Released in the UK September 2020
Released in the US September 2020
Royale Hardback 234 X 156 | 464 Pages
9781527102415 • £24.99 $32.99
BISAC – REL067000
The Scottish church was forever altered by the arrival of the Reformation in the sixteenth century. Its legacy endured, and provoked a flurry of theological re–examinations which form the foundation for much of our modern understanding of Reformed Theology. In this informed and accessible historical study, Donald MacLeod, one of Scotland’s current leading theologians, looks to the past to assess the impact of prominent theologians of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, always with an eye to demonstrating how their writings speak to contemporary challenges facing the Church today.
Donald Macleod
Donald Macleod (1940–2023) was the Principal of the Free Church of Scotland College, Edinburgh until 2010. Regarded as one of Britain’s most prominent theologians he wrote extensively on a wide range of issues.
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9781527103634 |
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Not for over eighty years has there appeared a treatment as authoritative as this … an outstanding contribution that presents a range of important Scottish theologians from Hamilton to Witherspoon in an appreciative but realistic light. This should be the standard for many years to come.
Robert Letham
Wales Evangelical School of Theology, Bridgend, Wales
Professor MacLeod’s engaging style and elegance of expression is well known, and he has used his literary gifts to illuminate the theology of an extraordinary period of Scottish history. I simply cannot recommend this volume highly enough. It is a tour de force of perceptive scholarship.
Bruce Ritchie
Lecturer in Church History, Highland Theological College, Dingwall, Scotland
Whether you are interested in Scottish theology or not, you will not be able to put down this intriguing volume, for it touches on the big questions that face all humans, and in so doing, takes us into the heights and depths of Christian theology. I have found him to be judicious and fair; always relating theological truth to the world we live in.
Douglas F. Kelly
Professor of Theology Emeritus, Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, North Carolina
I have been waiting for this book to be written for over thirty years. And Donald Macleod is the only one who could have written it. The history is important. The theology more so.
Ligon Duncan
Chancellor and CEO, Reformed Theological Seminary