In the process of translating Herman Bavinck's Reformed Ethics, John Bolt and his editorial colleagues discovered that the social ethics portion was unfinished. The first section will now be published as Reformed Ethics, vol. 3. The other five sections were outlined by Bavinck, but not completed. Following Bavinck's outline, John Bolt has reconstructed those last five sections on the basis of his extensive knowledge of Bavinck's work, culling Bavinck's other writings, in both Dutch and English, to summarize his teachings.

This companion to Reformed Ethics offers readers Bavinck's main convictions and perspectives on critical topics of social ethics: society, art, scholarship, education, the state, the church, humanity, and the kingdom of God.

Reformed Social Ethics completes the Reformed Ethics project and provides readers with a fuller picture of Bavinck's ethics. It will also be packaged with Bavinck's Reformed Ethics in a specially priced four-volume set.

Herman Bavinck's four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the twentieth century. The English translation was edited by world-class Bavinck scholar John Bolt, who now brings forth a manuscript from Bavinck that is being published for the first time.

Serving as a companion to Reformed Dogmatics, Reformed Ethics offers readers Bavinck's mature reflections on ethical issues. Volumes 1 and 2 have already been published. Volume 1 mines the moral teachings of the early church and medieval and Puritan spirituality while addressing a variety of topics. Volume 2 covers the duties of the Christian life and includes Bavinck's exposition of the Ten Commandments. This third volume addresses family, marriage, and divorce.

Herman Bavinck's Reformed Ethics is now complete with the publication of Reformed Ethics, vol. 3, and the supplementary volume Reformed Social Ethics. The four-volume set, offered at a special price, includes:

Reformed Ethics, vol. 1 Created, Fallen, and Converted Humanity
Reformed Ethics, vol. 2: The Duties of the Christian Life
Reformed Ethics, vol. 3: Christian Life in Society
Reformed Social Ethics: Perspectives on Society, Culture, State, Church, and the Kingdom of God

This set will be a valuable resource for all serious students of Reformed theology.

Dutch theologian Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) is widely celebrated as one of the top theologians in the Reformed tradition, and through the ongoing labor of translation teams, editors, and publishers, his vast writings are being offered anew to English-only readers.

This book brings the groundbreaking framework of Bavinck's organic motif to the fore in one of Bavinck's most influential works. In the best sense of the title, the modern, yet orthodox Bavinck offers readers here both a philosophy of revelation and a philosophy of revelation. Philosophy of Revelation was originally presented by Bavinck at the Stone Lectures at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1908, that by itself deserves being published. This classic text is updated and annotated and may function as a supreme entry into the mind of Bavinck. Bavinck saw theology as the task of thinking God's thoughts after him and tracing their unity. This project can be seen as thinking Bavinck's thoughts after him and tracing their unity.

Chapters include:

• The Idea of a Philosophy of Revelation
• Revelation and Philosophy
• Revelation and Nature
• Revelation and History
• Revelation and Religion
• Revelation and Christianity
• Revelation and Religious Experience
• Revelation and Culture
• Revelation and the Future

Cory Brock is the assistant Pastor at First Presbyterian in Jackson, Mississippi. Cory holds a PhD in Systematic Theology from the University of Edinburgh. Editor currently resides in Jackson, Mississippi.

Nathaniel Gray Sutanto (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is an elder and theologian at Covenant City Church (Jakarta, Indonesia), and an adjunct lecturer at Westminster Theological Seminary (PA). His recent writings have appeared in the Harvard Theological Review and the Scottish Journal of Theology. Editor currently resides in Jakarta, Indonesia.

In The Sacrifice of Praise, Herman Bavinck pastorally guides the reader through the importance of the public profession of faith. Bavinck's careful treatment includes explorations of the unifying power of a common (ecumenical) confession of faith, the blessing of the diversity of believers, and reasonable instruction for those facing persecution for publicly identifying with Christ. Theological, practical, straightforward, and devotional, The Sacrifice of Praise gives readers a fresh appreciation for the importance of confessing one's faith.

This is an updated English translation of the original Dutch edition and includes a new introduction and scriptural citations.

