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Christian theology: An historical overview | |
Faith | |
Augustine on theology and secular philosophy | |
Vincent of Lerins on Tradition and Theology | |
John Calvin on the Nature of Faith | |
Karl Barth on revelation and the Word of God | |
Emil Brunner on faith and reason | |
Paul Tillich on the nature of theology | |
C. S. Lewis on myths in Theology | |
John Paul II on faith and Reason | |
God | |
Athenagoras of Athens on the Christian God | |
Thomas Aquinas on analogies of God | |
J&turnedalpha;rgen Moltmann on the Suffering of God | |
Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Glory of God | |
Elizabeth A. Johnson on Female Analogies for God | |
Sarah Coakley on Vulnerability and God | |
Creation | |
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola | |
Jonathan Edwards on the beauty of creation | |
William Paley on the contrivance of nature | |
John Henry Newman on natural religion | |
G. K. Chesterton on the doctrine of creation | |
Dorothy L. Sayers on creation and evil | |
Jesus | |
Athanasius of Alexandria on the incarnation | |
Martin Kähler on the "Jesus of History" | |
George Tyrrell on modern views of Jesus | |
Austin Farrer on the incarnation and suffering | |
Morna D. Hooker on Chalcedon and the New Testament | |
N. T. Wright on Jesus and the identity of God | |
Salvation | |
Rufinus of Aquileia on Christ's death as a victory | |
Anselm of Canterbury on satisfaction for sin | |
F. D. E. Schleiermacher on Christ as redeemer | |
Bernard Lonergan on the rationality of salvation | |
Colin Gunton on the language of salvation | |
Rosemary Radford Ruether on suffering and redemption | |
Trinity | |
Irenaeus of Lyons on the Trinitarian faith | |
The Eleventh Council of Toledo on the Trinity | |
Henry Barclay Swete on the Holy Spirit and the Trinity | |
Karl Rahner on the economic Trinity | |
John Macquarrie on the function of the Trinity | |
Robert Jenson on the Trinity as God's name | |
Church | |
Martin Luther on the nature of the church | |
Lesslie Newbigin on a missionary ecclesiology | |
The Second Vatican Council on the Church | |
George Dragas on Orthodox ecclesiology | |
Stanley Hauerwas on the church and the Christian story | |
Leonardo Boff on the reinvention of the Church | |
Sacraments | |
Cyril of Jerusalem on the meaning of baptism | |
Huldrych Zwingli on the real presence | |
The Council of Trent on transubstantiation | |
The World Council of Churches on baptism | |
Rowan Williams on the sacraments as signs | |
Benedict XVI on the Eucharist | |
Heaven | |
Cyprian of Carthage on the hope of heaven | |
Methodius of Olympus on the resurrection body | |
John Wesley on the final restoration of nature | |
The Catechism of the Catholic Church on the resurrection | |
Wolfhart Pannenberg on eschatology and evil | |
Kathryn Tanner on eternal life | |
A brief glossary of theological terms | |
Sources of readings | |
Acknowledgements | |
Index | |
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