Learning from the Past

Reviews / Votes

The fourteen essays in this collection are an outstanding tribute to the esteem with which Lane is held by his fellow scholars. The writers are all experts on their topics. Their essays bring new insights through their succinct and clearly written presentations. * Journal of Theological Studies * First-class pieces by top scholars focused generally on two of Lane's long-standing emphases: the reception of thought of earlier generations; and dialogue. ... All the essays, as models of historical and theological scholarship, repay careful study. * Theological Book Review * The shape of this book and the breadth of its scholarship is itself a tribute to Tony Lane and his influence as scholar and teacher. * Ecclesiology * The range of the subject matter in this readable and well-edited book is indeed catholic, extending from Augustine and bernard at one end to Wesley, Kierkegaard and Thomas Merton at the other. The seventeen authors consist of a healthy mix of established and emerging scholars. The edition is more than a collection of essays on Reformation studies, well represented by fresh insights or hypotheses on Calvin, Farel, Luther, Amandus Polanus, the Council Trent, and the Reformed impact in Poland-Lithuania. The seventeenth-century articles provide some new insight into the Westminster Assembly, James Ussher, Turretin and Edwards as well as Pentecostal manifestations. Overall, in substance and authorship the book echoes admirably the distinctive academic, religious and spiritual interests of Tony Lane along with his industry and craftsmanship. * Ian Hazlett, University of Glasgow, UK * Professor Lane's work has been a gift to scholars of the Reformation, and of Calvin in particular. He exemplifies the careful, critical, yet sympathetic approach to Christian thinkers of the past that characterizes the best historical scholarship. The essays in this volume are a fitting tribute to his work, including contributions from a number of distinguished colleagues and friends in history, theology and philosophy. There is much to ponder in these studies for scholars and students of historical theology. * Oliver Crisp, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA. *