Front cover

Half title

Title page

Copyright

Contents

Tables

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Preliminary Issues in Christian Theology

Defining Christian Theology

Theology and Faith

Tasks of Theology

Theology and God

Theology’s Nature

Theology and the Theologian

Theology and Method

Theology and Orthodoxy

Disciplines of Theology

Diversity, Unity, and Theology

Concluding Reflections

Key Terms

Review Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

2. God’s Revelation

Possibility of Knowing God

Description of God’s Revelation

Nature of God’s Revelation

Accessibility of God’s Revelation

Purpose of God’s Revelation

Concluding Reflections

Key Terms

Review Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

3. Christian Scripture

Characteristics of the Bible

Canonicity of the Bible

Authority of Scripture

Concluding Reflections

Key Terms

Review Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

4. Trinity: The Christian God

Imagining the Trinity

Trinity and the Bible

Models of the Doctrine of the Trinity

Theological Implications of the Doctrine of the Trinity

Concluding Reflections

Key Terms

Review Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

5. Jesus Christ

Defining Christology

Centrality of Christology

Christological Approaches

Portraits of Jesus Christ in the New Testament

Doctrine of the Incarnation

Key Terms

Review Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

6. Holy Spirit

Portraits of the Holy Spirit in the Bible

Identity of the Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit’s Relationship with Jesus Christ

Key Terms

Review Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

7. Divine Providence

Ideas of Divine Providence

Creation as God’s Providential Act

God’s Foreknowledge and Human Freedom

Providence and the Problem of Evil

Key Terms

Review Questions

Suggestions for Further Reading

Bibliography

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