Exactly. It is just theology as taught in the academy, and therefore as a form has the potential to embrace both healthy and unhealthy theological ideas, but it is not inherently bad in and of itself (unless you are a pietist, Barthian, etc).

Along with Lane's recommendation of Muller's PRRD, I would direct you to the series of essays edited by Carl Trueman and Scott Clark entitled Protestant Scholasticism: Essays in Reassessment.

If you have a lot of money, and you need to find a way by which to dispense of it, I would also recommend Muller's After Calvin: Studies in the Development of a Theological Tradition in the Oxford Studies in Historical Theology series (hence, the expense). Part one of that volume is especially helpful.

Less directly related, but also of some value in broadening one's understanding of the discussion is Muller's The Unaccommodated Calvin: Studies in the Foundation of a Theological Tradition, also put out by the OSHT series.

I think I dropped about 85.00 on the last two volumes, so beware.

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