Contents: The Christian life -- The Christian in relation to justification by faith alone -- The Christian life in relation to providence and predestination -- The Christian life in relation to history and the transhistorical -- The Christian life in relation to church and society. Other Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Yale University, 1949. Includes bibliog…
Christian witness today -- Mystery and revelation -- The power of God unto salvation -- God's providing, ordering, and caring -- Chosen before the foundation of the world -- A new heaven and a new earth -- The presence and the power of God.
1. The Crisis -- 2. The Boundaries of Christian Faith -- 3. Teaching the Church's Faith -- 4. Teaching Church Practice -- 5. On Choosing a Seminary Professor -- 6. The Moral Use of Endowments -- 7. Seminary Constituencies and Boards -- 8. The Recruitment of Students. Abstract "Drawing on his wealth of experience as both a seminary professor and minister, John Leith identifies and confronts …
1. Traditioning the faith -- The tradition and the traditions -- A secular and pluralistic society -- The open tradition -- 2. The Reformed churches -- The beginnings -- The Reformation in Switzerland -- Europe -- Great Britain -- The United States and Canada -- Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa -- The Reformed tradition and the younger churches -- The ecumenical movement -- 3. The ethos…