Christian Theology Reader

by McGrath, Alister E.

• ISBN13: 9781405153577
• ISBN10: 1405153571
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-30
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

Collecting more than 360 readings from 2000 years of Christian history, the third edition of the hugely successful Christian Theology Reader is the most comprehensive book of its kind. With 33 new readings, including an increased representation of Catholicism, orthodoxy, and women writers, this user friendly volume spans the entire Christian tradition, including important sources from patristic, medieval, reformation, and modern periods. Beginning with a brand new overview of the history of Christian theology, each individual reading includes its own introduction, commentary, and list of study questions to help illuminate the key doctrines, point of views, intellectual developments, and theologies.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Mission Statement

Preface

To the Student: How to Use this Work

To the Teacher: How to Use this Book

Acknowledgments

Getting Started: Preliminaries

Justin Martyr on Philosophy and Theology

Clement of Alexandria on Philosophy and Theology

Tertullian on the Relation of Philosophy and Heresy

Augustine on Philosophy and Theology

The Nicene Creed

The Apostles'' Creed

Anselm of Canterbury''s Proof for the Existence of God

Gaunilo''s Reply to Anselm''s Argument

Thomas Aquinas on Proofs for the Existence of God

Thomas Aquinas on the Principle of Analogy

Martin Luther on the Theology of the Cross

John Calvin on the Nature of Faith

The Heidelberg Catechism on Images of God

John Locke on the Formation of the Concept of God

RenÚ Descartes on the Existence of God

Blaise Pascal on Proofs for the Existence of God

Blaise Pascal on the Hiddenness of God

Immanuel Kant on Anselm''s Ontological Argument

Vatican I on Faith and Reason

John Henry Newman on the Grounds of Faith

Adolf von Harnack on the Origins of Dogma

Karl Barth on the Nature and Task of Theology

Ludwig Wittgenstein on Analogy

Ludwig Wittgenstein on Proofs for the Existence of God

Dietrich Bonhoeffer on God in a Secular World

Paul Tillich on the Method of Correlation

Sallie McFague on Metaphor in Theology

Gustavo GutiÚrrez on Theology as Critical Reflection

Brian A. Gerrish on Accommodation in Calvin''s Theology

George Lindbeck on Postliberal Approaches to Doctrine

The Sources of Theology

The Muratorian Fragment on the New Testament Canon

Irenaeus on the Role of Tradition

Hippolytus on Typological Interpretation of Scripture

Clement of Alexandria on the Fourfold Interpretation of Scripture

Tertullian on Tradition and Apostolic Succession

Origen on the Three Ways of Reading Scripture

Cyril of Jerusalem on the Role of Creeds

Augustine on the Literal and Allegorical Senses of Scripture

Jerome on the Role of Scripture

Vincent of LÚrins on the Role of Tradition

Bernard of Clairvaux on the Allegorical Sense of Scripture

Stephen Langton on the Moral Sense of Scripture

Ludolf of Saxony on Reading Scripture Imaginatively

Jacques Lefþvre d''Etaples on the Senses of Scripture

Martin Luther on the Four-Fold Sense of Scripture

Martin Luther on Revelation in Christ

John Calvin on the Natural Knowledge of God

John Calvin on the Relation between Old and New Covenants

The Council of Trent on Scripture and Tradition

The Gallic Confession on the Canon of Scripture

The Belgic Confession on the Book of Nature

The Formula of Concord on Scripture and the Theologians

King James I on the Relation of Old and New Testaments

The King James Translators on Biblical Translation

Sir Thomas Browne on the Two Books of Revelation

Philip Jakob Spener on Scripture and the Christian Life

Nicolus Ludwig von Zinzendorf on Reason and Experience

Jonathan Edwards on the Beauty of Creation

William Paley on the Wisdom of the Creation

Johann Adam M÷hler on Living Tradition

John Henry Newman on the Role of Tradition

Archibald Alexander Hodge on the Inspiration of Scripture

Charles Gore on the Relation of Dogma to the New Testament

James Orr on the Centrality of Revelation for Christianity

Wilhelm Herrmann on the Nature of Revelation

Karl Barth on Revelation as God''s Self-Disclosure

Emil Brunner on the Personal Nature of Revelation

Rudolf Bultmann on Demythologization and Biblical Interpretation

Karl Rahner on the Authority of Scripture

Phyllis Trible on Feminist Biblical Interpretation

Bloesch on Christological Approaches to Biblical Hermeneutics

John Meyendorff on Living Tradition

Packer on the Nature of Revelation

Torrance on Karl Barth''s Criticism of Natural Theology

The Catechism of the Catholic Chu

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