Richard J. Mouw
Autor de Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport: Making Connections in Today's World
Sobre El Autor
Richard J. Mouw (PhD, University of Chicago) is a senior research fellow at the Henry Institute for the Study of Religion and Politics at Calvin University. He previously served as the president of Fuller Theological Seminary (1993-2013) and directed their Institute of Faith and Public Life mostrar más (2013-2020). In 2007, Princeton Theological Seminary awarded him the Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life. He is the author of over twenty books, including Uncommon Decency, Adventures in Evangelical Civility, Restless Faith, and All That God Cares About. mostrar menos
Obras de Richard J. Mouw
Wonderful Words of Life: Hymns in American Protestant History and Theology (2004) — Editor; Contribuidor — 100 copias
Consulting the Faithful: What Christian Intellectuals Can Learn from Popular Religion (1994) 65 copias
Talking Doctrine: Mormons and Evangelicals in Conversation (2015) — Editor; Contribuidor — 28 copias
Holy Worldliness 2 copias
The Chosen People Puzzle 1 copia
The Bunny and the Madonna 1 copia
The Born-again Identity 1 copia
Tolerance Without Compromise 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement (2002) — Prólogo — 130 copias
Must Christianity Be Violent?: Reflections on History, Practice, and Theology (2003) — Contribuidor — 82 copias
The Love Wins Companion: A Study Guide for Those Who Want to Go Deeper (2011) — Contribuidor — 77 copias
The Three Tasks of Leadership: Worldly Wisdom for Pastoral Leaders (2009) — Contribuidor — 32 copias
The Worlds of Joseph Smith: A Bicentennial Conference at the Library of Congress (2006) — Contribuidor — 30 copias
On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics (2012) — Contribuidor, algunas ediciones — 20 copias
Ethics, Religion, and the Good Society: New Directions in a Pluralistic World (1992) — Contribuidor — 16 copias
Making Higher Education Christian: The History and Mission of Evangelical Colleges in America (1987) — Contribuidor — 16 copias
Let Us Reason Together: Essays in Honor of the Life's Work of Robert Millet (2016) — Contribuidor — 8 copias
Element: The Journal for the Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology - Vol. 6, No. 2 (Fall 2015) (2015) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
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- Fuller Theological Seminary
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- Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life (2007)
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There is a perception of Calvinism that believes that relatively few people will be saved and that the vast majority of humanity will be consigned to everlasting condemnation. In this concise, scholarly and accessible discussion, Richard J. Mouw makes a case for a broad, though not universal, extension of God’s saving mercy.
First of all, Mouw makes it clear that he is not a universalist, not even a hopeful one. Along with N.T. Wright, Mouw holds to the importance of an accountability before God of the persistently unrepentant, including those responsible for cruelties and injustices. He also points out the dehumanizing effects of persistent rejection of God, that there is a directional character of spiritual life where the persistently unrepentant reach the point where God says “thy will be done.” Personally, I’ve thought that the outer darkness is the mercy of God to those for whom being in the immediate presence of God would be unspeakable torture.
That addressed, Mouw turns to the question of how wide may we hope for God’s mercy to be, and what sources might be drawn upon in Calvinist theology. He engages the ideas of Hoeksema and Engelsma that God’s love is restricted to the elect by drawing upon both Benjamin Warfield and Geerhardus Vos who cite biblical examples for the love of God for the non-elect. He questions whether it is hate God has when he commands Jacob return to Esau, who welcomes with open arms and forgives Jacob.
The extent of mercy broadens further with the question of unbaptized infants, showing that from the Westminster Confession, chapter ten, “that all dying in infancy are included in the election of grace, and are regenerated and saved by Christ through the Spirit.” Shedd and Warfield also note that the article on infants allows for adults who are “regenerated and sanctified immediately by God without use of means.” He notes evidence from the papers of W.G.T. Shedd, Charles Hodge and Benjamin Warfield that there would be a large number who would be saved. He cites the work of Amos Yong that many may be In Christ who have not had “epistemic access” to the preaching of Christ. Mouw goes on to consider his encounters with both devout Muslims and Mormons. While leaving judgment to God, he urges that our response not be to express doubt about their testimony. He explores the biblical examples of those who believe on behalf of others, and raises questions of how this may be done, including in the case of ancestors of believing persons in Asian cultures.
Mouw is clear in all these instances that salvation is through the Spirit’s regenerating work, and through the justifying and sanctifying work of Christ. It is not a result of good works or devotion. What he does is uphold both God’s justice and the greatness of God’s mercy without undercutting the importance of Christian proclamation. He avoids going beyond scripture, allowing God to be God and acknowledging mystery where it exist. And along the way, he retrieves some surprising writings of W.,G.T. Shedd as well as the 19th century “Princeton theologians” who support an expansive view of divine generosity as consistent with confessional faithfulness.
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Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher for review.… (más)