MUST-READS: TOP 5 Books IN Systematic Theology(Part III)

Below I propose the Top 5 Books in dogmatic or systematic Theology. I deal with both Western and Non-Western Texts including the doctrine of God, Systematic Theology, Pneumatology, Christology, Contextual Christologies)

* The texts listed below  are not classified by order of importance or influence, as a means of comparison and assessment within each individual group. Because of the nature of each individual piece, as each work is written from a theological persuasion and different school of thought. My attempt here is to represent the best work from a particular theological model. Hence order is not an issue here! 

Systematic Theology

1. Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics (Continuim 2009). 31 vols
2. Robert W. Jenson, Systematic Theology: The Triune God (2001). 2 vols./The Triune Identity: God According to the Gospel (2002)
3. Wolfhart Pannenberg, Systematic Theology (1991, 1994, 1997). 3 vols
4. Carl F. H. Henry, God, Revelation and Authority (Crossway Books 1999). 6 vols.
5. John Zizioulas, Being as Communion: Studies in Personhood and the Church (1982)

The Doctrine of God

1. Gregory A. Boyd, God of the Possible: A Biblical Introduction to the Open View of God (2000) (Openness Theology)
2. Jean Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion (Hendrickson 2008) (Calvinism)
3. Karl Barth, The Doctrine of God. Vo. II: Part 1 (1950). (Barthian or Reformed Theology)
4. John B. Jr. and David Ray Griffin, Process Theology: An Introductory Exposition (1976)  (Process Theology)
5. Jack Cottrell, What the Bible Says About God the Ruler (1984)

The Doctine of the Spirit (Pneumatology)

1. Clark H. Pinnock, Flame of Love: A Theology of the Holy Spirit (1996)
2. Graham A. Cole, He Who Gives Life: The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit (2007)
3. Sinclair B. Ferguson, The Holy Spirit (1997)
4. Jurgen Moltmann, The Spirit of Life: A Universal Affirmation (1992)
5. Abraham Kuyper, The Work of the Holy Spirit (1956)

Contextual Christologies

1. James H. Cone, God of the Oppressed (Orbis Books 1997); James H. Cone & Gayraud S. Wilmore ,  Black Theology of Liberation: A Documentary History  (1966-1979; 1980-1982). 2 vols
2. John Sobrino, Christology at the Crossroads (1978)/Jesus in Latin America (1987)
3. Gustavo Gutierez, A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation (1988)
4. Benet Bujo, African Theology in Its Social Context (1992)
5. Choan-Seng Song, Theology from the Womb of Asia (1986)

 Christology

1. Wolfhart Pannenberg, Jesus, God and Man (1977)
2. Karl Rahner, Foundations of Christian Faith (1978)
3. Jurgen Moltmann, The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ as the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology (1972)/ The Way of Jesus Christ: Christology in Messianic Dimensions  (1990)
4. John Hick, God and the Universe of Faiths: Essays in the Philosophy of Religion (1973) or The Metaphor of God Incarnate: Christology in a Pluralistic Age (1993)/
5. Elizabeth Johnson, She Who IS: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theology (1992)

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