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| Acknowledgments | xi | |||||
| Abbreviations | xii | |||||
| Introduction | 1 | |||||
| pt. I | God the Father Almighty | 5 | ||||
| ch. 1 | God Beyond Images | 7 | ||||
| Images of the Divine | 8 | |||||
| Divine Transcendence | 14 | |||||
| Conclusion | 21 | |||||
| ch. 2 | Personal God | 24 | ||||
| God of the Bible | 24 | |||||
| Knowing the Transcendent God | 30 | |||||
| Transcendence and Communion | 36 | |||||
| Conclusion | 41 | |||||
| pt. II | Jesus Christ, God's Only Son | 45 | ||||
| ch. 3 | Jesus of the Gospels | 47 | ||||
| Development of the Gospel Tradition | 50 | |||||
| Hearing the Voice of Jesus | 52 | |||||
| Kingdom of God | 57 | |||||
| Contemporary Expressions of the Kingdom of God | 64 | |||||
| Conclusion | 65 | |||||
| ch. 4 | Christology | 68 | ||||
| Death of Jesus | 68 | |||||
| Mystery of the Resurrection | 70 | |||||
| Interpreting the Story of Jesus | 75 | |||||
| Conclusion | 84 | |||||
| pt. III | Holy Spirit | 87 | ||||
| ch. 5 | Holy Spirit | 89 | ||||
| Trinitarian Mystery | 90 | |||||
| Trinity in Experience | 93 | |||||
| Conclusion | 97 | |||||
| pt. IV | Holy Catholic Church | 101 | ||||
| ch. 6 | Church | 103 | ||||
| New Testament Metaphors | 105 | |||||
| Concept of Communion | 109 | |||||
| Early Catholicism | 111 | |||||
| Baptism | 113 | |||||
| Eucharist | 117 | |||||
| Conclusion | 123 | |||||
| ch. 7 | Second Vatican Council | 126 | ||||
| Currents of Renewal | 127 | |||||
| John XXIII | 129 | |||||
| Church | 132 | |||||
| Church and the World | 139 | |||||
| Divine Revelation | 141 | |||||
| Liturgy | 142 | |||||
| Ecumenism | 144 | |||||
| View of Non-Christians | 146 | |||||
| Religious Liberty | 148 | |||||
| Conclusion | 148 | |||||
| ch. 8 | Benedict and Francis | 153 | ||||
| Pope Benedict XVI | 154 | |||||
| Pope Francis | 163 | |||||
| Conclusion | 176 | |||||
| ch. 9 | Global Catholicism | 182 | ||||
| Battle for Meaning | 183 | |||||
| Challenges for a World Church | 185 | |||||
| Religious Pluralism | 192 | |||||
| Conclusion | 195 | |||||
| Bibliography | 201 | |||||