Right from the outset, it has to be said, that Divine Attributes is a follow up volume to Peckham’s The Doctrine of God, published last year, which was pitched at the level of an introductory textbook for the study of the doctrine of God. His current volume takes the discussion further into constructive space and as such moves his overall p…[Read more]

This book was born as an answer to an issue raised from the floor at the 2015 General Conference (GC) Session in San Antonio, Texas (pp. 2‒4). The discussion of women’s ordination led to the observation that Seventh-day Adventists are drawing different conclusions from the same Scriptures. In attempts to explain this reality, it was proposed tha…[Read more]

This book is a response to a commission by the officers of the Trans-European Division (TED) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) to take stock of the TED’s history. The occasion was the TED’s ninetieth anniversary (1929‒2019). The goal was to commemorate it and evaluate how the church’s leaders “tried to shape the development of Adventist…[Read more]

This book’s author calls it “an interpretive essay.” Following up on an interest of his which began when he was a seminary student, he wrote it after he retired to Austin, Texas after years of service as Dean at the Berkeley Divinity School. He is active today in Texas as an Episcopalian Priest. The Episcopalian denomination continues the legac…[Read more]

If ecotheology feels like an unfamiliar word, or worse ‒ like a theological fashion statement ‒ it might be good to begin this book by circling it overhead. First, look at the credentials of the editors and contributors. Of the editors, Alan G. Padgett, is Professor of Systematic Theology at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. Kiara A. Jor…[Read more]

This book of 398 pages is a collection of papers presented at the Third International Symposium of the Institute of Adventist Studies at Friedensau Adventist University, held on April 23‒26, 2018. The book, published in 2020, gives a rich tour d’horizon of Adventist life on the European continent. In the global Adventist village, there might be…[Read more]

This is the first scholarly article to focus exclusively on the Adventist Fundamental Beliefs of 1931. Although this text is largely forgotten today, it played an important role in the self-expression of Adventist orthodoxy in the middle part of the 20th century. Its swift genesis and, subsequently, significant rise in importance demonstrates that…[Read more]

Revelation 20‒22 presents two separate eschatological resurrection events, one for the righteous and another for the wicked. This eschatological belief has become an integral building block in the eschatological belief structure held by the Seventh-day Adventist Church (Fundamental Beliefs 24‒28) ‒ a composite belief structure founded on the refor…[Read more]

This article examines the link between the creation theology and the judgment theology of the Three Angels’ Message of Revelation 14:6–13. It suggests that the concept of covenant provides the connecting link between these two themes which are of major significance for the theological vision of Revelation. An argument is advanced which dem…[Read more]

This article will propose a meta-hermeneutical approach that could help to uncover the deeper assumptions and epistemic horizon of a given biblical author. Firstly, the logic of the biblical beginning story will be examined and assessed in terms of its worldview horizon, a horizon that might constitute the larger perspective within which the…[Read more]

Sabbath is a story without peer. She is ancient, but a constant challenge to the contemporary. She ceases all things but remains unceasing. Her exquisite prestige, her dignified memory, are not indifferent to the sorrow of creation. Cries and tears and wounded bodies find space and embrace in the sacredness of Sabbath. Sabbath cannot be pressed…[Read more]