Herman Bavinck

Herman Bavinck (1854–1921) was a Dutch Reformed theologian and churchman and a leading figure of neo-Calvinism. Born in Hoogeveen in the Netherlands, he studied at the Theological School in Kampen and the University of Leiden, taught dogmatics at Kampen, and in 1902 succeeded Abraham Kuyper as professor of theology at the Free University of Amsterdam. In 1908 he gave the Stone Lectures at Princeton Theological Seminary, published as The Philosophy of Revelation. His best-known work is the four-volume Reformed Dogmatics. Other works available in English include Reformed Ethics, The Wonderful Works of God, Christian Worldview, and The Certainty of Faith.

Start with the Reformed Dogmatics 4-volume set, the shorter The Wonderful Works of God, or the Reformed Ethics set.

See also Systematic Theologies, Abraham Kuyper, and Geerhardus Vos.

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