Reflections on Reformational Theology

Kimlyn J. Bender is Professor of Christian Theology at George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University, USA.

Bender’s grasp of a remarkably wide range of sources, for example of the first, second and third generation Reformers; his exceptionally acute antennae as a reader of Barth; and his passionate commitment to re-store to the Protestant Church a truly evangelical doctrinal centre, make this a challenging but wonderfully rewarding book.

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction – Christ, the Gospel, and the Protestant VisionPart 1: The Reformation and Its Legacy1. Martin Luther and the Birth of the Protestant Ecclesial Vision 2. The Sola behind the Solas: The Unity of the Five Solas of the Reformation3. Karl Barth on Luther and Calvin as Fathers of the Church 4. The Last Protestant: Karl Barth, the Being of the Church, and the Culmination of the Protestant Ecclesial VisionPart 2: Ecumenical Conversations with Distant Descendents of the Reformation5. Karl Barth, Confessionalism, and a Free Church Tradition 6. Karl Barth and Pietism: Traces of a Family Resemblance7. Karl Barth and Kierkegaard: Unacknowledged Debts to a Lutheran Existential Pietist Part 3: Church and Academy Ever Reforming8. The Ascension of Christ and the Pilgrim Church 9. The Confessional Task of the Christian University Part 4: Postscript10. The American Experience of a Darkening and Receding Providence: The Civil War and the Unmaking of an American Religious Synthesis