The Sacrifice of Praise gives us the impression of a spring flower, in the midst of the sharp, cold, fierce spring winds; an Elim in the desert of daily worries, hardships, quarrels, and murmurings. May the Lord God grant that it is the forerunner of a beautiful, refreshing, abundantly fruit-bearing summer. --From a 1901 review in De Bazuin (a Dutch religious paper)

Herman Bavinck, the prominent, Dutch Neo-Calvinist theologian wrote The Christian Philosophy of Science in 1904, at the pinnacle of his career. However, the emphasis of this work sets it apart from Bavinck's other writings. Even though Bavinck is best known as a systematic theologian, he wrote this work to contribute to a comprehensive Christian philosophy. A century ago, in the Netherlands, a renewed desire to participate in scientific research in accordance with Christian principles inspired Bavinck's work on the philosophy of science. At the time, many Christian scientists and researchers were disillusioned with the methodological positivism that dominated science for much of the nineteenth century. Thus, Bavinck was ahead of his time, having written this work approximately 60 years before positivism was largely abandoned in Western academic studies. According to Bavinck, all scientific research must assume the presence of a logical order within, and consistently acting upon, Creation. This can only be the handiwork of a Sovereign Creator. He describes science as the understanding of the divine mind in various divine works. Therefore, authentic science should always lead to a further understanding and respect for God. He also argues that, given the reality of human nature, the Christian philosophy of science is essential for scientific research. People are corrupt and prone to distorting the truth for their own benefit, therefore only through the self-evaluation mandated by the gospel of Jesus Christ can we truly be scientific truth-seekers. True science, according to Bavinck, is Christocentric, as all scientific inquiry is centered on Jesus Christ. There has never been a greater need for a thorough Christian Philosophy of Science to engage in modern scientific challenges. While much work remains in this area, it is hoped that this translation of Bavinck's most complete work on the subject might help steer future efforts in a positive direction.

Los teólogos han valorado durante mucho tiempo la obra maestra de cuatro volúmenes de Herman Bavinck, Gereformeerde Dogmatiek, publicada entre 1906 y 1911. Ahora, por primera vez, el primer volumen de esta monumental Dogmática Reformada está disponible en español. El incansable trabajo de John Bolt para actualizar la documentación enriquece esta importante obra.

Este volumen se compone de diecisiete capítulos organizados en secciones: Introducción a la Dogmática, Historia y Literatura de la Dogmática, Fundamentos de la Teología Dogmática, y Revelación y Fe. Bavinck aborda cada tema con un enfoque meticuloso, demostrando un profundo conocimiento sin caer en la superficialidad. A lo largo de su análisis de la teología dogmática, se apoya en los gigantes del pensamiento teológico como Agustín, Juan Calvino, Francis Turretin y Charles Hodge.

El editor John Bolt describe la obra de Bavinck de la siguiente manera: La Dogmática Reformada es bíblica y confesionalmente fiel, pastoralmente sensible, desafiante y aún relevante. La vida y el pensamiento de Bavinck reflejan un esfuerzo serio por ser piadoso, ortodoxo y completamente contemporáneo. Para los pietistas temerosos del mundo moderno, y para los críticos de la ortodoxia escépticos sobre su continua relevancia, el ejemplo de Bavinck sugiere una respuesta modelo: una visión trinitaria atractiva del discipulado cristiano en el mundo de Dios.

This Companion to Theologian Herman Bavinck's Christian Worldview Explores Christianity's Contributions to Higher Education

After writing his well-known book Christian Worldview, Dutch Calvinist theologian and scholar Herman Bavinck focused his attention on how the Christian faith benefits higher learning, particularly religious studies, natural sciences, and the humanities.

Christianity and Science explores the pros and cons of Christian science and features brief, informative sections on the natural sciences, the humanities, theological science and religious studies, the doctrine of revelation, the benefits of Christianity for scholarship, and what it means to develop a Christian university. Responding to the challenges of the modern age, Bavinck recognizes the significance of faith in education. Edited and translated in English for the first time by N. Gray Sutanto, James Eglinton, and Cory C. Brock, this fundamental work will inspire Christian teachers, practitioners, and seminarians in their pursuits.

• Foundational Text on Christian Education: Analyzes how faith shapes various disciplines of higher education, with a section highlighting the construction of the Free University of Amsterdam in 1880
• Comprehensive: Each short section is packed with important information on the natural sciences, the humanities, and more
• Ideal for Educators, Students, and Practitioners: Considers holistic ways to teach future generations in a world that's resistant to Christianity
• Companion to Bavinck's Book Christian Worldview

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.

In writing this Guidebook, Bavinck says in his preface, I had in mind, the pupils in the highest classes of our Christian gymnasium, public schools, in the education of teachers, and in normal schools, etc. and moreover those who desire to understand the main content of our Christian, Reformed confession of faith through a not too comprehensive or expensive book.

Herman Bavinck completed Guidebook for Instruction in the Christian Religion in 1913 and reprinted it in the Netherlands in 1931. He originally intended it for high school students and Christians of every confession. Bavinck's goal was to make Christians more familiar with the rich, deep thoughts of Scripture as universally expressed in the Christian faith.

