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Biblical authority after Babel : retrieving the solas in the spirit of mere Protestant Christianity / Kevin J. Vanhoozer. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group, (c)2016.Description: xii, 269 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781587433931
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BX9422.V256.B535 2016
  • BX9422
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Contents:
oh my! -- Grace alone: the mere Protestant ontology, economy, and teleology of the Gospel -- Faith alone: the mere Protestant principle of authority -- Scripture alone: the mere Protestant pattern of interpretative authority -- In Christ alone: the royal priesthood of all believers -- For the glory of God alone: the wealth of holy nations -- Conclusion: from catholic Protestantism to Protestant evangelicalism.
oh my! -- Grace alone: the mere Protestant ontology, economy, and teleology of the gospel -- Faith alone: the mere Protestant principle of authority -- Scripture alone: the mere Protestant pattern of interpretive authority -- In Christ alone: the royal priesthood of all believers -- For the glory of God alone: the wealth of holy nations -- Conclusion: From Catholic Protestantism to Protestant evangelicalism.
Subject: In recent years, notable scholars have argued that the Protestant Reformation unleashed interpretive anarchy on the church. Is it time to consider the Reformation to be a 500-year experiment gone wrong? World-renowned evangelical theologian Kevin Vanhoozer thinks not. While he sees recent critiques as legitimate, he argues that retrieving the Reformation's core principles offers an answer to critics of Protestant biblical interpretation. Vanhoozer explores how a proper reappropriation of the five solas--sola gratia (grace alone), sola fide (faith alone), sola scriptura (Scripture alone), solus Christus (in Christ alone), and sola Deo gloria (for the glory of God alone)--offers the tools to constrain biblical interpretation and establish interpretive authority. He offers a positive assessment of the Reformation, showing how a retrieval of "mere Protestant Christianity" has the potential to reform contemporary Christian belief and practice. This provocative response and statement from a top theologian is accessibly written for pastors, church leaders, and students. - Publisher.Subject: "A world-renowned evangelical theologian explores how a proper reappropriation of the five solas can address critics of the Reformation and renew biblical interpretation"--Publisher's description.
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Introduction: should the church repent or retrieve the Reformation? Secularism, skepticism, and schism -- oh my! -- Grace alone: the mere Protestant ontology, economy, and teleology of the Gospel -- Faith alone: the mere Protestant principle of authority -- Scripture alone: the mere Protestant pattern of interpretative authority -- In Christ alone: the royal priesthood of all believers -- For the glory of God alone: the wealth of holy nations -- Conclusion: from catholic Protestantism to Protestant evangelicalism.

Introduction: Should the church repent or retrieve the Reformation?: secularism, skepticism, and schism -- oh my! -- Grace alone: the mere Protestant ontology, economy, and teleology of the gospel -- Faith alone: the mere Protestant principle of authority -- Scripture alone: the mere Protestant pattern of interpretive authority -- In Christ alone: the royal priesthood of all believers -- For the glory of God alone: the wealth of holy nations -- Conclusion: From Catholic Protestantism to Protestant evangelicalism.

In recent years, notable scholars have argued that the Protestant Reformation unleashed interpretive anarchy on the church. Is it time to consider the Reformation to be a 500-year experiment gone wrong? World-renowned evangelical theologian Kevin Vanhoozer thinks not. While he sees recent critiques as legitimate, he argues that retrieving the Reformation's core principles offers an answer to critics of Protestant biblical interpretation. Vanhoozer explores how a proper reappropriation of the five solas--sola gratia (grace alone), sola fide (faith alone), sola scriptura (Scripture alone), solus Christus (in Christ alone), and sola Deo gloria (for the glory of God alone)--offers the tools to constrain biblical interpretation and establish interpretive authority. He offers a positive assessment of the Reformation, showing how a retrieval of "mere Protestant Christianity" has the potential to reform contemporary Christian belief and practice. This provocative response and statement from a top theologian is accessibly written for pastors, church leaders, and students. - Publisher.

"A world-renowned evangelical theologian explores how a proper reappropriation of the five solas can address critics of the Reformation and renew biblical interpretation"--Publisher's description.

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