I. INTRODUCTION -- Chicago Call : an appeal to evangelicals -- Behind the scenes : a personal account / Robert Webber -- II. AN EXPLANATION OF THE CALL Call to historic roots and continuity / Richard Lovelace -- Call to Biblical fidelity / Roger Nicole -- Call to creedal identity / Morris Inch -- Call to holistic salvation / Lane Dennis -- Call to sacramental integrity / Thomas Howard -- Call to spirituality / Donald Bloesch -- Call to Church authority / Jon Braun -- Call to Church unity / F. Burton Nelson -- III. RESPONSES -- Reservations about Catholic renewal in evangelicalism / David F. Wells -- Roman Catholic appraisal of the Chicago Call / Benedict T. Viviano, O.P. -- Annotated bibliography for further reading / Jan Dennis
“We have often lost the fullness of our Christian heritage, too readily assuming that the Scriptures and the Spirit make us independent of the past. In so doing, we have become theologically shallow, spiritually weak, blind to the work of God in others and married to our own cultures.”