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• Half-title
• Praise for the First Edition
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Part I Introduction to Theology
  • Chapter 1 What Is Theology?
    • Introduction: The Quest(ions) of Human Existence
    • The Development of the Concept of Theology
      • Origin of the Term ''Theology''
      • Brief History of the Concept and Practice of Theology
        • Patristic Developments
        • Medieval and Reformation Developments
        • Modern and Contemporary Developments
    • The Architecture and Method of Theology
      • The Sources/Norms and Branches of Theology
      • The Tasks and Audiences of Systematic Theology
      • The Criteria of Systematic Theology
      • The Dynamics of Systematic Theology
    • Sources and Further Reading
  • Chapter 2 The Critical Context of Theology Today
    • The Contextual Dimension of Theology
    • The Social Location and Identity of the Theologian
    • Modernity
      • The Enlightenment Project
      • Challenge to Christian Orthodoxy
      • Secularization and the Rise of Modern Atheism
      • Individualism and Dehumanization
      • The Problem of Evil
    • Postmodernity
      • The Crisis of Meaning
        • Historical Contingency
        • Epistemological Pluralism
      • Global Consciousness
    • Conclusion
    • Sources and Further Reading
• Part II Key Themes of Christian Theology
  • Chapter 3 Revelation and Knowledge of God
    • The Concept of Revelation
      • Knowing God and the Necessity of Revelation
      • The Meaning of Revelation
    • General Revelation
      • Biblical Themes
      • Natural Theology
    • Special Revelation
      • The Word of God
      • The Doctrine of Scripture
    • The Relationship of General and Special Revelation
      • General Revelation Alone
      • Special Revelation Alone
      • The Integration of General and Special Revelation
    • Speaking of God
      • Anthropomorphism
      • Accommodation
      • Analogy
      • Metaphor
      • Recent Challenges to God-Talk
    • Conclusion
    • Sources and Further Reading
  • Chapter 4 A Tale of Two Theisms
    • Introduction
    • Biblical Foundations
      • Old Testament
      • New Testament
    • The Historical Development of Classical Theism
      • Christianity and Hellenistic Culture
      • The Patristic Legacy
      • Scholasticism and Thomas Aquinas
    • The Specter of Modern Atheism
      • Naturalistic Atheism
      • Humanistic Atheism
      • Apathetic Atheism
      • Protest Atheism
    • A Tale of Two Theisms
      • Classical Theism
      • Trinitarian Theism
      • Reconsidering Divine Attributes
        • Simplicity / Indivisibility
        • Immutability
        • Eternality
    • Sources and Further Reading
  • Chapter 5 The Triune God
    • Introduction
    • The Biblical Basis of the Doctrine of the Trinity
      • Old Testament
      • New Testament
    • The Historical Development of Trinity Doctrine
      • The Earliest Church Fathers and the Heresy of Modalism
      • The Arian Controversy
      • The Cappadocians and the East
      • Augustine and the West
      • The Modern Demise of Trinity Doctrine
      • A Trinitarian Renaissance
    • A Systematic Consideration of the Trinity
      • A Typology of Models
      • The Western Paradoxical Trinity
      • The Neo-Modal Trinity
      • The Social Trinity
        • Forms of Unity
        • The Question of Tritheism
        • Trinitarian Mystery
        • Practical Advantages of the Social Model
    • Conclusion: The Question of ''God''
    • Sources and Further Reading
  • Chapter 6 The World as Creation
    • Introduction
    • The Biblical Affirmation of Creation
      • Old Testament
      • New Testament
    • The Doctrine of Creation in Historical Perspective
      • Gnosticism and Creatio ex Nihilo
      • Geocentric Cosmology
      • Heliocentrism and the Rise of Modern Science
      • Creation and Evolution
      • Today's Ecological Crisis
    • A Systematic Consideration of Creation Doctrine
      • Implications of Creatio ex Nihilo Doctrine
        • ''God is the source of all that there is''
        • ''Creatures are dependent, yet real and good''
        • ''God creates in freedom and with purpose''
      • Divine Transcendence
        • Ontological Implications
        • Epistemological Implications
      • Divine Immanence
        • Retrieving Immanence in View of the Ecological Crisis
    • Sources and Further Reading
  • Chapter 7 Humanity in the Image of God and the Disfigurement of Sin
    • The Question of Human Identity
    • The Image of God in the Biblical Text
      • Old Testament
      • New Testament
    • The Image of God in the History of Theology
      • Irenaeus
      • Thomas Aquinas
      • John Calvin
      • Emil Brunner
    • The Image of God: A Representational-Relational Conception
      • God and Humanity
      • The Human Community
      • Humanity and Nature
    • Sin and the Image of God
      • Defining Sin
