Church Doctrine, Volume 1

by Paul C McGlasson

Overview

About the Contributor(s):
Paul McGlasson is pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Sullivan, Indiana. He received his MDiv from Yale Divinity School and his PhD from Yale University in systematic theology. He is the author of several books, including God the Redeemer, Canon and Proclamation, and Invitation to Dogmatic Theology. Before entering the parish ministry, McGlasson taught theology for several years in college and seminary.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620326947
Publisher:	Cascade Books
Publication date:	08/02/2013
Series:	Faith and Practice of the Christian Community
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Paul C. McGlasson is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA). He received his MDiv from Yale Divinity School and his PhD in Systematic Theology from Yale University. He is the author of several books, including God the Redeemer (1993), Canon and Proclamation (2000), and Invitation to Dogmatic Theology (2006). McGlasson has served the church both as a parish minister and as a teacher of theology in college and seminary.

What People are Saying About This

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"Here is a clear, learned, accessible, and profoundly courageous volume that directs the reader to the heart of the faith. In deep conversation with the past and present, McGlasson has his eye on the future and offers here the necessary provisions for the church to move forward in faithfulness and good cheer."
—Thomas W. Currie, Union Presbyterian Seminary

"In a wonderfully lucid way, Paul McGlasson makes a convincing case for the vital importance of Christian doctrine. While he listens carefully to the tradition, McGlasson also takes care to speak to pastors and teachers in today's church. He notes the follies and inconsistencies of voices on the left and right and instead charts a creative and independent path that seeks genuine renewal of faith and life."
—Mark Tranvik, Augsburg Center for Faith and Living

"Church Doctrine promises to be a major contribution to theological synthesis for our day. His opening volume on canon is a unique and wonderful down payment that examines the way Scripture and its proclamation frame the entire context of our theology and life in Christ. McGlasson writes concretely, pertinently, and practically, applying his vast learning judiciously and with a perfect pitch. Catholic in scope, robustly Protestant in sensibility, this is a gift to the whole church."
—Ephraim Radner, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto

"For over a thousand years the dogmatic task—the believing mind's quest to understand how the Christian faith hangs together in all of its complexity—has been the summit of the Christian intellectual life. Few now attempt it, but Paul McGlasson offers here the first volume of a full dogmatics, clearly Reformed in outlook, yet informed by the faith of the wider church. May his effort rouse other Christians to join him in the task."
—Bruce D. Marshall, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University

Editorial Reviews

"Over the past half-decade Paul McGlasson has quietly been turning out one of the most important dogmatic theologies of our time. His Church Doctrine, vol. IV: Reconciliation is the culmination of the project so far. It is a beautiful book. The presentation of Chalcedonian Christology is masterful, and the account of the atonement is exemplary both for its balance and for its spiritual penetration. Much as when I read Karl Barth, I often find myself moved as well as instructed by McGlasson's writing. This is ecclesial dogmatics of the highest order."
—Joseph L. Mangina, Professor of Theology, Wycliffe College; Editor, Pro Ecclesia: A Journal of Catholic and Evangelical Theology

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