evangelical historians and theologians examine the charge of the supposed "ahistorical nature of Evangelicalism" and provide a critical, historical examination of the relationship between the Protestant evangelical heritage and the early church. Book jacket.

Author Biography

George Kalantzis is Associate Professor of Theology at Wheaton College and the director of The Wheaton Center for Early Christian Studies. Andrew Tooley is the Project Director of the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals at Wheaton College.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Prologue: Going Deeper into the Bible: The Church Fathers as Interpreters	p. 13
Evangelicals and the Early Church: A Movement in Search of Roots?
Evangelical Inattentiveness to Ancient Voices: an Overview, Explanation, and Proposal	p. 27
John Wesley and the Early Church: History, Antiquity, and the Spirit of God	p. 52
Why Read Wesley: Reading the Fathers? A Response to Jeffrey W Barbeau	p. 11
The Use and Abuse of the Christian Past: Mercersburg, the Ancient Church, and American Evangelicalism	p. 85
Mercersburg Doctrine as a Double Edged Sword A Response to Darryl G. Hart	p. 104
The Chicago Call and Responses	p. 108
The Chicago Call; Catholicity through History A Response to Elesha Coffman	p. 125
Evangelicals and the Early Church: Recovery • Reform • Renewal
Why Study Early Christian History and Literature	p. 131
Evangelicals and the Public Use of Creeds	p. 140
A Response to Scot McKnight	p. 154
Evangelicals and the Rule of Faith: Irenaeus on Rome and Reading Christianly	p. 159
A Response to D. Jeffrey Bingham	p. 187
Evangelicals, the Bible, and the Early Church	p. 191
A Response to Michael W. Graves	p. 210
Evangelicals: Are They the Real Catholics and Orthodox?	p. 214
Before the Same Lord A Response to Gerald L. Bray	p. 237
Epilogue: The Radical ness of the Evangelical	p. 242
Bibliography	p. 253
Scripture Index	p. 263
Name and Subject Index	p. 265
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