The Cambridge Companion to Christian DoctrineWhat is Christian doctrine? The fourteen specially commissioned essays in this book serve to give an answer to many aspects of that question. Written by leading theologians from America and Britain they place doctrine in its setting SH what it has been historically, and how it relates to other forms of culture SH and outline central features of its content. New readers will find this an accessible and stimulating introduction to the main themes of Christian doctrine, while advanced students and specialists will find a useful summary of recent developments in Christian thought. |
Contents
Historical and systematic theology | 3 |
On doctrine and ethics | 21 |
The basis and authority of doctrine | 41 |
The scope of hermeneutics | 65 |
Christ and the cultures The Jewish people and Christian theology | 81 |
Christ and the cultures Christianity and the arts | 101 |
The triune God | 121 |
The doctrine of creation | 141 |
Redemption and fall | 189 |
The church and the sacraments | 207 |
Eschatology | 226 |
Jesus Christ | 245 |
The Holy Spirit | 273 |
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Human being individual and social | 158 |
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