Theology from the Great Tradition

2018-02-22
Theology from the Great Tradition

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  • Author: Steven D. Cone
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 0567670023
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 752

This textbook provides complete and comprehensive coverage of the theological tradition of Aquinas, Maximus, Luther, Irenaeus, Lonergan, von Balthasar, Schmemann, Meyendorf and Barth. Each section of this textbook explores a wide variety of questions – who are we? Is there a God, and if so, what is his nature? Who is Jesus? What does it mean that we live both in sin and righteousness? It consists of 15 modules that are comprised of 46 chapters. Each module has two parts: there are systematic chapters that discuss and explain each module's topic; and the final chapter of each module examines 4 to 6 primary sources that are important for each topic. This textbook includes an extensive range of pedagogical features: - Sample tests in which each objective question has been quality tested by classroom use (with a discrimination index) - A discussion guide for each chapter - Learning objectives linked to each chapter - The text includes bold-faced terms, boxed text sections that identify central figures and points of debate, study question, chapter summaries, glossary

Contemplating God with the Great Tradition

2021-04-20
Contemplating God with the Great Tradition

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  • Author: Craig A. Carter
  • Publisher: Baker Books
  • ISBN: 1493429698
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 321

Southwestern Journal of Theology 2021 Book of the Year Award (Theological Studies) 2021 Book Award, The Gospel Coalition (Honorable Mention, Academic Theology) Following his well-received Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition, Craig Carter presents the biblical and theological foundations of trinitarian classical theism. Carter, a leading Christian theologian known for his provocative defenses of classical approaches to doctrine, critiques the recent trend toward modifying or rejecting classical theism in favor of modern "relational" understandings of God. The book includes a short history of trinitarian theology from its patristic origins to the modern period, and a concluding appendix provides a brief summary of classical trinitarian theology. Foreword by Carl R. Trueman.

Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition

2018-04-17
Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition

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  • Author: Craig A. Carter
  • Publisher: Baker Books
  • ISBN: 1493413295
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 304

The rise of modernity, especially the European Enlightenment and its aftermath, has negatively impacted the way we understand the nature and interpretation of Christian Scripture. In this introduction to biblical interpretation, Craig Carter evaluates the problems of post-Enlightenment hermeneutics and offers an alternative approach: exegesis in harmony with the Great Tradition. Carter argues for the validity of patristic christological exegesis, showing that we must recover the Nicene theological tradition as the context for contemporary exegesis, and seeks to root both the nature and interpretation of Scripture firmly in trinitarian orthodoxy.

The Great Tradition of Christian Thinking

2012
The Great Tradition of Christian Thinking

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  • Author: David S. Dockery
  • Publisher: Crossway
  • ISBN: 1433525135
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 130

This user-friendly guide will equip Christian students to apply their faith in various academic fields and make the most of their education.

Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition

2001-11-01
Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition

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  • Author: Andrew Purves
  • Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
  • ISBN: 1611642108
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 145

Too often pastoral care is uninformed by historical practice and is overly influenced by psychological theory and practice, according to Andrew Purves. At least one consequence of this is that it is often disaffiliated from the church's theological heritage. Purves examines Christian writers from the past who represent the classical tradition in pastoral theology--classical in the sense that they and their texts have shaped the minds and practices of pastors in enduring ways. He reflects on texts from Gregory Nazianzus, John Chrysostom, Gregory the Great, Martin Bucer, and Richard Baxter. He includes a brief biography of each author, introduces the major themes in the writer's theology, and discusses the issues arising for pastoral work.

Streams of Living Water

2001-11-27
Streams of Living Water

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  • Author: Richard J. Foster
  • Publisher: Zondervan
  • ISBN: 0060628227
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 452

The author of the bestselling celebration of discipline explores the great traditions of Christian spirituality and their role in spiritual renewal today. In this landmark work, Foster examines the "streams of living water" –– the six dimensions of faith and practice that define Christian tradition. He lifts up the enduring character of each tradition and shows how a variety of practices, from individual study and retreat to disciplines of service and community, are all essential elements of growth and maturity. Foster examines the unique contributions of each of these traditions and offers as examples the inspiring stories of faithful people whose lives defined each of these "streams."

Christian Theological Tradition

2015-08-13
Christian Theological Tradition

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  • Author: Catherine Cory
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1317349571
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 832

This text helps students acquire a basic theological literacy in key persons and events of the Bible and the Christian faith, and in Christianity's encounter with culture at large. Historically arranged, it also addresses five major themes of systematic theology: revelation, God, creation, Jesus, and church.

Listening to the Past

2002
Listening to the Past

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  • Author: Stephen R. Holmes
  • Publisher: Paternoster
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 188

Listening to the Past comprehensively examines the doctrine of communion of saints, bringing together wisdom concerning atonement, free will, theology, politics, and the importance of listening to and learning from tradition and history. Each individual chapter focuses on a different aspect of modern-day questions and conundrums involving God and faith, in a succinctly written study of lessons already learned throughout the centuries. Listening To The Past is especially recommended for non-specialist general readers with an interest in Christian Doctrine & Theology.

A Global Church History

2019-09-05
A Global Church History

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  • Author: Steven D. Cone
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 0567673073
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 768

How did the Christian Church originate, what journeys has it taken over two millennia, and how did it come to exist in its present, myriad forms? The answers to these questions form a tapestry of history that reaches from first century Palestine to the ends of the earth. This volume tells this rich story from an ecumenical perspective, drawing on both Eastern and Western historic sources in exploring the rise of Eastern Orthodoxy; the church across Asia, Africa, and the Americas; and the reformations of the Western Church; including the diversity of contemporary voices. The work benefits from many pedagogical features: - boxed text sections identifying central figures and points of debate - study questions for each chapter - chapter summaries - maps --charts --index Supplemented by over 400 illustrations, this book embraces the universality of historic and current Christianity, creating a single and comprehensive volume for students of Church history and systematic theology.

Mystics of the Christian Tradition

2005-06-29
Mystics of the Christian Tradition

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  • Author: Steven Fanning
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1134590989
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 300

From divine visions to self-tortures, some strange mystical experiences have shaped the Christian tradition as we know it. Full of colourful detail, Mystics of the Christian Tradition examines the mystical experiences that have determined the history of Christianity over two thousand years, and reveals the often sexual nature of these encounters with the divine. In this fascinating account, Fanning reveals how God's direct revelation to St Francis of Assisi led to his living with lepers and kissing their sores, and describes the mystical life of Margery Kempe who 'took weeping to new decibel levels'. Through presenting the lives of almost a hundred mystics, this broad survey invites us to consider what it means to be a mystic and to explore how people such as Joan of Arc had their lives determined by divine visions. Mystics of the Christian Tradition is a comprehensive guide to discovering what mysticism means and who the mystics of the Christian tradition actually were.