Richard a muller biography of william

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In the newest Reformed Historical-Theological Study, Dr. Richard A. Muller delves into one of the most controversial doctrines of Reformed Theology: predestination. Muller carefully investigates key incidents that illustrate the doctrine’s complexity and development by surveying Reformed thought on predestination in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Along the way, Muller challenges distorted ideas about the placement of predestination in theological systems, naïve readings of Calvin based solely on his Institutes, simplistic representations of supra- and infralapsarian debates, and uncharitable views of Reformed theologians as hyper-dogmatists obsessed with their own tradition. 

Contents

Acknowledgments 

Abbreviations 

Introduction 

1. Predestination in the Eras of the Reformation and Early Reformed Orthodoxy
2. The Placement of Predestination in Reformed Theology
3. Calvin on Predestination: A Developmen

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   Dr. Richard Muller received his PhD from Duke University (1976) and currently serves as a Senior Fellow for the Junius Institute for Digital Reformation Research alongside his position as a scholar in residence at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He has previously held positions at Calvin Theological Seminary, serving as the P. J. Zondervan Professor of Historical Theology (1992-2015) as well as a Professor of Historical Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary (1980-1992). Dr. Muller has published many significant journal articles and books in Reformation and Post-Reformation studies, such as After Calvin: Studies in the Development of a Theological Tradition (Oxford University Press, 2003); Christ and the Decree: Christology and Predestination in Reformed Theology from Calvin to Perkins (Baker Academic, 2008); and, notably, Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics: The Rise and Development of Reformed Orthodoxy, ca. 1520 to ca. 1725 (Baker Academic, 2003). He and his wife Gloria h

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Richard Muller (theologian)

American historical theologian (born 1948)

Richard A. Muller (born October 12, 1948, in Flushing, New York) is an American historical theologian.

Life

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Muller obtained his B.A. in history from Queens College, City University of New York in 1969, his M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary, New York in 1972, and his Ph.D. in Reformation studies from Duke University in 1976. He has taught at Fuller Theological Seminary (1980–1992), has been awarded a Mellon Post-Doctoral Research Grant and has held the Belle van Zuylenleerstoel at Utrecht University (1999). He has served on the editorial boards of Sixteenth Century Journal and Reformation and Renaissance Review. He is P. J. Zondervan Professor of Historical Theology Emeritus and is senior fellow of the Junius Institute for Digital Reformation Research at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Work

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Muller's research and writing has been largely focused on the r