The Fabric of Theology: A Prolegomenon to Evangelical Theology

by Richard Lints

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 1993

Overview

After showing that today’s evangelicals have not fared well in the crucible of modern pluralism, Lints argues that in order to regain spiritual wholeness, evangelicals must relearn how to think and live theologically. This book highlights several cultural and theological impediments to doing theology from an evangelical perspective, interacts with postmodernism as a theological method, and provides a provocative new outline for the construction of a truly “transformative” evangelical theology in the modern age.

Praise for the Print Edition

If American evangelicalism is to survive as a Christian movement (as distinct from a social, political, or even religious movement), it will need a rejuvenation of theology. Richard Lints ably points the way to that goal in this thought-provoking book. By assessing the enduring contribution of the epoch-making theologians like Luther, Calvin, and Jonathan Edwards, as well as by drawing attention to neglected voices like Geerhardus Vos, Lints provides models to renew the theological enterprise. Even more, he shows the altogether-healthy realization that theology worthy of the name can never be separated from life.

—Mark A. Noll

A splendid initiative in constructively reworking evangelical hermeneutics and theological method. . . . Lints deserves careful reading by those seeking to redefine the theological task within evangelicalism.

—Thomas C. Oden

I am enthusiastic about Richard Lints’s work. It is important for all who are serious about how to do evangelical theology in the contemporary setting. Lints combines clear thinking, theological insight, common sense, and astute cultural analysis.

—George M. Marsden

Product Details

• Title: The Fabric of Theology: A Prolegomenon to Evangelical Theology
• Author: Richard Lints
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Print Publication Date: 1993
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 359
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Theology, Doctrinal › Introductions; Evangelicalism; Christianity and culture
• ISBNs: 9780802806741, 0802806740
• Resource ID: LLS:FBRCTHPVNGLCLTH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-07-14T16:40:24Z

About Richard Lints

Dr. Richard Lints, has overlapping interests in systematic theology, Biblical theology, philosophy and cultural studies. He has authored the Fabric of Theology, co-authored 101 Terms in Philosophy for Theology Students, edited the collection of essays, Personal Identity in Theological Perspective, and has a forthcoming work entitled, Radical Ironies: Religion, the 1960s and the Dawn of the Postmodern World. Dr Lints joined the Gordon-Conwell faculty in 1986. He has also taught at Trinity College (Bristol, UK) Notre Dame, Yale Divinity School and Gordon College. Dr. Lints is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America. He has been a church planter and served in a variety of other pastoral positions in churches. He and his wife, Ann, reside in Boxborough, Massachusetts, and have three children, Catherine, Sarah and Lucas.