| Seht: James Denney (1856-1917) Contributor(s): Gordon, James M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 184227399X ISBN-13: 9781842273999 Publisher: Paternoster Publishing OUR PRICE: $37.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: James Denney is now best known for his The Death of Christ considered a standard treatment of objective atonement understood in substitutionary terms. However there is a breadth and depth to Denneyrsquo;s thought a richness and passion in his theological work an attractive integrity and spiritual immediacy in his writing that resists any reducing of his legacy to that of being an apologist for one aspect of Christian doctrine. This is the first major study of Denney to use the large corpus of Denneyrsquo;s unpublished theological papers and sermons held in New College Edinburgh. These together with Denneyrsquo;s published work and wider biographical research form the basis for this intellectual and contextual biography of one of Scotlandrsquo;s most attractive and forceful theological personalities. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - General - Religion | Christian Theology - History - Religion | Theology |
| Dewey: 285 |
| Series: Studies in Evangelical History and Thought |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.29" W x 8.97" (1.04 lbs) 308 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: James Denney is now best known, though in increasingly restricted circles, for The Death of Christ, considered a standard treatment of objective atonement understood in substitutionary terms. However there is a breadth and depth to Denney's thought, a richness and passion in his theological work, and an attractive integrity and spiritual immediacy in his writing that resists any reducing of his legacy to that of being an apologist for one aspect of Christian doctrine. By exploring his early years growing up, following his intellectual development through university and college years, and considering the impact of a long pastoral ministry, a context is created for studying the mind, personality and faith that informed his mature theological writing. For twenty years, he taught biblical theology and exegesis, developing his theology through articulation, and then exploring and expounding the gospel of Christ as first and originally expressed in the apostolic experience and testimony embedded in the New Testament documents. The theological work of Denney, taken as a whole, was both intellectually engaged and ecclesially focused, as he sought to construct a secure basis for biblical faith. His theology was offered in the service of the church, his learning a self-conscious discipleship of the intellect. This first major study of Denney uses the large corpus of Denney's unpublished theological papers and sermons held in New College, Edinburgh. These, together with Denney's published work, and wider biographical research, form the basis for this intellectual and contextual biography of one of Scotland's most attractive and forceful theological personalities. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gordon, James M.: - Jim Gordon is Principal of the Scottish Baptist College, at the University of Paisley. He has been a Scottish Baptist minister for thirty years, serving churches in Glasgow, Paisley, Aberdeen, and Stonehaven. He is married to Sheila, and they have two grown children. His previous book, Evangelical Spirituality is currently being revised and updated for inclusion in this series, and he is currently working on a study of the Scottish Christian spiritual tradition. |