Theological Journals, Part 2

Modern Reformation (July/Aug 2022): in “When Tolerance was no Ideal,” Dr. Jonathan Kurt further explores 16th-17th century England on tolerance. Did it exist? What about the Acts of Uniformity? He postulates “reformations,” a recent fad instead of “reformation.” Calvin Theological Journal (Spring 2022): in “The Beatitudes and the Life of the Church, Gerard M, Cisar thankfully ends his article. It could have ended much earlier. His thesis was sustained: the first four Beatitudes are chiastically arranged with the latter four Beatitudes. Attitudes and actions. That’s where God’s kingdom is at. Westminster Theological Journal (Fall 2021): “Doctoral Dissertation Abstracts:” Dr. Andrew Goodman’s “The Use of Texts, Themes, and Theology in Revelation:” Dr. Goodman explores the “I Am,” kingdom of priests, Sinai theophany, the plague and the Song of Ex. 15, postulating John’s useages in Revelation 1-16. We’ll see. Invention and fancy, as if John created the visions? Mid-America Journal of Theology (Fall 2021): in “Should Effectual Calling and Regeneration be Distinguished,” Dr. Cornelius Venema outlines Vanhoozer’s notion (hardly new), calling it a “linguistic-theological model (hardly new), that the Triune God is a communicative God (again, not much new there either). Global Anglican (Summer 2022): Editorial by Archbishop Jensen “What’s Wrong with Young Men:” the issue is the same for all ages, Law and Gospel. Dr. Jensen discusses the woeful illiteracy in understanding the Decalogue. Global Anglican (Spring 2022): in “John Owen on the Dangers of Biblicism,” Rev. Rich Duncan (CoE, Peterborough, UK) has helpfully pointed Owen’s handling of the Socinians on Chalcedonian orthodoxy, relying on some medievalist and scholastic distinctions. Rev. Duncan reduces the Socinians to “biblical rationslism.”