The Formation of Christian Understanding
The Formation of Christian Understanding

Author: Charles M. Wood

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2000-03-09

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1579103367

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Simply put, this is the best book to be found on the theological understanding of scripture. Charles Wood writes clearly, graphically, engagingly, and with uncommon sense about one of the thorniest of theological problems: how to interpret and use the Bible. He faces the hard questions and the troublesome issues with candor, intelligence, and persuasive insight. This is a classic text. Thomas G. Long, Princeton Theological Seminary

Christian Understandings of Creation
Christian Understandings of Creation

Author: Denis Edwards

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2017-11-01

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1506438350

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Throughout the two-thousand-year span of Christian history, believers in Jesus have sought to articulate their faith and their understanding of how God works in the world. How do we, as we examine the vast and varied output of those who came before us, understand the unity and the diversity of their thinking? How do we make sense of our own thought in light of theirs?

The Formation of Christian Understanding
The Formation of Christian Understanding

Author: Charles M. Wood

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2000-03-09

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1725205718

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Simply put, this is the best book to be found on the theological understanding of scripture. Charles Wood writes clearly, graphically, engagingly, and with uncommon sense about one of the thorniest of theological problems: how to interpret and use the Bible. He faces the hard questions and the troublesome issues with candor, intelligence, and persuasive insight. This is a classic text." Thomas G. Long, Princeton Theological Seminary

Creation and Humanity
Creation and Humanity

Author: Ian A. McFarland

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 0664231357

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This major sourcebook provides significant primary readings from the history of Christian theology on the topics of creation and humanity. Beginning with an extended introduction, McFarland fleshes out the topics of creation and humanity in sections such as "God as Creator," "The Human Creature," "Evil and Sin," and "Providence," and provides a brief introduction to each selection that demonstrates its importance and establishes its historical context. This collection will be of special value in classrooms, allowing students to experience firsthand some major works that shaped efforts to forge a sound Christian understanding of creation and humanity.

A Call to Christian Formation
A Call to Christian Formation

Author: John C. Clark

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2021-07-20

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1493430688

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This book shows that theology is both integrally related to formation in Jesus Christ and shapes our understanding of the world. Christian formation is incomplete and impossible without theological formation, because Christ transforms our hearts and minds, attuning them to the reality of God. As the authors explore the deep connections between theology and the life of the Christian, they emphasize Christian formation as a defining feature of the church, arguing that theology must be integrally connected to the church's traditions and practices.

Understanding Christian Mission
Understanding Christian Mission

Author: Scott W. Sunquist

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2013-09-15

Total Pages: 741

ISBN-13: 1441242147

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This comprehensive introduction helps students, pastors, and mission committees understand contemporary Christian mission historically, biblically, and theologically. Scott Sunquist, a respected scholar and teacher of world Christianity, recovers missiological thinking from the early church for the twenty-first century. He traces the mission of the church throughout history in order to address the global church and offers a constructive theology and practice for missionary work today. Sunquist views spirituality as the foundation for all mission involvement, for mission practice springs from spiritual formation. He highlights the Holy Spirit in the work of mission and emphasizes its trinitarian nature. Sunquist explores mission from a primarily theological--rather than sociological--perspective, showing that the whole of Christian theology depends on and feeds into mission. Throughout the book, he presents Christian mission as our participation in the suffering and glory of Jesus Christ for the redemption of the nations.

The Complete Guide to Christian Denominations
The Complete Guide to Christian Denominations

Author: Ron Rhodes

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Published: 2015-03-01

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 0736952926

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Do you ever wonder what the difference is between one denomination and another? Why are there so many kinds of Baptist or Presbyterian or Lutheran churches? Where do those names come from, anyway? You can find answers in this concise but comprehensive guide. Learn about the leaders, teachings, and history of most of the church families in America. In addition to membership statistics, you'll find... a brief explanation of how the denomination began a short summary of its teaching on God, the Bible, the church, and other important topics a quick overview of some of its distinctive characteristics Whether you're looking for a new church or enriching your fellowship with believers from other traditions, you'll be much better prepared with this revised and expanded edition of The Complete Guide to Christian Denominations.

The Formation of Christian Doctrine
The Formation of Christian Doctrine

Author: Malcolm B. Yarnell

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

Published: 2007-11-01

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1433669862

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The Formation of Christian Doctrine is a high-level academic study of the history of Christian doctrinal development. The book distinguishes at length between the scholarly term “inventio” (making explicit what is implicit in the biblical revelation) and the idea of “invention” (presenting a novelty as Christian teaching that conflicts with the biblical revelation). Specifically, The Formation of Christian Doctrine identifies biblical inerrancy as an inventio but sees the “priesthood of believers” concept as a license to believe “whatever teaching seems right to me.” Sure to be of interest in academic circles, even to those who might disagree with the author, this book will appeal to three major groups: Evangelicals in relation to the twentieth-century development of a detailed doctrine of biblical inerrancy, Baptists in light of both biblical inerrancy and the seventeenth-century development of believer’s baptism, and Roman Catholics because of their respect for tradition and interest in such a challenging conservative Protestant perspective as is found here.

The Understanding of Christian Faith
The Understanding of Christian Faith

Author: Schubert M. Ogden

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2010-04-01

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 1621892689

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As an introduction to Christian systematic theology, this volume treats all the main theological topics-from God to last things-seeking to explicate critically the understanding of them implicit in Christian faith itself in terms at once appropriate to Jesus Christ and credible to human existence. Its criteria, accordingly, are the ultimate criteria of on the one hand, specifically Christian experience of Jesus as expressed by the apostolic witness, and on the other hand, generically human experience of existence as expressed by a sound philosophy. And, as befits an introduction, it employs these same criteria to clarify the process of actually doing Christian systematic theology. Thus it begins by explaining both what such a theology has to do and how it is to do it, and ends by considering what it means to do theology as a Christian calling, particularly as a professional theologian.

Understanding Early Christian Art
Understanding Early Christian Art

Author: Robin M. Jensen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-15

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1135951772

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Understanding Early Christian Art is designed for students of both religion and of art history. It makes the critical tools of art historians accessible to students of religion, to help them understand better the visual representations of Christianity. It will also aid art historians in comprehending the complex theology, history and context of Christian art. This interdisciplinary and boundary-breaking approach will enable students in several fields to further their understanding and knowledge of the art of the early Christian era. Understanding Early Christian Art contains over fifty images with parallel text.