A History of Christian Theology: An IntroductionA History of Christian Theology offers a consice yet complete chronicle of the whole history of Christian theology, from its background in the history of Israel to the various modes of liberation theology in the late 20th century. This book is an intellectual history, a story of people and their ideas. It will be valuable for college and seminary students as well as lay study groups. |
Contents
Preface | 9 |
The Mission to the Gentiles | 32 |
An Alliance with Philosophy | 55 |
Truly Human Truly Divine | 68 |
Light in the East | 88 |
Augustine | 108 |
The Path to Salvation | 122 |
The Fragile Synthesis | 140 |
Faith Alone Scripture Alone | 181 |
The Catholic Reformation | 203 |
Gods Governance | 219 |
Reason and Enthusiasm | 237 |
The City on a Hill | 255 |
The Claims of History | 272 |
The End of Western Christendom | 291 |
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Common terms and phrases
Anabaptists Anselm Aquinas argued Augustine authority baptism Barth began believe Bernard of Clairvaux Bible bishops Books Calvin Catholic century Chris Christ Christian theology church claimed corrupt council debate declared divine doctrine Donatists early emperor England eternal evil existence faith Father Garnier Fratres Gnostics God's Gospel grace Greek Gregory Gregory Palamas Harper & Row Holy Spirit human Ibid ideas important insisted intellectual Israel Jesuits Jesus Jewish Jews John Judaism Karl Barth king lives Luther Marcion Maximus the Confessor monks Monophysites moral mystic nature Nestorius Nicene Nicene Creed Ockham Oxford papal Patrologia Patrologia Graeca Patrologia Latina philosophers political pope preaching predestination priest prophets Protestant Puritans quoted radical reason reform rejected religion religious Roman Rome sacraments salvation Scripture seemed sense simply sins sought soul story Tertullian Testament theologians things Thomas thought tians tion tradition truth University Press Wesley Westminster Press words wrote Yahweh Zwingli