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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS ON OPEN THEISM
Compiled by Dennis M. Swanson
Seminary Librarian
Earlier page s of this issue of The Master’s Seminary Journal contain
articles on O pen Theism, a relative new field also known as openness theology and
the openness of God. The following bibliography represents the collected research
of the articles’ authors and some additional sources that were discovered, but not
cited in the articles. Its five se ctions are (1) R eferen ce W orks, (2) Systematic
Theologies, (3) Mo nographs and M ulti-Author W orks, (4) Journ al Articles, (5)
Unpublished Materials. This listing is not exhaustive, but will serve as a foundation
for readers desiring to p ursue the study further.
Reference W orks (including lexical entries)
Butterworth, Mike. “ .(1.” In New International Dictionary of Old Testament
Theology & Ex egesis, 5 vols. Ed. by W illem A. VanGemeren, 3:81-83. Grand
Rapids: Zondervan, 1997.
Simeon-Yofre, H., and H.-J. Fabry. “ .(1.” In Theological Dictionary of the Old
Testament. Ed. by G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, and Heinz-Josef
Fabry, trans. by David E. Green, 9:340-55. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
Stoebe, H. J. “ .(1.” In Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament, 3 vols. Ed. by
Ernst Jenni and Claus Westermann, trans. by Mark E. Biddle, 2:734-39.
Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1997.
Systema tic Theologies (Note: the section below is simply a representative sampling
of systema tic theologies since all such works deal with theo logy proper).
Berko uwe r, G. C . The Providence of God. Studies in Dogmatics. Reprint of 1952 ed.
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983.
Ame s, W illiam. The Marrow of Theology. Trans. by John Dykstra Eusden.
Durham, N. C.: Labyrinth, 1983.
Boyce, James P. Abstract of Systematic Theology. Nashville: Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, 1887.
Calvin, John . Institutes of the Christian Religion. Ed. by John T. M cNeill.
Philadelphia: W estminster, 1960.
Chafer, Lew is S. Systematic Theology. Dallas: Dallas Theological Seminary, 1947.
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Dabney, R. L. Systematic Theology. St. Louis: Presbyterian Publishing Company
of St. Louis, 1878. Reprint; Carlisle, Pa.: Banner of Truth, 1985.
Enn s, Paul. The Moody Handbook of Theology. Chicago: Moody, 1989.
Erickson, Millard J. Christian Theology. Gran d Rapids: Bak er, 198 5. 2nd ed.,
1998.
Gill, John . A Complete Body of D octrinal and Practical D ivinity. London: Tegg,
1839. Reprint; Grand Rapids: Baker, 1978.
Grudem, Wayn e. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. Grand
Rapids: Zondervan, 1994.
Hodge, Charles. Systematic Theology. New Y ork: Scribner, 1871. Reprint; Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans, 1946 ).
Reymond, Robert L. A New Systematic Theology of the C hristian Faith. Nashville:
Thomas Nelson, 1998.
Turretin, Francis. Institutes of Elenctic Theology. Trans. by George Musgrave
Giger. Ed. by James T. Dennison. 3 vols. Phillipsburg, N.J.: Presbyterian and
Reformed, 1992.
Monographs and M ulti-Author Works
Allis, Osw ald T. The Unity of Isaiah: A Study in Prophecy. Nutley, N. J.:
Presbyterian and Reformed, 1974.
Andersen, Francis I., and D avid N . Freed man . Amos. Anchor Bible. New York:
Doubleday, 1989.
Black, David Alan. “Introduction.” In Linguistics and New Testament Interpreta-
tion: Essays on Discourse Analysis. Ed. by David Alan Black Nashville:
Broadman and Holman, 1992, 10-13.
Block, Daniel I. Judges, R uth. The New Am erican Commentary, vol. 6. Nashville:
Broadman and Holman, 1999.
Bounds, E. M . The Reality of Prayer. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1980.
Boyd, Gregory A. God of the Possible: A Biblical Introduction to the Open View of
God. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000.
