Baptism in the Reformed Tradiition

Baptism in the Reformed Tradition An Historical and Practical Theology (Columbia Series in Reformed Theology) John W. RiggsWestminster John Knox Press, 2010ISBN 9780664231828 Softcover, 200 pp.6.0 X 9.0 X 0.46 inches | 0.66 pounds This premier work considers the development of the doctrine of baptism in the Reformed tradition. John Riggs studies the major early Reformers, concentrating on Calvin's views, and then traces the development of the doctrine through the Reformed Confessions, Reformed Orthodoxy, and into Schleiermacher's thought. Twentieth-century debates are discussed as they illuminate earlier tensions and differing views from the past.