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The Evangelical Review of Theology and Politics VOL. 4, 2016 ISSN : 2053-6763 The Evangelical Review of Theology and Politics Vol. 4, 2016 ISSN : 2053–6763 KING’S DIVINITY PRESS The Evangelical Review of Theology and Politics www.evangelicalreview.com www.evangelicalreview.com The Evangelical Review of Theology and Politics ISSN: 2053-6763 Copyright © 2016 King’s Divinity Press. All material is copyright protected and may not be reproduced, stored or transmitted without written permission (except where a licence exists to do so). Typesetting :: Ash Design (UK) Minion Pro 10.5pt on 14.5pt The Evangelical Review of Theology and Politics Volume 4 2016 Edited by Calvin L. Smith Stephen M. Vantassel King’s Divinity Press (a division of King’s Evangelical Divinity School) United Kingdom Core Values The Evangelical Review of Theology and Politics subscribes to the historic decisions of the early church councils. We hold dearly to the deity of Christ, the virgin conception, salvation through Jesus Christ, and the Trinity. We also believe in the unity of Scripture and consider the Bible as the final authority on all issues of faith and practice. This high view of Scripture requires submissions to be underpinned by a thoughtful biblical and theological analysis. The Editors also welcome non-Evangelical contributors to submit critiques of Evangelical political and social thought, providing they are suitably respectful of our values and beliefs, and that submissions are of interest and relevance to the aims and readership of the journal. Articles appearing in the journal do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editors. Editors Consulting Editors Dr Calvin L. Smith, King’s Dr Mark R. Amstutz, Wheaton College, USA Evangelical Divinity School, U.K. Dr. P.H. Brazier, Wimbledon, London, UK. Dr Stephen Vantassel, King’s Dr Jonathan Chaplin, Kirby Laing Institute for Evangelical Divinity School, Christian Ethics, England U.K., and, University of Nebraska Dr David Cowan, University of St Andrew’s and (Lincoln), U.S.A. King’s Evangelical Divinity School Book Reviews Editor Dr Brian Edgar, Asbury Theological Seminary, USA Timothy Lim T. N., Regent Dr Paul Freston, Institute for Studies of Religion, University (Virginia, U.S.A.) and Baylor University, USA King’s Evangelical Divinity School Dr Douglas Petersen, Vanguard University, USA (U.K.) Dr Timothy R.A. Sherratt, Gordon College, USA Design, Web, and Production Revd Dr David Smith, International Christian Manager College, Scotland P.H. Brazier (Ash Design), Dr Daniel Strange, Oak Hill College, England Wimbledon London, U.K. Dr Michael Vlach, The Master’s Seminary, USA The Evangelical Review of Theology and Politics is an online journal. All articles and reviews are published online as PDF files, and are downloadable by subscribers. All articles and reviews are published in real time. Once peer reviewed and typeset they are immediately published online and the subscribers notified by email. This takes the place of a printed journal. Subscribers can print-off articles and bind them in a folder for future reference. This means there is no delay between acceptance and publication of an article: the material becomes available immediately to the academic and Church communities. Periodically a selection of the articles/essays is published in book form. For subscriptions and submission guidelines and further information concerning the journal visit www.evangelicalreview. com and download our style sheet. Consideration begins immediately upon receipt. Abstracts This journal is abstracted in Religious and Theological Abstracts, 100 West Park Ave (Box 215), Myerstown PA 17067, USA. http://rtabstracts.org www.evangelicalreview.com Contents Contributors ix Introduction Calvin L. Smith xv Articles ----------------------------–--- 1 Kyle R. Greenwood, The Dissent of Man: Evangelicals and Evolution Nine Decades After Scopes 3 David A. Graham, What Modernity gets Wrong and the Classical Tradition got Right: A Critique of Bruce L. McCormack’s Theology 23 Anthony A.J.Williams, Christian Socialism? A Critical Evaluation of Christian Socialist Theology’ 47 Elvira King Politics and Religion in the European Union: Christian Zionist Advocacy in Brussels 73 vi Contents ERTP Forum --------------------------- 89 P.H. Brazier, Timothy T. N. Lim, Yuxiao Su, Amos Yong, Henry Kuo, and Pascal Bazzell , The Church, Evangelism, and the Political in Countries of the Western Pacific Rim 91 Review Articles ------------------------- 133 Amos Yong Revelation and the Political in the 21st Century: A Review Essay 135 P.H. Brazier C.S. Lewis and John Calvin: Heaven and Hell, Choice and Damnation, Freedom and Responsibility 151 Book Reviews -------------------------- 173 John M.G. Barclay, Paul and the Gift Reviewed by Walter Lamberti 175 Timothy Sherrat, Power made Perfect Reviewed by Stephen Vantassel. 