Theology for the Community of God available in Paperback, eBook
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- 9780802847553
- Pub. Date:
- 01/31/2000
- Publisher:
- Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
- ISBN-10:
- 0802847552
- ISBN-13:
- 9780802847553
- Pub. Date:
- 01/31/2000
- Publisher:
- Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
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ISBN-13: | 9780802847553 |
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Publisher: | Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company |
Publication date: | 01/31/2000 |
Pages: | 723 |
Sales rank: | 681,065 |
Product dimensions: | 6.25(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.31(d) |
Table of Contents
- The God Who Is
- The Triune God
- The Relational God
- The Creator God
- The Human Identity and our Origin in God
- Our Nature as Persons Destined for Community
- Sin: The Destruction of Community
- Our Spiritual Co-creatures
- The Fellowship of Jesus the Christ with God
- The Fellowship of Jesus the Christ with Humankind
- The Fellowship of Deity and Humanity in Jesus
- The Mission of Jesus
- The Identity of the Holy Spirit
- The Spirit and the Scriptures
- The Dynamic of Conversion
- Individual Salvation: The Wider Perspective
- The Church—The Eschatological Covenant Community
- The Ministry of the Community
- Community Acts of Commitment
- The Organization for Community Life
- The Consummation of Personal Existence
- The Consummation of History
- The Consummation of God's Cosmic Program
- The Significance of Eschatology
Introduction: The Nature and Task of Theology
The Theological Task
The Historical Development of Theology
The Relationship of Theology to Other Concepts
The Ongoing Nature of the Theological Task
Dangers in the Theological Enterprise
Theological Method
The Sources for Theology
The Integrative Motif of Theology
The Structure of the Theological System
Theology and Ethics
Part 1: Theology: The Doctrine of God
The Reality of God in an Era of Atheism
In the Christian Era: Does God Exist?
The Rise of Intellectual Atheism
Theology and the Modern Situation
Christian Faith in the Contemporary Context
Knowledge of God in an Era of Agnosticism
The Claim to Know God and Intellectual Agnosticism
The Means to Knowledge of God
Knowing God
Trinitarian Doctrine in Theological History
Historical Development of Trinitarian Doctrine
Trinitarian Doctrine in Post-Cappadocian Theology
The Formulation of Trinitarian Doctrine
The Content of Trinitarian Doctrine
The Filioque and the Relational Trinity
Analogies to the Trinity
The Theological Implication of Trinitarian Doctrine
Love as the Essence of God
Love and the Divine Holiness, Jealousy, and Wrath
Love and the Other Moral Attributes
Trinitarian Doctrine and Christian Life
Trinitarian Prayer
Trinitarian Ethics
The Nature of the Relational God
God as (a) Being
God as Transcendent and Immanent
God as Spirit
God as Person
The Name of God
The Divine Attributes
The Attributes and the Divine Substance
The Division of the Attributes
The Eternal God
The Good God
The Practical Importance of the Attributes
God as the Creator of the World
The Creation of the World as the Act of God
The Creation of the World as a Trinitarian Act
The Act of Creation and the Sovereign Creator
The Time of Creation
God as the Providential Administrator of the World
"Community" as God's Purpose for Creation
The Doctrine of Providence in Recent Theology
God's Administration of His World
Part 2: Anthropology: The Doctrine of Humanity
Our Place in Creation
Humankind and the Cosmos in Changing Cultural Contexts
Christian Faith and the Insights of Anthropology
"Openness to the World" and General Revelation
The Question of General Revelation in Theology
The Theological Importance of General Revelation
God as Our Origin
The Existential Significance
The Essential Significance
Our Temporal Origin
The Question of the "First Human"
The "First Human" and Evolution
Anthropology and Our Temporal Origin
Our Ontological Nature
Autonomy versus Determinism
Human Substances
The Origin of the Soul
The Soul and Our Ontological Nature
Humans as the Image of God
The Image of God in Theological History
The Image of God in the Bible
The Theological Significance of the Image of God
The Nature of Sin
Biblical Terms for Sin
Sin and the Human Person
The Essence of Sin
Original Sin
The Fall of Humankind—the Fall of Adam
The First Sin and the Sin of Humankind
Original Sin and Guilt
The Reality of Original Sin
The Results of Sin: Our Human Situation
Alienation
Condemnation
Enslavement
Depravity
The Nature of the Spiritual Realities
Angelology in Christian Theology
A Biblical Theology of Angels
A Biblical Theology of Demons
A Biblical Theology of Satan
Angelology and Structures of Existence
The Structures of Existence
Structures of Existence and the Bible
A Theology of the Structures
The Demonic and Superstition
Superstition and the Old Testament
The Status of the Powers Lying behind Superstition
A Christian Stance toward Superstition
Part 3: Christology: The Docrtine of Christ
Foundations: Jesus, the Divine One
Development of the Affirmation of Jesus' Deity
The Basis of Christology
The Foundation of Our Christological Affirmation
The Historical Foundation and Faith
Implications: Jesus as One with God
Jesus' Unity with God
