A Review of Matthew Levering’s Engaging the Doctrine of Revelation

(Baker Academic, 2014) by Aaron Anderson Among the accolades for Matthew Levering’s latest text on the doctrine of revelation is this from John Webster, one of Levering’s main Reformed interlocutors: “Engaging the Doctrine of Revelation possesses all the qualities that readers have come to expect from [Levering]: wide historical learning, theological discrimination, clarity of thought, and… Read More A Review of Matthew Levering’s Engaging the Doctrine of Revelation

A Note on “Dialogue” for New Calvinists

by Aaron Anderson Readers will notice our unabashed ommitment to ‘dialogue’. Taking our cues partially from the usage of this term in recent years by those in the ecumenical movements, we think dialogue is an apt term to describe the approach we will take in our engagements with Reformed theology. This is because “dialogue” (dia-logos) calls… Read More A Note on “Dialogue” for New Calvinists

An Interview with Charles Raith on Aquinas, Calvin, and Ecumenism: Part 2

Our interview with Charles Raith continues below: [Go here for Part I of this interview] It is commonly held that the main difference between Protestant and Catholic conceptions of justification is between “external” forgiveness and “internal” renewal. Put another way, for Protestants justification occurs by faith alone whereas Catholics insist on cooperating with grace for justification. How do… Read More An Interview with Charles Raith on Aquinas, Calvin, and Ecumenism: Part 2

An Interview with Charles Raith on Aquinas, Calvin, and Ecumenism: Part 1

Charles Raith II is Director of the Paradosis Center for Theology and Scripture and Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy at John Brown University. He received his PhD from Ave Maria University. He is author of the book Aquinas and Calvin on Romans: God’s Justification and Our Participation (Oxford University Press), and the forthcoming After Merit: John Calvin’s… Read More An Interview with Charles Raith on Aquinas, Calvin, and Ecumenism: Part 1

An Interview with Darrin Belousek on Penal Substitutionary Atonement: Part 1

Darrin W. Snyder Belousek graduated with a doctorate in philosophy from the History and Philosophy of Science program at the University of Notre Dame in 1998, after which he has spent several years studying at the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Indiana. He currently teaches philosophy and religion at Ohio Northern University, and is executive director… Read More An Interview with Darrin Belousek on Penal Substitutionary Atonement: Part 1