Faith Seeking Understanding : An Introduction to Christian Theology

by Migliore, Daniel L.

• ISBN13: 9780802827876
• ISBN10: 080282787X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Author Biography

Daniel L. Migliore is Charles Hodge Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	x
Preface to the Second Edition	xi
Preface to the First Edition	xiii
Sources Frequently Cited	xvii
The Task of Theology	1	(19)
Theology as Faith Seeking Understanding	2	(5)
The Questionableness of Theology	7	(3)
The Questions of Theology	10	(6)
Methods of Asking Theological Questions	16	(4)
The Meaning of Revelation	20	(24)
What Is Revelation?	20	(2)
God Hidden and Revealed	22	(4)
Revelation as Objective and Subjective	26	(3)
General and Special Revelation	29	(4)
Models of Revelation	33	(2)
Revelation as God's Self-Disclosure Narrated in Scripture	35	(4)
Revelation, Scripture, and Church	39	(5)
The Authority of Scripture	44	(20)
The Problem of Authority in Modern Culture	45	(2)
Inadequate Approaches to the Authority of Scripture	47	(3)
The Indispensability of Scripture in Relating Us, by the Power of the Spirit, to the Living God Revealed in Jesus Christ	50	(3)
Principles of the Interpretation of Scripture	53	(11)
The Triune God	64	(28)
The Problem of God in Modern Theology	64	(4)
The Biblical Roots of the Doctrine of the Trinity	68	(2)
Classical Trinitarian Doctrine	70	(3)
Distortions in the Doctrine of God	73	(1)
Restatement of the Meaning of the Doctrine of the Trinity	74	(8)
The Attributes of God	82	(5)
The Electing Grace of God	87	(5)
The Good Creation	92	(25)
Christian Faith and the Ecological Crisis	92	(5)
Rereading the Scriptural Witness on Creation	97	(3)
Rethinking the Themes of the Doctrine of Creation	100	(7)
Trinity, Creation, and Ecology	107	(3)
Models of Creation	110	(3)
The Doctrine of Creation and Modern Science	113	(4)
The Providence of God and the Mystery of Evil	117	(22)
Belief in Providence and the Reality of Evil	117	(4)
Providence and Evil in the Theological Tradition	121	(4)
Rethinking Providence and Evil	125	(3)
Recent Theodicies	128	(3)
The Triune God and Human Suffering	131	(5)
Providence, Prayer, Practice	136	(3)
Humanity as Creature, Sinner, and New Being in Christ	139	(24)
Interpretations of ``Image of God''	139	(3)
Created Humanity	142	(7)
Fallen Humanity	149	(5)
The Meaning of Original Sin and of Death as Enemy	154	(6)
New Humanity in Christ	160	(3)
The Person and Work of Jesus Christ	163	(34)
Problems in Christology	163	(4)
Principles of Christology	167	(2)
Patristic Christology	169	(5)
Rethinking Classical Affirmations of the Person of Christ	174	(8)
Rethinking Classical Interpretations of the Work of Christ	182	(5)
Violence and the Cross	187	(4)
Dimensions of the Resurrection of Christ	191	(6)
Confessing Jesus Christ in Context	197	(26)
The Particularity and Universality of the Gospel	198	(2)
Latin American Christology	200	(4)
African American Christology	204	(5)
Feminist, Womanist, and Mujerista Christologies	209	(3)
Hispanic Christology	212	(4)
Asian American Christology	216	(4)
The Local and the Global in Christology	220	(3)
The Holy Spirit and the Christian Life	223	(25)
Neglect and Recovery of the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit	224	(2)
A Sketch of a Theology of the Holy Spirit	226	(9)
The Christian Life: Justification	235	(4)
The Christian Life: Sanctification	239	(7)
The Christian Life: Vocation	246	(2)
The New Community	248	(26)
The Problem of the Church	249	(2)
New Testament Images of the Church	251	(3)
Critique of Current Models of the Church	254	(8)
The Church and the Call to Communion	262	(3)
The Church and the Call to Mission	265	(4)
Classical Marks of the Church	269	(5)
Proclamation, Sacraments, and Ministry	274	(27)
Proclamation of the Word	274	(5)
What Are Sacraments?	279	(3)
The Meaning of Baptism	282	(6)
The Meaning of the Lord's Supper	288	(5)
Baptism, the Lord's Supper, and Ethics	293	(2)
The Meaning of an Ordained Ministry	295	(6)
The Finality of Jesus Christ and Religious Pluralism	301	(29)
The Ambiguity of Religion	301	(5)
Types of Christian Theologies of the Religions	306	(10)
Toward a Trinitarian Theology of the Religions	316	(3)
Salvation in Other Religions?	319	(4)
Christians and Jews	323	(3)
Witness to Jesus Christ in a Religiously Pluralistic World	326	(4)
Christian Hope	330	(24)
The Crisis of Hope in an Age of Terrorism	331	(6)
Principles for Interpreting Christian Hope	337	(5)
Classical Symbols of Christian Hope	342	(6)
Eschatology and Ethics	348	(6)
Appendix A Natural Theology: A Dialogue	354	(16)
Appendix B The Resurrection: A Dialogue	370	(14)
Appendix C Political Theology: A Dialogue	384	(18)
Appendix D A Glossary of Theological Terms	402	(27)
Index of Names and Subjects	429	(7)
Index of Scripture References	436