Guidebook for Instruction in the Christian Religion is an introductory systematic theology by one of the foremost theologians of the past century. Alongside The Sacrifice of Praise, this is Bavinck at his best doing catechetical theology. To this end, Bavinck sets off to explain in a simplified manner the main contents of the Christian religion, even giving it a title that is a tip of the hat to John Calvin's Institute of the Christian Religion. While Bavinck's lengthy Reformed Dogmatics is an academic work, Guidebook for Instruction serves a more egalitarian aim. It is a theological guide for the everyday person in the pew. In this one--and much shorter--volume, Bavinck walks Christian readers through all the major topics covered in Reformed Dogmatics with theological depth and insight.

Dios ama a su Iglesia. A tal punto Dios ama a su pueblo, que envió a su Hijo a vivir, morir y resucitar por su novia. Y no sólo eso, sino que también envió a su Espíritu Santo para aplicar todas las bendiciones del pacto que se encuentran en el libro del pacto, la Biblia.

Es el Espíritu Santo, aquel que infaliblemente inspiró las Santas Escrituras, quien aplica a lo más profundo de nuestro corazón la realidad del pacto de gracia. Ese pacto expresa la potente y dulce voz del Dios trino que dice: Yo soy vuestro Dios, y ustedes son mi pueblo. En base a ese determinado tipo de relación, los creyentes pueden decir, Dios, y solamente Dios, es el bien supremo del hombre.

La Dogmática Reformada de Herman Bavinck, en cuatro volúmenes, es una de las obras teológicas más importantes del siglo XX. La traducción al inglés fue ampliamente aclamada y ahora presentamos esta edición abreviada en un solo volumen en español

John Bolt -un destacado estudioso de Bavinck ­y editor de los cuatro volúmenes­­- ha condensado la obra en uno solo; ofreciendo a estudiantes, pastores y lectores laicos un resumen accesible de la obra maestra de Bavinck.

Este volumen presenta el núcleo del pensamiento de Bavinck. Ofrece material explicativo y pone a disposición de un amplio público parte de la mejor teología reformada holandesa jamás escrita.

Reformed Dogmatics

Herman Bavinck's four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the 20th century. The English translation was widely acclaimed, and we now present this abridged one-volume edition in English.

John Bolt, a leading Bavinck scholar - and editor of all four volumes, has condensed the work into one, offering students, pastors, and lay readers an accessible summary of Bavinck's masterpiece.

This volume presents the core of Bavinck's thought. It offers explanatory material and makes available to a wide audience some of the best Dutch Reformed theology ever written.

Herman Bavinck, the premier theologian of the Kuyper-inspired, neo-Calvinistic revival in the late-nineteenth-century Netherlands, is an important voice in the development of Protestant theology. This volume, now in paper, is the capstone of his distinguished career. These seminal essays offer an outworking of Bavinck's systematic theology as presented in his Reformed Dogmatics and engage enduring issues from a biblical and theological perspective. The collection presents his mature reflections on issues relating to ethics, education, politics, psychology, natural science and evolution, aesthetics, and philosophy of religion. Pastors, students, and scholars of Reformed theology will value this work.

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

This popular digest of Herman Bavinck's classic four-volume Reformed Dogmatics clearly presents the fundamental doctrines of biblical theology. A practical handbook of theology, it is an outstanding comprehensive statement of Christian faith and doctrine.

Herman Bavinck's four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the twentieth century. Leading Bavinck expert John Bolt edited that work, which has received wide acclaim. Now Bolt brings forth a recently discovered manuscript from Bavinck, in print for the first time, which serves as a companion to Reformed Dogmatics. Reformed Ethics mines the moral teachings of the early church and medieval and Puritan spirituality while addressing a variety of topics, offering readers Bavinck's mature reflections on ethical issues. This book is the first of three planned volumes.

In partnership with the Dutch Reformed Translation Society, Baker Academic is proud to offer the first volume of Herman Bavinck's complete Reformed Dogmatics in English for the very first time.
Bavinck's approach throughout is meticulous. As he discusses the standard topics of dogmatic theology, he stands on the shoulders of giants such as Augustine, John Calvin, Francis Turretin, and Charles Hodge. This masterwork will appeal to scholars and students of theology, research and theological libraries, and pastors and laity who read serious works of Reformed theology.

In partnership with the Dutch Reformed Translation Society, Baker Academic is proud to offer the second volume of Herman Bavinck's complete Reformed Dogmatics in English for the very first time. This masterwork will appeal to scholars, students, pastors, and laity interested in Reformed theology and 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

In partnership with the Dutch Reformed Translation Society, Baker Academic is proud to offer in English for the very first time all four volumes 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.

In partnership with the Dutch Reformed Translation Society, Baker Academic is proud to offer in English for the very first time the fourth and final volume of Herman Bavinck's complete Reformed Dogmatics, now also available as a four-volume set. This volume includes the combined indexes for all four volumes. In addition, editor John Bolt introduces each chapter and has enhanced the footnotes and bibliography. This masterwork will appeal not only to scholars, students, pastors, and laity interested in Reformed theology but also to research and theological libraries.

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