Review: The Logic of the Body: Retrieving Theological Psychology, by Matthew A. LaPine “What is man?” (Ps 8:4). The psalmist’s question is not after a definition, much less a metaphysical description of human beings. His question expresses wonder at humankind’s place in the cosmos. Made “a little lower than the angels,” as the Septuagint has […]
“Reformed Theology in the Context of the Reformation(s)”: Excerpts from the OHRT
Below is an excerpt from Chapter 3 of The Oxford Handbook of Reformed Theology , by Carl Trueman. Dr. Trueman received his PhD in Church History from the University of Aberdeen. He is Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College. The origins of the major confessional division between Luther and the Reformed lie in […]
“Reformed Theology and Medieval Theology”: Excerpts from the OHRT
Below is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of The Oxford Handbook of Reformed Theology , by Christopher Cleveland. Dr. Cleveland received his Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen, where he studied under Professor John Webster. His research focuses on the relationship between medieval and Reformed thought. He is the author of Thomism in John Owen. Reformed theology […]
“Reformed Theology and the Church Fathers”: Excerpts from the OHRT
Below is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of The Oxford Handbook of Reformed Theology , by Aza Goudriaan. Dr. Goudriaan is Guest Professor of Historical Theology at the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Leuven, and Associate Professor of the History of Christianity at the Faculty of Religion and Theology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. One of the most enduring, […]
Introducing The Oxford Handbook of Reformed Theology
The publication of The Oxford Handbook of Reformed Theology in November 2020 marks the culmination of seven years of hard but joyful work. Friends warned Michael Allen and me that editing a volume of 39 chapters written by over 40 different authors would demand more of us than we could anticipate; and they were right! […]
Notes on Book IV of the Psalter
One of my long-term research projects is a book on the divine attributes. The operating methodological thesis of the project is that learning to speak rightly of God (theology) requires learning to read the Bible rightly (hermeneutics). Related to that project, below are some notes, summarized under six headings, that I’ve put together on how […]
