Christianity - Mcgrath, Alister E.

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Résumé :
Now available in a fully-revised and updated new edition, this popular textbook by one of the world?s leading theologians offers a lively, jargon-free introduction to Christianity.

• Features a wealth of new material on global Christianity, American Christianity, the Orthodox Church, current theological debates, and Christianity in relation to other world religions
• Includes enhanced and expanded student-friendly features, including numerous illustrations, suggestions for further reading, a glossary of Christian terms, and brief readings from primary Christian sources
• Written in an accessible and engaging style that assumes no prior knowledge of Christian beliefs or practices, making it an invaluable resource for beginners to the subject as well as those looking for a refresher
• Incorporates coverage of Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Evangelicalism, and Pentecostalism

A glossary, related websites, and other resources from Dr. McGrath are available online at www.alistermcgrathwiley.com ...

Biographie:

Alister E. McGrath is Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford. One of the world's leading theologians, he has written numerous critically acclaimed books, including Why God Won't Go Away: Engaging the New Atheism (2011), Darwinism and the Divine: Evolutionary Thought and Natural Theology (Wiley, 2011), and The Intellectual World of C. S. Lewis (Wiley, 2013). He is also the author of some of the most widely used theology textbooks, including the bestselling Christian Theology: An Introduction, now in its fifth edition (Wiley, 2010), Historical Theology: An Introduction

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Sommaire:

Preface xii

List of Illustrations and Maps xiii

Introduction 1

1 Jesus of Nazareth and the Origins of Christianity 3

The Significance of Jesus of Nazareth for Christianity 3

The Sources of Our Knowledge about Jesus of Nazareth 5

Jesus of Nazareth in His Jewish Context 7

The Gospels and Jesus of Nazareth 9

The Birth of Jesus of Nazareth 10

The Early Ministry of Jesus of Nazareth 13

The Teaching of Jesus of Nazareth: The Parables of the Kingdom 15

The Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth 17

The Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth 19

Events and Meanings: The Interpretation of the History of Jesus 21

The New Testament Understandings of the Significance of Jesus 22

Jesus of Nazareth and Women 25

The Reception of Jesus of Nazareth outside Judaism 26

2 The Christian Bible 28

The Old Testament 30

Major Themes of the Old Testament 32

The creation 32

Abraham: Calling and covenant 32

The exodus and the giving of the Law 33

The establishment of the monarchy 36

The priesthood 37

Prophecy 37

Exile and restoration 38

The New Testament 40

The gospels 41

The New Testament letters 44

The fixing of the New Testament canon 45

The Christian Understanding of the Relation of the Old and New Testaments 47

The Translation of the Bible 49

The Bible and Tradition 51

3 Christian Creeds and Beliefs 54

The Emergence of Creeds 55

What Is Faith? 59

Faith and reason 61

Can God's existence be proved? 63

The Christian Understanding of God 65

Christian analogies for God 66

God as Father 67

A personal God 69

God as almighty 71

God as spirit 72

The doctrine of the Trinity 74

God as the creator 78

The Christian Understanding of Humanity 82

Humanity and the image of God 83

Humanity, the fall, and sin 84

Jesus of Nazareth 86

Early Christian approaches to the identity of Jesus of Nazareth 87

The Arian controversy and the incarnation 88

The incarnation: The Chalcedonian definition 89

Jesus of Nazareth as mediator between God and humanity 90

Islamic criticisms of the Christian understanding of Jesus of Nazareth 91

The Christian Understanding of Salvation 92

New Testament images of salvation 93

Christ the victor: The defeat of death and sin 94

Christ the harrower of hell: Atonement as restoration 96

Christ the redeemer: Atonement as satisfaction 98

The death of Christ as a perfect sacrifice 99

Christ the lover: Atonement and the enkindling of love 100

Salvation and the threefold office of Christ 101

Grace 102

The Pelagian controversy of the fifth century 103

The Reformation debates of the sixteenth century 105

The Church 106

The unity of the church 106

The holiness of the church 107

The catholicity of the church 109

The apostolicity of the church 110

The Sacraments 112

What is a sacrament? 112

The function of sacraments 113

Debates about baptism 115

Debates about the eucharist 116

The Christian Hope 117

The New Testament and Christian hope 117

The nature of the resurrection body 118

Christian burial or cremation? 119

Conclusion 120

4 Christian History: An Overview 121

The Early Church, c. 100-c. 500 122

The apostolic age 122

Early Christianity and the Roman empire 123

Early Christian worship and organization 125

Women and early Christianity 127

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