TY - BOOK AU - Davis,John Jefferson TI - The Necessity of systematic theology SN - 0801029031 (pbk.) : PY - 1978/// CY - Grand Rapids PB - Baker Book House KW - Philosophical theology KW - Theology, Doctrinal KW - Introductions N1 - Includes bibliographical references; The Screwtape letters, letter 1 / C.S. Lewis -- Right now counts forever / R.C. Sproul -- Everyman must be a theologian / John H. Gerstner --Creed or chaos? / Dorothy L. Sayers -- The minister as teacher / Kenneth F.W. Prior -- Doing theology for the church / Robert L. Saucy -- The necessity for dogmatics / Emil Brunner -- Nature and character of theology / Francis Pieper -- The importance of Christian knowledge / Jonathan Edwards -- The idea of systematic theology / B.B. Warfield -- Contextualization and the nature of theology / John Jefferson Davis ER -