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The problem with evangelical theology : testing the exegetical foundations of Calvinism, dispensationalism, and Wesleyanism / Ben Witherington III

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2005Description: xi, 294 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1932792422 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 230.046 WITP 22
LOC classification:
  • BR1640 .W58 2005
Contents:
Oh Adam, where art thou? -- Squinting at the Pauline "I" chart -- Laying down the Law with Luther -- Awaiting the election results -- Enraptured but not uplifted : the origins of Dispensationalism and prophecy -- What goes up, must come down : the problem with rapture theology -- Will the real Israel of God please stand up? -- Jesus, Paul, and John : keeping company in the kingdom -- New birth or new creatures? -- Amazing prevenient grace and entire sanctification -- Reimagining the mystery -- And so? -- Rebirth of orthodoxy or return to fundamentalism?
Summary: 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. For these key doctrines, Witherington argues that evangelicalism sometimes wrongly assumes a biblical warrant for some of its more popular beliefs and, further, pushes the reader to engage the larger story and plot of the Bible to understand these central elements of belief
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-294)

Oh Adam, where art thou? -- Squinting at the Pauline "I" chart -- Laying down the Law with Luther -- Awaiting the election results -- Enraptured but not uplifted : the origins of Dispensationalism and prophecy -- What goes up, must come down : the problem with rapture theology -- Will the real Israel of God please stand up? -- Jesus, Paul, and John : keeping company in the kingdom -- New birth or new creatures? -- Amazing prevenient grace and entire sanctification -- Reimagining the mystery -- And so? -- Rebirth of orthodoxy or return to fundamentalism?

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. For these key doctrines, Witherington argues that evangelicalism sometimes wrongly assumes a biblical warrant for some of its more popular beliefs and, further, pushes the reader to engage the larger story and plot of the Bible to understand these central elements of belief

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