Andrew Fuller And The Search For A Faith Worthy Of All Acceptation

The eighteenth-century English minister Andrew Fuller lived a consequential life, debating noteworthy contemporaries such as Thomas Paine and contributing to the pioneering international work of William Carey. However, his soteriology remains his most significant theological contribution. Fuller explored the role that human agency plays in salvation's reception, and he offered substantive theological proposals that many religious historians now credit with advancing the Evangelical Revival. Fuller's work was both traditional and creative. He sought faithfulness to the broader Protestant tradition but developed that tradition in unique and contextually relevant ways. Despite Fuller's influence, much research into his life and work remains. Andrew Fuller and the Search for a Faith Worthy of All Acceptation examines heretofore underutilized primary sources related to Fuller's theological development. It attends to neglected texts produced by Fuller's opponents and mentors. Analysing these sources provides a fresh reading of Fuller's historical setting, one that contextualizes his theology and illuminates his constructive work on faith as a human response to the Gospel. This new interpretation allows scholars to discern more accurately the concepts that animated Fuller, the persons he sought to refute, and the sources on which he relied. This interpretation of Fuller challenges assumptions in contemporary scholarship and raises new questions for further research.

"This book will appeal to both theologians and historians. Fuller's constructive soteriological proposals, though offered in the eighteenth century, are relevant to contemporary pressing issues in dogmatics, and theologians will find them generative. Moreover, given Fuller's significance to the evangelical and Baptist traditions, historians of either movement will take an interest in this work. The new presentation of Fuller it advocates will provide nuance not only to Fuller studies but also to accounts of the Evangelical Revival's beginnings. Finally, the context in which Fuller operated featured several theological traditions that are now receiving fresh attention"--

This seminal work of Christian theology is a defense of the doctrine of universal atonement, the belief that Christ's death on the cross was sufficient to save all humanity. In the book, Andrew Fuller argues against the idea that only the elect are capable of repentance and faith, and lays out a comprehensive vision of the gospel message that is oriented towards all people. The book is a major contribution to the history of evangelicalism and a valuable resource for scholars of Christian theology and history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.