"Brian Gerrish's long-awaited Christian Faith: Dogmatics in Outline is a gem of ripe historical scholarship and striking theological construction. Organized in two major parts, the first, 'Creation,' analyzes the 'elemental faith' presupposed by Christian faith, and the second, `Redemption,' itself divided in two ('Christ and Christian Existence' and 'The Spirit and the Church'), examines the beliefs and dogmas in which 'the distinctively Christian way of having faith' is expressed. All twenty-one chapters, introduced by finely crafted theses, begin with helpful studies of the diverse biblical sources of a doctrine, followed by explorations of significant moments in the doctrine's development (with special attention to the work of Gerrish's two 'main guides,' Calvin and Schleiermacher), before finally advancing the author's own critical and constructive statement. The author's primary criteria of dogmatic theology-fidelity to the apostolic witness to Jesus Christ and pertin nence to contemporary thought and experience-are deployed throughout the work. Rigorous and readable, fresh and thought-provoking, Gerrish's volume is an outstanding resource for teachers and students of Christian dogmatics."
— Daniel L. Migliore, Charles Hodge Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary