David F. Wright (1937-2008). Professor of patristic and Reformed Christianity at the University of Edinburgh. Editor of the New Dictionary of Theology and frequent contributor to the Calvin Studies Colloquia.
David Wright contrasts the sixteenth-century Reformed vision of an integrally Christian city with the experience of minority churches in pluralist Western society, asking how Calvin's account of corporate Christian commitment translates into settings where the church is one option among many.
Wright weighs whether Calvin can rightly be called a rhetorical theologian, surveying Serene Jones, Olivier Millet, and William Bouwsma on Calvin and rhetoric, and asking how Calvin's humanist training shaped his doctrine and piety.
Wright compares Calvin's commentary and sermons on Acts 1 through 7, treating Calvin's parallel work as exegete and preacher and showing how the two genres illuminate Calvin's reading of the apostolic narrative.
Wright examines how the Westminster Assembly treated baptism, surveying the divines' often heated debates, their continuity with Reformed sacramental theology, and the wider neglect of baptism in modern ecumenical discussion.
Better Preaching, Better Teaching, Better Pastoral Care.
