Reviews for Permissible Dose A History of Radiation Protection in the Twentieth Century

The average rating for Permissible Dose A History of Radiation Protection in the Twentieth Century based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-12-01 00:00:00 Hilliard Smith This is a companion to Berkhof’s more well-known Systematic Theology. I highly recommend it and encourage people to use it. Berkhof does a masterful job of summarizing all of the major theological debates in the history of dogma in a very compact manner without oversimplification. It is basically an easier-to-read, condensed version of Seeberg’s masterful Text-Book of the History of Doctrines. Berkhof helpfully defines the concept of “dogma” as the Church’s Spirit-guided reflection on Scripture: “According to [the Reformers] all truly religious dogmas derive their material contents from Scripture and from Scripture only. They do not recognize the unwritten word or tradition as a source of dogma. At the same time they do not regard dogmas as statements taken directly from the Bible, but represent them as the fruit of the reflection of the Church, as the body of believers, on the truths of revelation ... Since the reflection of the Church is often determined and deepened by doctrinal controversies, the formulations to which Church Councils or Synods are finally led under the guidance of the Holy Spirit often bear the earmarks of past struggles. They are not infallible but yet have a high degree of stability ... [Dogma] is not a mere repetition of what is found in Scripture, but the fruit of dogmatic reflection ... In the History of Dogma we see the Church becoming ever increasingly conscious of the riches of divine truth under the guidance of the Holy Spirit” (pp. 17, 19).

Review # 2 was written on 2019-11-27 00:00:00 Gerald Fisher A helpful intro and overview of the development of various doctrines. I especially like the short, bite-sized chapters.