Family of Faith : An Introduction to Evangelical Christianity

by Phillips, Timothy R., and Dennis L. Okholm

• ISBN13: 9780801022654
• ISBN10: 0801022657
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

An introduction to the evangelical branch of the Christian church

Author Biography

Timothy R. Phillips served as associate professor of theology at Wheaton College prior to his death in October 2000. Dennis L. Okholm is professsor of theology at Wheaton College. Together they coedited The Nature of Confession: Evangelicals and Postliberals in Conversation, More Than One Way?, and Christian Apologetics in the Postmodern World.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 9
Basic Concepts
All in the Family	p. 13
Browsing the Worldview Catalog	p. 22
Our Christian Identity
Revelation: The Source of Our Christian Identity	p. 47
Setting the Stage: The Creation of the World and Human Beings	p. 67
After the Fall: Sin and Its Consequences	p. 79
Hallelujah, What a Savior: God's Salvific Work in Jesus Christ	p. 91
Already but Not Yet: The Church and the Kingdom	p. 108
Back to the Future	p. 124
Living Faithfully Now
How the Family Got Its Start: The Early Church	p. 137
A Mixed Marriage: The Medieval Church	p. 150
From Protest to Revolution: The Protestant Reformation	p. 166
Anabaptists: The Church Living in Antithesis to the World	p. 182
Martin Luther: The Conversionist Church	p. 196
John Calvin: The Transformationist Church	p. 209
Slouching toward Secularism: Modernity and Accommodation	p. 222
We Are Family: American Evangelicalism and Its Roots	p. 240
Recommendations for the Family in a Culture against Christ	p. 262
Epilogue: The Legacy	p. 273
Appendices	p. 275
Notes	p. 305
Glossary	p. 320
Index	p. 325
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