Publisher's Synopsis
"Exploring the Faith" is a collection of essays by Canadian theologian and churchman, William Klempa. The essays span almost four decades and are a passing review of the author's engagement with a variety of issues and aspects of the history and theology of the Reformed tradition.
Most of the essays were written while Dr. Klempa served as Principal of The Presbyterian College Montreal, 1978-1998, where he taught courses in the history and theology of the Reformed tradition. During this same period he was Special Lecturer in Theology in the McGill Faculty of Religious Studies where he gavet undergraduate and graduate courses, specializing in the theologies of John Calvin and Karl Barth.
The volume contains things old and new: an early essay on "Ecstasy and the Experience of the Holy Spirit" published in 1972 at the height of the stir created by the charismatic movement and a recent essay exploring "Karl Barth's Influence on James D. Smart, Pastor, Educator, and Theologian" written in 2008, assessing the achievement of a respected teacher, mentor and close colleague.
William J. Klempa is Principal Emeritus of The Presbyterian College, Montreal. He is a graduate of Manitoba, Toronto and Edinburgh universities with graduate studies at Harvard, Gottingen, and Basel. He was Recording Secretary of the North American Area Council of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and served on its Theological Committee for over a dozen years. He served as Moderator of The Presbyterian Church in Canada in 1998 to 1999.
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