Christian theology /
Millard J. Erickson.
- 2nd ed.
- 1312 p. : 24 cm.
Includes index
Part 1: Studying God -- 1. What is theology? -- 2. Theology and philosophy -- 3. The method of theology -- 4. Theology and critical study of the Bible -- 5. contemporizing the Christian message -- 6. Theology and its language -- 7. Postmodernity and theology --
Part 2: Knowing God -- 8. God's universal Revelation -- 9. God's particular Revelation -- 10. The preservation of the Revelation: inspiration -- 11. The dependability of God's word: inerrancy -- 12. The power of God's word: authority --
Part 3: What God is like -- 13. The greatness of God -- 14. The goodness of God -- 15. God's nearness and distance: immanence and transcendence -- 16. God's three-in-oneness: the trinity --
Part 4: What God does -- 17. God's plan -- 18. God's originating work: creation -- 19. God's continuing work: providence -- 20. Evil and God's world: a special problem -- 21. God's special agents: angels --
Part 5 Humanity -- 22. Introduction to the doctrine of humanity -- 23. The origin of humanity -- 24. The image of God in the human -- 25. The constitutional nature of the human -- 26. The universality of humanity --
Part 6: Sin -- 27. The nature of sin -- 28. The source of sin -- 29. The results of sin -- 30. The magnitude of sin -- 31. The social dimension --
Part 7: The person of Christ -- 32. Contemporary issues in Christological method -- 33. The deity of Christ -- 34. The humanity of Christ -- 35. The unity of the person of Christ -- 36. The virgin birth --
Part 8: The work of Christ -- 37. Introduction to the work of Christ -- 38. Theories of the atonement -- 39. The central theme of the atonement -- 40. The extent of the atonement --
Part 9: The Holy Spirit -- 41. The person of the Holy Spirit -- 42. The work of the Holy Spirit --
Part 10: Salvation -- 43. Conceptions of salvation -- 44. The antecedent to salvation: predestination -- 45. The beginning of salvation: subjective aspects -- 46. The beginning of salvation: objective aspects -- 47. The continuation of salvation -- 48. The completion of salvation -- 49. The means and extent of salvation --
Part 11: The church -- 50. The nature of the church -- 51. The role of the church -- 52. The government of the church -- 53. The initiatory rite of the church: Baptism -- 54. The continuing rite of the church: the Lord's supper -- 55. The unity of the church --
Part 12: The last things -- 56. Introduction to eschatology -- 56. Individual eschatology -- 57. Individual eschatology -- 58. The second coming and its consequents -- 59. Millennial and tribulational views -- 60. Final states --
Concluding thoughts -- Scripture index -- Subject index