TY - BOOK AU - Thielicke,Helmut TI - The Evangelical faith: prolegomena: the relation of theology to modern thought-forms SN - 0802823424 AV - 1 BT 75.2 T347 1974 PY - 1977/// CY - Grand Rapids, MI PB - Eerdmans KW - THEOLOGY, DOCTRINAL N1 - Part one: the state of theological discussion orientation of our theological thinking -- A. The two basic types of contemporary theology (modern and conservative) -- I. Address to the contemporary world -- II. Terminological inadequacy of the terms modern and conservative and their replacement wit cartesian and noncartesian -- B. Confrontation of the basic types under the terms Cartesian (Theology A) and non-cartesian (Theology B) -- III. Sketch of Cartesian theology (Theology A) and its essential problems -- IV. Key hermeneutical question in theology A. Problem of the form and content of mythical statements in theology -- V. The crux: Kerygmatic and disarmed myth -- VI. Theology B: counter-question and question -- VII. Theological starting-point in the doctrine of the Holy Spirit -- VIII. The Holy Spirit as He who creates anew and yet also links to the Old. The new place of self-understanding -- IX. Death of the Old Cartesian self -- X. New creation by the spirit: anthropological aspect. The Old and New Self -- XI. New creation by the spirit: hermeneutical aspect -- XII. Summary of the relation between Cartesian theology (A) and non-cartesian theology (B) -- Part two: theology in self-grounded secularity: situation and task of theology in the generation of the supposed death of God -- XIII. Theme and questionability of the slogan death of God -- XIV. History of the idea of the death of God -- XV. Theological evaluation of the idea of the death of God. Basis of a secular and scientific knowledge of the world (science) and mastery over it (technology) -- XVI. Godless world and worldless God. The theological problem of secularization -- XVII. Consequences for a Christian secularism -- XVIII. Tasks of Christian secularity. Outlines of the themes of proclamation ER -