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List of Illustrations | p. x |
Preface | p. xii |
The Apostles' Creed | p. xvi |
Getting Started | p. xvii |
Introducing the Bible | p. xxi |
Tradition | p. xxiv |
Creeds | p. xxv |
Reason | |
The "handmaid": dialogue between theology and culture | p. xxviii |
Moving on ... | p. xxxi |
Faith | p. 1 |
What is faith? | p. 1 |
Can God's existence be proved? | p. 2 |
Are these proofs of any use? | p. 6 |
Faith is beyond reason but not contrary to reason | p. 7 |
Faith and God's promises | p. 9 |
Faith and doubt: the problem of suffering | p. 13 |
Engaging with a text | p. 16 |
God | p. 19 |
Analogies in theology | p. 20 |
God as father | p. 24 |
A personal God | p. 28 |
God as almighty | p. 31 |
Engaging with a text | p. 34 |
Creation | p. 36 |
Creation in the Old Testament | p. 36 |
The concept of creation "out of nothing" | p. 38 |
Creation and dualism | p. 40 |
Implications of the doctrine of creation | p. 41 |
Models of God as creator | p. 43 |
Humanity and creation: the "image of God" | p. 46 |
Creation and natural theology | p. 48 |
Creation and creationism | p. 53 |
Engaging with a text | p. 55 |
Jesus | p. 58 |
Messiah | p. 59 |
Lord | p. 61 |
Son of God | p. 63 |
Son of Man | p. 64 |
God | p. 65 |
Functional statements about Jesus | p. 66 |
Early Christological models | p. 68 |
The Council of Chalcedon | p. 70 |
The incarnation and icons | p. 71 |
Christ as mediator | p. 72 |
Engaging with a text | p. 75 |
Salvation | p. 77 |
Pauline images of salvation | p. 78 |
The problem of analogy: salvation as ransom | p. 79 |
Theories of atonement | p. 83 |
The cross as sacrifice | p. 83 |
The cross as a victory | p. 86 |
The cross and forgiveness | p. 89 |
Salvation, sin, and Christ | p. 92 |
Salvation, Christ, and the redeemed life | p. 94 |
Engaging with a text | p. 95 |
Spirit | p. 97 |
Biblical models of the Holy Spirit | p. 97 |
The debate over the divinity of the Holy Spirit | p. 101 |
The filioque debate | p. 104 |
The functions of the Spirit | p. 108 |
Engaging with a text | p. 113 |
Trtnity | p. 116 |
Belief in the Trinity | p. 117 |
A Trinitarian heresy: modalism | p. 122 |
Visualizing the Trinity | p. 125 |
The Trinity and the naming of God | p. 125 |
Communicating the Trinity: hymns | p. 129 |
The "social Trinity": Jurgen Moltmann | p. 131 |
Engaging with a text | p. 133 |
Church | p. 137 |
The church: local or universal? | p. 137 |
Only one church? | p. 139 |
The catholicity of the church | p. 141 |
The church: holy or just human? | p. 143 |
The church as constituted by the Word of God | p. 148 |
Pure or mixed body: what difference does it make? | p. 151 |
Ministry within the church: the Second Vatican Council | p. 152 |
Engaging with a text | p. 155 |
Sacraments | p. 157 |
What is a sacrament? | p. 158 |
What do sacraments do? | p. 160 |
What factors affect the effectiveness of sacraments? | p. 164 |
Is infant baptism justified? | p. 166 |
In what way, if any, is Christ present at the eucharist? | p. 171 |
Engaging with a text | p. 175 |
Heaven | p. 178 |
The hope of heaven | p. 178 |
An image of heaven: the New Jerusalem | p. 180 |
The appearance of the human body in heaven | p. 183 |
Heaven as an encounter with loved ones | p. 186 |
Heaven and the worship of the church | p. 188 |
Heaven and the millennium | p. 189 |
The beatific vision: seeing God face to face | p. 191 |
Engaging with a text | p. 194 |
Moving On | p. 197 |
Brief Glossary of Theological Terms | p. 200 |
Details of Theologians Cited | p. 209 |
Index | p. 217 |
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