The apostle Paul writes of an individual in conflict, with self, others, and God. The loser on this battlefield is truly a winner. A careful integration of social science and New Testament study interprets Paul's insights into the self, New Testament scholar J. Knox Chamblin presents what is essentially a systematic theology of the self.
An Eerdmans Reader in Contemporary Political Theology gathers some of the most significant and influential writings in political theology from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Given that the locus of Christianity is undeniably shifting to the global South, this volume uniquely integrates key voices from Africa, Asia, and Latin America with central texts from Europe and North America on…
The most penetrating and, indeed, prophetic book by an outsider taking a critical look at the Church.
The heart of the biblical understanding of idolatry, argues Gregory Beale, is that we take on the characteristics of what we worship.Employing Isaiah 6 as his interpretive lens, Beale demonstrates that this understanding of idolatry permeates the whole canon, from Genesis to Revelation. Beale concludes with an application of the biblical notion of idolatry to the challenges of contemporary life.
In addition to exegetical, biblical, and systematic theology, "there is room also for a Philosophy of Revelation which will trace the idea of revelation, both in its form and in its content, and correlate it with the rest of our knowledge and life," writes the author, one of the most distinguished Reformed theologians of the twentieth century. "Theological thought has always felt the need of su…
Buku ketiga dari Dogmatika Reformed karya Bavinck ini mencakup doktrin tentang dosa dan keselamatan, dengan pembahasan meliputi asal-usul dosa, penyebaran dosa, natur dosa, hukuman bagi dosa; kovenan anugerah, Pribadi Kristus, perendahan dan peninggian Kristus dan urutan keselamatan.
Pada saat natur skolastik dari theologi sistematik dikecam keras, Dogmatika Reformed menunjukkan manfaat dari perenungan yang cermat dan terus-menerus akan kebenaran Kristen yang setia kepada gereja dan berinteraksi dengan dunia akademis. Dogmatika Reformed dari Herman Bavinck telah menjadi rujukan theologi Reformed selama seratus tahun terakhir. Jilid 2 ini merupakan rangkaian dari keempat …
Pada saat natur skolastik dari theologi sistematik dikecam keras, Dogmatika Reformed menunjukkan manfaat dari perenungan yang cermat dan terus-menerus akan kebenaran Kristen yang setia kepada gereja dan berinteraksi dengan dunia akademis. Dogmatika Reformed dari Herman Bavinck telah menjadi rujukan theologi Reformed selama seratus tahun terakhir. Jilid 1 ini merupakan rangkaian dari keempat …
In partnership with the Dutch Reformed Translation Society, Baker Academic is proud to offer the first volume of Herman Bavinck's complete Reformed Dogmatics in English for the very first time. Bavinck's approach throughout is meticulous. As he discusses the standard topics of dogmatic theology, he stands on the shoulders of giants such as Augustine, John Calvin, Francis Turretin, and Charles H…
"What a wonderful gift to the English-speaking theological world! The topics explored by Bavinck are still of the utmost importance, and he addresses them here in a theological voice that is amazingly fresh. I pray that the appearance of this volume signals the beginnings of a Bavinck revival!" --Richard J. Mouw, Paul B. Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics, Calvin Univer…