Hello,
Of all the theology books available which would be the best and why.
Pastor Al
the Bible, because its GODs Word [:D]
Elmer,
Every denomination has theology books that are considered "Standard" reading for it's point of view of what scripture teaches. What exactly are you looking for?
Bible Doctrine by Wayne Grudem (this is an abbreviated version of his Systematic Theology which is used in some seminaries. You can find the full version here at Logos here http://www.logos.com/products/details/2067 )
There's lots of kinds of Theology books. Systematic, Biblical, Historical, Topical, etc. Like Bobby said...what are you looking for?
If it's systematic, then Wayne Grudem has a list of representative systematic theologies in his Systematic Theology : An Introduction to BiblicalDoctrine:
[quote]SECTIONS IN EVANGELICAL SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGIES1. Anglican (Episcopalian)1882–92 Litton1930 Thomas2. Arminian (Wesleyan or Methodist)1847 Finney1875–76 Pope1892–94 Miley1940 Wiley1960 Purkiser1983 Carter1983- Cottrell1987–90 Oden3. Baptist1767 Gill1887 Boyce1907 Strong1917 Mullins1976–83 Henry1983–85 Erickson1987–94 Lewis/Demarest4. Dispensational1947 Chafer1949 Thiessen1986 Ryrie5. Lutheran1917–24 Pieper1934 Mueller6. Reformed (or Presbyterian)1559 Calvin1724–58 Edwards1861 Heppe1871–73 Hodge1878 Dabney1887–1921 Warfield1889 Shedd1909 Bavinck1937–66 Murray1938 Berkhof1962 Buswell7. Renewal (or charismatic/Pentecostal)1988–92 WilliamsSECTIONS IN ROMAN CATHOLIC SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGIES1. Roman Catholic: Traditional1955 Ott2. Roman Catholic: Post-Vatican II1980 McBrien
I would add Reymond (1998) to the Reformed list.
Many of these are available in Logos (but not all). The oldest is Calvin. That's a good place to start.
The oldest is Calvin
I'd never trust anyone who omitted Aquinas [:D] Seriously, thanks for sharing the list. I find it quite informative in both its inclusions and omissions.
The oldest is Calvin I'd never trust anyone who omitted Aquinas Seriously, thanks for sharing the list. I find it quite informative in both its inclusions and omissions.
I'd never trust anyone who omitted Aquinas Seriously, thanks for sharing the list. I find it quite informative in both its inclusions and omissions.
Actually the list is a summary of theologies he referenced in each of his chapters. He has a fuller annotated list (too long to post) which includes others (not all of which are systematic), like Arminius, Berkouwer, and Turretin, but no Aquinas. I think the focus is on protestant theology with the RC ones added for reference comparison.
His is an interesting contrast to the Wikipedia's
The Classics (I think all of these should be available in Logos - several are)
Noteables (from Wikipedia)
Church Fathers * St. Augustine of Hippo * Origen * Maximus the Confessor * John of DamascusOrthodox * Symeon the New Theologian * Gregory Palamas * Sergei Bulgakov * John Meyendorff * Georges Florovsky * Dumitru Stăniloae * Alexander Schmemann * John Zizioulas * Vladimir LosskyRoman Catholic * St. Anselm of Canterbury * St. Thomas Aquinas * Peter Lombard * Bonaventure * Duns Scotus * Catherine of Siena * Desiderius Erasmus * Francisco Suarez * Luis de Molina * John Henry Newman * Dietrich von Hildebrand * Hans Urs von Balthasar * Frans Jozef Van Beeck * Yves Congar * Louis Bouyer * Pierre Teilhard de Chardin * Bernard Lonergan * Jean Daniélou * Luigi Giussani * Edward Schillebeeckx * Hans Küng * Karl Rahner * Avery Cardinal Dulles * Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI)Protestant * Gustaf Aulén, Lutheran * Karl Barth, Reformed * Louis Berkhof, Reformed * Theodore Beza, Reformed * Donald G. Bloesch, Evangelical Protestant * Emil Brunner, Reformed * John Calvin, Calvinism (Reformed) * Lewis Sperry Chafer, Presbyterian (Dispensational) * Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran * Sarah Coakley, Anglican * James Hal Cone, Methodist * Kathryn Tanner, Reformed * Millard Erickson, Reformed, Baptist * Paul S. Fiddes, Baptist * John Frame, Reformed, Presbyterian * Hans Wilhelm Frei, Lutheran, later Anglican * Norman Geisler * John Gill, Particular Baptist * Colin Gunton, Reformed * Charles Hodge, Reformed, Presbyterian * Richard Gaffin, Reformed, Presbyterian * Johann Gerhard, Lutheran * Wayne Grudem, Baptist (Reformed, Charismatic) * Adolf von Harnack, Evangelische Kirche * Oswald Bayer, Lutheran * Stanley M. Horton, Pentecostal * Robert Jenson, Lutheran * John MacQuarrie, Anglican (originally Reformed, Church of Scotland) * John Murray, Reformed, Presbyterian * Jürgen Moltmann, Evangelische Kirche * H. Richard Niebuhr, United Church of Christ * Reinhold Niebuhr * Thomas Oden, Wesleyan Arminian * Oliver O'Donovan, Anglican * Wolfhart Pannenberg, Lutheran * Iain Paul, Reformed, Church of Scotland * Albrecht Ritschl, Evangelische Kirche * Friedrich Schleiermacher, Evangelische Kirche * R. C. Sproul, Reformed, Presbyterian * Augustus H. Strong, Baptist * Paul Tillich, Lutheran * Thomas F. Torrance, Reformed, Church of Scotland * John Wesley, Wesleyan Arminian (founder) * Kevin Vanhoozer Reformed * Rowan Williams, Anglican * J. Rodman Williams, CharismaticOther * Emanuel Swedenborg, New Church * J. Rodman Williams, Renewal Theology [1] (charismatic)
For breadth and balance you just cannot beat http://www.logos.com/ebooks/details/cicr
For breadth and balance you just cannot beat http://www.logos.com/products/details/4247
Are you sure? I just couldn't resist.
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bump - get the message?
That's a really open ended question. Best and why for what????
Hello, Of all the theology books available which would be the best and why.
As a practical note this type of query (a non-software issue) is best posted in the General forum where more users will contribute.
This thread is 4 years old. I bumped it (and several others) to make the point that Teilhard de Chardin had been suggested / mentioned several times in the past without all the negativity/possible calumny he engendered this week.
Avoid systematic theologies like the plague...they are likely just as deadly--even doubly so.
I have a thousand or more theological books in my library, but I wouldn't recommend any.
Steve's suggestion may be "pat", but I can only concur with it. Read the Book until it is coming out of your pores.
I promise to avoid any electronic device or dead tree format book that is infested by fleas.
This thread is 4 years old. I bumped it (and several others) to make the point that ..
Sorry Elmer, I should have blamed Martha[:)]
