Thinking With the Church: Toward a Renewal of Baptist Theology

by Derek C. Hatch

Overview

Over the centuries, Baptists have labored to follow Christ in faithful devotion and service. More recently, they have occasionally partnered with fellow Christians from other traditions in these efforts while learning from each other along the way. In Thinking With the Church, Derek Hatch argues that Baptists need to follow the same pattern when it comes to their theological reflection, engaging the wisdom of all Christian pilgrims across time. This will require a new theological method--ressourcement--that embraces Baptists' place within the Great Tradition of the Christian faith. Such work will not abandon long-held Baptist convictions but offers resources for renewing Baptists' theological vision as they participate in the fullness of the mystical body of Christ.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781532611179
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	12/08/2017
Series:	Free Church, Catholic Tradition , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	210
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Derek C. Hatch is Associate Professor of Christian Studies at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas. He is the coeditor of Gathering Together: Baptists at Work in Worship (2013) and Weaving the American Catholic Tapestry: Essays in Honor of William L. Portier (2017).
Derek C. Hatch (PhD, University of Dayton) teaches theology and ethics at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas.

Table of Contents

Series Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: Baptist Theology, Wandering in the Wilderness 1

Part 1

1 Calvinism on Campus 15

2 Ressourcement and Ontology 37

Part 2

3 Bible and Tradition: Listening for the Word of God 65

4 Individual and Community: Beyond the Legacy of E. Y. Mullins 99

5 Truth and Freedom: Making Theological Sense of Religious Liberty 131

Conclusion: The Liturgical Ground of Ressourcement 162

Bibliography 177

Index 193