J.N. Darby and the Roots of Dispensationalism

John Nelson Darby is best known as the architect of the most influential system of end-times thinking among the world's half-a-billion evangelicals. This book re-examines Darby's thought and argues that claims that Darby is the father of dispensationalism may need to be revised.

List of contents

• Preface


• Introduction


• Chapter 1: Soteriology


• Chapter 2: Ecclesiology


• Chapter 3: Pneumatology


• Chapter 4: Eschatology


• Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Crawford Gribben is Professor of History at Queen's University Belfast. He writes about the religious history of Britain, Ireland, and North America, focusing on the literary cultures of puritanism and evangelicalism, with special interests in millennial and apocalyptic thought.

Summary

John Nelson Darby is best known as the architect of the most influential system of end-times thinking among the world's half-a-billion evangelicals. This book re-examines Darby's thought and argues that claims that Darby is the father of dispensationalism may need to be revised.

Additional text

This book is, no doubt, the definitive, concise study of the theology of J. N. Darby, particularly of his eschatology and of the role it played in the creation of modern dispensationalism. It establishes the author's surprising judgment that Darby "contributed some of the system's [dispensationalism's] key ideas: he saw the roots, but not the birth, ofdispensationalism".

Product details

• Authors: Crawford Gribben, Crawford (Professor of History Gribben, Gribben Crawford
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.04.2024
• EAN: 9780190932343
• ISBN: 978-0-19-093234-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 245 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, Theology, Christian theology, History of Religion, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches