Overview: Johannes Theodorus Van der Kemp (1747 - 1811) was the most gifted and controversial figure in the history of Dutch missionary activity. He was well versed in a remarkable variety of fields, including the military, medical and physical sciences, philosophy, theology and modern, classical and eastern languages. His life, in the turbulent period before and after 1800, is marked by a kale…
Outline: This book contains the contributions to the second international conference of the IRTI. Leading theme of the conference was 'Church and Ministry'. Thoughts and experiences, problems and solutions were shared concerning the position of the church and the training of ministers in Reformed Churches. Most of the devotional contributors to the conference have been included in this volume a…
Overview: Eight distinguished theologians and historians, each a specialist in his field, have contributed to this sasil ymposium on the great Reformer. Professor Basil Hall writes on The Calvin Legend and on Calvin Against the Calvinists; Professor F. L. Battles on Calvin and Seneca; J.D. Benoit on Calvin the Letter-Writer and on The Growth of the Institutes; Professor Jean Cadier on Calvin an…
Overview: 'Things are preached not in that they are taught, but in that they are published.' There could be no better epigraph than this observation of Richard Hooker for the wide-ranging anthology within which the editor has brought together the finest flowering of the preacher's art - the art practised over rather more than a hundred years, from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-seventeenth centur…
Overview: This book is a compilation (except for two chapters) of papers presented at a conference on Menno Simons which was held at Eastern Mennonite College & Seminary on March 23 - 24, 1990. This book also published as a Festschrift in honor of Irvin B. Horst in recognition of the significant contribution which he has made to Anabaptist scholarship, and especially to the research on Menno Si…
Overview: The publication of the works of the leading English reformers in 55 volumes by the Parker Society between 1841 and 1855 was undoubtedly one of the major enterprises of evangelical Christianity in the 19th Century. Yet perhaps the very size of the project militated against its popular usefulness, for the 7,000 supporters who annually subscibed one pound were given little guidance as t…
Overview: The subject matter of this dissertation is the role of Scripture in theological ethics. The issue is broached by way of James M. Gustafson, R. Paul Ramsey, and Allen D. Verhey, three representative ethicists on the recent American Protestant scene. The chapters on Gustafson, Ramsey, and Verhey reveal the crucial components of the question, namely, the role of reason, the character of …
Overview: This book examines the thinking of several Reformed theologians on theological issues that are, historically or by content, related to philosophy. Three Dutch autors from succesesive generations are considered in particular: Gisbertus Voetius (1589 - 1676), Petrus van Mastricht (1630 - 1706), and Anthonius Driessen (1684 - 1748). A diversity of issues in Christian doctrine is discusse…
Overview: This book advances the challenging thesis that the Calvinism commonly accepted today is not an accurate representation of Calvin's thinking. This evaluation is presented through a detailed examination of the controversial doctrines of the seventeenth-century French theologian Moise Amyraut, whose Calvinim was chalenged in his lifetime by his own colleagues. The Reformed theologians of…
Overview: In this chapter-by-chapter and verse-by-verse commentary on Isaiah, the author succeeds admirably in making the Prophet Isaiah's meaning and purpose clear. The scholarly and informative general introduction (70 pages) to the book of Isaiah alone is worth the purchase price. As Dr. Unger points out in his Introduction, the author's unusual knowledge of Hebrew makes his work especially …
Overview: This is a historical geography of the land of the Bible that brings together, for the benefit of both the scholar and the general reader, the vast mass of research and exploration that has been done on a country whose origins now fascinate an educated public as never before, the author, himself a scholar of great repute, has converted the details of his own research and that of his co…
Overview: Bringing the methods of contemporary social and intellectual history to bear on a vast range of archival sources, particularly records of city councils and the clergy, the author has fashioned a comprehensive history of the Reformation in the frontier city of Strasbourg. Most
Overview: Setiap orang memiliki "wawasan dunia", yaitu keyakinan-keyakinan fundamental yang mewarnai setiap aspek kehidupan kita: pemikiran, pekerjaan, waktu luang, nilai-nilai, sikap, dan tujuan hidup kita. Dalam membangun wawasan dunia Kristen, kita harus menyadari pengaruh-pengaruh lingkungan sekitar kita dan apa yang Alkitab katakan berkenaan dengan isu-isu dan tantangan-tantangan yang kita…
Overview: At the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism, an international conference on the spirituality of the Heidelberg Catechism was held at the Theological University Apeldoorn in June 2013. While the contributors center on the Catechism's spirituality, they offer a broad range of scholarly perspectives on the Catechism. Its spirituality is famous for the first quest…
Overview: This volume contains the papers of the international RefoRC conference on Reformed Majorities and Minorities in Early Modern Europe. The contributors discuss the question how the relation between doctrine and toleration was dealt with in territories with a Reformed majority. Did the refugee-experience of the Reformed make them tolerant or militant? How did official policy relate to ev…
Overview: Der Autor untersucht die Beziehungsgeschichte zwischen der Schweiz und Ungarn im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert. Ausgehend von der Frage, warum die ungarische Reformation sich in ihrer Mehrheit dem helvetischen Bekenntnis angeschlossen hatte, untersucht Bernhard das Quellenmaterial und die Forschungsliteratur erstmals lander-und sprachuber-greifend in umfassender Weise. Infolge der umfassend…
Overview: Der Autor untersucht den in Wittenberg gepflegten Umgang mit dem reformationsgeschichtlichen Erbe der Stadt unter den Bedingungen von funf verschiedenen politischen Systemen (1883 - 2012). Reichelt zeigt, wie Wittenberg als historischer Raum des Wissens, politischer Raum der Ideologie und sakraler Raum des Glaubens Erinnerung leiten, kanalisieren und kodieren konnte. Deutlich wird dab…
Overview: The author demonstrates how Augustine came to break with the patristic soteriology and anthropological theology and adopted the radicalism of grace with which he faced the theologians associated with the fifth-century Pelagianis. It was precisely that radicalism of grace that made of Augustine Luther's favourite theologian. The same radicalism was adopted by Luther in his opposition t…
Overview: This work offers a comprehensive examination of how Philip Melancthon (1497-1560) used Greek patristic sources throughtout this extensive career. It is organized around Melancthon's use of Cappadocian works against his opponents: Roman Catholic, the Radical Reformers, the Reformed, and in Intra-Lutheran controversies. The author places Melancthon within the context of the patristic re…
Overview: Karl Barth's argument continues to be representative of a generally accepted modern view that Calvinism and Lutheranism are completely separate, opposing movements and theologies. And yet, in many ways the movements built on the teaching of Luther and Calvin developed in relationship and resonance with one another. Despite this fact, very few scholars have explicitly considered the re…