From Inscrutability to Concursus: Benjamin B. Warfield’s Theological Construction of Revelation’s Mode from 1880 to 1915 by Jeffrey A. Stivason

264 pages | List Price: $39.99 | Paperback | Reformed Academic Dissertations series

About

Benjamin B. Warfield, one of the Reformed world’s most celebrated theologians, was a theological diagnostician who demonstrated a remarkable ability to grasp the origin and direction of theological trends. The challenge in Warfield’s day was to explain how God communicated. Pursuing the answer to that question led him on the theological journey that is chronicled in this book. Our day is like Warfield’s: the need of the hour is not to explain revelation’s source but God’s mode of communicating, if we are to maintain that Scripture is indeed God’s Word.

Endorsements

“A beautiful model of how theological research should be done.”

—Richard C. Gamble, Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary

“Stivason’s analysis is an important contribution to our understanding not just of Warfield’s mature doctrine of Scripture, but also of the central role that the doctrine of concursus played in his thought as a whole. Enthusiastically recommended.”

—Paul Kjoss Helseth, Professor of Christian Thought, University of Northwestern, St. Paul

“Stivason reveals that he has actually read Warfield, and provides us ample reason, yet again, for doing the same.”

—David Smith, Pastor, Covenant Fellowship A.R.P. Church, Greensboro, North Carolina; author, B. B. Warfield’s Scientifically Constructive Theological Scholarship

“A top-notch exposition of a top-tier theologian.”

—Lane G. Tipton, Charles Krahe Chair of Systematic Theology, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary

“A real contribution to the understanding of B. B. Warfield and the doctrine of biblical inspiration. [A] work of impressive scholarship.”

—Jeffrey C. Waddington, Articles Editor, Confessional Presbyterian Journal 

About the Series

P&R’s Reformed Academic Dissertation (RAD) series consists of top-tier dissertations (Ph.D., Th.D., D.Min., and Th.M.) that advance biblical and theological scholarship by making distinctive contributions in the areas of theology, ethics, biblical studies, apologetics, and counseling. Dissertations in the RAD series are carefully selected, on the basis of strong recommendations by the authors’ supervisors and examiners and by our internal readers, to be part of our collection. Each selected dissertation provides clear, fresh, and engaging insights about significant theological issues.

About the Author

Jeffrey A. Stivason (M.Div., Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary; S.T.M., Pittsburgh Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Westminster Theological Seminary) is the pastor of Grace Reformed Presbyterian Church, Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, and a contributor to the forthcoming Jonathan Edwards Encyclopedia (Eerdmans).