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| Outline | |
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| Introduction: Christian Theology of Religions As a Theological Discipline | |
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| Biblical Perspectives: The Ambiguity and Promise of the Biblical Testimony | |
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| The Overview of Biblical Testimony | |
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| The Old Testament | |
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| The New Testament | |
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| Religion(s) in the Bible | |
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| Historical Developments | |
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| Limited Openness to Other Religions Among Some Early Church Fathers | |
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| "Outside the Church No Salvation": The Consolidation of the Exclusive Attitude | |
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| The Meaning of Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus for the Contemporary Church | |
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| Positive Attitudes Toward Other Religions After the Early Fathers | |
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| The Radical Challenge of the Enlightenment and Classical Liberalism | |
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| The Fulfillment Theory of Religions | |
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| The Current Scene: Ecclesiastical Approaches | |
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| The Response of the Roman Catholic Church | |
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| The Response of the Anglican and Episcopalian Churches | |
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| The Response of Mainline Protestant Churches | |
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| The Response of the Free Churches | |
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| The Response of the Evangelical Movement | |
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| The Response of the Ecumenical Movement | |
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| The Current Scene: Theologians' Interpretations | |
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| Orientation to the Study of Theologians of Religions | |
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| Ecclesiocentrism: Early Approaches | |
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| Religion as Unbelief | |
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| Jesus Christ as the Way, the Truth, and the Life | |
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| "Original Revelation" in Religions | |
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| Roman Catholics | |
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| "Anonymous Christians" | |
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| Religions as the "Ordinary Way of Salvation" | |
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| "Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism" | |
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| Trinitarian Theology of Religions | |
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| Mainline Protestants | |
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| The Dynamic-Typological Approach to Religions | |
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| Religions Competing for the Universal Truth | |
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| The Gospel as Public Truth | |
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| "Risking Christ for Christ's Sake" | |
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| Evangelicals | |
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| Sir Norman Anderson: Unique Savior but Nonexclusive Salvation | |
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| A Wideness in God's Mercy | |
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| A Pneumatological Theology of ReligionsTheocentrism | |
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| The Copernican Revolution of Religions | |
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| One Christ, Many Religions | |
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| The Unknown Christ of Hinduism | |
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| Jesus and the Other Names | |
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| Ecclesiocentrism: Contemporary Approaches | |
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| The Proliferation of Ecclesiocentric Approaches Among Evangelicals | |
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| No Other Name | |
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| The Enigma of Pluralism | |
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| The Recovery of Mission | |
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| The Current Scene: Critical Reflections and Questions | |
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| Epilogue: The Way Forward | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Indexes | |