For For a student or pastor wanting a reliable one-volume theological reference. Not for reading straight through.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
2 of 5worth a look
For the researcher
4 of 5important
Difficulty
3 of 5demanding
A standard one-volume evangelical reference to doctrines, movements and theologians.
How it proceeds
Philosophic3 of 5
Scriptural3 of 5
Experiential0 of 5
Sociological2 of 5
Historical4 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A one-volume dictionary of theology published by Inter-Varsity Press in 1988, edited by Sinclair B. Ferguson and David F. Wright with J. I. Packer as consulting editor. Its signed articles by many contributors cover doctrines, movements, theologians and schools of thought across the history of the church.
