A Study of Christian (Systematic) Theology Books Used as Texts in

Digital Commons @ George Fox University Western Evangelical Seminary Theses Western Evangelical Seminary 3-1975 A Study of Christian (Systematic) Theology Books Used as Texts in A T S Schools Richard Alvin Johnson Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/wes_theses Part of the Christianity Commons A STUDY OF CHRISTIAN (SYSTEMATIC) THEOLOGY BOOKS USED AS TEXTS IN A T S SCHOOLS A Graduate Research Project Presented to the Faculty of Western Evangelical Seminary In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in Religion by Richard Alvin Johnson March 1975 APPROVED BY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am deeply indebted to many people for their assistance in making this research study a reality I would like to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to the following My wife, gian, Sheryl Joy, an extraordinarily practical theolo- for her unfailing encouragement, faithful typing of the entire manuscript, scholarly assistance, and late hour humor My son, Scott Richard, who loved his parents, even during the extreme periods of frustration encountered in the process cif pioducing the paper~ Dr Norman N Bonner, my major professor, for his intellect- ual advise and criticism, wise counsel, and faithful encouragement throughout the study Dr Arthur M Climenhaga, f?r his professional and academic assistance and personal interest in the study Dr Philip S Clapp, for his time and advice given as cooperative reader The librarians of Western Evangelical Seminary, Mrs Lona Climenhaga and Miss Leta Hockett, especially for their efficient assistance in acquiring library materials All the professors of systematic theology from the A T S schools that responded to the questionnaire The Reedwood Friends Church, Portland, Oregon, for their support and cooperation with my time schedule TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page INTRODUCTION STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM PURPOSE OF THE STUDY JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY DEFINITION OF TERMS Textbook Systematic Theology Dogmatic Theology Theological Perspective or Orientation Baptistic Evangelical Existentialism Liberalism Nee-liberalism Neo-ortho·doxy METHODS OF PROCEDURE STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION PRESENTATION OF DATA 10 ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 10 ASHLAND THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 11 AUSTIN PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 13 iv v Chapter Page BANGOR THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 17 BERKELEY DIVINITY SCHOOL 17 BRITE DIVINITY SCHOOL 18 CALVIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 19 CANDLER SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY 24 CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL UNION 26 CENTRAL BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 26 CHICAGO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 26 CLAREMONT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY 27 COLGATE ROCHESTER/ BEXLEY HALL/ CROZER 27 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 29 CONCORDIA SEMINARY 30 CONCORDIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 31 CONSERVATIVE BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 33 EASTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 35 EMMANUEL COLLEGE 36 EPISCOPAL THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL 37 EPISCOPAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE SOUTHWEST 38 EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 38 GARRETT-EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY FULLER THEOLOGI~AL SEMINARY GENERAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 41 42 43 GETTYSBURG LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY GOLDEN GATE BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 45 46 GORDON-CONWELL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 46 HARTFORD SEMINARY FOUNDATION 48 vi Page Cha~ter HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF RELIGION 48 INTERDENOMINATIONAL THEOLOGICAL CENTER 49 LEXINGTON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 49 LUTHER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 50 LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SOUTHERN SEMINARY 51 MARY IMMACULATE SEMINARY 52 MARYKNOLL SEMINARY 53 FACULTY OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES OF McGILL UNIVERSITY 53 MOUNT SAINT MARY'S SEMINARY OF THE WEST 54 NASHOTAH HOUSE 56 NAZARENE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 56 NEW BRUNSWICK THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 57 NEW ORLEANS BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SE~INARY McMASTER DIVINITY COLLEGE MEMPHIS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 57 59 60 MIDWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 61 MORAVIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 62 NORTH AMERICAN BAPTIST SEMINARY 63 NORTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 65 -NORTH PARK THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 66 NORTHWESTERN LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 68 PACIFIC LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 69 PACIFIC SCHOOL OF RELIGION 70 PERKINS SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY 71 PHILADELPHIA LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 72 vii Page Chapter PHILLIPS UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SEMINARY 75 PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION 75 REGIS COLLEGE 76 SAINT BERNARD'S SEMINARY ' 77 SAINT JOHN'S SEMINARY 77 SAINT MARY OF THE LAKE SEMINARY 78 SAINT MARY'S SEMINARY 79 SAINT PAUL SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY 80 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 81 SOUTHEASTERr BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY -82 SOUTHEkN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 82 SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 84 TRINITY EVANGELICAL DIVINITY SCHOOL 85 UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 86 UNITED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 87 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DIVINITY SCHOOL 89 UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 90 UNIVERSITY OF SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE FACULTY OF THEOLOGY 91 VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY DIVINITY SCHOOL 91 VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY 92 WASHINGTON THEOLOGICAL COALITION 92 WESLEY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 93 WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 94 viii Chapter Page WESTON COLLEGE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY 95 YALE UNIVERSITY DIVINITY SCHOOL 96 TABULATION OF THEOLOGICAL BOOKS EVALUATION OF SELECTED SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY BOOKS 125 GUSTAF AULEN 126 KARL BARTH 128 LOUIS BERKHOF 132 GERRIT C BERKHOUWER 134 EMIL BRUNNER 135 JAMES OLIVER BUSWELL, JR 137 JOHN CALVIN 140 C W CHRISTIAN 142 HOWARD DEWOLF 143 L T C HAMMOND 145 GORDON KAUFMAN 146 GORDON R LEWIS 149 JOHN MACQUARRIE 97 150 WILLIAM NICHOLLS 152 FRANCIS PIEPER 154 WILLIAM G 156 T SHEDD AUGUSTUS HOPKINS STRONG 157 PAUL TILLICH 159 H ORTON WILEY 161 SU~MARY AND CONCLUSIONS SUMMARY 164 164 ix Page Chapter CONCLUSIONS 165 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY 168 APPENDICES SAMPLE QUESTIONNAIRE B C D E F G H 170 170 INTRODUCTORY LETTERS ACCOMPANYING QUESTIONNAIRE 175 LIST OF A T S SCHOOLS THAT RESPONDED TO FIRST SURVEY 178 LIST OF A T S SECOND SURVEY 184 SCHOOLS THAT RESPONDED TO LIST OF A T S SCHOOLS THAT RESPONDED TO SURVEY WHOSE REPLIES WERE UNUSABLE 187 LIST OF A T S SCHOOLS THAT DID NOT RESPOND TO QUESTIONNAIRE 189 SELECTED LETTERS OF PROFESSORS OF THEOLOGY· ACCOMPANYING THEIR SURVEY RETURN 194 CHRISTIAN (SYSTEMATIC) EVALUATION FORM· 206 BIBLIOGRAPHY THEOLOGY BOOK 209 BIBLIOGRAPHY -209- 210 Albeck, W G; Studies in the Lutheran Confessions Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1952 Althaus, Paul Die Letzten Dinge Ahlstron, Sydney E Bobbs-Merrill, Information unavailable (e.d.) 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Springs: Williams, D The Spirit and Forms of Love Harper-Row Publishers, Inc., 1968 The Question of God Inc., 1971 Beacon New York: Information unavailable Kansas City: New York: New York: Beacon Harcourt Brace Harcourt Brace A STUDY OF CHRISTIAN (SYSTEMATIC) THEOLOGY BOOKS USED AS TEXTS IN A T S SCHOOLS An Abstract Presented to the Faculty of Western Evangelical Seminary In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in Religion by Richard Alvin Johnson March 1975 ABSTRACT The impetus for the investigation grew from the problem of an apparent lack of information concerning the availability and usability of Christian (systematic) by professors of theology theology books used There was therefore a need to ob- tain and compile infor~ation relating to s~ch availability and usability Thus, the investigation purposed to ascertain what Christian systematic theology books are available to professors of theology in A T s schools today, evaluate the content while discerning the theological perspective of selected available books, and determine the usability of these books in evan- gelical classrooms investigatio~, This purpose was accomplished through the although it was limited in nature to professors of theology in accredited A T~ s schools, theology books used as texts by those professors, and evaluations of selected works The project was conducted through the use of a questionnaire designed to survey professors of theology at the various schools and was administered through the mail Of the one-hundred and thirty-six mailed surveys, eighty-two were returned, amount~ng to sixty percent of the total administered Following the cut-off date of December 15, 1974, the questionnaires were studied and tabulated the written project, In chapter two of all data presented on the questionnaire -1- form~ by the various A chapter three, A T S T s professors were recorded In the many theological books used in the various schools were tabulated along with a listing of the schools that used the book tabulated beneath the respective book titles Various works were then selected on the merit of their total theological content and frequency of use by the A T schools s These selected works were evaluated by the investiga- tor considering their background, clarity, content, theological perspective, Biblical exegesis, and usability in evangelical classrooms The final chapter included a summary of the study, conclusions, and recommendations for further study With the listing of the books that are available to professors of theology in A T S schools, a study of their answers to the questionnaire, and the investigator's evaluations of selected works, six interesting and informative conclusions were listed These were as follows: (1) an apparent reaction to the use of the word "textbook" on the que s'tionnaire, ( 2) the Roman Ca tho lie and Lutheran institutions were the only schools that used denominationally oriented materials exclusively, (3) the majority of institutions were grappling with the problem of combination and choice of existing texts rather than expressing a need for a new, contemporary theological work, (4) about sixteen percent of the total one hundred and thirty-seven affiliated institutions were evangelical in outlook, therefore the four most frequently used authors were liberal in theological orientation, (5) a publication cycle of personal notes used by professors of'theology was noted, and (6) the use of the innovative theological work- book On the basis of the research study and conclusions, the following recommendations for further study were mentioned: (1) a study of the teaching methods of systematic theology professors, (2) a study of texts used in evangelical institu- tions such as liberal arts colleges, Bible colleges, Bible institutes, and seminaries, (3) a study into the possibility of a graduate level theological workbook, and (4) a study into the possibility of a new contemporary Wesleyan··Arminian systematic theology book published from an evangelical non-denominational viewpoint ... there was a need to obtain and compile information relating to such availability and usability PURPOSE OF THE STUDY The purpose of the study was to: what Christian (systematic) (1) ascert"ain theology. .. personalism of Kierkegaard and Brunner METHODS OF PROCEDURE In order to ascertain what Christian theology books were available to professors of theology in A a survey 12 was administered with a letter.. .A STUDY OF CHRISTIAN (SYSTEMATIC) THEOLOGY BOOKS USED AS TEXTS IN A T S SCHOOLS A Graduate Research Project Presented to the Faculty of Western Evangelical Seminary In Partial Fulfillment of