Theological Journals

Calvin Theological Journal (Spring 2022): “From the Editor,” Karin Maag gives us a preview of the edition at hand: four articles, two sermons, and some 20ish book reviews to come. “Ecotheology” is now a subject in the field. Westminster Magazine (Spring 2022): in “I Will Build My Church: Faculty Interview: Dr. Jonathan Gibson comments on the WTS faculty strengthening pastoral concerns with an ever-increasing number of students seeking pastorates as opposed to academic directions. He notes that the OT department is staffed by PhDs with pastoral and missions backgrounds. Thus, the OT department has that concern. Modern Reformation (Jan/Feb 22), in “Christianity in Ethiopia,” Dr. Tamrat, Principal of Evangelical College in Addis Abada, Ethiopia, describes the evangelicals as 20% of the Ethiopian populace. They are denominated as “Anti-Marians” and “Penties.” 33% of the populace is Islamist. The Ethiopian Orthodox are a large majority and control things. Westminster Theological Journal (Nov 2021, 275-297): in “Puritan New England the New Israel,” Dr. Richard Cogley nears the end of the article, again, claiming that Berkovitch has overbid the evidence in his thesis. Mid-America Journal of Theology (Fall 2021, 7-34): in “Still No Peeking: Karl Barth’s Conflict with Federal Theology,” Dr. Beach sets the stage for Barth’s view of federal theology. He’s made the start but with nothing notable yet. Anglican & Episcopal History (Sept 2014), in “Thomas Cole and the Episcopal Church,” Dr. J. Robert Wright continues to give the history of varied engravings of Cole’s paintings put forward at modest prices so as to get into the hands of those with lower incomes. Churchman (Winter 2018): in “How Jesus’s Cry from the Cross in Mark 15.34 Answered?”, Dr. Donald West offer one view of the divine response to Jesus’s cry, but follows C. E. Cranfield’s view that Jesus’s cry expresses the horrific suffering of Jesus as the Sin-Bearer and the divine judgment upon him. Protestant Reformed Theological Journal 55,1 (Fall, 2021, pages 80-85): in “Calvin’s Only Letter to Luther,” Rev. Cory Greiss continues on this letter—noting Calvin’s deference to Luther. Calvin is 36 and Luther is 62. In 1545, Calvin knows Luther’s dim view of the Swiss. Southwestern Theological Journal (Fall 2021), in “THE OLD TESTAMENT IN ACTS: A MACRO PERSPECTIVE,” Dr. Patrick Schreiner takes us to Athens and discusses Paul’s sermon at Mars Hill, gaining contempt from many, but also with Dionysius and Damaria becoming followers. The Biblical Repertory/Princeton Review (Volume 9, Issue 1, 1837, pages 29ff.). James Waddel Archibald reviews Paul Henry’s “The Life of John Calvin, the Great Reformer” (Vol. 1, 1835). Rev. Archibald continues to comments on letters to Viret and Farel about his deep and abiding affection for his sick wife, Idelette. Concordia Theological Journal (Winter 2020), in “Confession of a Lutheran University,” Dr. David Loy is not retreating: the Lutheran Confessions for the faculties not only of divinity but all departments. He promises to answer the objection: that limits academic freedom. Very nice article and applicable to Reformed colleges. Princeton Theological Review (Vol.22, No.1, Spring 2019), in in “God’s Simple Knowledge and Disagreement,” Eric Tuttle, 3rd year MDiv student and postulant to the TEC, thinks he can show “good disagreement” by diving into Hegel and while calling God “She, Herself, the Themselves”[sic]. A lot of smooth talk.