TY - BOOK AU - Erickson,Millard J. TI - Christian theology SN - 0801021820 AV - BT 75.3 Er44 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - Grand Rapids, MI PB - Baker Books KW - THEOLOGY, DOCTRINAL N1 - 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 ER -