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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 | |