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Acknowledgments | |
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How To Use This Book | |
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Engaging a Reading | |
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Christian Theology: An Historical Overview | |
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Faith | |
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God | |
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Creation | |
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Jesus | |
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Salvation | |
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Spirit | |
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Trinity | |
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Church | |
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Sacraments | |
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Heaven | |
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A Brief Glossary of Theological Terms | |
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Sources of Readings | |
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Index | |
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Acknowledgments ix | |
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How To Use This Book xiii | |
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Engaging a Reading xvi | |
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Christian Theology: An Historical Overview xviii | |
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Faith | |
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Augustine of Hippo on theology and secular philosophy | |
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Vincent of L�rins on tradition and theology | |
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John Calvin on the nature of faith | |
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Karl Barth on revelation and the Word of God | |
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Emil Brunner on revelation and reason | |
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Paul Tillich on the nature of theology | |
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C. S. Lewis on myths in theology | |
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John Paul II on faith and reason | |
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God | |
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Athenagoras of Athens on the Christian God | |
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Thomas Aquinas on analogies of God | |
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J�rgen Moltmann on the suffering of God | |
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Hans Urs von Balthasar on the glory of God | |
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Elizabeth A. Johnson on female analogies for God | |
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Sarah Coakley on vulnerability and God | |
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Creation | |
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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola on human nature | |
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Jonathan Edwards on the beauty of creation | |
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William Paley on the contrivance of nature | |
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John Henry Newman on natural religion | |
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G. K. Chesterton on the doctrine of creation | |
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Dorothy L. Sayers on creation and evil | |
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Jesus | |
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Athanasius of Alexandria on the incarnation | |
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Martin K�hler on the “Jesus of History” | |
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George Tyrrell on modern views of Jesus | |
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Austin Farrer on the incarnation and suffering | |
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Morna D. Hooker on Chalcedon and the New Testament | |
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N. T. Wright on Jesus and the identity of God | |
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Salvation | |
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Rufinus of Aquileia on Christ’s death as a victory | |
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Anselm of Canterbury on satisfaction for sin | |
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F. D. E. Schleiermacher on Christ as redeemer | |
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Bernard Lonergan on the rationality of salvation | |
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Colin Gunton on the language of salvation | |
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Rosemary Radford Ruether on suffering and redemption | |
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Spirit | |
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Ambrose of Milan on the divinity of the Spirit | |
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The Formula of Concord on the Spirit and human renewal | |
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Charles Gore on the Holy Spirit and redemption | |
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Henry Barclay Swete on the Holy Spirit and the Trinity | |
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John Webster on the person of the Spirit | |
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John Meyendorff on the Spirit and the Trinity | |
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Trinity | |
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Irenaeus of Lyons on the Trinitarian faith | |
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The Eleventh Council of Toledo on the Trinity | |
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Karl Rahner on the economic Trinity | |
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John Macquarrie on the function of the Trinity | |
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Robert Jenson on the Trinity as God’s name | |
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Catherine Mowry LaCugna on the Trinity and the Christian life | |
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Church | |
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Martin Luther on the nature of the church | |
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Lesslie Newbigin on a missionary ecclesiology | |
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The Second Vatican Council on the church | |
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George Dragas on Orthodox ecclesiology | |
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Stanley Hauerwas on the church and the Christian story | |
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Leonardo Boff on the reinvention of the church | |
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Sacraments | |
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Cyril of Jerusalem on the meaning of baptism | |
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Huldrych Zwingli on the real presence | |
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The Council of Trent on transubstantiation | |
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The World Council of Churches on baptism | |
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Rowan Williams on the sacraments as signs | |
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Benedict XVI on the eucharist | |
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Heaven | |
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Cyprian of Carthage on the hope of heaven | |
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Methodius of Olympus on the resurrection body | |
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John Wesley on the final restoration of nature | |
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The Catechism of the Catholic Church on the resurrection | |
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Wolfhart Pannenberg on eschatology and evil | |
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Kathryn Tanner on eternal life | |
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A Brief Glossary of Theological Terms | |
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Sources of Readings | |
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Index | |