Systematic Theology, vol. 2
Overview
Theology belongs in the pulpit, the school, the workplace, the family, and everywhere. Society as a whole is weakened when theology is neglected. Systematic theology helps people approach the Bible with a clear and coherent picture of God’s revelation. Theology helps us discover the nature and person of God. Rushdoony’s Systematic Theology is designed to assist in the application of the Word of God to every area of life and thought.
The second volume contains an extensive exposition on the doctrine of the church, the doctrine of man, and eschatology. His Systematic Theology closes with a penetrating exploration of prayer.
- Penetrating studies of the doctrine of God, the covenant, the atonement, eschatology, and other doctrines
- Written with practical application in mind
- All Scripture references directly linked to original language texts and English Bible translations.
Top Highlights
“Thus, God declares that eschatological knowledge is knowledge necessary for godly action, because it declares God’s purpose, and it establishes our role therein.” (Page 789)
“Thus, we either grow in terms of God’s eschaton as our life’s framework and calling, or we are judged and trampled by it. If we are not a part of God’s eschaton, we are judged by it.” (Page 791)
“‘immanentize the eschaton.’ We can apply the term to God’s purpose, to immanentize the eschaton, to work in terms of a calling and to find fellowship therein, to procreate towards creating the citizen-workers of God’s Kingdom, and to unite with others in the Lord to exercise godly dominion. Not only is marriage basic to God’s temporal eschatology, but it provides, in the typology of the Bride of Christ, a type of the historical and eternal eschatology.” (Page 787)
“This makes clear a very central aspect of eschatology. Man’s major concern with eschatology has been a sick curiosity: what will happen, how will it affect me, and how can I escape from tribulation? God speaks of the things to come to Abraham to prepare him for a world-governing responsibility.” (Pages 788–789)
“Man’s eschaton is dominion under God over all the earth, and over all the creatures thereof. It is precisely because man is created in God’s image that such an end is possible for him.” (Page 787)
- Title: Systematic Theology, vol. 2
- Author: Rousas J. Rushdoony
- Publisher: Ross House Books
- Publication Date: 1994
Rousas John Rushdoony (1916–2001) was was a well-known American scholar, writer, and author of over thirty books. He earned degrees from the University of California, received theological training at the Pacific School of Religion, and received an honorary Doctorate from Valley Christian University for his book The Philosophy of the Christian Curriculum.
Rushdoony was an ordained minister and served as pastor at two California churches. He served for almost nine years as a missionary to the Shoshone and Paiute Indians in a remote area of Nevada. It was during this time as a missionary that Rushdoony began writing. The Institutes of Biblical Law and Commentary on the Pentateuch are just a few of the titles that Rushdoony has penned.
The Chalcedon Foundation, an educational organization devoted to research, publishing, and cogent communication of a distinctively Christian scholarship to the world at large, was founded by Rushdoony in 1965. He served as the editor of The Chalcedon Report, the monthly magazine of the Chalcedon Foundation.
Rushdoony also published the Journal of Christian Reconstruction and was an early board member of the Rutherford Institute which was founded by John W. Whitehead.
