This new printing of Louis Berkhof's classic Systematic Theology represents a publishing landmark. For the first time in its long and acclaimed history, Berkhof's monumental treatment of the doctrines of the Reformed faith is now available together in one volume with Introduction to the Study of Systematic Theology, Berkhof's formal prolegomenon to his theology. Meant to be read together with Systematic Theology, the Introduction includes Berkhof's discussions of the nature and character of dogmatics, the methods and history of theological system, and the principia, or foundations, of theology - Scripture and God. This edition also includes a new preface by Richard A. Muller that explains both the publishing history and the relation and importance of the Introduction to the rest of Berkhof's text. Written in a concise and compact style and organized in a manner ideal for detailed study, Systematic Theology covers the full range of theology in traditional systematic fashion - examining, in order, the doctrines of God, anthropology, Christology, soteriology, ecclesiology, and eschatology. The work also includes an extensive bibliography and full indexes to the authors, subjects, and Scriptures referenced in the text. Revised and enlarged throughout his lifetime until it reached its present final form, Systematic Theology not only stands as Berkhof's magnum opus but also is widely considered to be the most important twentieth-century compendium of Reformed theology.

路易．伯克富（LouisBerkhof, 1873-1957）改革宗神学家，他对教会的影响，主要来自神学院。大学和教会采用他的《系统神学》（Systematic Theology, 1941），此书不断再版；第一版（1932）是以《改革宗教理学》为名出版。

路易是荷兰人，于1882年前往美国。他先毕业于加尔文学院和神学院（CalvinCollege and Seminary），然后在1902-4年到普林斯顿神学院跟随华菲德（B. B.Warfield）和霍志恒（G. Vos）读书。1906-44年，他在加尔文神学院担任过不同的职位，包括自1931年起担任院长之职，直到1944年退休。

路易的神学思想，主要是建立在荷兰改革宗的传统（特别是赫曼．巴文克［H.Bavinck］）。他的《系统神学》的优点，乃在能用英文把改革宗神学表达出来，全书条理极分明，适合神学院作教科书用，又能讨论最新的神学思想（如早期巴特［Barth］的思想），不过在神学思想上却没有什么创意。……近代改革宗神学似乎还没有一本英文的系统神学作品可做学生课本之用，故在可见的将来，他的《系统神学》仍会受欢迎。

——改写自傅格森（S. B. Ferguson），〈Berkhof,Louis 路易．伯克富〉，于《当代神学辞典》（台北：校园，1997）118-19