Two major, contemporary, theological works hit the prepub page yesterday: Berkouwer’s Studies in Dogmatics (14 vols) and Pannenberg’s Systematic Theology (3 vols).
You might be asking, “Are theologies really the kind of book that benefits from an electronic edition?” Absolutely.
Theologies are chock full of scriptural references, and as a Logos Bible Software book all those references get turned into hotspots…even if they’re buried in a footnote. This overcomes a number of limitations of the print:
- It now takes zero effort to look up Bible references to confirm the author’s interpretation.
- We effectively create a Scripture index for the entire series of books, not just each volume…no page-flipping needed.
- By creating a defined collection of books and adding it to the Passage Guide report [learn how], the software will remember to search your theologies for references to whatever passage you’re studying…without you having to think about it!
That’s just a few of the benefits of owning theologies in electronic editions. I could go on and on about searchability, links to other works, the ability to copy and paste, automatic footnoting…but instead I hope you’ll check it out for yourself by pre-ordering Berkouwer or Pannenberg or both.
There’s only one question left, and that’s the inevitable…”Awesome…now how about Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics?” Which provokes our usual response…”Yes, we’d love to do that, too.”
Any idea on the time table for the electronic edition of Barths Church Dogmatics? I am absolutely sold on the value of having systematic theologies in Libronixeven those with whom you may not agree. The more the merrier! Weve got a good number of important works already (Calvin, Hodge, Strong, Grudem, Reymond, Chafer, Enns, Clarke, Packer, Shedd, Swindoll & Zuck, Evans, Pentecost, Carl Henry, Duffield & Van Cleave, and now Berkouwer and Pannenberg), but theres still a long way to go.
How about also doing Ericksons Christian Theology, Turretins Institutes of Elenctic Theology, Calvins Institutes of the Christian Religion (McNeill edition), Berkhofs Systematic Theology, Buswells Systematic Theology, Dabneys Systematic Theology, Boyces Abstract of Systematic Theology, A. A. Hodges Outlines of Theology, Boices Foundations of the Christian Faith, Ryries Basic Theology, Demarest and Lewiss Integrative Theology, Morton Smiths Systematic Theology, Garretts Systematic Theology, Rodman Williams Renewal Theology, Forelines The Quest for Truth, Odens Systematic Theology, Geislers Systematic Theology, IVPs Contours of Christian Theology, Feinbergs Foundations of Evangelical Theology (when finished), and Frames A Theology of Lordship (when finished)?
Keep up the great work!
The one downside to Barth in English is that the translation is not great. Part of the cause of that is the difficulty involved in turning theological German into readable English. I’d love to see it published anyway, though.
I was interested to read of your work on Berkouwer. Wondered if you might be interested in my Berkouwer blog – http://www.theologyofgcberkouwer.blogspot.com I am the author of a book on Berkouwer – The Problem of Polarization: An Approach based on the Writings of G C Berkouwer. (I also have another blog – http://www.christinallthescriptures.blogspot.com).