Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms

Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms
Author: Donald K. McKim
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664255114

Defines 6,000 terms on such topics as the Bible, worship, theology, ministry, ethics, church history, and spirituality

Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation

Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation
Author: V. Philips Long
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 691
Release: 1996
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 0310208289

This one-volume edidition of the Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation series explores current issues in the interpretation of the Bible from the perspective of specific academic disciplines: history, literary criticism, science and theology.

Fundamental Theology

Fundamental Theology
Author: Matthew L. Becker
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 781
Release: 2024-01-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567705714

Encyclopedic in scope, this book offers wide-ranging coverage of the foundational teachings and practices within the mainstream of the classical Christian tradition. It begins with their roots in the Scriptures, and also branches out into Eastern and Western Christianity, ancient, medieval, and modern, to the present-day. Part I provides an overview of some of these routes, then presents an historical survey of Christianity's major traditions. Part II unpacks some of the character of that revelation, focusing particularly on epistemological and procedural questions. Finally, Part III looks at Christian theology in a university setting: the possibility and shape of theology as a university discipline, its major subfields, and its relations with humanities and the sciences respectively. Fundamental Theology: A Protestant Perspective, 2nd edition, includes a wide range of pedagogical features: - each chapter begins with an outline thesis statement, highlighted in bold - charts and graphs - relevant headings and subheadings employed throughout the book - keywords - provides a survey of pertinent reference literature - questions for review and discussion - annotated suggestions for further reading

Christocentric Reformed Theology in Nineteenth-Century America

Christocentric Reformed Theology in Nineteenth-Century America
Author: Emanuel V. Gerhart
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 595
Release: 2021-07-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725250888

Knowledge of the ideas of the theologian Emanuel V. Gerhart is essential for understanding nineteenth-century American theology. Gerhart was one of the first to introduce a complete systematic Christocentric theological system to Americans. His Institutes of the Christian Religion developed the ideas of European theologians and promoted the effort to systematize Mercersburg theology. Gerhart embraced German idealism rather than Scottish philosophy in his scholarship. As a mediating theologian, he attempted to reconcile historical Christianity with modern culture. His lectures, essays, and texts addressed the religious challenges and intellectual issues of his day from a Christocentric perspective. Together they were a major contribution to the Mercersburg Movement in particular and American theology in general from the antebellum period to the progressive era. His publications were devoted to a range of disciplines that included education, philosophy, and theology. This volume portrays Gerhart's core theological ideas as found in his main texts and offers introductory commentaries and gives the historical background for his intellectual contributions.

The Study of Theology

The Study of Theology
Author: Richard A. Muller
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1991
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310410010

The Study of Theology address two major concerns -- the place of biblical hermeneutics and practical theology. The author discusses the hermeneutical implications of biblical, historical, systematic, and practical theology and presents a case for the relationship between exegesis and the other theological disciplines. However, the relationship between hermeneutics and practical theology is also essential. According to the author, "the traditional forms of theology and preaching frequently fail the tests of exegesis and contemporary theologizing while, at the same time, most contemporary theology and exegesis fails to address directly the needs of the church." Muller presents a case for the structure of hermeneutics and argues that it is essential to the church because "theological training as a whole . . . ought to reflect the life of the church and be of value to the life of the church."