Introduction to the Study of Dogmatics - Softcover

Berkhof, Hendrikus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802800459 ISBN 13: 9780802800459

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source, 1985

Synopsis

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.

"An introduction that aims to initiate" is how Hendrikus Berkhof describes this book, in which he provides beginning students and interested general readers with a concise guide to what to expect — and what not to expect — in the field of dogmatics.

Berkhof begins by defining dogma and dogmatics, and sets dogmatics in its context within the perspectives of faith and science, and in time and space. He then describes the foundations of dogmatics — that is, the framework within which dogmatics should be studied. Material dogmatics — the building on that foundation — is usually divided into several parts (God, Christ, Israel, the Holy Spirit, and other themes), which Berkhof examines individually in the book's final section.

In a day when Christians see a need to produce and study explanations of their faith, Berkhof has provided a useful tool to enable them to understand what dogmatics really is, so that they can then account for their faith in a systematic, thorough, and understandable way.

About this title

About the Author

Hendrikus Berkhof, a Dutch theologian whose works have been well-received around the world, is also the author of a major work in dogmatics, Christian Faith: An Introduction to the Study of the Faith (Eerdmans, 1979).

Language Notes

Text: English, Dutch (translation)

Edition details

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802800459
• ISBN 13: 9780802800459
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120