Doctrinal History of Adoption

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Tim J. R. Trumper

The doctrinal or theological history of adoption

“An Historical Study of the Doctrine of Adoption in the Calvinistic Tradition” (Ph.D. Diss.: University of Edinburgh, 2001).

A version of the Introduction to the dissertation was published in the Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology (SBET) in a couplet of articles:

• “The Theological History of Adoption: I. An Account,” Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology, 20:1 (Spring 2002), 4–28.
• “The Theological History of Adoption: II. A Rationale,” Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology, 20:2 (Autumn 2002), 177–202.

There is an updated account of the loss of adoption between the mid-seventeenth century and the early nineteenth century in:

• When History Teaches Us Nothing: The Reformed Sonship Debate in Context (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2008).

Adoption Nuggets

• Adoption Nuggets: (1) Introduction
• Adoption Nuggets: (2) Dipping Into Historical Theology
• Adoption Nuggets: (3) Dipping Into Metaphorical Theology