In this Book
- Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Deviant Calvinism seeks to show that the Reformed tradition is much broader and more variegated than is often thought. Crisp’s work focuses on a cluster of theological issues concerning the scope of salvation and shows that there are important ways in which current theological discussion of these topics can be usefully resourced by attention to theologians of the past.
The scope of atonement, in particular, is once again a hot topic in current evangelical theology. This volume addresses that issue via discussion of eternal justification, whether Calvinists can be free-will libertarians (like Arminian theologians); whether the Reformed should be universalists, and if they are not, why not; whether Reformed theology is consistent with a universal atonement; and whether the hypothetical universalism of some Calvinists is actually as eccentric and strange a doctrine as is sometimes thought. This book contributes to theological retrieval within the Reformed theology, and establishes a wider path to thinking Calvinism differently.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-12
- 1. Tradition, Faith, and Doctrine
- pp. 13-40
- 2. Eternal Justification
- pp. 41-70
- 3. Libertarian Calvinism
- pp. 71-96
- 4. Augustinian Universalism
- pp. 97-124
- 5. Universalism and Particularism
- pp. 125-150
- 6. Barthian Universalism?
- pp. 151-174
- 7. Hypothetical Universalism
- pp. 175-212
- 8. The Double-Payment Objection
- pp. 213-234
- Conclusion
- pp. 235-240
- Works Cited and Consulted
- pp. 241-254
- Index of Subjects and Names
- pp. 255-260