Writings

Here you will find a list of books, book chapters, or articles that I've published, or which I'm going to publish.  Of course, just because they're the published stuff doesn't mean they're the most interesting, and I've written quite a bit on other topics.  Scroll down for a listing of some of these.

Books

Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2009. 214 pp.

"Deeply sympathetic to the Mercersburg theologians, Nevin and Schaff, Littlejohn presents a plea for Reformed theology to take Church, sacraments, and apostolic succession seriously as divine means of salvation. By linking Mercersburg to the Oxford Movement, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Catholic movement of nouvelle théologie, this book contributes toward a renewal of Reformed theology. Littlejohn's ressourcement of the Mercersburg Theology is courageous and stands as a model of solid ecumenical theology."
—Hans Boersma, author of Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross and Nouvelle Théologie & Sacramental Ontology

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(Brad Littlejohn, General Editor; Edited by Linden J. DeBie; foreword by Mark Noll.  Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2012. 384 pp.

"No single book on sacramental thought from nineteenth-century America has attracted more attention in the past half century than The Mystical Presence . . . This new edition by Linden J. DeBie and W. Bradford Littlejohn clarifies [Nevin's] importance by placing his work in its American context, showing his engagement with European theologians, and locating him in his own theological tradition . . . Nevin's work will continue to make a mark, and this new edition brings to bear the latest scholarship."
—E. Brooks Holifield, Emory University, author of Theology in America

First volume in the Mercersburg Theology Study Series, of which I am serving as General Editor (see more information in Projects and at the Mercersburg Research Fellowship).

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Coena Mystica: Debating Reformed Eucharistic Theology (General Editor). Edited by Linden DeBie; foreword by Anne Thayer. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, forthcoming 2013.

Second volume in the Mercersburg Theology Study Series.

Book Chapters

“Bancroft v. Penry: Conscience and Authority in Elizabethan Polemics.” In A Companion to Paul’s Cross. Edited by W.J. Torrance Kirby. Leiden: Brill; forthcoming 2013.

"Sola Scriptura and the Public Square: Richard Hooker and a Protestant Paradigm for Political Engagement." 
In The Bible: Culture, Community, and Society. Edited by Angus Paddison and Neil Messer. Edinburgh: T&T Clark; forthcoming 2013.

"The Privation of Property: Property Rights, Capitalism, and the Christian Tradition."
In Render Unto God: Christianity and Capitalism Reconsidered. Edited by Ryan McIlhenny. Lanham, MD: University Press of America; forthcoming 2013.

Articles

(With Jordan J. Ballor.) “European Calvinism: Church Discipline.” In European History Online (EGO). Edited by Irene Dingel and Johannes Paulmann. Mainz: Institute of European History [IEG], 2013.

"Calvin and Commerce: The Transforming Power of Calvinism in Market Economies"
A sharply critical review of the recent book in the Calvin 500 Series by David Hall and Matthew Burton.  
Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology 28/2 (Autumn 2010): 227-29.

"Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms: A Study in the Development of Reformed Social Thought"
A critical review of the recent book by David VanDrunen.
Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology 29/1 (Spring 2011).

"The Hebrew Republic"
A short review of the excellent book by Eric Nelson (2010).
Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology 29/1 (Spring 2011).

Unpublished Papers

Listed here are a selection of some of the best or most significant academic papers I've written over the past few years as part of my studies.  On the earlier incarnation of this blog, you could download some of these papers.  Although you can't do that anymore, alas, do feel free to email me and ask for a copy.  That way, you still get a new paper, and I get a new friend.

"Prophets of the Royal Supremacy: Vermigli, Bullinger, and the Hermeneutics of Early Reformed Political Thought." M.Th. thesis, University of Edinburgh (August 2010).

“Indifference that Makes a Difference: Richard Hooker and the Conundrum of Christian Liberty.” Presented at the Society for the Study of Theology (York, April 2012).

“Natural Law and Which Two Kingdoms?: Contours of 16th-century Protestant Political Theology.” Presented at the American Academy of Religion Meeting (San Francisco, November 2011).

“‘Owe Nothing But Love’: A Chiastic Reading of Romans 13.” Presented at the Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting (London, July 2011)

“Law, Liberty, and Love of Neighbor in the English Reformation.” Presented at the Society for the Study of Christian Ethics Postgraduate Conference (Edinburgh, April 2011)

“Social Justice in Israelite Legal Practice.” Presented at Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting (Tartu, Estonia, July 2010).

“Jesus Meets Moses: Metalepsis and Typology in Mark 3:1-6.” Presented at the Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting (Tartu, Estonia, July 2010).

“‘Servants of God’ and Followers of Christ: Reading Romans 13 in Context.”  Presented at the Society for the Study of Christian Ethics Postgraduate Conference (Edinburgh, May 2010). 

"Nature, Freedom, and the Common Good: Property Rights in the Catholic Tradition." Written for M.Th. (University of Edinburgh) course in Christian Political Thought (April 2010).

"The Elusive Gift: Recovering Ethics as Response to Divine Grace." Written for M.Th. (University of Edinburgh) course in Christian Ethics (December 2009).

"In Him Was Life: The Mysterious Christology and Soteriology of the Fourth Gospel." Written for M.A. (New Saint Andrews College) course in Christology (December 2008).

"Explaining Explanation: How Aristotle and Teleology Can Help Make Sense of Scientific Explanation." Written for M.A. (New Saint Andrews College) course in Philosophy of Science (October 2008).

"Community, Complaint, and Catharsis: The Persona Shifts in Lamentations." Written for M.A. (New Saint Andrews College) course in Old Testament Prophets (May 2008).

"A Shattered Prism: The Polyphonous and Evanescent Structure of Genesis 1." Written for M.A. (New Saint Andrews College) course in Old Testament Pentateuch (December 2007).