Theology Bracket
Championship Round
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Final 4 Round
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Elite 8 Round
In the Elite 8 round, 1 book advances in each bracket (see full brackets here). Below are the 2 books competing to make it out of the Theology bracket. This round will close on the evening of March 30, 2009. You may vote for up to 1 book from this bracket to advance in this round.
Favorite Theology Book—Elite 8 Round
- Existence and Attributes of God, The (64.0%, 382 Votes)
- Cross and Salvation, The: The Doctrine of Salvation (36.0%, 216 Votes)
Total Voters: 598
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| Demarest, Bruce A. | Cross and Salvation, The: The Doctrine of Salvation | $30.00 |
| Charnock, Stephen | Existence and Attributes of God, The | $39.95 |
Sweet 16 Round
In the Sweet 16 round, 2 books advance in each bracket (see full brackets here). Below are the 4 books competing to make it out of the Theology bracket. This round will close on the evening of March 27, 2009. You may vote for up to 2 books from this bracket to advance in this round.
Favorite Theology Book—Sweet 16 Round
- Existence and Attributes of God, The (53.0%, 457 Votes)
- Cross and Salvation, The: The Doctrine of Salvation (44.0%, 379 Votes)
- Historical Theology (39.0%, 335 Votes)
- Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology (33.0%, 284 Votes)
Total Voters: 865
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| Demarest, Bruce A. | Cross and Salvation, The: The Doctrine of Salvation | $30.00 |
| Elwell, Walter A. | Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology | $39.95 |
| Charnock, Stephen | Existence and Attributes of God, The | $39.95 |
| Cunningham, William | Historical Theology | $59.95 |
Round 2
This is the second round of the Logos March Madness Tourney. In the second round, 4 books advance in each bracket (see full brackets here). Below are the 8 books competing to make it out of the Theology bracket. This round will close on the evening March 24, 2009. You may vote for up to 4 books from this bracket to advance in this round.
Favorite Theology Book—Second Round
- Existence and Attributes of God, The (46.0%, 566 Votes)
- Cross and Salvation, The: The Doctrine of Salvation (40.0%, 496 Votes)
- Historical Theology (38.0%, 475 Votes)
- Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology (36.0%, 450 Votes)
- Systematic Theology (33.0%, 404 Votes)
- Concise Dictionary of Christian Theology, The, Rev. ed. (31.0%, 386 Votes)
- No One Like Him: The Doctrine of God (31.0%, 383 Votes)
- Introduction to Systematic Theology, An (29.0%, 358 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,242
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| Erickson, Millard J. | Concise Dictionary of Christian Theology, The, Rev. ed. | $17.95 |
| Demarest, Bruce A. | Cross and Salvation, The: The Doctrine of Salvation | $30.00 |
| Elwell, Walter A. | Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology | $39.95 |
| Charnock, Stephen | Existence and Attributes of God, The | $39.95 |
| Cunningham, William | Historical Theology | $59.95 |
| Van Til, Cornelius | Introduction to Systematic Theology, An | $18.95 |
| Feinberg, John S. | No One Like Him: The Doctrine of God | $40.00 |
| Hodge, Charles | Systematic Theology | $34.95 |
Round 1
This is the first round of the Logos March Madness Tourney. In the first round, 8 books advance in each bracket (see full brackets here). Below are the 16 books competing to make it out of the Theology bracket. This round will close on March 21, 2009. You may vote for up to 8 books from this bracket to advance in this round.
Favorite Theology Book—First Round
- Existence and Attributes of God, The (39.0%, 283 Votes)
- Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology (37.0%, 270 Votes)
- Historical Theology (32.0%, 231 Votes)
- Systematic Theology (31.0%, 220 Votes)
- Introduction to Systematic Theology, An (30.0%, 216 Votes)
- Cross and Salvation, The: The Doctrine of Salvation (28.0%, 199 Votes)
- No One Like Him: The Doctrine of God (28.0%, 199 Votes)
- Concise Dictionary of Christian Theology, The, Rev. ed. (26.0%, 185 Votes)
- Moody Handbook of Theology, The (22.0%, 158 Votes)
- Concise Theology (21.0%, 154 Votes)
- Historic Creeds and Confessions (21.0%, 152 Votes)
- Institutes of the Christian Religion (21.0%, 150 Votes)
- Calvin and the Reformation: Four Studies (21.0%, 148 Votes)
- Philosophy of Revelation, The (20.0%, 144 Votes)
- Handmaid to Theology: An Essay in Philosophical Prolegomena (16.0%, 113 Votes)
- Great Poets and Their Theology, The (12.0%, 87 Votes)
Total Voters: 721
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| Doumergue, Émile, et al. | Calvin and the Reformation: Four Studies | $29.95 |
| Erickson, Millard J. | Concise Dictionary of Christian Theology, The, Rev. ed. | $17.95 |
| Packer, J. I. | Concise Theology | $14.95 |
| Demarest, Bruce A. | Cross and Salvation, The: The Doctrine of Salvation | $30.00 |
| Elwell, Walter A. | Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology | $39.95 |
| Charnock, Stephen | Existence and Attributes of God, The | $39.95 |
| Strong, Augustus H. | Great Poets and Their Theology, The | $42.95 |
| Corduan, Winfried | Handmaid to Theology: An Essay in Philosophical Prolegomena | $31.95 |
| Brannan, Rick | Historic Creeds and Confessions | $9.95 |
| Cunningham, William | Historical Theology | $59.95 |
| Calvin, John | Institutes of the Christian Religion | $34.95 |
| Van Til, Cornelius | Introduction to Systematic Theology, An | $24.95 |
| Enns, Paul P. | Moody Handbook of Theology, The | $29.95 |
| Feinberg, John S. | No One Like Him: The Doctrine of God | $40.00 |
| Bavinck, Herman | Philosophy of Revelation, The | $30.00 |
| Hodge, Charles | Systematic Theology | $34.95 |
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Kyle Anderson on March 19th, 2009
My unofficial vote goes to Barth’s Church Dogmatics.
