Publication

2001-09-01 - Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Language

English

Word Count

25,250 words, Guess

Page Count

101 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2001040276
  • Goodreads950406
  • LibraryThing149232

Classifications

  • LCCBT761.3 .M68 2001
  • LCCBT761.3.M68 2001

Description

"How do Christians account for the widespread presence of goodness in a fallen world? Different theological perspectives have presented a range of answers to this fundamental question over the centuries. In He Shines in All That's Fair Richard Mouw brings the historic insights of Calvinism to bear on this question and reinterprets them for a broader audience at the turn of the twenty-first century." "Mouw examines long-standing Reformed arguments between those who champion the doctrine of common grace and those who emphasize an antithesis between the church and the world. Defenders of common grace account for the goodness in the world by insisting that God's grace goes beyond salvation to more general gifts of beauty, virtue, and excellence to all human beings - including those who do not believe in God. Those who reject the doctrine of common grace, on the other hand, emphasize the fallenness of the world and the need for the church to maintain a dramatic contrast to it."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

Like most people raised in North American Protestantism, I was taught songs in my early childhood about the love of Jesus.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • He Shines in All That's Fair: Culture and Common GraceHardcoverWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company2001-09-01

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