The Task of Dogmatics

Oliver D. Crisp (PhD, University of London; DLitt University of Aberdeen) is Professor of Analytic Theology at the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology, St. Mary's College, the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is author of numerous books in analytic and systematic theology, including Analyzing Doctrine: Toward a Systematic Theology; Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology; Divinity and Humanity: The Incarnation Reconsidered; God Incarnate: Explorations in Christology; Retrieving Doctrine: Essays in Reformed Theology; and Revisioning Christology: Theology in the Reformed Tradition. Together with Fred Sanders, he is co-founder of the Los Angeles Theology Conference. Fred Sanders (PhD, Graduate Theological Union) is professor of theology in the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University in La Mirada, California. He is author of numerous books including The Triune God in the New Studies in Dogmatics series; The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything; and Dr. Doctrines Christian Comix. He is coeditor of Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective: An Introductory Christology and Retrieving Eternal Generation. Fred is a core participant in the Theological Engagement with Californias Culture Project and a popular blogger at The Scriptorium Daily.

Acknowledgements Introduction (the Editors) List of Contributors 1. Michael Allen---Dogmatics as Ascetics 2. Henri Blocher---The Permanent Validity and Contextual Relativity of Doctrinal Statements 3. Katherine Sonderegger---Title Coming Soon 4. Scott Swain---Dogmatics and Systematic Theology 5. Kevin Vanhoozer---Can I Get a Witness? Dogmatics, Analytics, Poetics, and the Challenge of Making Theological Statements 4-6 more essays will be selected from breakout paper submissions