Vancouver Island Theological Society

What did they be read on Vancouver Island for May?

Reading List – May 31, 2000

The subject for May 31, 2000 is "When has Christian teaching changed in the past; when should it change/not change in the future?"

Section 1: A Good Place to Begin

John Macquarrie, "Doctrinal Development: Search for Criteria" from The Making and Remaking of Christian Doctrine: Essays in honour of Maurice Wiles, ed. S. Coakley and D. Pailin, Oxford: Clarendon, 1991, pp. 161-176, 1997

Section 2: Some book reviews

1. Two reviews of Aidan Nichols, From Newman to congar: the Idea of Doctrinal Development from the Victorians to the Second Vatican Council, Ediburgh, T.&T. Clark, 1990

John Kent in The Expository Times, 102 (1990-91) p. 249
Bradford Hinze in The Journal of Religion,72 (1992) p. 589-591

2. A review of V.C. Miller, The Lambeth Articles, Oxford, Latimer House, 1994

Alan C. Clifford, The Evangelical Quarterly, 69 (1997), 174-177

Section 3: articles

1. Charles Richard Carlisle, Schaff and Newman on Doctrinal Development, Anglican Theological Review, LXVI (1984), pp. 375-390.

2. Mark K. Karlberg, "Doctrinal Development in Scripture and Tradition: A Reformed Assesssment of the Church's Theological Task," Calvin Theological Journal, (1995) pp. 401-418.

3. Philip Kenneson, "Nicholas Lash on Doctrinal Development and Ecclesial Authority," Modern Theology, 5(1989), 271-299.

4. Sarah Coakley, "Theology and cultural relativism: What is the problem?" Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie, 1979, pp. 223-243. [Sarah Coakley is one of the most brilliant theologians writing today - but be prepared to work on this one.]

Section 4: Our classic book on the subject is:

G.L. Prestige, Fathers and HereticsLondon: SPCK, 1940
On the other hand you could refer to Maurice Wiles, The Making of Christian Doctrine, Cambridge, 1967.

Those needing help to find these items can contact me by e-mail: jwunsch@islandnet.com