      • Original Sin
      • Actual Sin
    • Sources and Further Reading
  • Chapter 8 The Problem of Evil and the Question of Theodicy
    • The Nature and Reality of Evil
    • The Problem of Evil
      • Dimensions of the Problem
        • The Experiential Force of Evil
        • The Intellectual Conundrum of Evil
      • Twentieth-Century Intensification of the Problem of Evil
    • Theodicies in the Western Tradition
      • Evil as Inherent in Materiality
      • Evil as Non-Being
      • Evil as Condition for Human Becoming
      • Evil and Cosmic Beauty
      • Evil and Submission to the Divine Will
    • A Theological Response to the Problem of Evil
      • The Problem of Theodicy
      • The Free-Will Defense
      • The Origin of Evil
      • The Present and Future Status of Evil
        • Good Friday: Trinity and Cross
        • Easter Sunday: Resurrection and New Creation
        • Holy Saturday: Lament, Protest, and Hope
    • Conclusion
    • Sources and Further Reading
  • Chapter 9 The Identity and Person of Jesus Christ
    • Introduction: The Quest(ion) of God
    • Biblical Foundations
      • Old Testament Messianic Expectations
      • New Testament Fulfillment
      • The Deity of Christ
    • Historical Development
      • The Long Road to Chalcedon
        • The Ebionitic Strain and the Council of Nicea (325)
        • The Docetic Strain and the Council of Constantinople (381)
        • The Alexandrian and Antiochene Schools and the Council of Chalcedon (451)
      • Modern Developments and Reaction
    • A Systematic Consideration of the Person of Christ
      • The Two-Natures Model
      • The Kenotic Model
    • Sources and Further Reading
  • Chapter 10 The Reconciling Work of Jesus Christ
    • Introduction
    • Biblical Roots of the Christian Understanding of Reconciliation
      • Old Testament
      • New Testament
      • Root Metaphors and Images
      • Broader Biblical Perspectives
    • Traditional Christian Atonement Theories
      • Patristic Theology
        • Recapitulation
        • Deification
        • Ransom
      • Medieval and Reformation Theology
        • Satisfaction
        • Penal Substitution
      • Modern Theology
        • Exemplarism
        • Kingdom of God
    • A Narrative Proposal for Reconciliation Theology
      • Creation as Kingdom of God
      • Incarnation as Recapitulation
      • Crucifixion as Substitutionary Death
      • Resurrection for Liberation, Humanization, and Cosmic Shalom
    • Conclusion
    • Sources and Further Reading
  • Chapter 11 The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
    • Introduction: The Cinderella of the Trinity?
    • Biblical Foundations
      • Spirit in the Old Testament
      • The Holy Spirit in the New Testament
      • The Personhood and Deity of the Holy Spirit
    • Historical Developments in Pneumatology
      • The Patristic Era to the Council of Constantinople
      • Augustine, the West, and the Filioque Clause
      • The Middle Ages and the Reformation
      • Modern Developments
        • Enlightenment Challenges and Critiques
        • Pentecostalism and Charismatic Movements
    • Systematic Considerations
      • The Filioque Clause
      • Trinitarian Appropriations
      • Recovery of the ''Creator Spirit''
        • Spirit and Flesh
        • Holistic Spirituality
        • The Creator Spirit and the Ecological Crisis
        • The Spirit and the World's Religions
      • The Spirit in Glorification
    • Sources and Further Reading
  • Chapter 12 Dimensions of Salvation
    • Introduction
    • Salvation in Biblical Perspective
      • Old Testament
      • New Testament
      • Personal and Cosmic Salvation
    • The Saving Work of the Holy Spirit: Adoption into the Triune Life
    • Dimensions of Salvation in Historical and Systematic Perspective
      • Faith
      • Justification
      • Sanctification
      • Cosmic Salvation and Personal Vocation
    • Conclusion
    • Sources and Further Reading
  • Chapter 13 The Church and Its Mission
    • Introduction
    • The Nature and Identity of the Church
      • The Biblical Witness
        • Old Testament
        • New Testament
        • Key Biblical Images
      • The Nicene Notes of the Church
        • Unity
        • Holiness
        • Catholicity
        • Apostolicity
    • The Mission of the Church
      • Tasks of the Church
        • Proclamation through Preaching
        • The Sacraments as Proclamation
        • The Embodied Proclamation of the Living Church Community
      • Mission and Election
        • Visible and Invisible Church
        • Reframing Election
    • Conclusion: A Church For the World
    • Sources and Further Reading
  • Chapter 14 Christianity in a Global Context
    • Introduction: Two Theaters and Challenges to the Mission of the Church
    • Western Christianity
      • The Decline of Christianity in Recent Centuries
      • Heightened Awareness of the Complexity of Humanity's Religious History
