A Theological Analysis of G. C. Berkouwer’s General Revelation
This article by Rev. Angus Stewart provides a theological analysis of G. C. Berkouwer's doctrine of general revelation, examining how God reveals Himself through creation and providence to all people. Stewart particularly focuses on Berkouwer's critique of Karl Barth's Christomonism and Roman Catholic natural theology, showing how these positions threaten a proper understanding of general revelation. The resource offers valuable insight into twentieth-century Reformed theology and the defense of biblical doctrine against competing theological systems.
Rev. Angus Stewart Introduction G. C. Berkouwer was one of the most prominent theologians of the twentieth century. In his eighteen volume series “Studies in Dogmatics,” he devotes a whole book to the subject of “General Revelation.”1 This subject might seem to be relatively unimportant but Berkouwer, seeing its implications especially for the knowledge of God (15), insists it “demands our full attention” since “there is no more significant question in the whole of theology and in the whole...