Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth (Introduction: Bibliography)

Primary Systematic Theologies

Bancroft, Emery H. Christian Theology: Systematic and Biblical. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1976. 13–20.

Buswell, James Oliver, Jr. A Systematic Theology of the Christian Religion. 2 vols. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1962–1963. 1:13–26.

Culver, Robert Duncan. Systematic Theology: Biblical and Historical. Fearn, Ross-shire, Scotland: Mentor, 2005. 2–11.

Erickson, Millard J. Christian Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1986. 15–149.

Grudem, Wayne. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1994. 21–43.

Hodge, Charles. Systematic Theology. 3 vols. 1871–1873. Reprint, Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1975. 1:1–150.

Lewis, Gordon R., and Bruce A. Demarest. Integrative Theology. 3 vols. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1987–1994. 1:7–58.

Reymond, Robert L. A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1998. xxv–xxxvi.

Shedd, William G. T. Dogmatic Theology. 3 vols. 1889. Reprint, Minneapolis: Klock & Klock, 1979. 1:3–58; 3:1–25.

Strong, August Hopkins. Systematic Theology: A Compendium Designed for the Use of Theological Students. Rev. ed. New York: Revell, 1907. 1–51.

Thiessen, Henry Clarence. Introductory Lectures in Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1949. 23–46.

Turretin, Francis. Institutes of Elenctic Theology. 3 vols. Edited by James T. Dennison Jr. Translated by George Musgrove Giger. 1679–1685. Reprint, Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 1992–1997. 1:1–54.

Specific Works

Carson, D. A. “The Role of Exegesis in Systematic Theology.” In Doing Theology in Today’s World: Essays in Honor of Kenneth S. Kantzer, edited by John D. Woodbridge and Thomas Edward McComisky, 39–76. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1991.

Gaffin, Richard B., Jr. “Systematic Theology and Biblical Theology.” Westminster Theological Journal 38, no. 3 (1976): 281–99.

Garrett, James Leo, Jr. “Why Systematic Theology?” Criswell Theological Review 3, no. 2 (1989): 259–81.

Holmes, Arthur F. Contours of a World View. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1983.

Macleod, Donald. “Preaching and Systematic Theology.” In The Preacher and Preaching: Reviving the Art, edited by Samuel T. Logan Jr., 246–72. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2011.

McCune, Rolland. A Systematic Theology of Biblical Christianity. Vol. 1, Prolegomena and the Doctrines of Scripture, God, and Angels. Detroit, MI: Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009.

Murray, John. “Systematic Theology.” In Collected Writings of John Murray, 4:1–21. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1982.

Phillips, W. Gary, and William E. Brown. Making Sense of Your World from a Biblical Viewpoint. Chicago: Moody Press, 1991.

Warfield, Benjamin B. “The Indispensibleness of Systematic Theology to the Preacher.” In Selected Shorter Writings of Benjamin B. Warfield, edited by John E. Meeter, 2:280–88. Nutley, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1973.

Wells, David F. No Place for Truth: Or, Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology? Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1993.[1]


[1] MacArthur, J., & Mayhue, R., eds. (2017). Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth (pp. 66–67). Crossway.