In the newest Reformed Historical-Theological Study, Dr. Richard A. Muller delves into one of the most controversial doctrines of Reformed Theology: predestination. Muller carefully investigates key incidents that illustrate the doctrine’s complexity and development by surveying Reformed thought on predestination in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Along the way, Muller challenges distorted ideas about the placement of predestination in theological systems, naïve readings of Calvin based solely on his Institutes, simplistic representations of supra- and infralapsarian debates, and uncharitable views of Reformed theologians as hyper-dogmatists obsessed with their own tradition.
240 pages.
“Throughout this work, Muller guides the reader along the via media, medians, and limits of classic Reformed confessional orthodox formulations of the doctrine of predestination, traced with illuminating nuance and detail from the early modern sources. A tour de force for student and scholar alike.”
—Todd M. Rester, associate professor of church history, Westminster Theological Seminary
Predestination in Early Modern Reformed Theology is in the following collections:
