Shawn Wright
The Reformation, Baptists and Biblical Retrieval Theology
Session 12 – Justification by Faith Alone: The Perspectives of John Owen and William Kiffen
‘Humble and brilliant’: Wright discusses new biography on Theodore Beza
EDITOR’S NOTE: In what follows, Shawn D. Wright, associate professor of church history at Southern Seminary, talks about his new book, Theodore Beza: The Man and the Myth, with Towers writer Andrew J.W. Smith. AJWS: What can seminary students learn from Theodore Beza? SW: I think it’s always helpful to learn from a man who lives in a very…
Feature book review: ‘Theodore Beza: The Man and the Myth’
Theodore Beza: The Man and the Myth, Shawn D. Wright (Christian Focus 2016, $14.99) Despite being one of the great figures of the Protestant Reformation, not much is known about Theodore Beza, French theologian and acolyte of the more famous John Calvin. In fact, what is known is often mythical and exaggerated, such as the erroneous perception…