Presbyterian Heritage
The history, distinctives, and ongoing identity of the Presbyterian tradition, particularly in North America.
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17 resources on Presbyterian Heritage, in curated order
Topic 21: Puritan Statements of Reformed Theology
Seminar readings draw from William Perkins’ The Art of Prophesying, John Cotton’ s The Way of the Churches of Christ in New England, William Ames’ The Marrow of Theology, selections from Bunyan and Milton, and secondary works by Patrick Collinson, Charles Hambrick-Stowe, and David Hall. The bibliography traces the Puritan movement from its English origins through its development in New England, giving particular attention to Puritan preaching, piety, and ecclesiology.
Topic 41: The Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy
Primary readings focus on the historical, cultural, political, philosophical, and, above all, theological context of the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy (otherwise known as the “Presbyterian Controversy”) of the early decades of the twentieth century, as well as the voices of two of its primary protagonists (J. Gresham Machen and Harry Emerson Fosdick).
Baptism and the Westminster Confession
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.
Baptists and the Westminster Confession
George traces the Westminster Confession’s place in Baptist history, weighing three competing accounts of Baptist origins and showing how Baptists adapted, revised, and contested the Confession in their own confessional statements.
Presbyterian Worship and the Reformed Tradition
Darryl G. Hart examines the irony of contemporary Presbyterian worship, observing how Praise and Worship movements within evangelicalism celebrate the very anti-creedal, anti-ritualistic impulses that older Reformed worship had set itself against, and asking what this means for confessional identity.
The Book of Common Prayer and the Westminster Confession: Parallels
Scholarly paper presented at the John Calvin Studies Colloquium and published in Calvin Studies.
The Presbyterian Church and Calvinism
Brian G. Armstrong assesses the state of the Presbyterian Church and its commitment to theological tradition, arguing that the post-war embrace of existentialism has produced a largely a-historical mindset in church and academy, and proposes practical steps for recovering Reformed heritage.
The Westminster Confession in America
James C. Goodloe IV considers the influence of the Westminster Confession of Faith on American culture, weighing Robert Bork’s lament over cultural decline and asking how heirs of the confession should reckon with both the credit and the burden of that long-standing influence.
The Westminster Confession in American Presbyterianism
John H. Leith sets the Westminster Confession within its historical, social, and political context, tracing the conflict between Stuart kings and Puritan preachers, the Bishops’ Wars, and the Long Parliament that issued in the Westminster Assembly.
The Westminster Directory of Worship
Stanley R. Hall reads the Westminster Directory for the Public Worship of God as a classic Reformed formulation that calls heirs of the Assembly to a common worship marked by theological integrity, spiritual depth, and forms that invite participation.
The Problem of Tradition: Heritage and Trust
The opening Warfield Lecture at Princeton Theological Seminary explores the nature of theological tradition: how the church receives its heritage and the obligations of trust that heritage places upon every generation.
The Church and Its Ministry
The second Warfield Lecture examines the nature of the church and its ordained ministry within the Reformed theological framework, drawing on Scripture and the classic Reformed confessional tradition.
Distinctions of Presbyterian Heritage
A lecture on what is distinctive about the Presbyterian and Reformed heritage: theologically, ecclesially, and in its approach to ministry and the Christian life.
Our Presbyterian Heritage in America
A historical and theological account of the Presbyterian tradition in America: its origins, its development, and its distinctive contributions to the church and the culture.
Doctrinal Preaching
Dr. Leith makes the case for preaching grounded in the doctrinal substance of the faith, engaging the great affirmations of Christian theology as the living address of the Word.
A Theologian’s Perspective
Dr. Leith speaks from the vantage point of a lifetime of theological reflection, offering a considered perspective on the questions that matter most for the church in its faithfulness to the gospel.
The Reformation and History
A lecture on how the Protestant Reformation understood history as the arena of God’s providential action, and what this means for the church’s self-understanding and mission.
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