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Generally speaking, what do you think is the best one-volume ST?
See the poll above.
See the poll above.
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I was not aware of this volume. I am going to check it out. Thanks for sharing.Benedict Pictet, nephew of the great Francis Turretin, also wrote an excellent little book called Christian Theology.
I also don't think one would be at a loss of time if they read John Brown of Haddington's Systematic Theology. This volume is saturated in Scripture and strong on Covenant Theology. He includes "26,000 proof texts." The weaknesses of it are that he doesn't interact with others and it is not the most penetrating but it is solid. It is hard to turn down such a work that is beautifully published for only $15.
https://www.heritagebooks.org/produ...w-of-natural-and-revealed-religion-brown.html
Others I would recommend...
Robert Duncan Culver has written an excellent systematics work. Culver is mildly Dispensational, but he is quite reasonable, in my opinion, in that he interacts and describes many viewpoints with clarity and fairness. The advantage of Culver is twofold. First, he is very easy to read; he reads almost like a conversation. Second, Culver is extremely comprehensive. At nearly 1,000,000 words, his Systematic Theology covers almost everything there is to cover, and with depth. Were it not for the girth of this one-volume book (and it is huge), I would recommend this work most to everyone—lay person or seminary student.
I wish I'd remembered Shedd and Culver when I was putting the poll together.
Culver, then maybe Vos.
Berkhof is good for basic view.
Shedd is great, but woefully unbalanced (one page on heaven, not really any analysis on the church).
I used to love Horton, but I think Horton took the "overcoming onto-theology" paradigm in an unhelpful direction.
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Lane, in terms of one volume works, what do you think of Bavinck's "Our reasonable faith" or his one volume "Reformed dogmatics"?Vos's Reformed Dogmatics was originally one volume, and has been translated into 5 rather short volumes. I like Vos better than Berkhof, but Berkhof would have to be the best of the ones on your list.
What, no Baptists ST? I guess for obvious reasons. LOL!
What, no Baptists ST? I guess for obvious reasons. LOL!
sdg!
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Added Dabney, Vos to poll.
Culver...