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Tables of Contents for Proving Doctrine
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface to the Trinity Press Edition
ix
Preface
xvii
``Proving Doctrine''
1
13
A Roadmap
2
2
Theologians' Methods and Theological Methodology
4
10
PART I: CONSTRUING THE TEXT
Doctrine and Concept
14
18
Four Questions
15
1
``Content'' as Authority
16
1
Doctrine as Content
17
7
Concepts as Content
24
5
``Authority'' and Properties of Scripture
29
3
Recital and Presence
32
24
Scripture as Recital
33
6
Rendering an Agent
39
11
``Authority'' and Narrative
50
6
Event and Expression
56
33
Image and Mystery
57
7
Symbol and Miracle
64
10
Myth and Eschaton
74
9
``Authority'' and Event
83
6
``Scripture''
89
33
``Christian Scripture'' and ``Christian Church''
90
7
``Scripture'' and ``Authority''
97
3
``Scripture'' and ``Canon''
100
8
``Authority of Scripture'': Description or Invocation?
108
14
PART II: USING THE TEXT
``Authority'' and Arguments
122
17
A Problem of Strategy
123
2
An Anatomy of Arguments
125
4
Theological Macro-Arguments
129
5
From Anatomy to Diagnosis
134
5
``Authority''
139
19
Direct and Indirect Authority
139
4
Role in Argument and ``Authority''
143
4
Use in Church and ``Authority''
147
4
Features Common to Concepts of ``Authority''
151
7
PART III: THEOLOGY AND SCRIPTURE
Theologians' Decisions About Scripture
158
24
``Criteria for Theology'' and Imagination
159
5
Why Take Biblical Texts as ``Authority''?
164
3
Construing and Using Scripture
167
3
Controls on Imagination in Theology
170
5
Why Shouldn't Scripture be ``Authority''?
175
7
``Authority'' and ``Function''
182
23
Loss of Normativity?
183
2
Scripture as ``Source'': Theology as ``Translation''
185
7
The Normativity of Patterns
192
5
``Exegesis'' and Theology
197
8
Some Morals for Doctrines About Scripture. A Review
205
13
Authority in Church and Where to Talk About Scripture
207
5
Authority in Theology and How to Talk About Scripture
212
6
Bibliography
218
7
Index
225