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Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 2: God and Creation Hardcover – October 1, 2004

by Herman Bavinck (Author), John Bolt (Editor), John Vriend (Translator)
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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
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"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."

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"What a wonderful gift to the English-speaking theological world! The topics explored by Bavinck are still of the utmost importance, and he addresses them here in a theological voice that is amazingly fresh. I pray that the appearance of this volume signals the beginnings of a Bavinck revival!"
--Richard J. Mouw, Paul B. Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics, Calvin University

"Like Augustine, Calvin, and Edwards, Bavinck was a man of giant mind, vast learning, ageless wisdom, and great expository skill, and to have these volumes now in full English is a wonderful enrichment. 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

"Those interested in Reformed theology will welcome with open arms Reformed Dogmatics. We owe a great debt of gratitude to those who have made the treasures of Bavinck's thought available to a new world of appreciative hearers."
--Donald K. McKim, editor, Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith

"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 for university, church, and seminary libraries because of its historical importance."
--Augustine J. Curley, Library Journal

"Pastors and theologians will welcome the historic first complete translation of Herman Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics. . . . This masterful theological work is now available to passionate students of theology."
--R. Albert Mohler Jr., Preaching

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Baker Academic (October 1, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 704 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0801026555
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0801026553
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.41 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.46 x 1.66 x 9.4 inches
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Tom Fowler
5.0 out of 5 stars Rich, thorough, God centered; a theological, philosophical and most importantly, Christian treat.
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2016
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Rich, thorough, God centered; a theological, philosophical and most importantly, Biblical treat. Thanks to the translation into English, we can now gain from Bavinck's knowledge and faith what formally was unavailable.
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Bradley L Kautz
5.0 out of 5 stars Reformed Dogmatics: God and Creation
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2014
This is the second volume of Herman Bavinck's four-part systematic theology. While the sub-title of this volume is God and Creation, the writing contained within these pages is divided in six parts; Part 1: Knowing God (The Incomprehensibility of God; The Knowledge of God); Part 2: The Living, Acting God (The Names of God; God's Incommunicable Attributes; God's Communicable Attributes; The Holy Trinity); Part 3: God's Will on Earth as it is in Heaven (The Divine Counsel, Creation); Part 4: Maker Of Heaven And Earth (Heaven: The Spiritual World; Earth: The Material World); Part 5: The Image Of God (Human Origins, Human Nature, Human Destiny); and Part 6: God's Fatherly Care (Providence).

Bavinck is a master of Reformed theology. He is extremely well-read in Christian theology, from the time of the church fathers through his own day, the late 19th century. He is also thoroughly familiar with writing in philosophy, from the ancient Greeks through the philosophers of his age. His depth of knowledge with such a wide breadth of work allows him to dig deeply into each of his topic areas, pointing out strengths and weaknesses of various arguments, before arriving at a place of understanding that is grounded in the Reformed tradition.

Bavinck is thoroughly biblical as he works thorough a topic. He acknowledges strengths of the positions of others, and also gently probes their weaknesses. One of the strengths of his writing, besides its depth and breadth, is that he is consistently irenic. Where I might describe a position I disagree with in harsh or condescending terms, Bavinck's writing consistently displays a sense of peace, as if he was inviting a person with a differing view to reconsider their position in favor his own, and not because his own position is intrinsically better, but because he believes that at the end of the day his position will be found to be thoroughly biblical. For Bavinck, the biblical text is the place we continually place our feet on, no matter what the winds are that blow through our culture.

I'll confess that I am a bit of a fan of Bavinck, having read Part 2 of this book while in seminary. In that section Bavinck presents a rich and compelling view of God from a Reformed perspective that I just didn't see in other theological frameworks. It was the writing that drew me whole-heartedly into the Reformed camp. It was a delight not only to re-read that section but to read everything else that this profound theologian, professor and pastor has worked out in a systematic way about God and Creation.
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Cole Mayhugh
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant; Not Outdated One Bit
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2020
A blend of historical and systematic theology. Probably the most unexpected thing about this work was how deeply historical it was. At least 80% of his quotations and references were theologians that were PRE-reformation, it’s just incredible—it is especially connected with Augustine in this volume. He links everything as best can be done with the church fathers and those that followed. He really does try to make clear how each doctrine has developed and the errors it dealt with along the way.

Especially helpful was his treatment of the incommunicable attributes of God. I’d never heard someone speak so clearly and define things so precisely concerning Gods eternity, his omnipresence, and the like.

If you only buy and read 1 of Bavinck’s volumes on Reformed Dogmatics this has to be the one. Although I would leave out the doctrine of creation or anything that’s related to developments of science—he’s obviously going to be outdated concerning the opponents he deals with in those kinds of topics. Otherwise, everything else is essentially timeless.

His deep knowledge of the church fathers comes out when he deals with the doctrine of the Trinity which was really important in the first 4 centuries. It would be incomplete without the historical perspective that he offers.
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Brett D. McLaughlin
5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive exhaustive systematic theology for modern Reformers
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2010
Bavinck is an author of which most won't have heard, certainly not like many have heard of Calvin or Luther or Edwards. But in Reformed thought, it would be impossible to not drop Bavinck's name when theology comes up. He's every bit as important in the reformed line of thinking as Calvin and Luther, and should be read along with Hodge and Berkhof.

His systematic theology is a masterwork, and is one of the more well-documented theologies you'll find. There are thousands of Scripture references, and even the most obscure approaches to (in this volume) creation are examined. There is not a paragraph on supra- and infra-lapsarianism; there's a page or two on each. Bavinck systematically (pun intended) takes on providence, God's nature, character, and attributes, predestination, election, retribution, and man himself.

This is a wonderful translation, as well. It reads well and you forget that you're reading a work originally written in Dutch. Perhaps most welcome to the entire volume (and it's large, clocking in at around 500 pages) is the occasional moments where Bavinck sets aside formal defense and simply speaks his heart. These paragraphs are passionate and resplendent with truth and a love for God. I always found myself ready to renew my own war against the sin living in my flesh, encouraged and challenged by Bavinck's love for God borne out of right theology. (
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