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Essentials of Christian Theology » (1st Edition)
Authors: William C. Placher (Editor), Stanley J. Grenz
ISBN-13: 9780664223953, ISBN-10: 0664223958
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Presbyterian Pub Corp
Date Published: January 2003
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: William C. Placher
Book Synopsis
Presenting two dialoguing essays on each of nine foremost theological questions, William Placher has provided an introductory reader in theology, giving a discussion of the history and current state of each doctrinal issue, he allows the essays to explore and raise questions about their key elements - and the contemporary issues confronting them.
Table of Contents
| Contributors | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Why Bother with Theology? An Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | How Do We Know What to Believe? Revelation and Authority | 11 |
| Stanley J. Grenz | 20 | |
| Noel Leo Erskine | 33 | |
| 2 | What Do We Mean by "God"? The Doctrine of God | 51 |
| John B. Cobb, Jr. | 60 | |
| David S. Cunningham | 76 | |
| 3 | Is God in Charge? Creation and Providence | 93 |
| Sallie McFague | 101 | |
| Kathryn Tanner | 116 | |
| 4 | What's Wrong with Us? Human Nature and Human Sin | 133 |
| Serene Jones | 141 | |
| Clark M. Williamson | 158 | |
| 5 | How Does Jesus Make a Difference? The Person and Work of Jesus Christ | 183 |
| Robert W. Jenson | 191 | |
| Leanne Van Dyk | 205 | |
| 6 | Why Bother with Church? The Church and Its Worship | 221 |
| Hughes Oliphant Old | 229 | |
| Letty M. Russell | 241 | |
| 7 | How Should We Live? the Christian Life | 257 |
| Ellen T. Charry | 264 | |
| Michael Battle | 280 | |
| 8 | What about Them? Christians and Non-Christians | 297 |
| Paul E. Knitter | 302 | |
| J. A. DiNoia, O.P. | 318 | |
| 9 | Where Are We Going? Eschatology | 327 |
| Richard J. Mouw | 335 | |
| Ted Peters | 347 | |
| A Basic Chronology | 366 | |
| Christian Denominations | 367 | |
| Glossary of Names and Terms | 369 | |
| Notes | 387 | |
| Index | 415 |
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