Ian M. Randall
Biography
Ian M. Randall wrote A Christian Peace Experiment, and co-edited Baptist Identities with Anthony R. Cross and Toivo Pilli.
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“This is a splendid volume, covering crucial areas of Scottish Baptist life in the twentieth century. All the chapters are rich in historical material and cover themes which have continuing relevance. The authors are fine historians who not only have detailed knowledge of the subjects they cover but are also able to make their topics accessible for today. I am delighted to commend their work.”
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“Nigel Scotland has undertaken careful research into significant revivals in Britain and North America from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. Each chapter contains a compelling account of the features of a particular episode of revival. This is a book which both informs and inspires. It will be highly valued by all those concerned for spiritual renewal. I am delighted to commend it.”
Calvinism, Communion and the Baptists
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“This book is an important contribution to Baptist historical scholarship. It is sometimes assumed that closed communion and high Calvinism have an integral relationship. Peter Naylor shows that this is not the case.”
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“John Read has produced an outstanding study of Catherine Booth's theology, which he argues underlies her Salvationist spirituality. . . . Read shows convincingly how Catherine shaped Army self-understanding and was its leading apologist. He offers important new perspectives on the intellectual development of a radical Christian movement.”
Communion with Christ and His People
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“Peter Morden has undertaken a thorough and creative exploration of C. H. Spurgeon's spirituality, arguing convincingly from primary sources that this dimension is crucial to an understanding of the great preacher's life and ministry. Much has been written about Spurgeon, and this book challenges many of the perspectives previously offered. In my view this is the most significant study of Spurgeon ever produced.”
Dan Taylor (1738–1816), Baptist Leader and Pioneering Evangelical
History & Biography
“Dan Taylor was a ground-breaking eighteenth-century Baptist leader and a shaping evangelical figure. Yet he has received surprisingly little scholarly attention. This splendid study by Richard Pollard does full justice to Taylor's strategic ministry and in particular to his theological contribution. Pollard's probing analysis should be read by everyone who wishes to gain new insights into crucial Baptist and evangelical developments in what was a time of complex religious upheaval.”
Theology
“"This is a crucial study in the field of political theology. Nigel Wright engages in a highly stimulating, critical analysis of alternative visions of church-state relations. He offers new theological perspectives on issues connected with Christian social responsibility. Finally, he suggests a fresh framework for Christian political action in the contemporary world. Thoroughly researched and superbly written, this book will become a key text.”
Divine Healing: The Holiness-Pentecostal Transition Years, 1890–1906
History & Biography
“This is another fine volume from James Robinson, following on Pentecostal Origins and Divine Healing: The Formative Years. Here he sheds new light on how developments within evangelicalism in the area of divine healing . . . helped shape Pentecostalism. Robinson has produced an exciting book on an important topic--one of continuing relevance. His work combines careful historical scholarship and a high degree of accessibility.”
Martin Luther and the Seven Sacraments
Theology
“This excellent volume by Brian Brewer is an important exploration of Luther’s sacramental theology. Brewer not only offers a convincing historical portrayal of how Luther reframed the sacraments but also probes possibilities for enriching contemporary Protestant practices. For those seeking greater understanding of the Lutheran Reformation and for those involved in contemporary ecclesial life in an ecumenical context, this stimulating study is essential reading.”
Ministries of Compassion among Russian Evangelicals, 1905–1929
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On the Road Encounters in Luke–Acts
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Octavian Baban offers a fresh understanding of Luke's theology of journeying in Luke-Acts. Through wide-ranging analysis of Luke's narrative style, Baban challenges aspects of contemporary scholarship in this area. He shows that Luke's literary techniques reflect Greco-Roman mimesis and from this draws out the philosophical and artistic implications in Luke's writing. This captivating book, clearly written and strongly argued, is an important contribution to the study of Lukan theology, while also providing an incentive and a challenge to contemporary Christian proclamation of the Gospel.”
History & Biography
“This is an important and impressive volume, in which perceptive historians of Baptist life offer a range of instructive insights into changing patterns in Baptist theology and practice in the eighteenth century.”
Renewing a Modern Denomination
History & Biography
“This is a welcome study of Baptist life in a period of significant change at the end of the twentieth century. Goodliff’s work is marked by careful analysis and offers important insights. It will be of great benefit to all involved in Baptist life who want to understand and learn from this period. In addition, those engaged in wider pan-denominational reflection will find this account valuable.”
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“This excellent study is the product of thorough research and offers a range of perceptive new insights into the various groups of Brethren in England. It breaks new ground in showing their distinctive features and their relationship to wider evangelicalism.”
History & Biography
“I am delighted to commend this scholarly study of the approach of C. H. Spurgeon to his work as a minister. Spurgeon was often termed the 'Prince of Preachers,' but his preaching and its hermeneutical underpinning have not previously been analyzed with the care shown by Thomas Breimaier in Tethered to the Cross. Based on thorough research, Breimaier argues convincingly that Spurgeon in his sermons and his writings saw the cross of Christ as central. He shows that Spurgeon's passionate commitment was to biblical preaching as the communication of the gospel. The way these themes are explored here both informs and inspires.”
The Use of the Old Testament in a Wesleyan Theology of Mission
Theology
“This is a groundbreaking study. The subject of how Wesleyans used the Old Testament to construct theologies of mission has never been examined in detail before. Gordon Snider has undertaken this task in a thorough and convincing way. His work sheds fresh and important light on the history of world mission.”
Transforming Faith Communities
History & Biography
“The experiences of the sixteenth-century Anabaptists and the advocates of liberation theology have not been compared in the systematic way evidenced here. The conclusions Bochenski reaches, with twenty-first-century mission in mind, are fresh and challenging. His work is a pleasure to read. It is rigorous in the way it pursues an argument, but at the same time it is thoroughly accessible.”
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