Witherington, B: Problem with Evangelical Theology

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4813-1504-3
Verlag: Baylor University Press

Buch, Englisch, 325 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

There is no doubting the legacy of the Protestant Reformers and their successors. Luther, Calvin, and Wesley not only spawned specific denominational traditions, but their writings have been instrumental in forging a broadly embraced evangelical theology as well. In this volume, Ben Witherington wrestles with some of the big ideas of these major traditional theological systems (sin, God's sovereignty, prophecy, grace, and the Holy Spirit), asking tough questions about their biblical foundations. Witherington argues that evangelicalism sometimes wrongly assumes a biblical warrant for some of its more popular beliefs, and, further, he pushes the reader to engage the larger story and plot of the Bible to understand these central elements of belief.

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Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Overture: The Legacy of the Reformers
- PART ONE. Augustine's Children: The Problems with Reformed Theology
- 1 Oh Adam, Where Art Thou?
- 2 Squinting at the Pauline "I" Chart
- 3 Laying Down the Law with Luther
- 4 Awaiting the Election Results
- PART TWO. On Dispensing with Dispensationalism
- 5 Enraptured but not Uplifted: The Origins of Dispensationalism and Prophecy
- 6 What Goes Up, Must Come Down: The Problem with Rapture Theology
- 7 Will the Real Israel of God Please Stand Up?
- PART THREE. Mr. Wesley Heading West
- 8 Jesus, Paul, and John: Keeping Company in the Kingdom
- 9 New Birth or New Creatures?
- 10 Amazing Prevenient Grace and Entire Sanctification
- PART FOUR. The Long Journey Home-Where Do We Go from Here?
- 11 Reimagining the Mystery
- 12 And So?
- Coda: Rebirth of Orthodoxy or Return to Fundamentalism?
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ben Witherington III is Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary. His publications include Troubled Waters: Rethinking the Theology of Baptism (2007), Making a Meal of It: Rethinking the Theology of the Lord's Supper (2007), The Living Word of God: Rethinking the Theology of the Bible (2007), What's in the Word: Rethinking the Socio-Rhetorical Character of the New Testament (2009), and The Problem with Evangelical Theology: Testing the Exegetical Foundations of Calvinism, Dispensationalism, Wesleyanism, and Pentecostalism, Revised and Expanded Edition (2015).