England’s Second Reformation: The Battle for the Church of England, 1625–1662by Anthony MiltonCambridge University Press | 2021 | 450 pages (hardcover) | $44.99 Grace and Conformity: The Reformed Conformist Tradition and the Early Stuart Church of Englandby Stephen HamptonOxford University Press | 2021 | 424 pages (hardcover) | $95.00 On Christmas Day 1653, a few […]
Monday, 01 May, 2023 by Sam Bostock
I. With this slim but punchy volume Michael Lynch has provided students of theology with a piece of very solid scholarship on an important figure and his contribution to a surprisingly understudied topic: the doctrine of the atonement in early modern Reformed theology. John Davenant (1571-1641) was a prominent Church of England minister and theologian. […]
Monday, 24 January, 2022 by Sam Bostock
Titles: Theologians and Contract Law: The Moral Transformation of the Ius Commune (ca. 1500–1650)By Wim Decock Lutheran Theology and Contract Law in Early Modern Germany (ca. 1520–1720)By Paulo Astorri The two intimidating looking studies that form the basis of this review essay might not appear to be promising territory for students of Reformation theology. They […]
Monday, 01 November, 2021 by Sam Bostock
The History of Scottish TheologyEdited by David Fergusson and Mark W. ElliottOxford University Press, 20191,280 pages (hardcover), $125 per volume (3 vols.) What comes to mind when we read the title of these volumes? Maybe the “Great Scots” worthies like John Knox, Samuel Rutherford, or Ebenezer Erskine, or perhaps the dramatic events that punctuate Scottish […]
Thursday, 01 July, 2021 by Sam Bostock