Reformed Theology Archives - The Davenant Institute

Without Excuse: Presuppositionalism and the Historic Christian Faith

Incorporating philosophy, historical theology, and Scripture, our latest collection features essays on the doctrine of natural revelation.
Foucault and the Hope of Resurrection

By his integration of literary, archaeological, and liturgical evidence, Stefan brings the doctrine of resurrection down from the realms of ideas and demonstrates the many ways in which it was applied and lived out in the early Church.
When Roman Catholics and Protestants Read Each Other

Beyond Dordt and De Auxiliis examines the interdependence of these two traditions in the early modern period as they discussed and debated doctrines such as predestination and divine grace.
The Lamentation of a Sinner by Katherine Parr: A Review by Rhys Laverty

Devotional retrieval must accompany theological retrieval. To that end, New Whitchurch Press’ republication of The Lamentation of a Sinner is prescient.
Revisiting “The Shape Fallacy”: A Response to Ben Jefferies

I am concerned with something bigger than any one late modern prayer book: how the Dixian shift to thinking of the prayer book in terms of “shape” has affected the virtues of the prayer book tradition.
Becoming Holy with Richard Hooker

By teaching two kinds of righteousness, one imputed and one actual, Hooker makes room for us both to truly become holy and for our works to contribute to that holiness.
Retrieving John Donne: Poetic Companion for Conflicted Protestants

Many Protestants today are conflicted Protestants. Here we stand, we can do no other—yet we feel adrift of the church’s historical doctrine and worship.
The Art of Protestant Learning

One of the misguided but persistent assumptions about English reformers in the sixteenth century is that they rejected the study of ancient languages, rhetoric, grammar, philosophy, and poetry in their efforts to defend the supremacy of Scripture.
“Presbyterians” and the Making of an Informal Establishment (Pt. 2)

So far, I have worked to argue that the English Reformed tradition had already become considerably less magisterial by the mid-seventeenth century. Next, I want to suggest that Cromwell’s move towards supporting a kind of multiple establishment had echoes in the early republic, first in the abortive attempts to create shared establishments that would support […]
Best Reads of 2019

We asked a handful of our staff and Davenant Fellows what books they particularly enjoyed reading over this past year.