Traditionally, Protestant theology between Luther's early reforming career and the dawn of the Enlightenment has been seen in terms of decline and fall into the wastelands of rationalism and scholastic speculation.

In this volume a number of scholars question such an interpretation. The editors argue that the development of Post-Reformation Protestantism can only be understood when a proper historical model of doctrinal change is adopted. This historical concern underlies the subsequent studies of theologians such as Calvin, Beza, Olevian, Baxter and the two Turrentini.

The result is a significantly different reading of the development of Protestant Orthodoxy, one which both challenges the older scholarly interpretations and clichés about the relationship of Protestantism to, among other things, scholasticism and rationalism, and which demonstrates the fruitfulness of the new, historical approach.

Contributors:
D. V. N. Bagchi, David C. Steinmetz, Richard A. Muller, Frank A. James III, John L. Farthing, Lyle D. Bierma, R. Scott Clark, Donald Sinnema, Paul R. Schaefer, W. Robert Godfrey, Carl R. Trueman, Philip G. Ryken, John E. Platt, Joel R. Beeke, James T. Dennison Jr., Martin I. Klauber, Lowell C. Green, and David P. Scaer.

Editor - Carl R. Trueman
Editor - R. Scott Clark

"This collection of essays...goes extensively toward a revaluation or re-examination of the phenomenon of 'scholasticism'."
—Eef Dekker, Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift

"This volume will serve as an excellent point of reference for the discussion of the nature of Protestant Orthodoxy and its use of scholastic method."
—Robert Kolb, Church History

"This diverse (and sometimes polemical) collection of essays will provoke discussion and stimulate further research. . . . It challenges the traditional denigration of Post-Reformation theology and makes a significant contribution to the more positive interpretation and evaluation of a range of Reformed and Lutheran theologians."
—W. P. Stephens, Emeritus Professor of Church History, University of Aberdeen

Baptism, Church and Society in Modern Britain by David M. Thompson
Enlightenment, Ecumenism, Evangel by Alan P. F. Sell
The Extent of the Atonement by G. M. Thomas
Holy Spirit and Religious Experience in Christian Literature ca. AD 90-200 by John Eifion Morgan-Wynne
Shadows and Chivalry by Jeff McInnis
Life in Christ by Mark A. Garcia
Protestant Scholasticism: Essays in Reassessment
Trinitarian Spirituality by Brian K. Kay
The Flesh and the Feminine by Ruth Gouldbourne
Prisoner of Conscience by Galen Johnson
Infant Baptism in Historical Perspective by David F. Wright
Ecumenical and Eclectic
Prophecy, Miracles, Angels, and Heavenly Light? by James Bruce
Friends of Religious Equality by Timothy Larsen
Puritan Spirituality by J. Stephen Yuille
Blood and Fire, Tsar and Commissar by Tom Aitken
Church and State by Andrew Partington
The Ground of Election by F. Stuart Clarke
Christ the Mediator of the Law by Byung-Ho Moon
Reformation Pastors by J. William Black
Ecumenism and History
Our Sovereign Refuge by Shawn D. Wright
Leadership in The Salvation Army by Harold Hill
Peace, Toleration and Decay by Martin Sutherland
The Priesthood of Some Believers by Colin J. Bulley
Eschatology and Pain in St. Gregory the Great by Kevin L. Hester
The Sunday School Movement
The Westminster Confession of Faith and the Cessation of Special Revelation by Garnet Howard Milne
Holiness: The Soul of Quakerism by Carole Dale Spencer
Discernment in the Desert Fathers by Antony D. Rich
"An Educated Clergy" by Jack C. Whytock
A Sure Ground on Which to Stand by Mark D. Thompson