| Description |
184 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
A short introduction |
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Short introduction
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Creation -- First view : six-day creation -- Second view : timeless creation -- Third view : continuous creation -- 3. The existence of evil -- First view : the privation of being -- Second view : the autonomy of matter -- Third view : the misuse of freedom -- 4. The soul -- First view : dualism of soul and body -- -- Second view : psycho-physical unity -- Third view : the soul as the form of the body -- 5. Sin and 'the fall' -- First view : original sin as inherited -- Second view : original sin as estrangement -- Third view : original sin as a necessary stage in evolution -- 6. Jesus, the incarnation of God -- First view : asymbolic Christology -- Second view : a divine man Christology -- Third view : a spirit Christology -- 7. Atonement -- First view : atonement as victory -- Second view : atonement as sacrifice -- Third view : atonement as healing -- 8. Revelation and the world religions -- First view : only Christians can be saved -- Second view : all can be saved, but only by Jesus Christ -- Third view : all can be saved by their own faith -- 9. The Trinity -- First view : the social Trinity -- Second view : three ways of being God -- Third view : the history of the threefold God -- 10. The Church -- First view : the Church as a sacramental community -- Second view : the Church as a fellowship of faith -- Third view : the Church as a vocational community -- 11. The Bible -- First view : the Bible as inerrant norm of faith -- Second view : the Bible as witness to revelation -- Third view : the Bible as record of revelatory experience -- 12. The teaching of Jesus -- First view : heroic moral rules -- Second view : counsels of perfection -- Third view : ideals of the heart -- 13. christianity and ethics -- First view : the Bible as the basis of ethics -- Second view : natural law as the basis of ethics -- Third view : personalism as the basis of ethics -- 14. Christianity and culture -- First view : art and science in the service of faith -- Second view : art and science begin to separate from faith -- Third view : art and science as alternatives to faith -- 15. Prayer -- First view : liturgy -- Second view : devotion -- Third view : contemplation -- 16. Eternal life -- First view : a literal interpretation -- Second view : a metaphorical interpretation -- Third view : a realist and non-literal interpretation |
| Analysis |
Christianity |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [799]-913) and indexes |
| Subject |
Christianity.
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| ISBN |
1851682295 paperback |
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