The Foremost Problems of Contemporary Dogmatics

Herman Bavinck

The Foremost Problems of Contemporary Dogmatics
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Faithlife Corporation
Country
United States
Published
12 February 2025
Pages
376
ISBN
9781683598084

The Foremost Problems of Contemporary Dogmatics

Herman Bavinck

Herman Bavinck on the challenges theologians face

Herman Bavinck's counsel to theologians A unique window into Bavinck's thought An overlooked work from a key Neo-Calvinist thinker

In The Foremost Problems of Contemporary Dogmatics, Herman Bavinck identifies the primary challenges confronting Protestant theologians in the early twentieth century. Since the main difficulties do not concern specific heads of doctrine but arise in theological method, Bavinck's focus narrows to the act of faith. Bavinck demonstrates the necessity of viewing faith as knowledge rather than mere trust, recounting the development of doctrine from the biblical authors through the dawn of the twentieth century. This book provides a unique window into Bavinck's thought, as he speaks candidly about the limitations and failures of Reformed theology and the relative merits of modern thinkers.

The Foremost Problems of Contemporary Dogmatics was a series of lectures delivered at the Free University shortly after Bavinck moved to Amsterdam in 1902. Edited and translated by Gert de Kok and Bruce R. Pass, these previously unpublished lectures are available for the first time in English.

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