Theological Retrieval for Evangelicals

Restless for rootedness, many Christians are abandoning Protestantism altogether.

Many evangelicals today are aching for theological rootedness often found in other Christian traditions. Modern evangelicalism is not known for drawing from church history to inform views on the Christian life, which can lead to a "me and my Bible" approach to theology. But this book aims to show how Protestantism offers the theological depth so many desire without the need for abandoning a distinctly evangelical identity.

By focusing on particular doctrines and neglected theologians, this book shows how evangelicals can draw from the past to meet the challenges of the present.

1. Opening Credits
2. Dedication
3. Epigraph
4. Preface
5. Part 1: A Manifesto for Theological Retrieval
6. Chapter 1: Can Evangelicals Retrieve Patristic and Medieval Theology?
7. Chapter 2: Why Evangelicals Need Theological Retrieval
8. Chapter 3: Benefits and Perils of Retrieval
9. Part 2: Case Studies in the Theological Retrieval
10. Chapter 4: Explorations in a Theological Metaphor: Boethius, Calvin, and Torrance on the Creator/Creation Distinction
11. Chapter 5: God Is Not a Thing: Divine Simplicity in Patristic and Medieval Perspective
12. Chapter 6: Substitution as Both Satisfaction and Recapitulation: Atonement Themes in Convergence in Irenaeus, Anselm, and Athanasius | Part 1
13. Chapter 6: Substitution as Both Satisfaction and Recapitulation: Atonement Themes in Convergence in Irenaeus, Anselm, and Athanasius | Part 2
14. Chapter 7: Cultivating Skill in the “Art of Arts”: Gregory the Great on Pastoral Balance
15. Closing Credits