Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Setting the stage -- 1. Evangelical theological method: the state of the art -- 2 Evangelical theology should be evangelical -- Part 2: Programmatic proposals -- 3. The voice and the actor: a dramatic proposal about the minstrelsy and minstrelsy of theology -- 4. Articulating the Christian belief-mosaic: theological method after the demise of foundationalism -- Part 3: Engaging tradition and traditions -- 5. Engaging the great tradition: evangelical theology and the role of tradition -- 6. The theological task and theological method: penitence, parasitism, and prophecy -- Part 4: Responses -- 7 Maintaining evangelical Maintaining evangelical theology - 8. Imagining evangelical theology -- 9. Reforming evangelical theology