Book Review: Reformed Dogmatics
This review introduces Herman Hoeksema's Reformed Dogmatics, a comprehensive two-volume systematic theology text that follows classical loci of theological study with a distinctly high Calvinist approach. The reviewer emphasizes the work's vital importance for both ministers and believers, highlighting Hoeksema's particularly strong treatment of covenant theology and his corrective stance against modern "easy believism" in discussions of salvation.
Reformed Dogmatics (2 vols., rev. ed.) by Herman Hoeksema Reformed Free Publishing Association, Michigan, USA, 2004-2005 Hardback, xxi + 621pp. & xi + 719pp. ISBN 0916206769 & 0916206777 £50.00 + £5.00 (P&P) = £55.00 (Click here to order it from the CPRC Bookstore) Large volumes of systematic theology are not most Christians “reading of choice:” the average church-goer will typically prefer a spiritual biography or something seen as being more “practical” for their immediate situation,...