The Foremost Problems of Contemporary Dogmatics: On Faith, Knowledge, and the Christian Tradition

“For Bavinck fans, these lectures are a treasure. They give evidence of his self-consciously neo-Calvinistic conception of the Reformed faith, even early in his career. They also contain some of his sharpest critiques of what he perceives to be a Roman Catholic and modern philosophical tendency to separate faith and knowledge. We get a small sample of what it might have been like to sit in Bavinck’s classroom more than a century ago.”

“Engaging the works of Herman Bavinck is always time well spent, and this intriguing volume, skilfully rendered into English for the first time by de Kok and Pass, is no exception. As Bavinck explores the key question of how to construe faith in a modern era, readers are treated to his reflections on the theologies of the Reformation, the nineteenth century, and the turn to the twentieth century, as well as—and perhaps above all—on the thought of Kant, Schleiermacher, and Hegel. Filled with Bavinck's characteristic insight and vision, these erudite lectures make for fascinating reading.”

“Herman Bavinck was a theologian of the Holy Spirit par excellence. The hidden power of his teaching lay in the conviction that the Spirit enlightens the mind so that we understand the Scriptures and our own context. We are thankful for this fine translation of his dogmatic lectures in Amsterdam. ”