TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keeley,Robin,ed
TI  - Eerdman's handbook to Christian belief
SN  - 0802835775
AV  - Ref BT 77 Ee72 1982
PY  - 1978///2
CY  - Grand Rapids, MI
PB  - Eerdmans Publishing
KW  - THEOLOGY, DOCTRINAL
KW  - POPULAR WORKS
KW  - HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC
N1  - 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 




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