God, Creation, and Salvation

Oliver D. Crisp is Professor of Systematic Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, USA.

• AcknowledgementsPreface I. The Task of Theology1. Challenges for Systematic Theology2. Receiving CalvinII. God and Creation3. Edwards on Creation and Divine Ideas4. Girardeau on Human Free Will5. Zwingli on Original Sin III. Christ and Salvation6. Assuming Human Flesh7. The Vicarious Humanity of Christ 8. Edwards’s atonement quandary9. Character and True VirtueBibliographyIndex

There are many things to appreciate in this volume. First, it is a well-written academic word. Second, Crisp elucidates the depth and breadth of Reformed thinking. Thrid, he provides primary sources in footnotes when dealing with theologians of the past (Calvin, Zwingli, Edwards, and others). Fourth, the trajectory of his thought is mapped out in the preface, which serves as a foretaste of what he has baked in his theological oven. He also clarifies that some chapters were presented in different settings. That does not make the various topics disconnected though since Crisp weaves them together in a traditional dogmatics structure.