In this volume he deals with the central theme of the Christian revelation . His masterly vindication of the doctrine of the Cross, as he distinguishes it from the misapprehensions and misrepresentations of friends and foes, will be welcomed by many readers here and overseas who have been waiting for an English edition of his work. His patient and penetrating analysis shows a keen appreciation of the merits as well as the defects of Harnack, Schleiermacher, Otto, and other authorities. Students who follow the spiral movement of Brunner's thought as he approaches the apex of God's revelation to man, will have their minds stimulated and enriched.