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An introduction to the reformed tradition : a way of being the Christian community / John H. Leith.

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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 of the reformed tradition -- The majesty and praise of God -- The polemic against idolatry -- The working out of the divine purposes in history -- Ethics, a life of holiness -- The life of the mind as the service of God -- Preaching -- The organized church and pastoral care -- The disciplined life -- Simplicity.
4. Theology and the Reformed tradition -- What is theology? -- Characteristics of reformed theology -- The development of Reformed theology -- Representative theologians -- Reformed confessions -- 5. Polity and the Reformed tradition -- The significance of polity -- The subordination of polity to the Gospel -- The one, holy Catholic, apostolic church -- Reformed polities -- Calvin's polity -- Presbyterianism -- Episcopacy -- Congregationalism.
6. Liturgy and the Reformed tradition -- John Calvin and Karl Barth on worship -- Reformed liturgies -- Calvin's liturgy of 1545 -- Farel's liturgy -- The Westminster directory -- The American experience -- 7. Culture and the Reformed tradition -- Visual arts -- Literature -- Architecture -- Music -- Political order -- Economic order -- Learning -- 8. Prospects -- The freedom of God -- The reality of the power and presence of God -- The Bible as the Word of God -- The emphasis on the Word: spoken and written -- The vision of the Christian community -- The possibility of discipline -- The simple life.

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BX422.2.L53

Publisher

Atlanta : John Knox Press., 1981

Physical Description

264 pages ; 21 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0804204799

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Subject(s)

Christian Denominations
Reformed Church -- Doctrines.

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