Christianity An Introduction.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McGrath, Alister E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Brief Contents
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • List of Illustrations and Maps
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Jesus of Nazareth and the Origins of Christianity
  • The Significance of Jesus of Nazareth for Christianity
  • The Sources of Our Knowledge about Jesus of Nazareth
  • Jesus of Nazareth in His Jewish Context
  • The Gospels and Jesus of Nazareth
  • The Birth of Jesus of Nazareth
  • The Early Ministry of Jesus of Nazareth
  • The Teaching of Jesus of Nazareth: The Parables of the Kingdom
  • The Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth
  • The Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth
  • Events and Meanings: The Interpretation of the History of Jesus
  • The New Testament Understandings of the Significance of Jesus
  • Jesus of Nazareth and Women
  • The Reception of Jesus of Nazareth outside Judaism
  • Chapter 2 The Christian Bible
  • The Old Testament
  • Major Themes of the Old Testament
  • The creation
  • Abraham: Calling and covenant
  • The exodus and the giving of the Law
  • The establishment of the monarchy
  • The priesthood
  • Prophecy
  • Exile and restoration
  • The New Testament
  • The gospels
  • The New Testament letters
  • The fixing of the New Testament canon
  • The Christian Understanding of the Relation of the Old and New Testaments
  • The Translation of the Bible
  • The Bible and Tradition
  • Chapter 3 Christian Creeds and Beliefs
  • The Emergence of Creeds
  • What Is Faith?
  • Faith and reason
  • Can God's existence be proved?
  • The Christian Understanding of God
  • Christian analogies for God
  • God as Father
  • A personal God
  • God as almighty
  • God as spirit
  • The doctrine of the Trinity
  • God as the creator
  • The Christian Understanding of Humanity
  • Humanity and the "image of God"
  • Humanity, the fall, and sin
  • Jesus of Nazareth
  • Early Christian approaches to the identity of Jesus of Nazareth
  • The Arian controversy and the incarnation
  • The incarnation: The Chalcedonian definition
  • Jesus of Nazareth as mediator between God and humanity
  • Islamic criticisms of the Christian understanding of Jesus of Nazareth
  • The Christian Understanding of Salvation
  • New Testament images of salvation
  • Christ the victor: The defeat of death and sin
  • Christ the harrower of hell: Atonement as restoration
  • Christ the redeemer: Atonement as satisfaction
  • The death of Christ as a perfect sacrifice
  • Christ the lover: Atonement and the enkindling of love
  • Salvation and the "threefold office of Christ"
  • Grace
  • The Pelagian controversy of the fifth century
  • The Reformation debates of the sixteenth century
  • The Church
  • The unity of the church
  • The holiness of the church
  • The catholicity of the church
  • The apostolicity of the church
  • The Sacraments
  • What is a sacrament?
  • The function of sacraments
  • Debates about baptism
  • Debates about the eucharist
  • The Christian Hope
  • The New Testament and Christian hope

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