The Cambridge Companion to Evangelical Theology

by Edited by Timothy Larsen , Daniel J. Treier

• ISBN13: 9780521846981
• ISBN10: 0521846986
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-30
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Evangelicalism, a vibrant and growing expression of historic Christian orthodoxy, is already one of the largest and most geographically diverse global religious movements. This Companion offers an up-to-date articulation of evangelical theology that is both faithful to historic evangelical convictions and in dialogue with contemporary intellectual contexts and concerns. In addition to original and creative essays on central Christian doctrines such as Christ, the Trinity, and Justification, it breaks new ground by offering evangelical reflections on issues such as gender, race, culture, and world religions. This volume also moves beyond the confines of Anglo-American perspectives to offer separate essays exploring evangelical theology in African, Asian, and Latin American contexts. The contributors to this volume form an unrivalled list of many of today's most eminent evangelical theologians and important emerging voices.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. xi
Acknowledgments and note on references	p. xiv
A note on the cover image	p. xvi
Defining and locating evangelicalism	p. 1
Evangelicals and Christian doctrine	p. 15
The triune God of the gospel	p. 17
Scripture and hermeneutics	p. 35
Jesus Christ	p. 51
The human person in the Christian story	p. 65
Justification and atonement	p. 79
The Holy Spirit	p. 93
Conversion and sanctification	p. 109
The church in evangelical theology and practice	p. 125
The contexts of evangelical theology	p. 143
Evangelical theology and culture	p. 145
Evangelical theology and gender	p. 161
Race and the experience of death: theologically reappraising American evangelicalism	p. 177
Evangelical theology and the religions	p. 199
Evangelical theology in African contexts	p. 213
Evangelical theology in Asian contexts	p. 225
British (and European) evangelical theologies	p. 241
Evangelical theology in Latin American contexts	p. 259
Evangelical theology in North American contexts	p. 275
Index	p. 293
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