The Theology of B. B. Warfield: A Systematic Summary

by Zaspel, Fred G.

• ISBN13: 9781433513954
• ISBN10: 1433513951
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-02
• Publisher: Good News Pub

Summary

Presents the first comprehensive, systematic treatment of B.B. Warfieldrs"s theology.Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (18511921) was undoubtedlyone of the greatest Reformed theologians in the history of America.As professor of didactic and polemic theology at PrincetonUniversity, he wrote extensively in defense of fundamentalChristian doctrines. While his writing touched on the full spectrumof theological topics, it was spread over hundreds of periodicals,books, and pamphlets, and a significant portion has never beenpublished in an accessible form. Warfield stands as a dominantfigure on the theological landscape, but few have a comprehensivegrasp of his theology, largely because of the difficulty of tracinghis ideas through numerous sources.Fred G. Zaspel has spent many years studying Warfieldrs"spublished and unpublished writing, and presents here a concise andcoherent systematic theology per B. B. Warfield. For the first timeever, readers can, in one volume, access the content of this greattheologianrs"s academic, sermonic, and devotional works.Scholars, pastors, and students will profit from the uniquecombination of comprehensive detail and devotional warmth in thissystematic theology.