Doctrines of Grace in an Unexpected Place
Subtitle: Calvinistic Soteriology in Nineteenth-Century Brethren Thought
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781498281096
Subjects: Salvation, history of doctrines; Grace (theology)
Description: Does God sovereignly elect some individuals for salvation while passing others by? Do human beings possess free will to embrace or reject the gospel? Did Christ die equally for all people or only for some? These questions have long been debated in the history of the Christian church. Answers typically fall into one of two main categories, popularly known as Calvinism and Arminianism.The focus of this book is to establish how one nineteenth-century evangelical group, the Brethren, responded to these and other related questions. The Brethren produced a number of colorful leaders whose influence.