God and Knowledge: Herman Bavinck's Theological Epistemology (T&T Clark Studies in Systematic Theology)

“This is an outstanding piece of work. It contributes to our knowledge of Herman Bavinck in a new and significant way, bringing previously unknown archival sources to the fore. It explores Bavinck's epistemological concerns within a wider context of recent studies on his use of organicist thought, and makes a convincing argument that Bavinck's account of human knowing also follows an organicist paradigm. On that front, God and Knowledge manages to bring Bavinck into conversation with important figures past (Aquinas), then contemporaneous (Abraham Kuyper), and present.”

“God and Knowledge is an important contribution to the retrieval of Herman Bavinck's theology. Nathaniel Gray Sutanto confronts the 'two Bavinck' hypothesis that depicts him as torn between modernity and orthodoxy, then draws upon his organic motif to show that Bavinck's epistemology is both fully modern and fully orthodox – united in one person, without confusion, without separation.”

“This study reshapes our views of Herman Bavinck's epistemology. He is neither simply modern nor simply Thomistic. For Bavinck, all true knowledge is organic; it rests in God's revelation. We do not invent the truth, but recognize it by rethinking the thoughts of the triune God expressed in creation and Scripture.”