"Theology as Retrieval" by W. David Buschart and Kent D. Eilers. A Review
Theology as Retrieval: Receiving the Past, Renewing the Church by W David Buschart My rating: 5 of 5 stars Much of the early Reformation theologians and pastors followed a trail that had been cut out before their day; ad fontes (to the sources). It wasn’t just a hip renaissance slogan, but had been pursued by earlier generations, with sometimes more and sometimes less reliability. The sources that were returned to were the church’s pastors and theologians from bygone eras. The goal was to look back for the sake of the church’s present and the direction of the church’s future. This procedure now has a name: retrieval. W. David Buschart, associate dean and professor of theology and historical studies at Denver Seminary, and Kent D. Eilers, associate professor of theology at Huntington University in Huntington, Indiana, have pulled together a fine work to help guide in this process, “Theology as Retrieval: Receiving the Past, Renewing the Church.” Their 319 page paperback is a book wri...