      • Christian Responses to Religious Plurality
        • Biblical Perspectives
        • Historical Perspectives
        • A Typology of Approaches
    • World Christianity
      • The Recent Growth of ''Non-Western'' Christianity
      • Latin America
      • Africa
      • Asia
    • The Future of the Church
    • Sources and Further Reading
  • Chapter 15 Hope and the Future
    • Introduction
    • Hope Springs Eternal
    • Biblical Eschatology
      • Old Testament Hopes
      • New Testament Realization
    • Historical Perspectives: The Waning and Waxing of Biblical Eschatology
    • A Systematic Consideration of Ecumenical Eschatology
      • The Second Coming of Christ
        • The Question of the Millennium
      • The Resurrection of the Dead
        • The Question of the Intermediate State
      • Final Judgment/Justice
        • The Question of Hell
      • The New Heaven and Earth
        • The Question of Hope
    • Sources and Further Reading
• Part III Historical Survey of Christian Theology
  • Chapter 16 Theology in the Patristic Era (c. 100-500)
    • The Birth of Christianity
      • The Jewish Roots of Christianity
      • The Greco-Roman World of Early Christianity
    • The Search for Christian Identity
      • The ''Apostolic Fathers''
      • Theology amid Persecution: Martyrdom and the Apologists
      • Heresy and the Checkered Path to ''Orthodoxy''
      • Three Formative Theologians
        • Irenaeus
        • Tertullian
        • Origen
      • The Development of Creeds
      • The Constantinian Shift
    • Conciliar Orthodoxy: Definitive Christian Identity
      • The New Testament Canon
      • The Trinitarian Controversy
      • The Christological Controversy
    • East And West and the Identity of Traditions
      • The Cappadocians
      • Augustine
    • Sources and Further Reading
  • Chapter 17 Theology in the Middle Ages (c. 500-1400)
    • Introduction: Diverging Traditions
    • Byzantine Theology
      • Key Theological Accents
      • Continued Controversy and the Later Ecumenical Councils
      • The Filioque Controversy
    • Latin Theology
      • Early Medieval Theology
      • Early Scholasticism
        • Anselm of Canterbury
        • Peter Abelard
        • Peter Lombard
        • The School of St. Victor
      • High Scholasticism
        • The Mendicant Orders
        • Bonaventure
        • Thomas Aquinas
      • Late Scholasticism
        • John Duns Scotus
        • William of Ockham
    • Conclusion
    • Sources and Further Reading
  • Chapter 18 Theology in the Reformation Period (c. 1400-1700)
    • The Late Medieval Context of Church and Society
    • The Lutheran Reformation
      • Martin Luther
        • Justification
        • Theology of the Cross
        • Law and Gospel
        • Sacraments
      • Philipp Melanchthon
      • Lutheran Controversies and the Formula of Concord
    • The Calvinist Reformation
      • Huldrych Zwingli
      • John Calvin
        • Knowledge of God
        • Providence and Predestination
        • Christ and Salvation
        • Sacraments
    • The English Reformation
    • The ''Radical'' Reformation
    • The Catholic Reformation
      • The Counter-Reformation
      • The Council of Trent
    • Post-Reformation Theological Currents
      • Protestant Orthodoxy
      • Puritanism
      • Pietism
    • Conclusion
    • Sources and Further Reading
  • Chapter 19 Theology in Modernity (c. 1700-1960)
    • Introduction: Prelude to the Modern World
    • The Enlightenment
      • Basic Features of the Enlightenment
      • Philosophical Developments
      • Enlightenment Challenges to Christian Belief
        • Belief in God in General
        • Christian Belief in Particular
    • Theological Responses to the Enlightenment
      • Immanuel Kant
      • Georg W. F. Hegel
      • Friedrich Schleiermacher
      • Roman Catholicism and the First Vatican Council
      • Eastern Orthodoxy
      • Liberal Protestantism
    • Neo-orthodoxy
      • Karl Barth
      • Emil Brunner
      • Dietrich Bonhoeffer
      • Rudolf Bultmann
      • Reinhold Niebuhr
      • Paul Tillich
    • Sources and Further Reading
  • Chapter 20 Theology in the Contemporary Period (c. 1960-Present)
    • Theology in the Turbulent 1960s
      • Death-of-God and Secular Theologies
      • Process Theology
    • Catholic Theology and Vatican II
      • Twentieth-Century Catholic Theological Reform
      • The Second Vatican Council
    • Eastern Orthodox Theology
    • History and Eschatology in Protestant Theology
      • Wolfhart Pannenberg
      • Jürgen Moltmann
    • Liberation Theologies
      • Latin American Liberation Theology
      • Black Theology
      • Feminist Theology
    • Postmodernity and Theology
      • Radical Postmodernism in Theology
      • Narrative and Post-liberal Theology
    • Global Christianity and the Shape of Theology
    • Conclusion
    • Sources and Further Reading
• Glossary
• Index

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