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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Clarifying the Vantage Point | |
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| Finding a Way In | |
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| The Social Dimension | |
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| Why Bother with the Christian Worldview? | |
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| The Next Stage | |
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| The Theistic Claim | |
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| Natural Theology | |
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| Arguments for the Existence of God | |
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| The Design Argument | |
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| Contemporary Physics | |
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| Additional Arguments | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Nature of God | |
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| Alternative Approaches to Christian Doctrine | |
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| The Concept of God in the Hebrew Bible | |
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| The Classical Account of God | |
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| The Process Challenge | |
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| Between the Two Views | |
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| The Trinity | |
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| Sources | |
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| Biblical Roots of the Doctrine of the Trinity | |
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| Development of the Doctrine of the Trinity | |
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| Three Dangers in Interpreting the Trinity | |
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| Modern Accounts of the Trinity | |
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| Standing Back | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Problem of Evil and Suffering | |
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| The Reason Why Suffering and Evil Are a Problem | |
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| The Inadequacy of the Traditional Responses | |
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| Ivan's Question and Critique | |
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| Doctrine as the Christian Response | |
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| Creation and the Significance of Humanity | |
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| The Scientific Narrative | |
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| The Biblical Narrative | |
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| Reconciling Different Narratives | |
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| The Fall | |
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| Standing Back | |
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| God Incarnate | |
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| Reasons for the Doctrine of the Incarnation | |
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| New Testament Witness | |
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| Sorting It Out in the Early Church | |
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| Making Sense of the Incarnation Today | |
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| Dying to Sin, Living to Redemption | |
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| Biblical Roots of Atonement | |
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| Different Theories | |
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| Christ as Sacrifice | |
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| Christ Who Pays the Debt | |
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| Christ as Victor | |
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| Christ as Moral Example | |
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| Problems with Atonement | |
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| Moral Authority and Forgiveness | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Holy Spirit and the Church | |
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| Biblical Roots of the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit | |
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| The Development of the Holy Spirit in the Early Church | |
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| The Work of the Holy Spirit Within the Church | |
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| The Work of the Holy Spirit Outside the Church | |
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| Ecclesiology | |
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| Biblical Images of the Church | |
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| Marks of the Church | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Sacraments and the Life of Virtue | |
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| Definition of Sacraments | |
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| The Classical Roman Catholic Understanding | |
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| Reformation and Protestant Views | |
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| Standing Back | |
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| Religious Diversity: What is God up to? | |
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| Other Religions as a Problem | |
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| The Pluralist Hypothesis | |
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| Exclusivism | |
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| Inclusivism | |
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| Critical of the Categories | |
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| Moving the Debate Forward | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Hope Beyond the Grave | |
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| Accounts of Life After Death in the Different Religions | |
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| The Christian Tradition | |
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| A Redeemed Creation | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The End of the Age | |
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| The Scientific Account | |
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| The Fundamentalist Account | |
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| Standing Back | |
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| Participating in the Conversation | |
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| Participating in the Tradition | |
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| Internet Resources | |
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| Index | |