Systematic Theology: Biblical, Historical, and Evangelical, Volume 1
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
This collection couples updated editions of longtime Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professor James Leo Garrett Jr.’s two-volume Systematic Theology, a comprehensive exposition of Christian doctrines. Drawing upon his more than 40 years of experience teaching theology, Garrett offers a clear and thorough examination of Christian belief. He covers individual topics in-depth, as well as how they relate to each other in a systematic fashion. Garrett, whose career-long project has been his Baptist Theology: A Four-Century Study, engages a variety of Baptist theologians as well as others from across the theological spectrum.
Top Highlights
“The newly constructed definition is as follows: Natural theology is the human effort on the basis of reason (not merely ‘technical reason,’ but the totality of human powers and experience, including nature and history) to construct a worldview.” (Page 82)
“c. agnosticism: the denial of the possibility of knowing god with certainty (= Ignoramus)” (Page 85)
“Every statement about the doctrines of the Christian religion is in some sense a theological statement, and every Christian who reflects upon and speaks about his faith is in some sense a theologian.” (Page 3)
“Second, one can define religion as the relationship of human beings to the object of their supreme devotion.” (Page 63)
“Although closely related, revelation and inspiration are not identical. Revelation is God’s working through events of history and human experiences so as to make himself known redemptively to human beings. On the other hand, inspiration is God’s working through the biblical writers so as to secure an authentic declaration and record of the revelation.” (Page 122)
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Damian Chambers
10/25/2022
Gary Brian Burkett
3/3/2022
Used this at SWBTS-it is a good resource. Nice to see it here and at a very reasonable price. I bought a used copy for around $60 back in the day.
Terry Hiebert
3/12/2021
