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Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 3: Sin and Salvation in Christ
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Average Rating:  out of 3 Reviews
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Price: $49.99
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Sale: $27.24
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Manufacturer: Baker Academic
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EAN (European Article Number): 9780801026560
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Herman, Bavinck
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Publisher: Baker Academic
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Dewey Decimal Number: 230.42
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Publication Date: 2006-04-01
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Reading Level: 688
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Description: In partnership with the Dutch Reformed Translation Society, Baker Academic is proud to offer in English for the very first time the third volume of Herman Bavinck's complete Reformed Dogmatics. This masterwork will appeal not only to scholars, students, pastors, and laity interested in Reformed theology but also to research and theological libraries. "Bavinck was a man of giant mind, vast learning, ageless wisdom, and great expository skill. Solid but lucid, demanding but satisfying, broad and deep and sharp and stabilizing, Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics remains after a century the supreme achievement of its kind."--J. I. Packer, Regent College "This magisterial work exhibits Bavinck's vast knowledge and appreciation of the Christian tradition. Written from a Reformed perspective, it offers a perceptive critique of modern theology. . . . Recommended."--Library Journal
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Customer Reviews
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Review Summary: Grace Restores Nature |
Date: 2007-08-18 |
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Details: What I say about this volume will suffice for the others. Herman Bavinck stood at the pinnacle of the Reformed tradition. It was his desire to assimilate the greatest minds of Christendom, and reapply their insights for the sake of the contemporary church.
Bavinck shares the same standard assumptions and arguments found in all Reformed systematics. His genius lies in another area: the relation of grace to nature, Christ to culture, theology to philosophy. Bavinck is the first great Reformed *creational* theologian. Grace does not flank, detract, or add to nature. If so, then creation is ancillary to the plans of God. Rather, grace *restores* nature, brings it back to communion and participation in the divine.
Prolegomena:
Bavinck begins with the revealed word of God as the only sure foundation for theology and knowledge. While his discussions are at times dry, given the nature of late 19th century philosophy, he set the stage for the great Reformed thinkers of the 20th century, namely Cornelius Van Til. It is safe to say that without Bavinck there would be no Van Til.
Bavinck breaks from many elements of Christendom on the point of nature-grace. How is the theologian to approach Creation, especially given the troubling fact that creation has been marred by sin? For Bavinck, the essence of the Christian religion is the re-creation of the cosmos into the Kingdom of God. This means, as I understand it, that Christ's work re-focused creation and the redeemed humanity into a kingdom , still embryonic in form, eagerly awaiting the Consummation.
This means, practically speaking, that the Christian may apply his theology into "secular" spheres. Creation (nature) has been restored. It means that sin no longer has dominion and that the redemption of Christ spreads as far "as the curse is found."
I do recommend this work. He is not as exegetical as modern theologians, but his work represents an important move in Reformed theology. |
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Review Summary: Excellent |
Date: 2007-01-03 |
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Details: These translated volumes represent a wealth of Reformed Theology. The indepth historical and philosophical analysis of the problem of sin alone sets this book apart from many other dogmatic series. |
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Review Summary: Good translation of a classic |
Date: 2006-02-21 |
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Details: This is one of the classics of reformed theology. Bavinck provides rich overviews and profound views on the topics under discussion. If you are not always satisfied, be sure that Bavinck was neither by the end of his life. However, reading this volume will prevent you from offering cheap solutions to difficult questions. (Reformed) theologians can only gain from a critical (re)engagement with Bavinck.
This volume is well translated and well edited. Having made several comparisons with the Dutch original (Dutch being my mother tongue), I recommend this volume without hesitation to all those readers who are not proficient in Dutch. To be sure, I have noticed a few flaws, but they do not make the translation unreliable. Moreover, Dutch readers will appreciate this volume since Bavincks Latin quotations have been translated into English as well, each chapter is introduced with a summary and the bibliography contains full references instead of Bavinck's sometimes cryptic abbreviations.
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