| Description |
1 online resource |
| Note |
"A Michael Glazier book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction. 1. Systematic theology: Nature of theology ; Systematic theology ; Counter currents ; Contemporary theology ; Conclusion ; For further reading. -- 2. Changing cultures, new hermeneutics: From modernity to postmodernism ; New hermeneutics ; Theological pluralism ; Conclusion ; For further reading. -- 3. Divine Mystery: A transcendent God ; Knowing the transcendant God ; Jesus, God's only son ; Holy Spirit ; Trinity ; God in comtemporary thought ; Conclusion ; For further reading. -- 4. Jesus, the Christ: Discovering the historical Jesus ; Reign of God ; Death and resurrection ; New Testament Christologies ; Classical Christologies ; Contemporary Christologies ; Conclusion ; For further reading. -- 5. Revelation and faith: General revelation ; Dei Verbum ; Models of revelation ; Revelation as symbolic meditation ; Faith ; Faith and salvation ; Modernity and the loss of fatih ; Conclusion ; For further reading. -- 6. Sin, grace, and the human person: Myth of the Fall ; Paul ; Original sin ; A contemporary approach ; Grace ; Catholic and Protestant persepctives ; Conclusion ; For further reading. -- 7. Mary and the communion of saints: Concept of communion ; Communion of saints ; Mary in the church ; Marian dogmas ; Conclusion ; For further reading. -- 8. Church: Jesus movement ; Churches in the New Testament ; Church in history ; Church of Vatican II ; Contemporary ecclesiologies ; Some unresolved issues ; Conclusion ; For further reading. -- 9. Sacramentality and Christian initiation: Sacramentality ; Contemporary sacramental theology ; Christian initiation ; Conclusion ; For further reading. -- 10. Sacraments of healing and vocation: Penance and reconciliation ; Sacrament of the sick ; Marriage ; Holy orders ; Conclusion ; For further reading. -- 11. Creation and eschatology: Creation in Scripture ; Creation in the tradition ; Creation and science ; Evolution and the drama of life ; Eschatology ; Four last things ; Purgatory ; Fullness of salvation ; Conclusion ; For further reading. -- Index of names -- Index of subjects |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web |
| Source of Description |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Catholic Church -- Doctrines
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Theology, Doctrinal
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| Academic Subj. |
Catholic Church
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| Alternate Author |
ebrary, Inc
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| ISBN |
9780814683453 (electronic book) |
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0814683452 (electronic book) |
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