Lyceum Disputation Symposium

Theonomy Lyceum Disputation Symposium

Seven essays examining the nature and validity of theonomy from across the theological spectrum.

The Lyceum Theonomy series focuses on the nature and validity of theonomy. It features seven essays discussing the nature and merits of contemporary theonomy from various perspectives. Each essay features the unfiltered views of each author which may or may not represent the viewpoints of the London Lyceum.

Lyceum Disputation Symposiums are essays on various theological, historical, and philosophical topics intended to provide greater understanding in a spirit that reflects charity, curiosity, critical thinking, and cheerful confessionalism.

Essays & Contributors

7 Scholars, 7 Perspectives

Michael Beck is from South Africa, where he and his wife planted Gracenet Community Church in Wellington, New Zealand. He serves as preaching pastor at Gracenet, teaches Biblical Theology at Grace Theological College, and co-hosts the Two Age Sojourner podcast.

Miles Smith IV
Historic Protestant Political Theology: Theonomy and Theological Tinkering
Miles Smith IV
PhD, Texas Christian University · Assistant Professor of History, Hillsdale College

Miles Smith IV is Assistant Professor of History at Hillsdale College. His research focuses on the U.S. South and Atlantic world, with interests in intellectual history, religion, slavery and freedom, and the intersection of religion and politics.

David VanDrunen
Theonomy: A Theological Critique
David VanDrunen
PhD, Loyola University Chicago · Robert B. Strimple Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics, Westminster Seminary California

David VanDrunen is Robert B. Strimple Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics at Westminster Seminary California and a minister of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. He researches at the intersection of systematic theology, biblical studies, ethics, and legal and political theory.

Stephen Wolfe
Classical Reformed Theonomy
Stephen Wolfe
PhD, Louisiana State University

Stephen Wolfe’s doctoral dissertation addresses the continuity and discontinuity of American political thought between the Puritan settlements and the American founding. His primary research interest is Protestant political theory.

Glenn Moots
Are There Still Theonomists?
Glenn Moots
Author, Politics Reformed (University of Missouri Press)

Glenn Moots is the author of Politics Reformed (University of Missouri Press) and co-editor of Justifying Revolution: Law, Virtue, and Violence in the American War of Independence (Oklahoma, 2018). He has published widely in academic journals and edited collections.

Timon Cline
That One Time Theonomists Didn’t Run Puritan New England
Timon Cline
JD, Rutgers Law School · MAR, Westminster Theological Seminary · Fellow, Craig Center for the Study of the Westminster Standards

Timon Cline is an attorney, a fellow at the Craig Center for the Study of the Westminster Standards at Westminster Theological Seminary, and a regular contributor at Modern Reformation. He has published in Unio Cum Christo, the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, and American Reformer.

Ben R. Crenshaw
New Covenant Fulfillment and the End of the Law: A Critique of Theonomic Hermeneutics and Political Ethics
Ben R. Crenshaw
PhD student, Politics, Hillsdale College (Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship)

Ben R. Crenshaw studies at the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship at Hillsdale College. He is a graduate of Taylor University, Denver Seminary, and Hillsdale College, with research interests at the intersection of religion and politics in the Western and American heritage.

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