There is no doubting the legacy of 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. 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. Advocating a return to Protestantism’s sola scriptura roots, Witherington argues that evangelicalism sometimes wrongly assumes a biblical warrant for some of its more popular beliefs.
Witherington pushes the reader to engage the larger story and plot of the Bible in order to understand the crucial theological elements of Protestant belief. The Problem with Evangelical Theology casts today’s evangelical belief and practice—be it Calvinistic, Wesleyan, Dispensational, or Pentecostal—in the light of its scriptural origins. Witherington offers a comprehensive description of evangelical theology while concurrently providing an insistent corrective to its departures from both tradition and text.
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CONTENTS
Overture: The Legacy of the Reformers
PART ONE
Augustine’s Children: The Problems with Reformed Theology
1. Oh Adam, Where Art Thou?
2. Squinting at the Pauline ’I’ Chart
3. Laying Down the Law with Luther
4. Awaiting the Election Results
5. Complementarianism is no Compliment
PART TWO
On Dispensing with Dispensationalism
6. Enraptured but not Uplifted: The Origins of Dispensationalism and Prophecy
7. What Goes Up, Must Come Down: The Problem with Rapture Theology
8. Will the Real Israel of God Please Stand Up?
PART THREE
Mr. Wesley Heading West
9. Jesus, Paul, and John: Keeping Company in the Kingdom
10. New Birth or New Creatures?
11. Amazing Prevenient Grace and Entire Sanctification
PART FOUR
The Cost of Pentecostalism
12. The People of Pentecost
13. The Second Blessing of Pentecostalism
PART FIVE
The Long Journey Home—Where Do We Go from Here?
14. Reimagining the Mystery
15. And So?
Coda: Rebirth of Orthodoxy or Return to Fundamentalism?
Om författaren
Ben Witherington III is Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary. His publications include Troubled Waters: Rethinking the Theology of Baptism (2007), Making a Meal of It: Rethinking the Theology of the Lord’s Supper (2007), The Living Word of God: Rethinking the Theology of the Bible (2007), and What’s in the Word: Rethinking the Socio-Rhetorical Character of the New Testament (2009).
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