Jesus' Fellowship with the Father
Jesus' Lordship
Jesus as a Human
Development of the Affirmation of Jesus' Humanity
Jesus as Sharing in True Humanness
Jesus as the True Human
The Foundation for Affirming Jesus as the True Human
The Content of Our Affirming Jesus as the True Human
Jesus as the New Human
Jesus as the Universal Human
Jesus and the Marginalized
Jesus and Women
Jesus and the Individual
Jesus as Divine and Human
The Historical Debate concerning Jesus' Person
The Foundation for Affirming the Unity
The Relationship between Deity and Humanity in Jesus
The Incarnation
The Incarnation in Theological History
The Critique of Incarnational Christology
Jesus' Preexistence
The Virgin Birth
The Historical Context of the Modern Debate
Current Debate about the Virgin Birth
Points of Debate concerning the Virgin Birth
The Virgin Birth and Christology
The Vocation of the Earthly Jesus
Fulfilling the Old Testament Hope
Heralding the Divine Reign
The One Sent to Die
Jesus' Self-Consciousness
The Atonement and the Mission of Jesus
The Atonement in Theological History
The Significance of Jesus' Death in the New Testament
Jesus' Death and Us
The Ongoing Work of Christ
The Exaltation
Jesus' Present and Future Ministry
Implication of Jesus' Ongoing Ministry for Prayer
Part 4: Pneumatology: The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit
The Spirit in Salvation History
The Holy Spirit and the Old Testament Era
The Holy Spirit and the Christ
The Spirit and the Community of Christ
The Spirit in the Trinitarian Life
The Foundation of Pneumatology in the Immanent Trinity
The Holy Spirit and the Economic Trinity
The Spirit as the Foundation of Scripture
Inspiration and Illumination
The One Act of the Spirit
The Task of the Spirit Speaking through Scripture
Scripture as the Source of Spiritual Sustenance
The Constitutional Role of Scripture
The Bible and Revelation
The Concept of Revelation
The Bible as Revelation
Biblical Authority
The Trustworthiness of Scripture
The Extent of Biblical Authority
The Individual Aspect of Conversion
Repentance
Faith
Our Response: Repentance and Faith
The Divine Aspect of Conversion
The Spirit's Activity in the Conversion Process
Conversion and the Baptism of the Spirit
The Community Aspect of Conversion
The Role of the Community in Conversion
Conversion and Church Initiation Rites
The Process of Salvation
Conversion
Sanctification
Glorification
The Eternal Context of Salvation
Divine Election
Election to Community
The Ordo Salutis
Part 5: Ecclesiology: The Doctrine of the Church
The Church as a Covenant People
Ekklesia
The Nation, the Body, and the Temple
The Church as Mystical, Universal, and Local
The Marks of the Church
The Church as the Sign of the Kingdom
The Biblical Conception of the Kingdom
The Kingdom and the Church
The Church as Community
The Basis in the Covenant and the Kingdom
Community and the Divine Nature
The Purpose of the Church
The Church in God's Purposes
God's Purpose in Glorification
The Mandate of the Church
Worship
Edification
Outreach
Acts of Commitment and the Church
The Function of Acts of Commitment
The Number of Commitment Acts
Baptism: The Seal of Our Identity
Background and History
The Meaning of Baptism
The Working of Baptism
The Subjects of Baptism
The Mode of Baptism
The Lord's Supper: Reaffirming Our Identity
The Presence of the Lord in the Celebration
The Meaning of the Lord's Supper
Our Presence at the Lord's Supper
Membership in the Community
Community Membership in the First CenturyBaptism and Community Membership
Baptism after the First Century
Community Structures
The Government of the Community
Government within the Communities
Leadership for the Community
Offices in the Communities
Offices of the Community
Ordination by the Community
The Basis for the Practice of Pastoral Ordination
The Significance of Ordination
Part 6: Eschatology: The Doctrine of Last Things
The Significance of Death
The Problem of Death
The Biblical Trajectory
The Theological Significance of Death
Overcoming Death in the Resurrection
The Nature of Culminated Personal Life
The Possibility of the Resurrection
Hope in the Face of Death
Competing Visions of Life after Death
Biblical Insight into the Intermediate State
The Situation of the Righteous beyond Death
The Meaning of History
Christian Hope in a Changed Context
Corporate Eschatology and the Biblical Message
The Significance of History
The Presence of Community in and beyond History
History's Goal as "Already"
History's Goal as "Not Yet"
The Climax of History
Apocalyptic and Millenarianism
The Millennium in Christian Theology
The Deeper Issue of Millennialism
The Era of the Imminent End of History
The Transition from Creation to New Creation
The Judgment of the Cosmos
The Judgment of Humankind
The Dark Side of the Judgment
Universalism
Conditional Immortality
The Reality of Hell
The New Creation
The New Creation as the Renewal of the Cosmos
The New Creation as Fullness of Community
Eschatology as Insight into the Present
Eschatology as God's Call in the Present
The Foundation for God's Eschatological Call
Aspects of God's Eschatological Call
Eschatology as Insight for Living
Eschatological Living as Hopeful Involvement
Eschatological Living as Realistic Engagement
Eschatological Living in the Light of the Eternal
Indexes
Subject Index
Name Index
Scripture Index