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The Problem with Evangelical Theology

The Problem with Evangelical Theology

Testing the Exegetical Foundations of Calvinism, Dispensationalism, and Wesleyanism

by Ben Witherington III

Imprint: Baylor University Press

Sales Date: 2005-10-01

325 Pages

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9781602581180
Published: 2005-10-01

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There is no doubting the legacy of the Protestant Reformers and their successors. Luther, Calvin, and Wesley not only spawned specific denominational traditions, but their writings have been instrumental in forging a broadly embraced evangelical theology as well. In this volume, Ben Witherington wrestles with some of the big ideas of these major traditional theological systems (sin, God's sovereignty, prophecy, grace, and the Holy Spirit), asking tough questions about their biblical foundations. Witherington argues that evangelicalism sometimes wrongly assumes a biblical warrant for some of its more popular beliefs, and, further, he pushes the reader to engage the larger story and plot of the Bible to understand these central elements of belief.

Overture: The Legacy of the Reformers

PART ONE. Augustine's Children: The Problems with Reformed Theology1 Oh Adam, Where Art Thou?2 Squinting at the Pauline "I" Chart3 Laying Down the Law with Luther4 Awaiting the Election Results

PART TWO. On Dispensing with Dispensationalism5 Enraptured but not Uplifted: The Origins of Dispensationalism and Prophecy6 What Goes Up, Must Come Down: The Problem with Rapture Theology7 Will the Real Israel of God Please Stand Up?

PART THREE. Mr. Wesley Heading West8 Jesus, Paul, and John: Keeping Company in the Kingdom9 New Birth or New Creatures? 10 Amazing Prevenient Grace and Entire Sanctification

PART FOUR. The Long Journey Home-Where Do We Go from Here?11 Reimagining the Mystery12 And So?

Coda: Rebirth of Orthodoxy or Return to Fundamentalism?NotesWorks CitedIndex

Ben Witherington III is Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary. His publications include Troubled Waters: Rethinking the Theology of Baptism (2007), Making a Meal of It: Rethinking the Theology of the Lord's Supper (2007), The Living Word of God: Rethinking the Theology of the Bible (2007), What's in the Word: Rethinking the Socio-Rhetorical Character of the New Testament (2009), and The Problem with Evangelical Theology: Testing the Exegetical Foundations of Calvinism, Dispensationalism, Wesleyanism, and Pentecostalism, Revised and Expanded Edition (2015).