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“A Companion to the Theology of John Webster,” edited by Michael Allen and R. David Nelson

“A Companion to the Theology of John Webster,” edited by Michael Allen and R. David Nelson

*** Eerdmans | 2021 | 366 pages (hardcover) | $50.00 John Webster has been called “the theologian’s theologian” for his incisive style and project of “theological theology,” which responds to the revelation of the Triune God in faithful speech and action. Theology in the hands of Webster is always a vital act, coram Deo, marked […]

The Medium Is the Mania: Anxiety as a Feature, Not a Bug, of Digital Media

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All Thy Lights Combine: Figural Reading in the Anglican TraditionEdited by Ephraim Radner and David Ney Lexham Press | January 2022 | 304 pages (hardcover) | $32.99 Recent years have seen a growing interest by Protestants in what has been variously called the “theological” or precritical reading of Scripture that has centered around a theological […]

The Martyr Complex

Theological Education for Christians

Introduction: Learning Theology in Ongoing Wartime Theological study might appear to be a distraction in times of crisis, but such tumultuous times actually demonstrate the need for that kind of doctrinal formation. It’s a perennial reality that great unrest raises the question of justifying the investment of time, money, or passion in preparing for the […]

The Divine Artist

“Oxford Handbook of Reformed Theology,” edited by Michael Allen and Scott R. Swain

Oxford Handbook of Reformed TheologyEdited by Michael Allen and Scott R. SwainOxford: Oxford University Press, 2020688 pages (hardcover), $145.00 Reformed theology is catholic Protestantism, and catholic Protestantism is Reformed theology. The volume before me serves as a summarized introduction to the question, what is Reformed theology? It provides something of its genesis in the sixteenth […]

Between Defiance and Despair

Understanding Sola Scriptura Aright

The executive editor of Modern Reformation, Joshua Schendel, recently talked with Dr. Michael Allen, who is the John Dyer Trimble Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Allen is the author of many articles and books, including Reformed Theology (T & T Clark, 2010) and, with his colleague Scott Swain, Reformed Catholicity: The […]

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