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Our reasonable faith chinese translation bolt, john 20. To date, he has authored or edited over thirty books and more than a hundred scholarly articles. Under the title of magnalia dei, the wonderful works of god, i wish to give a simple explanation of the christian faith in a book of modest scope, as confessed by the reformed churches herman bavinck, from his foreword 110 years after its original publication, the wonderful works of god remains one of the finest singlevolume systematic theologies ever written. Buy our reasonable faith by herman bavinck with free.
But only as i read through his translated works our reasonable faith magnalia dei, 1909. He first went to theological school at kampen, but then moved on to leiden for further training. Natural law and the two kingdoms in the thought of herman bavinck. Religion and the knowledge of god can have their origin only in revelationit is. Bavinck works through the reformed doctrines with great skill and really lays out in very logical terms our reasonable faith. This is a beautiful, newly typeset hardcover edition of the english translation formerly known as our reasonable faith 1956, 1977. Click download or read online button to get herman bavinck book now.
Bavinck left a lasting legacy with the presbyterian and reformed churches in north america. Any one know the cheapest place to get a copy of herman bavinck our reasonable faith. Magnalia dei has long been prized as a faithful onevolume summary of systematic theology. Mar 26, 20 our reasonable faith is an accessible digest of the authors famous four volume reformed dogmatics and clearly presents the fundamental doctrines of biblical theology. This is the first english translation of the second volume of herman bavincks complete reformed dogmatics. Herman bavinck project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Topics covered in this volume include to doctrine of god, the trinity, creation, heaven and earth, and the doctrine of humanity. Sin and salvation in christ, herman bavinck continues the project begun in volume 1 and 2, which is to masterfully expound the doctrines of a robust reformed theology. Born in 1854, and raised in the experimental calvinism of. This is one volume and much more accessible to the lay reader than his reformed dogmatics 4 vols. The masterwork will appeal to scholars, students, pastors, and laity interested in reformed theology and to research and theological libraries. Our reasonable faith is an accessible digest of the authors famous four volume reformed dogmatics and clearly presents the fundamental doctrines of biblical theology. This popular digest of herman bavinck s classic fourvolume reformed dogmatics clearly presents the fundamental doctrines of biblical theology.
Our reasonable faith is less technical, less exclusively professional, more popularly intended than the dogmatics, and is more fully supported by scriptural reference and annotation, but it is, like the larger work, a book of basic christian dogma. Abridged in one volume recently asked me how to correlate the text of the abridgement with the unabridged translation. The future of calvinism, the presbyterian and reformed. Most notable is the fact that amsterdams prince of theologians is praised by princetons own great theologian, b. While both groups had much in common, there remained fundamental points of disagreement, which erupted into controversies over such doctrines as immediate regeneration and presumptive regeneration. The outline of bavincks reformed dogmatics the bavinck. Our reasonable faith by herman bavinck 1956, paperback it is the will of a merciful and kind father, who never forces things with brute violence, but successfully. The goal of this article, which offers little more than a sketch of bavincks life and career, is to convey to the reader the current value of bavincks writings and ideas, especially as these concern the relation of the reformed faith to christianity generally and to the world at large. Dutch theologian herman bavinck 18541921 is widely celebrated as a leading divine in the reformed tradition, and through the ongoing labor of translation teams, editors, and publishers, his vast writings are reaching english readers. It was first published in 1956 and has been reprinted in a paperback version several times. Fully supported by scriptural references, this book provides.
It is fair to state that the furtherance of knowledge in the context of the christian faith was bavincks main contribution to the revival of calvinism in the netherlands at the beginning of the twentieth century. This remains the best singlevolume introduction to bavincks theology. If i were ever to teach a systematic theology class, i would use our reasonable faith by herman bavinck to do it. A condensation of his massive, fourpart reformed dogmatics, our reasonable faith is a fantastic introduction to theology. Bavinck was born in the town of hoogeveen in the netherlands to a german father. In his presentation of the biblical material bavinck uses primar. A practical handbook of theology, it is an outstanding and comprehensive statement of christian faith and. He graduated in 1880 from leiden having completed a dissertation on ulrich zwingli. Religion and the knowledge of god can have their origin only in revelationit is impossible for god fully to reveal himself to and in his creatures, for the finite does not grasp the infinite mt. The wonderful works of god, an english translation of herman bavincks magnalia dei, is now widely available. Our reasonable faith by herman bavinck, paperback barnes.
Jul 22, 2011 our reasonable faith, by herman bavinck. Bavinck is one of the most balanced and solidly reformed theologians holland has ever produced. Herman bavinck uncluttered collection of writings from. This english translation by henry zylstra was originally published in 1956 under the title our reasonable faith.