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Tables of Contents for Invitation to Theology
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
11
15
Introduction
15
1
The Vitality of Christian Community
15
4
The Theme of Our Course
19
3
Christology and Chronology
22
2
A Subversive Theology
24
2
Acknowledgments
26
3
What's the Use of Theology?
29
13
The Trap of Measurability
32
4
The Trap of Utility
36
2
The Value of Theology
38
1
Homework Assignments
39
3
Methods in the Madness
42
18
Theology as an Act of Faith
45
4
Theology as Science
49
2
Some Methods in the Madness
51
3
Applying the ``Who'' Question
54
3
Homework Assignments
57
3
I Believe in God
60
17
The Truth Will Set You Free
61
5
Theological Omelets and the Strange Brew of Authority
66
8
Homework Assignments
74
3
I Believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven & Earth
77
17
Father God?
78
5
Almighty God?
83
3
Creator God?
86
5
Homework Assignments
91
3
I Believe in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord
94
30
Faith in Jesus Christ
95
4
The Quest for the Historical Jesus
99
3
The Content of the Kerygma
102
4
The Christological Controversies
106
11
What Does It All Mean?
117
1
The Lordship of Jesus Christ
118
4
Homework Assignments
122
2
Conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered, Dead & Buried
124
30
Martin Luther Meets Jesus
125
6
The Self-Emptying God
131
5
The Lord of Lost Causes
136
12
Aspects of the Atonement: Toward a More Inclusive Framework
148
4
Homework Assignments
152
2
Our Humanity in Light of Jesus Christ
154
29
Imagination Enough to See What Is There
157
4
The Specificity of Jesus Christ
161
8
The Image of God
169
4
The Comprehensive Claim
173
3
A Tree Named Adam
176
5
Homework Assignments
181
2
The Holy Spirit
183
27
Learning Ourselves Through the Holy Spirit
184
9
A Wind, a Fire, a Power Divine
193
3
The Spiritual Humanity of Jesus Christ
196
1
The Lord Is the Spirit
197
6
The Giving God
203
3
Homework Assignments
206
4
The Holy Catholic Church
210
25
A Confessional Starting Point
210
2
The Community Created by the Holy Spirit
212
4
Blessed to Be a Blessing
216
1
Members of One Body
217
3
The Myth of Solitary Religion
220
2
The Myth of Voluntary Religion
222
3
The Specificity of the Church
225
5
The Church and the Kingdom of God
230
2
Homework Assignments
232
3
The Forgiveness of Sins
235
13
The Environment of Forgiveness
235
3
The Verbum visibile of Forgiveness
238
4
The Ethics of Perichoresis
242
5
Homework Assignment
247
1
The Resurrection of the Body & the Life Everlasting
248
13
A Teleological Vision
248
4
The Resurrection of the Body
252
2
The First Fruit of Resurrection
254
2
Peregrini et hospites super terram
256
2
Amen
258
3
Bibliography
261
10
Index of Names
271
3
Index of Subjects
274