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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| The God of Creation | |
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| Creation ex nihilo | |
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| Creation ex divino | |
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| Creation by Emanation | |
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| Dualist Accounts of Creation | |
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| Process Accounts of God and Creation | |
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| Providence, Creation, and Contingency | |
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| The Problem of Evil and Suffering | |
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| Perspectives from Other Religions | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Questions for Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | |
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| Human Beings within God's Creation | |
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| The Specialness of Life in the Cosmos | |
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| Evolution and the Creation of Human Beings | |
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| Spirit and Matter | |
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| Human Existence as Social and Historical | |
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| "Male and Female God Created Them" | |
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| "Subdue the Earth" | |
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| A Brief Look at Buddhist Anthropology | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Questions for Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | |
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| The Structure of Moral Evil | |
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| Evil and Personal Sin | |
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| Sin as Social and Cultural | |
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| Liberation Theology and Social Sin | |
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| Feminist Theology and the Critique of Patriarchy | |
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| The Dialectic of Transcendence and Limitation | |
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| Other Religious Traditions and the Problem of Evil | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Questions for Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | |
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| Original Sin | |
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| Brief History of the Doctrine of Original Sin | |
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| Contemporary Reflection on Original Sin | |
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| Original Sin as Our Universal Victimhood | |
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| The Voice of Original Sin-The Satan | |
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| Original Sin and Other Religious Worldviews | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Questions for Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | |
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| Jesus and the Story of Redemption | |
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| The New Testament Witness | |
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| Early Church Images for Redemption | |
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| The Beginnings of System in the Middle Ages | |
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| Modern Accounts-The Insights of Rene Girard | |
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| The Two Discourses of Sacrifice | |
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| Do Other Religions Have Saviors? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Questions for Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | |
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| Grace and the Supernatural | |
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| Grace as Healing | |
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| The Grace/Sin Dialectic | |
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| The Grace/Nature Distinction | |
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| The Natural Desire to See God | |
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| Can We Experience Grace? | |
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| Providence and Predestination | |
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| Some Practical Insights into the Life of Grace | |
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| Some Recent Ecumenical Considerations | |
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| Grace or Enlightenment? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Questions for Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | |
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| Church and Sacrament | |
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| Church-The Religious Dimension | |
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| Church-The Moral Dimension | |
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| Church-The Social Dimension | |
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| Church and Eucharist | |
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| Religious and Moral Dimension | |
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| The Cultural Dimension of Eucharist | |
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| The Social Dimension of Eucharist | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Questions for Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | |
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| Forgiveness and Reconciliation | |
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| Forgiveness and the Individual | |
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| Social and Political Dimensions of Reconciliation | |
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| Historical Violence and the Purification of Memory | |
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| Reconciliation and the Work of Jesus | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Questions for Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | |
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| Death and the Afterlife | |
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| Life after Death | |
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| The Platonic Conception of Soul | |
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| The Aristotelian Conception of Soul | |
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| Death and Sin | |
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| Death and Judgment | |
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| Heaven and the Beatific Vision | |
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| Hell and Punishment | |
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| Purgatory-A Catholic Thing | |
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| Afterlife in Other Traditions | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Questions for Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | |
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| The End of All Things | |
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| Traditional Eschatology | |
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| End of History, End of Cosmos? | |
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| The Resurrection of the Dead | |
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| Cosmic Eschatology | |
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| The Resurrection of Jesus-What Does It Teach Us? | |
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| Final Judgment | |
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| Questions for Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |