Alan Sell is a prolific author producing a vast output of high quality
research across many disciplines. From philosophy and theology to ethics
and history his work has been received with acclaim for its clarity and
incisiveness, as well as for its relevance to contemporary issues faced
by the church. Throughout, Sell has maintained an unwavering commitment
to Reformed faith and the unity of the church universal. His work
continues to deliver challenges and inspire reflection for those who are
interested in thinking deeply about issues of living under the cross of
Christ in the world today. In this book, several colleagues, friends,
and admirers have gathered together to honor Alan Sell's contribution to
scholarship and to the life of the church. Leading Christian
scholars--including Gabriel Fackre, Clyde Binfield, Keith Clements, and
Donald McKim--here offer reflections on Professor Sell's work, and other
related themes under the banner of the unity of the church in the
contemporary world. The essays explore the foundations of unity, its
historical context, and some of the challenges of ecumenism today.
Together they make a unique contribution to the theme which has occupied
so much of Sell's attention over the years, and which continues to be of
crucial importance to the life of the church in a new era. ""A welcome
contribution to the cause of Christian unity. It deserves serious
consideration by all branches of the Christian family."" --Donald G.
Bloesch, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary ""A fascinating
collection of essays, reflecting the range of Alan Sell's interests from
Reformed theology to ecumenism, with some philosophy and social ethics
along the way."" --David W. Thompson, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
""This is an important collection which not only honours Alan Sell's
unique and incisive contribution to reformed and ecumenical theology,
but takes the discussion forward in its own right."" --Tom Best, World
Council of Churches ""Alan Sell has moved with ease in the different
worlds of English Dissent, global Reformed theology, defending Christian
theology in and from a university in western Canada, and in his last
appointment professing both Christian theology and the philosophy of
religion in the essentially dissenting nation of Wales--four careers all
bound up in one lifespan. All this is reflected in this collection of
essays which pay tribute to all that he has done in forming and
informing the mind of the modern Dissent by those who have been his
colleagues or whose careers have been shaped by his generous but
incisive scholarship. Here they reflect on the spirituality, learning,
mission, and churchmanship of the Reformed tradition and its unique
contribution to the one catholic church of God."" --John Briggs, Centre
for Baptist History and Heritage, Regent's Park College, University of
Oxford Anna M. Robbins is Lecturer in Theology and Contemporary Culture
at the London School of Theology. She researches, writes, and speaks in
the areas of theological method, social ethics, and apologetics and is
author of Methods in the Madness and Sharing the Feast.
