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The Cambridge Companion to REFORMED THEOLOGY

This Companion offers an introduction to Reformed theology, one of the most historically important, ecumenically active, and currently generative traditions of doctrinal inquiry, by way of refl ecting on its origins, its development, and its signifi cance. Part I , Theological Topics, indicates the distinct array of doctrinal concerns which gives coherence over time to the identity of this tradition in all its diver- sity. Part II , Theological Figures, explores the life and work of a small number of theologians who not only have worked within this tradition but also have constructively shaped and inspired it in vital ways. The fi nal part , Theological Contexts, considers the ways in which the resultant Reformed sensibilities in theology have had a marked impact both on theological and ecclesiastical landscapes in different places and on the wider societal landscapes of history. The result is a fascinating and compelling guide to this dynamic and vibrant theological tradition.

Paul T. Nimmo holds the Chair in Systematic Theology at the University of Aberdeen. He received a Templeton Award for Theological Promise for his book Being in Action in 2009, and is an editor of the International Journal of Systematic Theology . He has been a Fellow of the Center for Barth Studies since 2009, and has served on the AAR Reformed Theology and History Group Steering Committee and as Treasurer of the Society of the Study of Theology. He delivered the Kerr Lectures in Glasgow in 2008.

David A. S. Fergusson is Professor of Divinity and Principal of New College at the University of Edinburgh. He has delivered the Bampton Lectures in Oxford (2001), the Gifford Lectures in Glasgow (2008), and the Warfi eld Lectures in Princeton (2009). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2004 and a Fellow of the British Academy in 2013. His publications include several monographs and edited collections, including Faith and Its Critics (2009) and Creation (2014).

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The Cambridge Companion to REFORMED THEOLOGY

Edited by

Paul T. Nimmo University of Aberdeen

David A. S. Fergusson University of Edinburgh

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Contents

List of Contributors page ix Acknowledgements xi

1 Introduction 1 Paul T. Nimmo and David A. S. Fergusson

Part I Theological topics 2 Scripture 11 J. Todd Billings 3 Confessions 28 Michael Allen 4 Election 44 Rinse H. Reeling Brouwer 5 Christology 60 Bruce L. McCormack 6 Sacraments 79 Paul T. Nimmo 7 The Christian life 96 Cynthia L. Rigby

Part II Theological fi gures 8 Huldrych Zwingli 117 Peter Opitz 9 John Calvin 132 Randall C. Zachman 10 Jonathan Edwards 148 Oliver D. Crisp 11 Friedrich Schleiermacher 163 Kevin W. Hector 12 Karl Barth 179 Michael Beintker

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Part III Theological contexts 13 Reformed theology and puritanism 199 Susan Hardman Moore 14 Reformed theology and scholasticism 215 Dolf te Velde 15 Reformed theology in continental Europe 230 Eberhard Busch 16 Reformed theology in the British Isles 248 David A. S. Fergusson 17 Reformed theology in North America 269 James D. Bratt 18 Reformed theology in Africa 285 Isabel Apawo Phiri 19 Reformed theology in Asia and Oceania 296 Sung Bihn Yim, Yasuhiro Sekikawa, Alexander Chow and Geoff Thompson 20 Reformed theology, mission, and ecumenism 319 Darrell L. Guder

Index 335

Contributors

Michael Allen is Associate Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. Michael Beintker is Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology and was Director of the Seminar for Reformed Theology at the Westfälische Wilhelms- Universität, Münster. J. Todd Billings is Gordon H. Girod Research Professor of Reformed Theology at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. James D. Bratt is Professor of History at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Eberhard Busch is Emeritus Professor in Reformed Theology at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Alexander Chow is Chancellor’s Fellow in World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh. Oliver D. Crisp is Professor of Systematic Theology in the School of Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. David A. S. Fergusson is Professor of Divinity and Principal of New College at the University of Edinburgh. Darrell L. Guder is Henry Winters Luce Professor of Missional and Ecumenical Theology Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary. Susan Hardman Moore is Professor of Early Modern Religion at the University of Edinburgh. Kevin W. Hector is Associate Professor of Theology and of the Philosophy of Religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Bruce L. McCormack is Charles Hodge Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. Paul T. Nimmo is Professor in Systematic Theology at the University of Aberdeen. Peter Opitz is Professor of Church History and Historical Theology and Director of the Institute for Swiss Reformation Studies at the University of Zürich.

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Isabel Apawo Phiri is Associate General Secretary for Public Witness and Diakonia of the World Council of Churches, Geneva, and Honorary Professor of African Theology at the University of KwaZulu Natal. Rinse H. Reeling Brouwer is the Miskotte/Breukelman Professor at the Protestant Theological University, Amsterdam and Groningen. Cynthia L. Rigby is the W. C. Brown Professor of Theology at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin, Texas. Yasuhiro Sekikawa is Professor of Historical Theology at Tokyo Union Theological Seminary. Geoff Thompson is Co-ordinator of Studies in Systematic Theology at Pilgrim Theological College, in the University of Divinity, Melbourne. Dolf (R. T.) te Velde is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at the Theological University of Kampen. Sung Bihn Yim is Professor and Former Dean of the Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary in Seoul. Randall C. Zachman is Professor of Reformation Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

Acknowledgements

The Editors would like to express their gratitude to Michael Bräutigam for his translation work and to David Robinson for his editorial labours. They would also like to thank their editors at Cambridge University Press, Kate Brett, Laura Morris, Alexandra Poreda, and Isabella Vitti, and their copy editor, Theresa Kornak. Paul Nimmo would like to express his sincere appreciation for the ongoing collegiality and the profound friendship of Jason Fout, Tom Greggs, Stephen Manders, Mark Russell, Don Wood, Simeon Zahl, and Phil Ziegler. He would also like to acknowledge his enduring gratitude to those who have taught him of the Reformed tradition, in particular to his dear friend Ernest Marvin. Finally, he would like to acknowledge his loving indebtedness to his family, who continue to inspire and sustain him, and above all to Jill, Samuel, Daniel, and Rebekah. David Fergusson wishes to acknowledge his gratitude to those con- gregations and ministers who have supported him over many years, especially at Holburn West Church in Aberdeen and Greenbank Church in Edinburgh. They have taught him more about the Reformed tradition than they may realise. And to Margot, Mark and Calum, he would like to express his appreciation for their constant support and cheerful companionship.