Christianity and Creation The Essence of the Christian Faith and Its Future among Religions

by Mackey, James P.

• ISBN13: 9780826419071
• ISBN10: 0826419070
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

A systematic theology containing eight chapters on creation, fall, salvation, God, creed, code, cult and church constitution. This book is fashioned out of material from two sources: the major theological movements of the 20th century, and a reading of the Bible as innocent as possible of the influence of theologies borrowed from Platonism.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Prologue The Lapses in Christian Theology at the End of the Second Millennium	3	(26)
History and Faith,	3	(1)
Revelation and History,	4	(2)
The Bible as Revelation, History, Literature,	6	(4)
Sin and Salvation in Nature and History,	10	(2)
Nature and Grace,	12	(4)
Creation,	16	(3)
The Franchise Theology That the Lapses Left in Place and Some tragic Consequences Thereof	19	(2)
The Case for a Full-Blown Christian Theology of Creation,	21	(8)
Part One THE ESSENCE OF THE FAITH OF JESUS THE JEW
Chapter One CREATION	29	(40)
The Bible as the Foundation Myth of Christianity,	29	(1)
The Christian Myth of Creation,	30	(9)
Images of Agencies Involved in the Creation of the World,	39	(10)
A Borrowed Theology: The First Christian Theology of Creation,	49	(13)
The Christian Theology of Creation in the Modern Era,	62	(7)
Chapter Two FALL	69	(29)
The Myth of the Fall,	69	(19)
The Fall in the Christian Theological Tradition,	88	(7)
The Biblical Account of the Fall and Original Sin in Summary,	95	(3)
Chapter Three SALVATION	98	(46)
The Biblical Story of Salvation,	98	(5)
Salvation by Jesus,	103	(9)
Salvation from Sin,	112	(5)
Salvation on the Cross: The Way to the Cross — the Challenge of Jesus to Torah and Temple,	117	(17)
The Images of Salvation through the Cross,	134	(5)
The Traditional Theology of Salvation,	139	(5)
Chapter Four GOD	144	(51)
The Full, Flowing Biblical Myth of Divine Incarnation,	146	(7)
The Christian Incarnation Myth and the Confession of the Divinity of Jesus,	153	(8)
The Theology of the Incarnate One: Christology,	161	(5)
The Christian Myth of Trinity,	166	(5)
The Christian Theology of Trinity,	171	(8)
The Three Overnight Camping Sites on the 'Mystical" Way,	179	(6)
In Summary: Columbanus on How to Preach and Receive a Trinitarian Faith,	185	(7)
Sanctuary,	192	(3)
Part Two CHRISTIANITY: THE RELIGION THAT DEVELOPED FROM THE FAITH OF JESUS THE JEW
Chapter Five CREDO	195	(32)
The Definition of Religion,	195	(4)
The Credo as Scripture,	199	(9)
The Credo as Creed,	208	(6)
The Credo as Theology,	214	(13)
Chapter Six CODE	227	(62)
Is There a Christian Morality?,	227	(4)
Human Codes and Divine Covenants,	231	(12)
The New Covenant Ratified in the Blood of the Christ: The (re)New(ed) Code Given Down from the Mountain,	243	(9)
The Covenant Mediated by Jesus and Its Moral Principles,	252	(5)
The Codification of Jesus's Renewed Covenant of Creation and What the Churches Made of It,	257	(8)
Judgment,	265	(8)
The Variety of Judgment Myths in the Bible,	273	(4)
The Second (or More) Coming(s),	277	(12)
Chapter Seven CULT	289	(49)
Sacraments,	292	(5)
Baptism,	297	(1)
Eucharist,	298	(10)
Other Christian Sacraments,	308	(30)
Chapter Eight CONSTITUTION	338	(23)
Epilogue CHRISTIANITY AND OTHER RELIGIONS	361
The Essence of Christianity: The Covenant of Creation,	361	(6)
Christianity and Religion,	367	(5)
The Nature of Grace,	372	(6)
Revelation: Faith and Reason,	378	(14)
Religions,	392