Eugene TeSelle

Eusebius as Church Historian

History & Biography

“Robert M. Grant traces the genesis of the Ecclesiastical History. Continuing a line of inquiry explored by Schwartz and others, he argues that the History (or at least parts of it) went through three stages of writing. . . . What we have is a close analysis of the History, its writing, and its sources; as such it also should be a valuable tool for further assessment of the question concerning how much we really know about the first three Christian centuries.”

Imputation and Impartation

Theology

“Evans deals with a major theme in Reformed theology, one that was stated well by Calvin but became increasingly confused. With impressive range and persistence he traces this theme in Reformed scholasticism, the nineteenth century (when the issues were re-framed), and up to the present, offering his own convincing resolution.”

Pure Love, Pure Poetry, Pure Prayer

History & Biography

“Bremond’s inquiries led him to some culminating reflections on the relation between mystical experience and poetry, anticipating the contemporary interest in ‘text’ and posing for us the question: Are we merely left with ‘words, words, words’? Or do the words crystallize the mystical experience, though metaphorically rather than conceptually? Gorday traces these many developments of a complex thinker sensitively and articulately, in dialogue with the latest French discussions of Bremond.”

The Incarnate Word

Theology

“The Mercersburg theologians, seeking a church that would be at once Catholic, evangelical, and reformed, remain relevant today for their recovery of biblical, patristic, and Reformation themes, unified by then new currents in German thought. These essays on Christology, ably edited by William Evans, give us insight into the heart of their theology. . . . His introductions and notes show clearly and articulately how the Mercersburg theologians linked the doctrines of incarnation, cross, resurrection, spirit and church, without the overemphasis on one or another of them that so often skews theological reflection.”