It is arguable that in no other area of Reformed theology has the debate about its development proved more tricky and more contentious, and more difficult to separate historical analysis from later polemics, than the atonement. That fact alone makes Michael Lynch's study of John Davenant a signal achievement. Lynch successfully demonstrates that Davenant's thought can only be understood when his work is allowed to speak for itself. This book is a significant
contribution to the growing body of scholarship on Reformed Orthodoxy, a welcome analysis of a key but neglected Reformed theologian, and a great example of how to do historical theology.
Michael J. Lynch is Classical Languages, Theology, and Humanities teacher at Delaware Valley Classical School and a lecturer in Church History at the Davenant Institute.