I chuckled when I read this by Ben Myers:
An imaginative dogmatics: Origen, De principiis
A majestic dogmatics: Calvin, Institutes
An informative dogmatics: Donald Bloesch, “Christian Foundations”
An encyclopaedic dogmatics: Pannenberg, Systematic Theology
An intricate dogmatics: Schleiermacher, The Christian Faith
A patient dogmatics: Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae
A deep dogmatics: Tillich, Systematic Theology
A legalistic dogmatics: W. G. T. Shedd, Dogmatic Theology
A dogmatics for worshippers: Geoffrey Wainwright, Doxology
A dogmatics for the oppressed: Gutiérrez, A Theology of Liberation
A dogmatics for theorists: D. B. Hart, The Beauty of the Infinite
A cultural dogmatics: Langdon Gilkey, Message and Existence
A boring dogmatics: Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology
An energetic dogmatics: Robert Jenson, Systematic Theology
A sleep-inducing dogmatics: Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology
A nightmare-inducing dogmatics: Herman Hoeksema, Reformed Dogmatics
A traditional dogmatics: Thomas Oden, Systematic Theology
An untraditional dogmatics: Gordon Kaufman, Systematic Theology
A cheerful dogmatics: Barth, Church Dogmatics
A mystical dogmatics: Matthias Scheeben, Mysteries of Christianity
By the way, I want to support Ben’s own dogmatics which I thought was pretty good.
- A blogger’s dogmatics Ben Myers,Theology for Beginners
- if you are hungry read on …
- Faith
1. Faith
2. Theology
3. GospelGospel
4. Israel
5. Jesus
6. Crucifixion
7. ResurrectionCreation
10. Creation
11. Creatures
12. HumansSalvation
13. Deity
14. Descent
15. AscentCommunity
16. Spirit
17. Church
18. Freedom
19. Forgiveness
20. MissionEnd
21. Completion
22. Glorification
oh boy, i haven’t read a single book from ANY of the ppl listed there…what about NT Wright? ‘eschatological dogmatics’?
alwyn – I have skimmed through one or two, but I think I’ll probably be happy to finish the blogger’s dogmatic 🙂