The Escondido Theology

A book of critical reviews published by Whitefield Publishers of Lakeland, Florida, in 2011. By "the Escondido theology" Frame means the distinctive views of Michael Horton, Meredith Kline and Darryl Hart, associated with Westminster Seminary California in Escondido, where Frame had taught; he treats their two-kingdom theology, which separates the church's spiritual calling from the civil and cultural realm, as its core. The book tries to identify this school within contemporary Reformed theology, explain its origins and argue that it represents neither Reformed theology as a whole nor the teaching of the Bible, appealing to Calvin's view of God's lordship over all of life. It drew replies from those it criticised, who disputed its account of their views and of the history of two-kingdom thought.