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Systematic Theologies Compiled

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Written By Tim Brister

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Several months ago, I posted a list of my top 12 systematic theologies but did not provide any links or bibliographic information about the books. I have updated the listed and added others to make it more complete. The order they are in is based on my experience with them and personal recommendation (which is assumed). I will also be adding this list to my compilation posts on the sidebar for easy access if anyone is looking for more resources in systematic theology. I am sure there are other works out there that I may have overlooked, but I think I have covered most of them. Here they are:

  1. John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion 1559 translation, 2 vol. edition (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1960)
  2. Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995)
  3. Thomas Watson’s Body of Divinity (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1998)
  4. Louis Berkhof’s Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996)
  5. Charles Hodge’s Systematic Theology 3 vol. (Grand Rapids: Henrickson, 1999)
  6. Robert Reymond’s New Systematic Theology for the Christian Faith (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1998)
  7. James P. Boyce’s Abstract of Systematic Theology (Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian & Reformed, 1996)
  8. John L. Dagg’s Manual of Theology (Hess Publications, 1998)
  9. Millard Erickson’s Christian Theology 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998)
  10. Gordon Lewis and Bruce Demarest’s Integrative Theology (3 in 1) (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996)
  11. John Gill’s Body of Doctrinal and Practical Divinity (3 vol.) (Baptist Standard Bearer, 2004)
  12. William Shedd’s Dogmatic Theology 3rd ed. (Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian & Reformed, 2003)
  13. R.L. Dabney’s Systematic Theology (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1985)
  14. Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3 (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003, 2004, 2006)
  15. Robert Duncan Culver’s Systematic Theology: Biblical and Historical (Ross-shire, Great Britain: Christian Focus, 2005)
  16. Francis Turretin’s Institutes of Elenctic Theology 3 vol. (Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian & Reformed, 1997)
  17. Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics 14 vol. (T&T Clark, 2004)
  18. A.A. Hodge’s Outlines of Theology (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1996)
  19. William Ames’ Marrow of Theology (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1997)
  20. Alister McGrath’s Christian Theology (and Reader) (Blackwell, 2001)
  21. Augustus H. Strong’s Systematic Theology (Judson Press, 1985)
  22. E.Y. Mullin’s The Christian Religion in Its Doctrinal Expression (Wipf & Stock, 2000)
  23. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica 5 vol. (Christian Classics, 1981)
  24. Donald Bloesch’s Essentials for Evangelical Theology 2 vol. (Grand Rapids: Hendrickson, 2005)
  25. Norman Geisler’s Systematic Theology 4 vol. (Minneapolis: Bethany House, 2004)
  26. Dale Moody’s The Word of Truth (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990)
  27. James Leo Garrett’s Systematic Theology 2 vol. (Bibal Press, 2001)
  28. Lewis Sperry Chafer’s Systematic Theology 4 vol. (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1993)
  29. Charles Ryrie’s Basic Theology (Chicago: Moody, 1999)
  30. Thomas Oden’s Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids: Henrickson, 2006)
  31. Wolfhart Pannenberg’s Systematic Theology 3 vol. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994)
  32. Henry Thiessen’s Lectures in Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1979)
  33. Emil Brunner’s Dogmatics 3 vol. (James Clarke Company, 2002)
  34. Paul Tillich’s Systematic Theology 3 vol. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976)
  35. Robert Jenson’s Systematic Theology (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001)

Note: Some of the entries are incomplete in the location of the publisher.

4 thoughts on “Systematic Theologies Compiled”

  1. Steve,

    Yep. I overlooked it! Funny thing is I think someone mentioned it on my previous post in the meta. I will add it to the list. Thanks for the addition.

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