Released in the UK November 2022
Released in the US November 2022
Large trade paperback | 264 Pages
9781527109148 • £14.99 $19.99
BISAC – REL067040
Irresistible Beauty
Beholding Triune Glory in the Face of Jesus Christ
Samuel G. Parkison
Part of REDS series
Relevance of Christ’s beauty on Christian theology
Converses with great minds of Christian history
What hath beauty to do with systematic theology? In this new monograph, Samuel G. Parkison explores this question by examining the relationship between Christ’s divine beauty and regeneration and faith. In this doxologically flavored, dogmatically charged work, Parkison pulls from a variety of disciplines to demonstrate Christ’s beauty, and the relevance of Christ’s beauty on Christian theology.
Samuel G. Parkison
Samuel G. Parkison is Associate Professor of Theological Studies at the Gulf Theological Seminary in the United Arab Emirates. He is the author of ‘To Gaze Upon God: The Beatific Vision in Doctrine, Tradition, and Practice’; ‘Irresistible Beauty: Beholding Triune Glory in the Face of Jesus Christ’; and co–author of ‘Proclaiming the Triune God: The Doctrine of the Trinity in the Life of the Church’.
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Mentor
Parkison’s work is a delight because of all the different subjects he broaches. Everything from philosophy, to history of interpretation, to exegesis is dealt with here. You will learn more than you planned on when you read this book.
Patrick Schreiner
Associate Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri
Only when the Spirit gives us eyes to behold the beauty of our triune God can we then truly know what is beautiful as we behold the glory of God’s beatitude. Readers who want to plumb the nature of true beauty will do well to weigh carefully Dr. Parkison’s arguments.
J. V. Fesko
Harriet Barbour Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, Mississippi; author, ‘Reforming Apologetics: Retrieving the Classic Reformed Approach to Defending the Faith’
This fascinating study considers biblical soteriology as the believer being drawn into union with Christ through faith as beholding irresistible beauty. This is dogmatics in the service of the church at its finest.
Craig Carter
Professor of Theology, Tyndale University, Toronto, Ontario
… a compelling biblical case for retrieving the glorious beauty of the truth and goodness of the good news of Jesus Christ. ‘Irresistible Beauty’ is an important argument for appreciating the aesthetic dimension of saving faith.
Kevin J. Vanhoozer
Research Professor of Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois