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| Preface | |
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| Thinking about Faith | |
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| The Faith of the Christian Church | |
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| Why Complicate Things? Some Preliminary Questions about Theology | |
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| Making Sense of Faith: The Task of Theology | |
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| The Limits of Theology | |
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| Modes of Thinking Theologically | |
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| Resources for Thinking about Faith | |
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| The Question of Authority in Theology | |
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| The Primacy of Scripture | |
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| Shaped by Tradition and Traditioning | |
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| Reasoning Faith | |
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| Conformed by Experience | |
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| Revelation and Faith | |
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| The Idea of Revelation in Recent Thought | |
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| General Revelation | |
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| Special Revelation | |
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| Elemental Faith and Saving Faith | |
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| The Faith of the Church | |
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| Faith in God | |
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| Awareness of God | |
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| God in the Bible | |
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| The Theistic Concept of God | |
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| Dialectical Theism | |
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| The Triune God | |
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| Faith and the Natural World | |
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| Scripture and Creation | |
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| Creation and the Question of Origins: Creatio ex Nihilo | |
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| Six Days or Forever? Creation and Evolution | |
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| Continuing Creation and Divine Providence: Creatio Continua | |
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| Miracle and Prayer | |
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| The Threat to Faith | |
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| How Long, O Lord? Suffering and Evil | |
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| We Deserve What We Get: A Theistic Explanation of Suffering and Evil | |
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| The Devil, the Demons, and the Demonic | |
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| Why Doesn't God Do Something? Creation, Tragic Structure, and the Will of God | |
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| God with Us: God and Human Suffering | |
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| The Lack of Faith | |
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| The Image of God | |
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| Sin and Original Sin | |
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| Becoming Children of God: Developments within the Classical Tradition | |
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| Beyond the Tradition: Shame and Han | |
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| Redeemed Humanity | |
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| Faith in Jesus Christ | |
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| The Ministry of Jesus of Nazareth | |
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| The Birth and Death of Jesus | |
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| The Resurrection of Jesus | |
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| Jesus the Christ | |
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| Jesus Christ Liberator | |
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| Saving Faith | |
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| "He Was Crucified, Dead, and Buried": The Cross and Atonement | |
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| Cross Purposes: Interpreting the Atonement | |
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| Amazing Grace: The Christian Idea of Salvation | |
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| "You Are Accepted": Justification | |
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| "Be Perfect, Therefore": Sanctification | |
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| The Community of Faith | |
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| "The Lord and Giver of Life": The Holy Spirit and the Christian Life | |
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| "In Used Pots and Pans" (2 Cor. 4:7; 1 Cor. 4:13): The Identity of the Church | |
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| "One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic": The Marks of the Church | |
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| Our Ministry of Reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18): The Mission of the Church | |
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| "The Gifts He Gave ... for the Work of Ministry" (Eph. 4:11): The Ministry of the Church | |
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| Initiating and Maintaining Faith | |
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| "Every Common Bush Afire with God": Worship in a Sacramental Universe | |
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| Christian Sacraments | |
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| The Sacrament of Initiation into the Christian Life: Baptism | |
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| The Sacrament of Maintenance of the Christian Life: Eucharist | |
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| FAQs | |
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| The Fulfillment of Faith | |
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| What Can Christians Hope For? Eschatology and Apocalypticism | |
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| What Is the Goal of History? | |
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| Dying We Live: Do We Survive Our Death? | |
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| What Are God's Ultimate Purposes? | |
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| Is Jesus the Only Way to God? | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |