More than two hundred international scholars from a variety of denominations contribute to this outstanding, one-volume reference book. Comprehensive in scope, it stresses the importance of events, persons, and theological concepts that have been significant to the Reformed tradition. The articles provide authoritative summaries and stimulating discussion.

The Preface states that this work “provides a picture of the major events, persons, and theological understandings of the Reformed Faith... it seeks to provide a circle of knowledge…indicating how events, persons, and concepts have been particularly significant in the Reformed heritage.”

"An invaluable resource for pastors and scholars of all denominations."

—Donald G. Bloesch, Professor of Theology, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa

Additional Details
Editor: Donald K. McKim
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Date: 1992
Pages: 414
 

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Praise for the Print Edition
"An encyclopedia like this is a necessity. We can be grateful not only that this task has been carried out but also that it has been done so well. Many scholars have compressed the results of long study into a few columns coming to judgments about 'what is really important' and 'what it all comes down to.' This will be a valuable guide for years to come."

—Eugene TeSelle, Professor of Church History and Theology, The Divinity School, Vanderbilt University, Nashville

"The theological articles are models of conciseness and clarity; the historical subjects treated and the volume's authorship are international in scope."

—Alan P. F. Sell, Chair of Christian Thought, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This volume "is unique in that for the first time the major figures and topics of church history and theology are dealt with from a Reformed perspective...The articles focus on Reformed accents and distinctives but are not narrow or polemical in spirit."

—I. John Hesselink, Albertus C. Van Raalte Professor of Systematic Theology, Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America, Holland, Michigan

"The Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith is encyclopedic, not in the sense of exhausting the field but in its provision for "a circle of knowledge" within which the events, persons, and theological ideas that constitute the Reformed tradition are identified. The editor's intent is to substantiate the conviction that history has meaning, that people contribute to a meaningful history by their interpretation of it, and that Reformed theology retains the capacity to shape the present and future. The book represents the further assumption that historical traditions exist, that they possess a distinctive vocabulary, and that they can be differentiated from one another.

"[This book] belong[s] in the church library and in the study of pastor and teacher alike. We are all in debt to Donald McKim for making the Reformed tradition available to so many in this thoughtful and encyclopedic manner."

—Wallace M. Alston, Jr., Nassau Presbyterian Church, in Theology Today, Volume 50 (No 4)

"This is a very helpful volume covering the history, key figures and theology of the Reformed tradition."

—Kim Riddlebarger, What books should Reformed Christians own? An Annotated Bibliography for Building a Basic Library

About the Editor
Dr. Donald K. McKim is editor, academic and reference, with Westminster John Knox Press and an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA). He is a graduate of Westminster College (PA) and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh. He has been an administrator and faculty member at Memphis Theological Seminary and the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary while also having served as interim pastor and stated supply pastor of several churches.

Dr. McKim is the author of Introducing the Reformed Faith, the Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms, The Bible in Theology and Preaching, Theological Turning Points, and (with Jack B. Rogers), The Authority and Interpretation of the Bible: An Historical Approach. His edited works include Calvin’s Institutes: Abridged Edition; the Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters, the Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith, Major Themes in the Reformed Tradition, and God Never Forgets: Faith, Hope, and Alzheimer's Disease. Dr. McKim served as president of the Calvin Studies Society and as chair of the Theology Task Group of Presbyteries' Cooperative Committee of the Presbyterian Church (USA).