Retrieving Doctrine: Essays in Reformed Theology

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In this volume Oliver Crisp offers a set of essays that analyze the significance and contribution of several great thinkers in the Reformed tradition, ranging from John Calvin and Jonathan Edwards to Karl Barth.* Includes in-depth essays that engage a wide array of historical thinkers and theological loci ?* Examines the thought of major historical figures and introduces readers to several key less familiar figures from the Reformed tradition * ?Contains sharp analytic discussions of historical issues with contemporary relevance and application * ?Useful as a key text for historical and systematic theology courses in Christian institutions

? Crisp demonstrates how these thinkers navigated pressing theological issues in their historical settings and in what ways contemporary readers can draw important insights from the tradition relevant to current discussions.