Understanding Christian Doctrine

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Markham, Ian S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2017.
Series:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Finding a Way In
  • The Social Dimension
  • Why Bother with the Christian Worldview?
  • Problems
  • It Looks Like Religion is on the Way Out
  • Science has Displaced Religion
  • Metaphysics is Impossible
  • Agnosticism Makes More Sense
  • Religion is Horrid and Cruel
  • Religion Reinforces Patriarchy
  • Faith is Just a Psychological Projection
  • The Next Stage
  • Questions for Reflection and Discussion
  • Glossary
  • Chapter 2 The Theistic Claim
  • Natural Theology
  • Arguments for the Existence of God
  • The Cosmological Argument
  • The Ontological Argument
  • The Design Argument
  • Contemporary Physics
  • Additional Arguments
  • Moral Experience
  • Love
  • Music, Literature, and Art
  • The Complex Relationship between Reason and Experience
  • Conclusion
  • Questions for Reflection and Discussion
  • Glossary
  • Chapter 3 The Nature of God
  • Alternative Approaches to Christian Doctrine
  • The Barthian Approach
  • The Schleiermacherian Approach
  • Revisionist Theologians
  • The Concept of God in the Hebrew Bible
  • The Classic Account of God
  • The Process Challenge
  • The Feminist Account of God
  • Between the Two Views
  • Questions for Reflection and Discussion
  • Glossary
  • Chapter 4 The Trinity
  • Sources for Theology
  • Biblical Roots for the Doctrine of the Trinity
  • Development of the Doctrine of the Trinity
  • Three Dangers in Interpreting the Trinity
  • Modern Accounts of the Trinity
  • Standing Back
  • Conclusion
  • Questions for Reflection and Discussion
  • Glossary
  • Chapter 5 The Problem of Evil and Suffering
  • The Different Types of Suffering and Evil
  • The Reason Why Suffering and Evil is a Problem
  • The Inadequacy of the Traditional Responses
  • Ivan's Question and Critique
  • Doctrine as the Christian Response
  • Questions for Reflection and Discussion
  • Glossary
  • Chapter 6 Creation and the Significance of Humanity
  • The Scientific Narrative
  • The Biblical Narrative
  • Reconciling Different Narratives
  • The Fall
  • Standing Back
  • Questions for Reflection and Discussion
  • Glossary
  • Chapter 7 God Incarnate
  • Reasons for the Doctrine of the Incarnation
  • New Testament Witness
  • Sorting It Out in the Early Church
  • Feminist Reflections
  • Making Sense of the Incarnation Today
  • Radical Implications of the Incarnation
  • Questions for Reflection and Discussion
  • Glossary
  • Chapter 8 Dying to Sin, Living to Redemption
  • Biblical Roots of the Atonement
  • Different Theories
  • Christ as Sacrifice
  • Christ Who Pays the Debt
  • Christ as Victor
  • Christ as Moral Example
  • Problems with Atonement
  • Moral Authority and Forgiveness
  • Conclusion
  • Questions for Reflection and Discussion
  • Chapter 9 The Holy Spirit and the Church
  • Biblical Roots of the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit

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