Christian Doctrine and Modern Culture (since 1700)

by Pelikan, Jaroslav Jan

• ISBN13: 9780226653808
• ISBN10: 0226653803
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

Jaroslav Pelikan begins this volume with the crisis of orthodoxy that confronted all Christian denominations by the beginning of the eighteenth century and continues through the twentieth century in its particular concerns with ecumenism. The modern period in the history of Christian doctrine, Pelikan demonstrates, may be defined as the time when doctrines that had been assumed more than debated for most of Christian history were themselves called into question: the idea of revelation, the uniqueness of Christ, the authority of Scripture, the expectation of life after death, even the very transcendence of God. "Knowledge of the immense intellectual effort invested in the construction of the edifice of Christian doctrine by the best minds of each successive generation is worth having. And there can hardly be a more lucid, readable and genial guide to it than this marvellous work."--Economist "This volume, like the series which it brings to a triumphant conclusion, may be unreservedly recommended as the best one-stop introduction currently available to its subject."--Alister E. McGrath, Times Higher Education Supplement "Professor Pelikan's series marks a significant departure, and in him we have at last a master teacher."--Marjorie O'Rourke Boyle, Commonweal "Pelikan's book marks not only the end of a dazzling scholarly effort but the end of an era as well. There is reason to suppose that nothing quite like it will be tried again."--Harvey Cox, Washington Post Book World

Author Biography

Elizabeth A. Kaye specializes in communications as part of her coaching and consulting practice. She has edited Requirements for Certification since the 2000-01 edition.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Primary Sources	xi
``Alas, Theology, Too''	1	(336)
The Crisis of Orthodoxy East and West	9	(51)
Apologia for the Church	12	(12)
Investigations into Christian Doctrine	24	(11)
The Doctrine of the Law and Grace	35	(13)
A Devout and Holy Life	48	(12)
The Objectivity of Transcendent Revelation	60	(58)
Miracle, Mystery, and Authority	61	(14)
The Contigent Truths of History	75	(14)
Christological Dogma and the Historical Jesus	89	(12)
The Essence of True Religion	101	(17)
The Theology of the Heart	118	(56)
The Affectional Transposition of Doctrine	119	(11)
God and the Soul	130	(16)
Evangelical Perfection	146	(16)
The Experience of the Holy Spirit	162	(12)
Foundations of the Christian World View	174	(53)
The Reality of God	180	(10)
Maker of Heaven and Earth	190	(13)
The Divine Image	203	(12)
The Progress of the Kingdom	215	(12)
The Definition of Doctrine	227	(55)
The Principle of Historical Mediation	230	(11)
Inspiration and Infallibility	241	(12)
The Consensus of Christian Tradition	253	(12)
Dogma and Its Development	265	(17)
The Sobornost of the Body of Christ	282	(55)
The Renewal of Ecclesiology	288	(14)
Theological Resources for Unity	302	(11)
The Redemption of Society	313	(12)
Lumen Gentium	325	(12)
Selected Secondary Works	337	(15)
Index:
Biblical	349	(3)
General	352