Ed Otero on March 24th, 2009
Amen, Kyle.
Karl Barth’s “CHURCH DOGMATICS” is the ultimate collection of theological gemstones. I think the Evangelical Church has been naively/ignorantly scared away from Barthian thought for far too long. It is time for serious thinkers to venture into this Magnum Opus of one of Christianity’s all-time great theologians. It would be great for Logos to slice the price of Barth’s library so that the Church can explore a truly Christ-centered theology which exalts the place of God’s Word as revealed in Flesh & in Scripture. The Church & each individual Member of His Body will come to greater maturity as we recognize our position in the One Who is the Elect in God, Jesus Christ; and Barth’s CHURCH DOGMATICS expands, details & clarifies God’s work in Christ in a grander, more majestic manner than any theologian throughout Church history.
plus, it would be nice to replace my hardcover set with an electronic version which is accessible at the touch of a button & can be integrated with the rest of my Libronix Library.
JJ on March 19th, 2009
Handmaid to Theology: Prolegomena is really wonderful and but I fear many do not know about this very beneficial volume.
Corduan defines prolegomena, as follows: “it examines the presuppositions underlying (systematic) theology. It … asks the question, ‘What are the philosophical conditions which make theology possible?’ For instance, can we say that Christ is coming again and that Christ is NOT coming again in the same way? Not without breaking a basic philosohhical law of non-contradition.
This is very basic example. We are told to “beware of philosophies”, but we must be AWARE of them first, before we can see and understand them for what they are. Peter Jones (Westminster Seminary) brings us clarity in many of the same areas (exposing Paganism for what it is)… but, and Dr. Jones makes clear, “Unless you know it, you don’t see it. Be aware of it, and you can spot it easily.” That is the point of this book.
Corduan holds the Ph.D. from Rice University, is associate professor of philosophy and religion at Taylor University. He is one of the essayists in Biblical Errancy (he wrote the piece on Hegel), and he has published in the Harvard Theological Review and the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society.
S. Shelton on March 19th, 2009
this is great
Keith Larson on March 20th, 2009
Heads up on those voting on the Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology. This book is a part of the Baker Digital Reference Library-Level 3. Several retailers such as Barns and Nobel, Rejoice Christian Software and DiscountBible.com are offering this collection of $19.95. In other words, even at the 75% discount level it would be a much better idea to purchase this book in the collection. Here are the other books in the collection:
Key resources
• Evangelical Commentary on the Bible
• Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology
• Elwell’s Topical Analysis of the Bible
Apologetics & cults
• Answering Jehovah’s Witnesses Subject by Subject
• Jehovah’s Witnesses Answered Verse by Verse
• Index of Watchtower Errors
• Jehovah’s Witness Literature
• How to Rescue a Loved One from the Watchtower
• Mormons Answered Verse by Verse
• Mormonism: Changes, Contradictions and Errors
• How to Rescue a Loved One from Mormonism
Biographical
• Biographical Entries from the Evangelical Dictionary of Theology
• Biographical Entries from the New 20th Century Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge
• Dictionary of Women in Church History
• Handbook of Evangelical Theologians
Ministry resources
• Hymn and Scripture Selection Guide
• Baker Sermon Illustration Library Volume 1
• Quick Scripture Reference Guide for Counseling
• Christian Cyberspace Companion
• Soul in Cyberspace by Dr. D. Groothius
• King James Version Bible
Here is how to use old Logos 2.0 collections in Libronix.
1. Install the Logos 2.0 program. Don’t bother even starting up the program once it is installed.
2. Leave the CD in the drive and start up Libronix. As Libronix starts up it will automatically read the license file of the old Logos 2.0 program and start “discovering resources” on the CD. When it finishes “discovering resources” a box should pop up inviting you to move resources from your CD to your hard drive. Accept the offer and move your new books to your hard drive.
3. Backup your license.
4. Remove the CD and exit Libronix. Then go to this link http://www.logos.com/media/update/ResourceAutoUpdate.lbxupd to update all your new books.
5. Restart Libronix and use Tools | Library Management | Remove Duplicate Resources to remove all the old duplicate LSS 2.0 books from your hard drive.
6. You are now free to remove the old LSS 2.0 program from your hard drive. If your reinstall Libronix to a new computer you can restore the license from the backup. (You will still need the old CD to reinstall the books however, so don’t throw it away.)
dustandbreath on March 20th, 2009
Maybe I am overlooking some, but it would be nice to balance this fine list with some other non-Reformed tradition theologians.
JJ on March 23rd, 2009
Corduan (Prolegomena) is not reformed. I suppose that was his kiss of death. Must admit, reformed doctrine has made a nice comeback recently.
Love those Reformed theologians, just don’t think “all truth” rests there.
God Bless,
JJ
dustandbreath on March 23rd, 2009
Almost mind-boggling the wild swings of “popularity” of the various picks. (Ev DBT is one). Some of my top picks are staying at the bottom, too. Hey, why can’t more think like me, lol?!