Protestant Scholasticism : Essays in Reassessment. Edited by Carl R. Trueman & R. S. Clark. CARLISLE : 1999. [ Melanchthon, Peter Martyr, John Calvin, William Perkins, Richard Baxter ]

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FIRST EDITION. CARLISLE : 1999. Paperback. Blue pictorial covers. Tight, bright and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. An excellent copy. (xix), 344pages. Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-334). Indexes. A major work. '.a significant contribution to the more positive interpretation and evaluation of a range of Reformed and Lutheran theologians.' W.P. Stevens. CONTENTS: Sic et non: Luther and scholasticism by D. V. N. Bagchi -- The scholastic Calvin by David C. Steinmetz -- The use and abuse of a document: Beza's Tabula Praedestinationis, the Bolsec controversy, and the origins of Reformed orthodoxy by Richard A. Muller -- Peter Martyr Vermigli: at the crossroads of late medieval scholasticism, Christian humanism and resurgent Augustinianism by Frank A. James III -- Patristics, exegesis, and the eucharist in the theology of Girolamo Zanchi by John L. Farthing -- Law and grace in Ursinus' doctrine of the natural covenant: a reappraisal by Lyle D. Bierma -- The authority of reason in the later Reformation: scholasticism in Caspar Olevian and Antoine de la Faye by R. Scott Clark -- The distinction between scholastic and popular: Andreas Hyperius and Reformed scholasticism by Donald Sinnema -- Protestant 'scholasticism' at Elizabethan Cambridge: William Perkins and a Reformed theology of the heart by Paul R. Schaefer -- John Hales' good-night to John Calvin by W. Robert Godfrey -- A small step towards rationalism: the impact of the metaphysics of Tommaso Campanella on the theology of Richard Baxter by Carl R. Trueman -- Scottish Reformed scholasticism by P. G. Ryken -- The denial of the innate idea of God in Dutch Remonstrant theology from Episcopius to van Limborch by John E. Platt -- Gisbertus Voetius: toward a Reformed marriage of knowledge and piety by Joel R. Beeke -- The twilight of scholasticism: Francis Terretin at the dawn of the Enlightenment by James T. Dennison Jr. -- Theological transition in Geneva from Jean-Alphonse Terretin to Jacob Vernet by Martin I. Klauber -- Melanchthon's relation to scholasticism by Lowell C. Green -- Johann Gerhard's doctrine of the sacraments by David P. Scaer. SUMMARY: Traditionally Protestant theology, between Luther's early reforming career and the dawn of the Enlightenment, has been seen in terms of decline and fall into the wastelands of rationalism and scholastic speculation. Editors Trueman and Clark challenge this perception in this transatlantic collection of eighteen essays covering Luther and Calvin; Early Reformed Orthodoxy; the British Connection; From High Orthodoxy to Enlightenment; and the Rise of Lutheran Orthodoxy. Lg.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. Seller Inventory # 0044839

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