Testimony and Tradition

Studies in Reformed and Dissenting Thought

Alan P.F. Sell

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781138620773
• eBook ISBN:
  9781351148108
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

Internationally recognised for his scholarship in the philosophy of religion and Christian Doctrine, and for his ecclesiastical connections as former Theological Secretary of the Geneva-based World Alliance of Reformed Churches, the Reformed theologian Alan Sell has an established reputation amongst theologians, church and intellectual historians, ecumenists, and ministers of religion. This collection of Alan Sell's work on the Reformed and Dissenting traditions - which includes the Presbyterian, Congregational and United Reformed Church - spans key doctrinal, philosophical, ethical, historical and ecumenical topics. The author illuminates central themes within the history and thought of the Reformed and Dissenting traditions including: the catholicity of the Church and danger of sectarianism, the importance of church meeting, the centrality of the Cross in Christian thought, the need for a viable Christian apologetic. Alan Sell also includes the only modern study of Henry Grove and papers on Andrew Fuller and P. T. Forsyth, in whose work there is currently a revival of interest. With growing interest world wide in the Reformed family, which is the third largest Christian world communion, this book offers an invaluable resource.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Conservation and Exploration in Christian Theology Inaugural Lecture, The United Theological College, Aberystwyth, 1992
• 2. The Worship of English Congregationalism Consultation on Reformed worship, Geneva, 2001
• 3. Telling the Story: Then and Now Festschrift for Gabriel Fackre
• 4. Doctrine, Polity, Liberty: What do Baptists Stand For? Festschrift for B. R. White
• 5. The Life and Thought of Henry Grove Introduction to Alan P F Sell, ed., Henry Grove: Religious and Ethical Writings, 2000
• 6. Andrew Fuller and the Socinians Festschrift for D. O. Thomas
• 7. P. T. Forsyth as Unsystematic Systematician Quincentennial Colloquium, University of Aberdeen, 1993
• 8. What Has P. T. Forsyth to do with Mercersburg? The Mercersburg Convocation, 1997
• 9. A Renewed Plea for ‘Impractical’ Divinity University of Wales Theology and Religious Studies Staff Colloquium, 1994
• 10. Reformed Theology: Whence and Whither? Reformed Studies Centre conference, Westminster College, Cambridge, 1999
• 11. The Dissenting Witness: Yesterday and Today Annual Lecture to The Protestant Dissenting Deputies, 2001
• 12. From Union to Church: Autobiographical Recollections of Congregational Ecclesiology in the 1960s Festschrift for Clyde Binfield
• 13 Reminiscence, Reflection, Reassurance The Davies Lecture, Presbyterian Church of Wales, 2001; The Annual Commemoration Lecture, Westminster College, Cambridge, 2001
• Index of Persons
• General Index