Eerdman's handbook to Christian belief /
Keeley, Robin, ed.
Eerdman's handbook to Christian belief / Robin Keeley, Organizing Editor. - Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans Publishing, c19782. - 23 cm.
Contents:
Part 1 How can we know?
- Where do we start?
Tradition
Revelation and reason
- The spiritual dimension
folk religion
- We all believe something
Christianity in context
- Christianity : true to the way things are
Relating philosophy and theology
- a people-centered faith
Part 2 Jesus Christ
- Who was Jesus?
Jesus claimed to be
Was Jesus God? The current debate
How artists have seen Jesus
The church's understanding of Christ
- Jesus' life and teaching
Names and titles of Jesus
The virgin Mary
Jesus and the Old Testament
Miracles
The poor
Seven signs and seven sayings
How Muslims see Jesus
How Hindus see Jesus
How Marxists see Jesus
- Death... and then
How do we know Jesus rose again?
The resurrection : fact or legend?
Eight weeks that changed the world
The centrality of Christ
- God is
Putting faith into words
God and evil
Can God be proved?
God : from the fathers to moderns
How Christians have seen God
- The Trinity
Christian belief in the first centuries
- The place of the Bible
Understanding the Bible
- God in other religions
Christianity and Marxism
Part 4 Creation : Humanity and the world
- In the beginning, God
Angels and demons
The evolution controversy
The Christian origins of science
Creation and evolution
- Made in the image of God
What it means to be human
The image of God
The arts
Male and female
The human family
One stock, one people, one city
- A flawed humanity
The human dilemma in modern literature
Modern idolatry
- A spoiled creation
Sin in the system
Power and powerlesness
The responsibility of wealth
World inequality
Depression
Grief
Physical handicap
The death experience
- The laws of God
Making moral choices
- Finding God's will
Foundations for morality
- Good and evil
Forgiveness
Violence and non-violence
In business
- Work
- Medical ethics
- Marriage and divorce
Polygamy
Part 5 A New Creation
- A new age dawns
The land
Shalom
Prophecy
The Kingdom of God
The people of God
Jews and Christians
- Good news of freedom
Understanding Jesus' death
- Finding faith
Commitment and openness
A Christian is
Predestination and human choice
Should babies be baptized?
- Life in the Holy Spirit
Faith and religion
The practice of prayer
Can we be perfect?
Life-style for today
Christian renewal
Proclaiming his death
Spirituality through the ages
The search for God
- A living community
'Into all the world'
Christian healing
Christian communities
The church is
Deviations from Christianity
The debate about Christian mission
God's many-coloured grace
Priesthood and ordination
Governing the church
Church and state
- Destiny
The millennium
Is everyone saved?
Part 6 Christian belief in the making
People and movements through the centuries
0802835775
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THEOLOGY, DOCTRINAL--POPULAR WORKS--HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC.
Ref BT 77 / Ee72 1982
Eerdman's handbook to Christian belief / Robin Keeley, Organizing Editor. - Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans Publishing, c19782. - 23 cm.
Contents:
Part 1 How can we know?
- Where do we start?
Tradition
Revelation and reason
- The spiritual dimension
folk religion
- We all believe something
Christianity in context
- Christianity : true to the way things are
Relating philosophy and theology
- a people-centered faith
Part 2 Jesus Christ
- Who was Jesus?
Jesus claimed to be
Was Jesus God? The current debate
How artists have seen Jesus
The church's understanding of Christ
- Jesus' life and teaching
Names and titles of Jesus
The virgin Mary
Jesus and the Old Testament
Miracles
The poor
Seven signs and seven sayings
How Muslims see Jesus
How Hindus see Jesus
How Marxists see Jesus
- Death... and then
How do we know Jesus rose again?
The resurrection : fact or legend?
Eight weeks that changed the world
The centrality of Christ
- God is
Putting faith into words
God and evil
Can God be proved?
God : from the fathers to moderns
How Christians have seen God
- The Trinity
Christian belief in the first centuries
- The place of the Bible
Understanding the Bible
- God in other religions
Christianity and Marxism
Part 4 Creation : Humanity and the world
- In the beginning, God
Angels and demons
The evolution controversy
The Christian origins of science
Creation and evolution
- Made in the image of God
What it means to be human
The image of God
The arts
Male and female
The human family
One stock, one people, one city
- A flawed humanity
The human dilemma in modern literature
Modern idolatry
- A spoiled creation
Sin in the system
Power and powerlesness
The responsibility of wealth
World inequality
Depression
Grief
Physical handicap
The death experience
- The laws of God
Making moral choices
- Finding God's will
Foundations for morality
- Good and evil
Forgiveness
Violence and non-violence
In business
- Work
- Medical ethics
- Marriage and divorce
Polygamy
Part 5 A New Creation
- A new age dawns
The land
Shalom
Prophecy
The Kingdom of God
The people of God
Jews and Christians
- Good news of freedom
Understanding Jesus' death
- Finding faith
Commitment and openness
A Christian is
Predestination and human choice
Should babies be baptized?
- Life in the Holy Spirit
Faith and religion
The practice of prayer
Can we be perfect?
Life-style for today
Christian renewal
Proclaiming his death
Spirituality through the ages
The search for God
- A living community
'Into all the world'
Christian healing
Christian communities
The church is
Deviations from Christianity
The debate about Christian mission
God's many-coloured grace
Priesthood and ordination
Governing the church
Church and state
- Destiny
The millennium
Is everyone saved?
Part 6 Christian belief in the making
People and movements through the centuries
0802835775
Acc#21224
THEOLOGY, DOCTRINAL--POPULAR WORKS--HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC.
Ref BT 77 / Ee72 1982