Includes bibliographies and indexes.

V. 1: Prolegomena to Christian dogmatics / Carl E. Braaten -- Theology and dogmatics -- Heritage of dogmatics -- Fundamentals of dogmatics -- Holy Scriptures -- Triune God / Robert W. Jenson -- Triune name of God -- Trinitarian logic and rhetoric -- Nicene-Constantinopolitan dogma -- One and the three -- Being of God -- Attributes of God -- Knowledge of God / Paul R. Sponheim -- Reality and revelation of God -- Reception and recognition of revelation -- God's call and the human question about the ground of life -- Human quest and God's free answer -- creation / Philip J. Hefner -- Biblical witness to creation -- Creation of the world -- Human being -- Continuing work of creation -- Challenges to the ongoing doctrinal task -- Sin and evil / Paul R. Sponheim -- Nature of sin -- Origin of sin -- Effect of sin -- Metaphysical and natural evil -- Work of God against evil -- Person of Jesus Christ / Carl E. Braaten -- Nature and method of Christology -- Historical Jesus and the kingdom of God -- Classical Christology and its subsequent criticism -- True humanity of Jesus Christ -- True divinity of Jesus Christ -- Thumiliation and exaltation of Jesus Christ -- Uniqueness and universality of Jesus Christ.

v. 2 Work of Christ / Gerhard O. Forde -- Shape of the tradition -- Luther's theology of the cross -- Reconciliation with God -- Atonement as actual event -- Holy Spirit / Robert W. Jenson -- Spirit that spoke by the prophets -- Pneumatological soteriology -- Spirit-discourse as the church's self-interpretation -- Cosmic spirit -- church / Philip J. Hefner -- Doctrine of the church: focus and challenges -- Being of the church -- Basic elements of the church's life -- Church and the kingdom of God -- Means of grace / Hans Schwarz and Robert W. Jenson -- Biblical understanding of the word of God -- Dynamics of God's word -- Sacraments of the word -- Baptism -- Supper -- Return to baptism -- Christian life / Gerhard O. Forde -- Justification -- Justification and sanctification -- Justification and this world -- Justification today -- Eschatology / Hans Schwarz -- Biblical view of the future -- Continuing tensions in the history of eschatology -- Major currents in Christian eschatology -- Secular options -- Content of Christian hope.