The volume comprises a collection of essays ordered in three parts, each of which describes broadly the sub-fields of theology to which these belong. The essays tackle core themes in Christian doctrine, the longstanding relationship of theology to philosophy, and a series of challenges facing churches today. While the volume represents a Reformed theological approach often with a historical focus, it self-consciously reflects an ecumenical and critical perspective. The term 'humanism' reflects an openness to insight, understanding and correction from different fields of knowledge, while its 'Reformed' designation positions the work within a recognized theological tradition though seeking to avoid imprisonment by it.
A further feature of the collection is its attempt to overcome the curricular divisions between systematic theology, Christian ethics, and practical theology. The third section in particular deal with issues in social ethics, theological aesthetics, the place of the church in a secular culture, and the role of theology in the university.

David Fergusson is Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Introduction: Reformed Humanism
Part One: Christian Doctrine
1. The Divine Attributes: Some Methodological Considerations
2. The Power of God: Its Use and Abuse as a Theological Concept
3. Maker of Heaven and Earth: Theology for Creationtide
4. Christological Maximalism Assessed
5. Providence
6. The Imago Dei
7. The Last Judgement
Part Two: Philosophy

8. Hume as Religious Sceptic
9. Adam Smith on Ethics and Religion

10. Natural Theology After Darwin
Part Three: Church
11. Theology of Worship: A Reformed Perspective
12. Reformed Theology and Visual Culture
13. Mapping the Church: Current Challenges of History and Mission
14. The Bible in Modernity
15. Reformed Social Theology: Contexts and Constants

16. Theology and Therapy
17. The Place of Christian Theology in the University

Epilogue
18. Theology and Laughter
Bibliography
Index