178 James K. A. Smith, You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit Reviewed by Ashley Staggs-Kay 182 Contents vii Robert H. Stein, Jesus, The Temple, and the Coming Son of Man: A Commentary on Mark 13 Reviewed by Anthony Royle 186 Notes 191 Submissions 199 Contributors Articles DAVID A. GRAHAM David A. Graham is pursuing a PhD in theology at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. He intends to write a dissertation on theological exegesis in the Church Fathers and Karl Barth, focusing on the use of Philippians 2:5-11. KYLE R. GREENWOOD Kyle R. Greenwood (PhD Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion) is Associate Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew Language, Colorado Christian University. He is the author of Scripture and Cosmology: Reading the Bible Between the Ancient World and Modern Science (IVP Academic, 2015) and the editor of Since the Beginning: Interpreting Genesis 1–2 Through the Ages (Baker Academic, forthcoming). ELVIRA KING Elvira King completed her PhD studies in International Politics at the University of Leeds. She specialises in European Union foreign policy in the Middle East. Currently she teaches at Durham University at School of Government and International Affairs. Her research interests revolve broadly around contemporary changes in international diplomacy and geopolitics, with a specific focus on the impact it creates on the State of Israel. E-mail contact address: [email protected] x Contributors ANTHONY WILLIAMS Dr Anthony Williams is a tutor in politics at the University of Liverpool. He has recently completed his doctoral thesis, ‘Christian Socialism as a Political Ideology’, and is interested in Christian thought about and engagement with politics, as well as political ideology in general. ORCID: 0000-0002-3811-1756. ERTP Forum TIMOTHY T. N. LIM Revd. Dr. Timothy T. N. Lim, Ph.D. is visiting lecturer for London School of Theology (London), tutor for King’s Evangelical Divinity School (Broadstairs, UK), and incoming English congregation pastor of Austin Taiwanese Presbyterian Church (Texas). He serves as board member for the North American Academy of Ecumenists, and is member of the Faith & Order Commission of the Virginia Council of Churches, and editorial board for One in Christ (Turvey, UK). He is married and has three boys. YUXIAO SU (SUSAN) Dr. Yuxiao Su, Professor of English Literature, English Department, College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, P.R.China was an Academic Visitor at Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford (Sept. 2014 – Sept. 2015). Her doctoral thesis was on C.S. Lewis’s literary criticism, entitled The Self and the Other: A Study of C.S. Lewis’s Aesthetics of Otherness, published in Chinese by China Social Science Press (2012). AMOS YONG Amos Yong is Professor of Theology and Mission and director of the Centre for Missiological Research at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. His graduate education includes degrees in theology, history, Contributors xi and religious studies from Western Evangelical Seminary (now George Fox Seminary) and Portland State University, both in Portland, Oregon, and Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, and an undergraduate degree from Bethany University of the Assemblies of God. He has authored or edited over forty volumes. HENRY KUO Henry Kuo is a doctoral candidate in systematic and philosophical theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. Born in Taiwan, he lived in Singapore for 13 years before emigrating to the United States. His research focuses on Reformed ecclesiology, theology and economics, as well as the theologies of Augustine of Hippo and Johann Baptist Metz. He is also the founding editor of the Berkeley Journal of Religion and Theology. PASCAL BAZZELL Pascal D. Bazzell is Affiliate Assistant Professor of Intercultural Theology and Mission Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary (USA) and the Representative for the “Church in Dialog” (mission, ecumenical, interreligious dialog and international development) of the Evangelical- Reformed Church, St. Gallen in Switzerland. He served with YWAM (1998-2004) and then OMF (2004-2014) in Davao City, Philippines. He was mainly involved in training, church planting and community development. He is married to Karina ‘Kaye’ R. Bazzell, and they have three children. Review Articles AMOS YONG Amos Yong is Professor of Theology and Mission and director of the Center for Missiological Research at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, xii Contributors California. His graduate education includes degrees in theology, history, and religious studies from Western Evangelical Seminary (now George Fox Seminary) and Portland State University, Portland,
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