Bavinck: A Critical Biography

I wanted a carefully written biography to better understand this important theologian whose works have received a lot of attention in recent years through Tim Keller and others at TGC. \\n\\nEglington's offering is the product of his monumental research and reading of Bavinck (in Dutch). This work is no hagiography, nor is it buffered by fanciful narrative or speculations. This book has all the precision of a doctoral research piece (with 118 pages of notes and bibliography, more than 1/4 of the total book length); nonetheless, it is a highly readable biography that fully satisfied my purposes of understanding and contextualising Bavinck. \\n\\nNote that while this book proceeds in a broadly chronological order, it is categorised thematically in 5 parts:\\n\\n1. Roots\\n2. Student\\n3. Pastor\\n4. Professor in Kampen\\n5. Professor in Amsterdam\\n\\nThe author moves backward and forward in time in each section, which took me some time to adjust to as someone with no prior knowledge of Bavinck, his life or Dutch Christian context. \\n\\nIf you are looking for a treasury of choice devotional quotes from Bavinck's works (mostly contained in several daunting volumes), you will not find them here. You will find a list of his essays, speeches, articles and works as well as previous biographical treatments (with which Eglington often interacts). \\n\\nThe expense of this item may deter someone searching for a casual biography. John Bolt's """"Bavinck on the Christian Life"""" is…