Politics after Christendom Political Theology in a Fractured World by DavidVandrunen Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2020 by Zondervan Academic ISBN-13: 978-0-310-10884-9, ISBN: 0-310-10884-5
"For more than a millennium, beginning in the early Middle Ages, most Western Christians lived in societies that sought to be comprehensively Christian--ecclesiastically, economically, legally, and politically. That is to say, most Western Christians lived in Christendom. But in a gradual process beginning a few hundred years ago, Christendom weakened and finally crumbled. Today, most Christians in the world live in pluralistic political ..."
"Historians and theologians have long recognized that at the heart of the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation were five declarations, often referred to as the "solas": sola scriptura, solus Christus, sola gratia, sola fide, and soli Deo gloria. These five statements summarize much of what the Reformation was about, and they distinguish Protestantism from other expressions of the Christian faith. Protestants place ultimate and final ..."
Divine Covenants and Moral Order(1st Edition) A Biblical Theology of Natural Law (Emory University Studies in Law and Religion) by DavidVandrunen Paperback, 594 Pages, Published 2014 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. ISBN-13: 978-0-8028-7094-0, ISBN: 0-8028-7094-5
"This book addresses the old question of natural law in its contemporary context. David VanDrunen draws on both his Reformed theological heritage and the broader Christian natural law tradition to develop a constructive theology of natural law through a thorough study of Scripture.The biblical covenants organize VanDrunen's study. Part 1 addresses the covenant of creation and the covenant with Noah, exploring how these covenants provide ..."
Living in God's Two Kingdoms(1st Edition) A Biblical Vision for Christianity and Culture by DavidVandrunen Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2010 by Crossway ISBN-13: 978-1-4335-1404-3, ISBN: 1-4335-1404-4
"Shows how God’s responses to the civil and spiritual kingdoms inform an active yet critical Christian engagement with culture. Modern movements such as neo-Calvinism, the New Perspective on Paul, and the emerging church have popularized a view of Christianity and culture that calls for the redemption of earthly society and institutions. Many Christians have reflexively embraced this view, enticed by the socially active and engage ..."
Bioethics and the Christian Life(1st Edition) A Guide to Making Difficult Decisions by DavidVandrunen Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2009 by Crossway ISBN-13: 978-1-4335-0144-9, ISBN: 1-4335-0144-9
"Just about everyone will face a difficult bioethics decision at some point. In this book a theologian, ethicist, and lawyer equips Christians to make such decisions based on biblical truth, wisdom, and virtue. Though a relatively new discipline, bioethics has generated extraordinary interest due to a number of socially pressing issues. Bioethics and the Christian Life places bioethics within the holistic context of the Christian ..."
Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms(1st Edition) A Study in the Development of Reformed Social Thought (Emory University Studies in Law and Religion (Eerdmans)) by DavidVandrunen Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 2009 by Eerdmans ISBN-13: 978-0-8028-6443-7, ISBN: 0-8028-6443-0
"Conventional wisdom holds that the theology and social ethics of the Reformed tradition stand at odds with concepts of natural law and the two kingdoms. This volume challenges that conventional wisdom through a study of Reformed social thought from the Reformation to the present. / “The strength of this book is the overwhelming amount of historical evidence, judiciously analyzed and assessed, that positions the Reformed tradition clearl ..."
"The Protestant philosophical and theological heritage of Thomas Aquinas This major new book provides an introduction to Thomas Aquinas s influence on Protestantism. The editors, both noted commentators on Aquinas, bring together a group of influential scholars to demonstrate the ways that Anglican, Lutheran, and Reformed thinkers have analyzed and used Thomas through the centuries. Later chapters also explore how today s Protestant ..."
"The Westminster seminaries have played a crucial role in the development of systematic theology for the past three-quarters of a century. This volume, in four parts, examines the contributions of Westminster theologians from the early days up to present-day discussions. The history of systematics, its relationship to other disciplines at the seminaries, issues of particular importance, and the impact of Westminster theology on the broad ..."
"Discover the truths of the Reformation in this special pack, which includes all five books in the Five Solas Series: Christ Alone (Stephen Wellum), Faith Alone (Thomas Schreiner), God's Glory Alone (David VanDrunen, God's Word Alone (Mathew Barrett), Grace Alone (Carl Trueman). Historians and theologians alike have long recognized that at the heart of the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation were five declarations (or "solas") t ..."
"The Protestant philosophical and theological heritage of Thomas Aquinas This major new book provides an introduction to Thomas Aquinas s influence on Protestantism. The editors, both noted commentators on Aquinas, bring together a group of influential scholars to demonstrate the ways that Anglican, Lutheran, and Reformed thinkers have analyzed and used Thomas through the centuries. Later chapters also explore how today s Protestant ..."
