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．伯剋富（LouisBerkhof, 1873-1957）改革宗神學傢，他對教會的影響，主要來自神學院。大學和教會采用他的《係統神學》（Systematic Theology, 1941），此書不斷再版；第一版（1932）是以《改革宗教理學》為名齣版。

路易是荷蘭人，於1882年前往美國。他先畢業於加爾文學院和神學院（CalvinCollege and Seminary），然後在1902-4年到普林斯頓神學院跟隨華菲德（B. B.Warfield）和霍誌恒（G. Vos）讀書。1906-44年，他在加爾文神學院擔任過不同的職位，包括自1931年起擔任院長之職，直到1944年退休。

路易的神學思想，主要是建立在荷蘭改革宗的傳統（特彆是赫曼．巴文剋［H.Bavinck］）。他的《係統神學》的優點，乃在能用英文把改革宗神學錶達齣來，全書條理極分明，適閤神學院作教科書用，又能討論最新的神學思想（如早期巴特［Barth］的思想），不過在神學思想上卻沒有什麼創意。……近代改革宗神學似乎還沒有一本英文的係統神學作品可做學生課本之用，故在可見的將來，他的《係統神學》仍會受歡迎。

——改寫自傅格森（S. B. Ferguson），〈Berkhof,Louis 路易．伯剋富〉，於《當代神學辭典》（颱北：校園，1997）118-19