Descending on Humanity and Intervening in History: Notes from the Pulpit Ministry of P. T. Forsyth

Forsyth, P T

ISBN 10: 1498254861 / ISBN 13: 9781498254861

Published by Wipf and Stock, 2013

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• Title: Descending on Humanity and Intervening in History: Notes from the Pulpit Ministry of P. T. Forsyth
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498254861
• ISBN 13: 9781498254861
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This collection of forty-eight sermons, most of which have not been previously published, discloses the integration of vocation and imagination in the work of one of the greatest of Free Church theologians, P. T. Forsyth. At a time of fragmentation, when theological study has become too much removed from the task of the preacher, Forsyth's work can remind us of the invigorating power of Christian doctrine interpreted and expounded in situations of pastoral and political exigency. Its capacity for the renewal of the church is evident again from this rich and timely anthology, compiled and introduced by Jason Goroncy.

About the Authors

Peter Taylor Forsyth (1848-1921) preached and pastored for twenty five years before becoming principal of Hackney College in London where he taught Systematic Theology and Preaching. Forsyth converted from theological liberalism to classical Christianity in the mid 1880s. The theological transition was, in his own words, "from a lover of love to an object of grace." A theologian of the cross, Forsyth is well known for his publications The Work of Christ, Cruciality of the Cross, and The Person and Place of Jesus Christ.


Jason Goroncy (PhD, St Andrews) is Associate Professor of Theology in the University of Divinity, Australia, and has published widely in the areas of public theology, theology and the arts, and theological ethics. He is the author of Hallowed be Thy Name: The Sanctification of All in the Soteriology of P. T. Forsyth (T&T Clark, 2013), and P. T. Forsyth: Life and Thought (Wipf and Stock, forthcoming), and the contributing editor of Descending on Humanity and Intervening in History: Notes from the Pulpit Ministry of P. T. Forsyth (Pickwick, 2013), Tikkun Olam--To Mend the World: A Confluence of Theology and the Arts (Pickwick, 2014), Imagination in an Age of Crisis: Soundings from the Arts and Theology (Pickwick, 2022), and the T&T Clark Handbook of the Doctrine of Creation (Bloomsbury, forthcoming). He also writes at jasongoroncy.com.