Christian Theology

by Erickson, Millard J.

• ISBN13: 9780801036439
• ISBN10: 0801036437
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781441241368
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780801021824
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-08-15
• Publisher: Baker Academic
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Summary

Leading evangelical scholar Millard Erickson offers a new edition of his bestselling textbook, now substantially updated and revised throughout. This edition takes into account feedback from professors and students and reflects current theological conversations, with added material on the atonement, justification, and divine foreknowledge. Erickson's comprehensive introduction is biblical, contemporary, moderate, and fair to various positions, and it applies doctrine to Christian life and ministry.

Table of Contents

Studying God

What Is Theology?

The Possibility of Theology

The Method of Theology

Contextualizing Theology

Two Special Issues: Biblical Criticism and Theological Language

Knowing God

God's Universal Revelation

God's Particular Revelation

The Preservation of the Revelation: Inspiration

The Dependability of God's Word: Inerrancy

The Power of God's Word: Authority

What God Is Like

The Greatness of God

The Goodness of God

God's Nearness and Distance: Immanence and Transcendence

God's Three-in-Oneness: The Trinity

What God Does

God's Plan

God's Originating Work: Creation

God's Continuing Work: Providence

Evil and God's World: A Special Problem

God's Special Agents: Angels

Humanity

Introduction to the Doctrine of Humanity

The Origin of Humanity

The Image of God in the Human

The Constitutional Nature of the Human

The Universality of Humanity

Sin

The Nature of Sin

The Source of Sin

The Results of Sin

The Magnitude of Sin

The Social Dimension of Sin

The Person of Christ

Contemporary Issues in Christological Method

The Deity of Christ

The Humanity of Christ

The Unity of the Person of Christ

The Virgin Birth

The Work of Christ

Introduction to the Work of Christ

Theories of the Atonement

The Central Theme of the Atonement

The Extent of the Atonement

The Holy Spirit

The Person of the Holy Spirit

The Work of the Holy Spirit

Recent Issues Regarding the Holy Spirit

Salvation

Conceptions of Salvation

The Antecedent to Salvation: Predestination

The Beginning of Salvation: Subjective Aspects

The Beginning of Salvation: Objective Aspects

The Continuation of Salvation

The Completion of Salvation

The Means and Extent of Salvation

The Church

The Nature of the Church

The Role of the Church

The Government and Unity of the Church

The Initiatory Rite of the Church: Baptism

The Continuing Rite of the Church: The Lord's Supper

The Last Things

Introduction to Eschatology

Individual Eschatology

The Second Coming and Its Consequents

Millennial and Tribulational Views

Final States

Closing Thoughts

Indexes

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