Nonconformist theology in the Twentieth Century / Alan P. F. Sell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sell, Alan P. F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dissenters, Religious--England--History--20th century.

Dissenters, Religious.

England.

History.

Physical Description:

239 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Milton Keynes ; Tyrone, GA : Paternoster, [2006]

Summary:

By the end of the nineteenth century modern biblical critical methods were fairly widely adopted, evolutionary thought was in the air, and doctrinal modifications, especially concerning the Fatherhood of God, were under way. Sell charts the influence on Nonconformist thinking in the twentieth century of the New Theology associated with R.J. Campbell, the First World War, the reception of Karl Barth, the theological excitements of the 1960s, and growing religious pluralism. The second lecture concerns the major Christian doctrines of God, Christ, the Holy Spirit and the Trinity. Whereas in the early decades of the century there was considerable emphasis upon the atonement, during the concluding two decades the Trinity received more attention than had formerly been the case.

In Lecture Three attention is directed to ecclesiological and ecumenical themes. The Nonconformists are presented as Protestant, and as displaying some zeal in propagating their particular understandings of the Church. The doctrinal aspects of their national and international moves towards inner-family unity and of their broader ecumenical relationships are considered. Eschatology is treated in the concluding lecture prior to Sell's assessment of the significance of twentieth-century Nonconformist theology; and his observations regarding its current state, its future content, and its practitioners.

Contents:

Lecture 1 Surveying the Landscape 1

Lecture 2 Doctrinal Peaks 41

Lecture 3 Ecclesiological Thickets 91

Lecture 4 Rivers, Rivulets - and Encroaching Desert? 147

Biographical References 195.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-229) and indexes.

At head of title: The Didsbury Lectures 2006.

ISBN:

1842274716

9781842274712

OCLC:

84647842