Definition: “Theology Proper” means the study directly of God, of His person, character, attributes, essence, etcetera.

This area of study is basically divided up into the following sub-areas:

• General Works on God (below)
• The Existence of God
• The Nature of God
• The Attributes of God
• The Names of God
• The Decrees of God
• The Worship of God
• God the Father

Note that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are all sub-areas of God proper, but each should be in its own category because of the great volume of information about God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. We include God the Father here simply because in comparison to the Son and the Spirit, there is less information on God the Father.

Theological Books on the General Area of Theology Proper (God)

• Anderson, Louis Francis (1859-) – God and the cosmic order (offsite) (1939)
• Bavinck – Doctrine of God (a) 191K (26 pages)
• Bohme (Böhme), Jakob (1575-1624) – Concerning the three principles of the divine essence (offsite) (1910)
• Brasnett, Bertrand Rippington (1893-) – God the worshipful (offsite) (1935)
• Brosnan, William Joseph (1864-) – God infinite and reason concerning the attributes of God (offsite)  (1928)
• Cooke, William – The Deity (offsite)  flipbook (1877)
• Gillespie, William Honyman (d1875) – The argument, a priori, for the being and the attributes of the Lord God, the Absolute One, and First Cause (offsite) (1910)
• Keathley – Theology Proper The Doctrine of God (offsite)  282K
• Macculloch, John (1773-1835) – Proofs and illustrations of the attributes of God: from the facts and laws of the physical universe : being the foundation of natural and revealed religion (1843)
• McConnell, Francis John (1871-1953) – The Christlike God; a survey of the divine attributes from the Christian point of view (c1927)
• Pink, Arthur – Gleanings in the Godhead (b) 642K (153 pages)
• Pink, Arthur – Godhood of God (b) 88K (22 pages)
• Rennie, James (1787-1867) – Alphabet of Natural Theology, for use of beginners (offsite) (1834)
• Sumner, John Bird (1780-1862) – A treatise on the records of the creation, and on the moral attributes of the creator: with particular reference to the Jewish history, and to the consistency of the principle of population with the wisdom and goodness of the deity (offsite) (1833)
• Turner, John Evan – The Nature of Deity flipbook (offsite) (1927)
• Turner, John Evan – The Revelation of Deity flipbook (offsite) (1931)
• Webb, Clement Charles Julian (1865-1954) – God and personality: being the Gifford lectures delivered in the University of Aberdeen in the years 1918 & 1919, first course (offsite) (1919)
• Wells – The Rejection of the Classical Doctrine of God (offsite)
• Winslow, Octavius – Our God (b) 329K (132 pages)
• Wolfson, Harry Austryn (1887-1974) – Crescas on the problem of divine attributes (offsite) (1916)

Recommend Bibliography on Theology Proper (God)

• Bavinck, Hemman. The Doctrine of God. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1951.
• Berkhof, Louis. Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1949.
• Boettner, Loraine. Studies in Theology. Phillipsburg, New Jersey: Presbyterian Reformed Publishing, 1953.
• Buswell, James Oliver, Jr. A Systematic Theology of the Christian Religion. 2 vols. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1962.

• Chafer, Lewis Sperry. Systematic Theology. 8 vols. Dallas, Texas: Dallas Theological Seminary Press, 1948.
• Chamock, Stephen. The Existence and Attributes of God. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1958.
• Clarke, William Newton. The Christian Doctrine of God. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1909.
• Culver, Robert Duncan. The Living God. Wheaton, Illinois: Victor Books, 1978.
• De Haan, Dan. The God You Can Know. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1982.
• Hodge, Charles. Systematic Theology. 3 vols. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1952.
• Hook, Phillip. Who Art in Heaven. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1979.
• Kerr, William F., ed. God, What Is He Like? Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, 1977.
• Packer, J. I. Knowing God. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1973.
• Pentecost, J. Dwight. The Glory of God. Portland, Oregon: Multnomah Press, 1978.
• Phillips, J. B. Your God Is Too Small? New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954.
• Pink, Arthur W. The Attributes of God. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1975.
• Rees, Paul Stromberg. Stand Up in Praise to God. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1960.
• Shedd, William G. T. Shedd’s Dogmatic Theology. 3 vols. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, Inc.
• Strauss, Lehman. The First Person. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1967.
• Strong, Augustus Hopkins. Systematic Theology. (zip) 3 vols. Old Tappan, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell.
• Thiessen, Henry Clarence. Lectures in Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1949.
• Toon, Peter. God Here and Now. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, 1979.
• Tozer, A. W. The Knowledge of the Holy. New York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1961.