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Church Doctrine, Volume 3
The present volume is the third in a five-volume study of church doctrine. The multivolume set covers the major parts of church doctrine: Canon, God, Creation, Reconciliation, and Redemption. The first volume begins with an introduction to the entire project on why doctrine matters, which stresses the ecumenical, global, and above all biblical horizons of church doctrine as a primary expression of Christian witness. The second volume discusses the doctrine of God. The purpose of this third volume is to reaffirm the traditional church doctrine of Creation, and yet to do so in a way that submits that tradition to the overruling, overpowering authority of Scripture. God the Creator, according to the Bible, owns the entire universe; it does not belong to humankind. We live in service of his covenant of grace; but we do so along with our fellow creatures in a common vulnerability and finitude. The volume addresses the question of how the church doctrine of Creation speaks to the manifold ecological crisis of our time. Church doctrine is not a luxury but a necessity for the living community of faith, by which its witness in word and deed is tested against the one true measure of Christ the risen Lord. "The writing of dogmatics is and always has been a rare undertaking in America. Rarer still are those equipped to do so well. With deep grounding in the ancient tradition of the church, profound awareness of the major fault lines in modern theology, and extraordinary insight into contemporary questions and the global situation, Paul McGlasson has produced a brilliant work on the doctrine of creation, which, like his first two volumes in this series, is refreshingly reformed, orthodox, and ecumenical. Clear, cogent, and compelling, it is a gift to the Christian Community." --Richard Burnett, Professor of Systematic Theology, Erskine Theological Seminary Paul C. 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 parish ministry, McGlasson taught theology for several years at colleges and seminaries.
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Church Doctrine, Volume 3
The present volume is the third in a five-volume study of church doctrine. The multivolume set covers the major parts of church doctrine: Canon, God, Creation, Reconciliation, and Redemption. The first volume begins with an introduction to the entire project on why doctrine matters, which stresses the ecumenical, global, and above all biblical horizons of church doctrine as a primary expression of Christian witness. The second volume discusses the doctrine of God. The purpose of this third volume is to reaffirm the traditional church doctrine of Creation, and yet to do so in a way that submits that tradition to the overruling, overpowering authority of Scripture. God the Creator, according to the Bible, owns the entire universe; it does not belong to humankind. We live in service of his covenant of grace; but we do so along with our fellow creatures in a common vulnerability and finitude. The volume addresses the question of how the church doctrine of Creation speaks to the manifold ecological crisis of our time. Church doctrine is not a luxury but a necessity for the living community of faith, by which its witness in word and deed is tested against the one true measure of Christ the risen Lord. "The writing of dogmatics is and always has been a rare undertaking in America. Rarer still are those equipped to do so well. With deep grounding in the ancient tradition of the church, profound awareness of the major fault lines in modern theology, and extraordinary insight into contemporary questions and the global situation, Paul McGlasson has produced a brilliant work on the doctrine of creation, which, like his first two volumes in this series, is refreshingly reformed, orthodox, and ecumenical. Clear, cogent, and compelling, it is a gift to the Christian Community." --Richard Burnett, Professor of Systematic Theology, Erskine Theological Seminary Paul C. 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 parish ministry, McGlasson taught theology for several years at colleges and seminaries.
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Church Doctrine, Volume 3

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Church Doctrine, Volume 3

by Paul C McGlasson

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The present volume is the third in a five-volume study of church doctrine. The multivolume set covers the major parts of church doctrine: Canon, God, Creation, Reconciliation, and Redemption. The first volume begins with an introduction to the entire project on why doctrine matters, which stresses the ecumenical, global, and above all biblical horizons of church doctrine as a primary expression of Christian witness. The second volume discusses the doctrine of God. The purpose of this third volume is to reaffirm the traditional church doctrine of Creation, and yet to do so in a way that submits that tradition to the overruling, overpowering authority of Scripture. God the Creator, according to the Bible, owns the entire universe; it does not belong to humankind. We live in service of his covenant of grace; but we do so along with our fellow creatures in a common vulnerability and finitude. The volume addresses the question of how the church doctrine of Creation speaks to the manifold ecological crisis of our time. Church doctrine is not a luxury but a necessity for the living community of faith, by which its witness in word and deed is tested against the one true measure of Christ the risen Lord. "The writing of dogmatics is and always has been a rare undertaking in America. Rarer still are those equipped to do so well. With deep grounding in the ancient tradition of the church, profound awareness of the major fault lines in modern theology, and extraordinary insight into contemporary questions and the global situation, Paul McGlasson has produced a brilliant work on the doctrine of creation, which, like his first two volumes in this series, is refreshingly reformed, orthodox, and ecumenical. Clear, cogent, and compelling, it is a gift to the Christian Community." --Richard Burnett, Professor of Systematic Theology, Erskine Theological Seminary Paul C. 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 parish ministry, McGlasson taught theology for several years at colleges and seminaries.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781620326961
Publisher: Cascade Books
Publication date: 10/02/2015
Series: Faith and Practice of the Christian Community
Pages: 194
Product dimensions: 8.90(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Paul C. 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 parish ministry, McGlasson taught theology for several years at colleges and seminaries.

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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

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