The Five Solas God's Glory Alone---The Majestic Heart of Christian Faith and Life : What the Reformers Taught... and Why It Still Matters by DavidVandrunen 192 Pages, Published 2015 by Zondervan ISBN-13: 978-0-310-51582-1, ISBN: 0-310-51582-3
"Their holiness, their righteousness, and even their bodies will reflect the glory of
their king. The glorification of his people redounds to the glory of God. The theme
of Christians' glorification now becomes our focus. In this chapter we consider
how Scripture unpacks the glorification of believers for the glory of God. As with
our Lord, this glorification comes by the Spirit, and only through the way of
suffering. In light of th ..."
Law and the Bible(1st Edition) Justice, Mercy and Legal Institutions by Robert F. Cochran, DavidVandrunen Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2013 by Apollos ISBN-13: 978-1-84474-923-2, ISBN: 1-84474-923-1
"The Bible is full of law. Yet too often, Christians either pick and choose verses out of context to bolster existing positions, or assume that any moral judgment the Bible expresses should become the law of the land. Law and the Bible asks: What inspired light does the Bible shed on Christians? participation in contemporary legal systems? It concludes that more often than not the Bible overturns our faulty assumptions and skewed commitm ..."
Living in God's Two Kingdoms A Biblical Vision for Christianity and Culture by DavidVandrunen Hardcover, 276 Pages, Published 2010 by Crossway ISBN-13: 978-1-4335-2452-3, ISBN: 1-4335-2452-X
"To do so, I refer especially to two books that present a neo-Calvinist perspective:
Albert Wolters's Creation Regained and Cornelius Plantinga's Engaging God's
World.8 These writers do not necessarily agree with each other on every specific
issue, but their general vision of Christianity and culture is the same. Their books
are accessible and winsomely written, and they have been influential in many
Christian schools and colleges. ..."
Living in God's Two Kingdoms A Biblical Vision for Christianity and Culture by DavidVandrunen Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2010 by Crossway ISBN-13: 978-1-4335-1406-7, ISBN: 1-4335-1406-0
"VanDrunen uses the two-kingdoms theory to demonstrate how God's response to the civil and spiritual kingdoms inform an active yet critical Christian engagement with culture."
Living in God's Two Kingdoms A Biblical Vision for Christianity and Culture by DavidVandrunen Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2010 by Crossway ISBN-13: 978-1-4335-1405-0, ISBN: 1-4335-1405-2
Law and Custom(1st Edition) The Thought of Thomas Aquinas and the Future of the Common Law by DavidVandrunen Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2003 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-8204-6820-4, ISBN: 0-8204-6820-7
"Throughout the long history of the Western legal tradition, custom and law have been integrally related in both theory and practice. Their relationship is embodied by the Anglo-American concept of the common law. Nevertheless, the twentieth century witnessed a drastic decline in the importance of the common law in the very countries in which it once flourished. In this interdisciplinary work of theological ethics and legal theory, David ..."
"The Protestant philosophical and theological heritage of Thomas Aquinas This major new book provides an introduction to Thomas Aquinas’s influence on Protestantism. The editors, both noted commentators on Aquinas, bring together a group of influential scholars to demonstrate the ways that Anglican, Lutheran, and Reformed thinkers have analyzed and used Thomas through the centuries. Later chapters also explore how today’s Protestants mig ..."
"We want to especially thank Karen Beilharz from the Centre for Christian Living and Andrea Jansen from Freedom for Faith, who did a lot of work coordinating this event and making it happen. We also want to thank Moore College for their ..."
Politics after Christendom Political Theology in a Fractured World by DavidVandrunen 400 Pages, Published 2020 by Zondervan Academic ISBN-13: 978-0-310-10885-6, ISBN: 0-310-10885-3
"I am using the term classical liberalism in a way different from Rosenblatt; see
especially The Lost History, ch. 7. She presents “classical” ... Among Roman
Catholics, see, e.g., Wolfe, Natural Law Liberalism; and Daniel J. Mahoney, The
Conservative Foundations of the Liberal Order: Defending Democracy against Its
Modern Enemies and Immoderate Friends (Wilmington: ISI, 2010). Among the
Eastern ..."
"Manfred Svensson, David VanDrunen. Duns Scotus, Johannnes. 2002. Die
Univozität des Seienden. Texte zur Metaphysik, ed. Tobias Hoffmann. Göttingen,
Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Grosse, Sven. 2005. “Wendepunkte der
Mystik. Bernhard – Seuse – Luther.” In Frö-mmigkeit – Theologie –
Frömmigkeitstheologie. Contributions to European Church History. Festschrift für
Berndt Hamm zum 60. Geburtstag, ed. Gudrun Litz, Heidrun Munzert and R ..."