Systematic Theology edition by RL Dabney Religion Spirituality eBooks
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Robert Lewis Dabney (March 5, 1820 – January 3, 1898) was an American Christian theologian, a Southern Presbyterian pastor, and Confederate Army chaplain. He was also chief of staff and biographer to Stonewall Jackson. His biography of Jackson remains in print today.
Dabney and James Henley Thornwell were two of Southern Presbyterianism's most influential scholars. They were both Calvinist, Old School Presbyterians, and social conservatives. Some conservative Presbyterians, particularly within the Presbyterian Church in America and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, still value their theological writings, although both these churches have repudiated Dabney's and Thornwell's beliefs on race and support of Antebellum slavery
Systematic Theology edition by RL Dabney Religion Spirituality eBooks
Very good but be ready to think hard because Dabney is very terse and was probably three times smarter than most of us. Charles Hodge's Systematic Theology is probably better imho though I have not read either entirely.Product details
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Systematic Theology edition by RL Dabney Religion Spirituality eBooks Reviews
This book is valuable on both historical and theological grounds. It represents the standard line of thinking in 19th Century conservative American theology. While at times it may appear to be dry, one must keep in mind this is how theology was normally done. To the reviewer who objected that Dabney's God was little more than Aristotle's unmoved mover, I have to admit my confusion. Dabney clearly rejected the extreme claims of natural theology (while understanding its limited value--see page 93).
Dabney is clearly qualified to represent American theology. He mastered Turretin. Indeed, he could write out an outline of Turretin's 3 volume Institutes from the original Latin. I will now list some pros and cons of this volume
Pros Dabney is nothing if not clear. Every chapter, while at times difficult to read, is succint and pointed. He can state a lot of truth and meaning into the smallest sentence. This allows for skillful polemics if at times difficult reading.
His chapters on the atonement and justification were probably the best. His arguments against the Socinians are more relevant now than ever before. His chapter on Union with Christ (612-617) is better than most modern treatises. He doesn't bore you down with irrelevant detail, but powerfully presents the doctrine in six pages.
Unlike most modern theologies, Dabney gives keen attention to the Law of God as a normative ethic for the Christian life. Sadly, this is lacking from most modern-day Reformed treatments. Dabney's exposition of the Ten Commandments is an excellent field-map to sanctification. His treatment on the covenant of grace, while perhaps dated because of modern controversies, is nonetheless helpful.
Cons
The book, it is true, is dry at times. I think Dabney knew this. But to be fair, the only really dry part was the Prolegomena (e.g., the opening sections on knowledge and method). Dabney himself warned against extreme focus on such matters.
We must also realize that Dabney was a child of his times, like we are a child of ours. Before we criticize Dabney on slavery (we will come back to that in a moment), we must take the our own plank of abortion out of our eye. Who are we to call him racist when millions of babies die every year? And to his credit, he did criticise the South for *unbiblical* forms of slavery.
As to doctrinal disagreements, I do not think Dabney fully dealt with Calvin's view on the Lord's Supper, although I am more sympathetic to Dabney now than I was before I read it. Still, the spectre of Nevin hangs over the chapter.
Conclusion
I found the book slow at first, but steadily picked up steam so that some chapters ended in a crescendo. It is valuable in that Dabney understood what a Systematic Theology could and could not do. No systematics text can function as a "timeless theology," for the theologian is called to precisely the opposite task to apply God's truth to his own situation. This Dabney did to the fullest.
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Great book on theology.
One of many excellent systematic theologies. Can't beat the e-book format if you need portability or are tight for bookshelf space!
5 stars for the content, 1 star for the version. I have long benefited from the hardback version of Dabney's Systematic Theology and highly recommend it, I can not recommend the version. The formatting is horrible, random different fonts sizes, HTML links in the text, no linked table of contents so the navigation is difficult, it is painful to use. Get the hardback version, it will enrich your understanding of the Christian religion but avoid the version.
The book arrived on time, just as describe.
Upon perusal this does look to be a great resource for any who wish to delve more deeply into historic Christian theology. I have also read Dabney's "Christ Our Penal Substitute" and there are many valuable insights we may gain from it, especially when compared to John Murray's "Redemption Accomplished and Applied".
However, has anybody else noticed that this seems to be an incomplete copy of the work? Mine stops at chapter 32, and I would really like to have some of the info from chapter 35 on the covenant of redemption.
Thanks!
Very good but be ready to think hard because Dabney is very terse and was probably three times smarter than most of us. Charles Hodge's Systematic Theology is probably better imho though I have not read either entirely.
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