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Christian theology is the theology – the systematic study of the divine and religion – of Christianity and Christian belief and practice. It concentrates primarily upon the texts of the Old Testament and of the New Testament, as well as on Christian tradition. Christian theologians use biblical exegesis, rational analysis and ...
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This book is both an introduction and an invitation to Christian theology. For many people today theology is a mysterious enterprise they don ’t know quite what it is, or what to make of it, or are daunted by its sublime subject-matter (God, creation, and their relation) and lofty claims. Others regard theology as an arcane, academic exercise too i...
of this particular doctrine. While we attempt to do this fairly and squarely, we do not normally remain neutral in our assessment, but will typically take a position on such options, recommending which one we deem“best ” – that is, most theologically responsible given our criteria of biblical and confessional orthodoxy, broad coherence, and practic...
We are acutely aware of an“embarrassment of debts in the making of this ” book. We are indebted to all of our teachers at various levels of education, and from all walks of life from professors to pastors to the mouths of babes for the ways they have shaped us theologically in chorus with the wisdom of the historic Christian tradition in all of its...
15 de oct. de 2021 · First published Fri Oct 15, 2021. Many Christian doctrines raise difficult philosophical questions. For example, Christians have traditionally insisted that they worship a single God, while simultaneously identifying that God with a trinity comprised of three numerically distinct, fully divine persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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14 de ene. de 2011 · Alister McGrath’s Christian Theology: An Introduction is one of the most internationally-acclaimed and popular Christian theology textbooks in use today. This 5th edition has been...
The Christian use of the term ‘theology’ (from Greek theologia, speech or thought concerning God) has its roots in the tension between the mythic, philosophical, and cultic meanings of the term in Graeco-Roman antiquity: theology as mythic stories about the gods (theologia fabulosa), theology as reasoning about the nature of the divine ...
1 de dic. de 2021 · Full article: What is theology? Historical and systematic reflections. International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church Volume 21, 2021 - Issue 3-4. Open access. 4,907. Views. 0. CrossRef citations to date. 0. Altmetric. Listen. Articles. What is theology? Historical and systematic reflections. Johannes Zachhuber.
Overview. Extract. This chapter explores the nature, purpose, and method of Christian theology, giving attention to the classic Augustinian/Anselmian conception of theology as “faith seeking understanding.”
