Prolegomenon 1. Coming into Focus: Finding Lenses 2. The Moral is the Real: Location, Landscape, Appropriation 3. Thy Kingdom Come. Thy Will be Done, on Earth as it is in Heaven 4. Hallowed be Thy Name: Holiness' Self Recovery in the Human Conscience 5. Thine is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory. Amen. By Way of Conclusion
A new reading of P. T. Forsyth's soteriology, focusing on understanding his theology through the lens of the first petition of the Lord's Prayer.
Jason Goroncy is Associate Professor of Theology at Whitley College, University of Divinity, Australia.
I found this study immense, and I have not done justice to the
magnitude of it here. But it has, as the author suggests, whetted,
or re-whetted, my appetite and has already sent me back to read
Forsyth's books for myself again. And what could be better than
that?
*Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society*
This book fills a noticeable gap in Forsyth studies.
*Theological Book Review*
In this fine book Jason Goroncy engages in a critical and
appreciative assessment of the theological work of P.T. Forsyth by
directing our attention to the ways in which Forsyth understands
divine action in terms of the Lord's prayer's first petition. This
focus serves well the task of exploring the richness of Forsyth’s
work. Goroncy’s beautifully crafted prose and astute theological
judgement combine in a compelling case that Forsyth deserves to be
reckoned with still.
*Murray Rae, University of Otago, New Zealand*
P. T. Forsyth (1848-1921) has been described as a “Barthian before
Barth” (not entirely accurate, but a great compliment to Barth).
His works enjoyed a revival in the middle years of the twentieth
century, and now we are in the midst of a second great awakening
inspired by Trevor Hart and others in the mid-1990s. Since then
articles and monographs have appeared, and among the best is this
book by Dr. Goroncy. He has fastened upon the thus far
insufficiently-studied theme of sanctification which pervades
Forsyth’s works. His treatment is stimulating, his research is
unusually thorough, his style is fluent. The result is an important
book which should be read by ministers of religion and church
members, as well as by professional toilers in the theological
vineyard—especially, perhaps, by any who have somehow momentarily
mislaid the gospel.
*Professor Alan P. F. Sell, University of Wales Trinity Saint
David*
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