Christian dogmatics / Carl E. Braaten, Robert W. Jenson, editor[s] : [by] Gerhard O. Forde ... [and others]. - volume 1, 596 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - vol. 1. .

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Prolegomena to Christian dogmatics / Theology and dogmatics -- Heritage of dogmatics -- Fundamentals of dogmatics -- Holy Scriptures -- Triune God / Triune name of God -- Trinitarian logic and rhetoric -- Nicene-Constantinopolitan dogma -- One and the three -- Being of God -- Attributes of God -- Knowledge of God / 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 / Biblical witness to creation -- Creation of the world -- Human being -- Continuing work of creation -- Challenges to the ongoing doctrinal task -- Sin and evil / Nature of sin -- Origin of sin -- Effect of sin -- Metaphysical and natural evil -- Work of God against evil -- Person of Jesus Christ / 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. Carl E. Braaten -- Robert W. Jenson -- Paul R. Sponheim -- Philip J. Hefner -- Paul R. Sponheim -- Carl E. Braaten -- V. 1: Work of Christ / Shape of the tradition -- Luther's theology of the cross -- Reconciliation with God -- Atonement as actual event -- Holy Spirit / Spirit that spoke by the prophets -- Pneumatological soteriology -- Spirit-discourse as the church's self-interpretation -- Cosmic spirit -- church / 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 / Biblical understanding of the word of God -- Dynamics of God's word -- Sacraments of the word -- Baptism -- Supper -- Return to baptism -- Christian life / Justification -- Justification and sanctification -- Justification and this world -- Justification today -- Eschatology / Biblical view of the future -- Continuing tensions in the history of eschatology -- Major currents in Christian eschatology -- Secular options -- Content of Christian hope. Gerhard O. Forde -- Robert W. Jenson -- Philip J. Hefner -- Hans Schwarz and Robert W. Jenson -- Gerhard O. Forde -- Hans Schwarz -- v. 2



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