________. Oneness Pen tecostals and the T rinity. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1992.
________. God at War. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1997.
Bray, Gerald. The Doctrine of God: Contours of Christian Theology. Dow ners
Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1998.
Bullock, C. H assell. An Introduction to the Old Testament Prophetic Books.
Chicago: Moody, 1986.
Carson, D . A., The Gagging of God. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.
________. The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God. Wheato n, Ill.: Crossway,
2000.
Charnock, Steph en. The Existence and Attributes of God. Reprint of 1797 ed.;
Minneapolis: Klock and Klock, 1977.
Clarke, W . Norris. God, Knowable and Unknow able. New Y ork: Fordham
University, 1973.
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Cobb, John B., Jr., and C lark H . Pinno ck, eds. Search ing for an A dequa te God: A
Dialogue Between Process and Free Will Theists. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,
2000.
Craig, W illiam Lane. Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom : The Coherence
of Theism: Omniscience. Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History, vol. 19. Leiden:
E. J. Brill, 1991.
________. The Only Wise God: The C ompatibility of Divine Foreknowledge and
Human Freedom . Grand Rapids: Baker, 1987.
Cranfield, C. E. B. A Critical and Exegetical Comm entary on The Epistle to the
Romans. 2 vols. International Critical Commentary series. Edinburgh: T. & T.
Clark, 1979.
Erickson, M illard J. God the F ather Almighty. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998.
________. God in Three Persons: A Contemporary Interpretation of the Trinity.
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Feinberg, John S. No One Like Him: The Doctrine of God. W heato n, Ill.:
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Fokkelman, Jan P. “The Cyrus Oracle (Isaiah 44, 24–45, 7) from the Perspective of
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Geisler, Norman L. Creating God in the Image of Man? Minneapolis: Bethany
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Gifford, E. H. “Romans.” In The Holy Bible with an Explanatory and Critical
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Hask er, W illiam. “A Philosophical Perspective.” In The O penness of God : A
Biblical Challenge to the Traditional Understanding of God. Clark Pinnock,
Richard Rice, John Sanders, William Hasker, and David Ba singer. Downe rs
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Held, Mo she. “The YQ TL (Q TL-Y QT L) Sequence of Identical Verbs in Biblical
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Henry, Carl F . H. God, Reve lation and Authority Volume 6. Waco, Tex.: Word,
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Hoe hner, Harold W. “Israel in Romans 9–11.” In Israel: The Land and the People.
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Jeremas, Joachim. Die Reue Gottes: Aspekte alttestamentlicher Gottesvorstellung.
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Johnson, Gary L. W ., and R . Fow ler W hite, eds. Whatever Happened to the
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Lockyer, Herb ert. All the P rayers of the Bible. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1959.
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Louw, J. P. “Reading a Text As D iscourse,” Linguistics and New Testament
Interpretation: Essa ys on Discourse Analysis. Nashville: Broadman and
Holman, 1992. 17-30.
MacA rthur, John. The Love of God. Dallas: Word, 1996.
Moo, Douglas J. The Epistle to the Romans. New International Co mmentary on the
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Morris, Leon. The Epistle to the Romans. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988.
Motyer, J. Alec. The Prophecy of Isaiah: An Introduction & Com mentary. Dow ners
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Osw alt, John N. The Book of Isaiah: Chapters 1–39. New International Co mmentary
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Patterson, Richard D., and Hermann J. Austel. “1, 2 Kings.” In The Expositor’s
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Pinnock, Clark H. “Systematic Theology.” In The Openness of God: A Biblical
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________. “Between Classical and Process Theism.” In Process Theology. Ron ald
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Piper, John . The Justification of God: An Exegetical and Theological Study of
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________. “Divine Foreknowledge and Free-W ill Theism,” in The Gra ce of God,
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Sanders, John . The God Who R isks: A Theology of Providence. Dow ners Grove, Ill.:
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________. “Historical Considerations.” In The Openness of G od: A Biblical
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Saucy, Robert L. The Case for Prog ressive Dispensationalism. Grand Rapids:
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