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The history of Scottish theology. Volume 1, : Celtic origins to reformed orthodoxy / edited by David Fergusson and Mark W. Elliott.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- History of Scottish Theology Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theology--History.
- Theology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (402 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- This three-volume series provides a critical examination of the history of theology in Scotland from the early middle ages to the close of the twentieth century. Volume I covers the period from the appearance of Christianity around the time of Columba to the era of Reformed Orthodoxy in the seventeenth century.
- Contents:
- Cover
- The History of Scottish Theology: Volume I: Celtic Origins to Reformed Orthodoxy
- Copyright
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- 1: Scottish Theology: Contexts and Traditions
- Bibliography
- 2: Theology in Scotland before Scholasticism
- Landscape
- Books
- Christian Practice
- An Agenda
- 3: Richard of St Victor
- Thought
- Benjamin Minor (The Twelve Patriarchs)
- Benjamin Major (The Mystical Ark)
- De Trinitate
- Innovations
- Influence
- Primary Literature
- Secondary Literature
- 4: Adam of Dryburgh
- Life
- Writings
- Sermones
- Liber de ordine, habitu et professione
- De triplice tabernaculo
- De triplici genere contemplationis
- Soliloquium de instructione animæ
- De quadripertito exercitium cellæ
- Importance and Influence
- 5: Liturgical Theology before 1600
- What is Liturgical Theology?
- How Was It Practised in Scotland? In Education, Schools, Universities, Clergy Education, 1552 Catechism
- Alexander Galloway, a Theologian in Stone
- Catholic and Protestant Reform
- Reformed Liturgical Theology
- Adamson, Bruce, and Ane Breif Gathering
- Ecumenical and Historiographical Implications
- 6: Duns Scotus
- 7: John Ireland and the Transformation of Scotist Theology
- Introduction
- Perfect-Being Theology
- Predestination, Grace, and Freedom
- Conclusion
- 8: John Mair as Theologian
- The Person and his Work
- Mair's Theological Works
- An Overview of Mair's Theology
- The nature of theology
- The Christian God
- Jesus Christ
- Salvation
- Christian ethics
- Biblical Commentaries
- Primary Sources (John Mair)
- Secondary Sources.
- 9: Sixteenth-Century Philosophy and Theology after John Mair
- From Mair to Melville
- Scholasticism and Aristotelianism
- Melville and Rollock
- Academic Philosophy
- 10: John Knox and Andrew Melville
- Themes in the Theology of John Knox (1514/15-1572)
- Knox on Right and Wrong Worship
- Knox and the English Book of Common Prayer
- Knox and the Elect and the Reprobate
- History and the Covenanted People
- Knox as Prophet
- Knox's Political Theology
- Context: From Knox's Era to Melville's
- Melville as Educator
- The 'guid cause'
- 'God's sillie vassal'
- Knox and Melville: Philosophical Theologians?
- 11: Political and Ecclesial Theology in the Sixteenth Century
- George Buchanan (1506-82)
- Quintin Kennedy (1520-64)
- Ninian Winzet (1518-52)
- Towards the End of the Century
- 12: The Bible in Sixteenth-Century Scotland
- The Bible before the Scottish Reformation
- The Origin of the Geneva Bible Trajectory
- English Editions of the Geneva Bible
- The Variety of Textual Forms
- The Advent of Junius' Text of the Apocalypse
- A Strategy behind the Different Versions
- How Did This Apply to Scotland?
- The Advent of the King James Version
- The Characteristics of the Geneva Tradition
- 13: Habit and Belief in the Early Scottish Reformation
- Patrick Hamilton
- John Gau and John Johnsone
- Alexander Alesius
- Evangelical Theology at Court
- Henry Balnaves
- George Wishart
- A Legacy of Belief and Habit
- 14: Reformed Theology in Confessions and Catechisms to c.1620
- Issues and Priorities in Scottish Public Theology.
- Summary Texts in Scotland Illustrative of Reformed Theology
- Backdrop of Reformed Theology and Confessions
- Highlights of Scottish Confessional, Catechetical, and Teaching Material
- Afterword
- 15: Spiritual Theology in Bruce, Howie, Johnston, Boyd, and Leighton
- Robert Bruce (1554-1631)
- Robert Howie (1565-1641) and John Johnston (1565-1611)
- Robert Boyd (1578-1627)
- Robert Leighton (1611-84)
- 16: Federal Theology from the Reformation to c.1677
- 17: The Covenant Idea in Mid-Seventeenth-Century Scotland
- History of the Covenant Concept
- Covenant of Grace
- Covenant of Works
- Covenant of Redemption
- The Role of Experiential Religion
- 18: The Reformed Scholasticism of James Dundas
- James Dundas: His Life
- Scholasticism and Reformed Orthodoxy
- The Reformed Scholasticism of James Dundas' Idea philosophiae moralis
- 19: The Theology of the Westminster Confession of Faith in its Context
- Historical and Theological Context
- That 'Damnable Doctrine': Antinomianism and Revising the Thirty-Nine Articles
- The Solemn League and Covenant and the Scottish Commissioners
- The Theology of the Westminster Confession of Faith
- The foundation: God's Word
- God's eternal decree
- Assurance of salvation
- Sin, creation, and covenant
- Justification and the law
- The role of the civil magistrate
- Works Cited
- 20: The Aberdeen Doctors and Henry Scougal
- The Aberdeen Doctors
- The Doctors on ecclesiastical concord
- The Doctors on salvation and sacraments
- The Doctors on Scripture and tradition
- Henry Scougal.
- Conclusion
- 21: Episcopalian Spirituality: The Garden Brothers and Henry Scougal
- The Mystics of the North-East and Their Roots
- James Garden's Quest for a 'Pure and Peaceable Theology'
- Politics versus Devotion?
- George Garden's 'Dangerous and Blasphemous Opinions'
- The Aftermath
- Manuscripts
- 22: Early Modern French and Dutch Connections
- Franco-Scottish Reformed Theological Links
- John Cameron
- Understanding the nature of early modern Franco-Scottish theological exchange
- Huguenots and covenanters
- Dutch-Scottish Reformed Theological Links
- Social context in the early modern Netherlands
- Dutch-Scottish links in early orthodoxy
- Dutch-Scottish links in high orthodoxy
- Dutch-Scottish links in late orthodoxy
- 23: Early Modern Jurisprudence and Theology
- Pre-Tridentine Canon Law in Scotland
- The Scottish Reformation and the Spiritual Jurisdiction
- The Spiritual Jurisdiction of the Courts of the Church of Scotland
- The Reform of Marriage Law
- Scottish Lawyers and the Early Protestant Ascendancy
- Protestantism and Law in Scotland
- Viscount Stair's Institutions of the Law of Scotland
- 24: The Marrow Controversy: Boston, Erskine, and Hadow
- The Controversy
- Interpreting the Controversy
- The Federal Foundations of the Marrow Controversy
- Differing Federal Structures
- A distinct Covenant of Redemption
- Immediate versus mediate graciousness
- Definite versus indefinite Covenant of Grace
- The Collision of Federal Systems
- The Marrow Controversy as a Federal Dispute
- Implications of the Analysis
- Bibliography.
- Primary Literature
- 25: Boundaries of Scottish Reformed Orthodoxy, 1560-1700
- Parameters of Scottish Reformed Religion
- Covenant and the Unity of Early Modern Scottish Theology
- From the Covenant of Works to a Twofold Covenant of Grace
- Restoration Recasting
- Reframing the Bonds
- Softening Demands
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-107721-6
- 0-19-181988-3
- 0-19-107720-8
- OCLC:
- 1114969781
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