Theology for the community of God / Stanley J. Grenz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, 2000.Description: xxxii, 691 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0802847553 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BT75.2  .G74 2000
Contents:
Introduction -- The nature and task of theology -- The theological task -- [Part I.] Theology: the doctrine of God -- [1.] The God who is -- The reality of God in an era of atheism -- Knowledge of God in an era of agnosticism -- [2.] The triune God -- Trinitarian doctrine in theological history -- The formulation of trinitarian doctrine -- The theological implications of trinitarian doctrine -- Trinitarian doctrine and Christian life -- [3.] The relational God -- The nature of the relational God -- The divine attributes -- [4.] The creator God -- God as the creator of the world -- God as the providential administrator of the world -- [Part II.] Anthropology: the doctrine of humanity -- [5.] The human identity and our origin in God -- Our place in creation -- "Openness to the world" and general revelation -- God as our origin -- Our temporal origin -- [6.] Our nature as persons destined for community -- Our ontological nature -- Humans as the image of God -- [7.] Sin: the destruction of community -- The nature of sin -- Original sin -- The results of sin: our human situation -- [8.] Our spiritual co-creatures -- The nature of the spiritual realities -- Angelology and structures of existence -- The demonic and superstition. [Part III.] Christology: the doctrine of Christ -- [9.] The fellowship of Jesus the Christ with God -- Implications: Jesus as one with God -- [10.] The fellowship of Jesus the Christ with humankind -- Jesus as a human -- Jesus as the true human -- Jesus as the universal human -- [11.] The fellowship of deity and humanity in Jesus -- Jesus as divine and human -- The incarnation -- The virgin birth -- [12.] The mission of Jesus -- The vocation of the earthly Jesus -- The atonement and the mission of Jesus -- The ongoing work of Christ -- [Part IV.] Pneumatology: the doctrine of the Holy Spirit -- [13.] The identity of the Holy Spirit -- The Spirit in salvation history -- The Spirit in the trinitarian life -- [14.] The Spirit and the scriptures -- The Spirit as the foundation of scripture -- The task of the Spirit speaking through scripture -- The Bible and revelation -- Biblical authority -- [15.] The dynamic of conversion -- The divine aspect of conversion -- The community aspect of conversion -- [16.] Individual salvation: the wider perspective -- The process of salvation -- The eternal context of salvation. [Part V.] Ecclesiology: the doctrine of the church -- [17.] The church -- the eschatalogical covenant community -- The church as a covenant people -- The church as the sign of the kingdom -- The church as community -- [18.] The ministry of the community -- The purpose of the church -- The mandate of the church -- [19.] Community acts of commitment -- Acts of commitment and the church -- Baptism: the seal of our identity -- The Lord's supper: reaffirming our identity -- [20.] The organization for community life -- Membership in the community -- Community structure -- Leadership for the community -- Ordination by the community -- [Part VI.] Eschatology: the doctrine of last things [21.] The consummation of personal existence -- The significance of death -- Overcoming death in the resurrection -- Hope in the face of death -- [22.] The consummation of history -- The meaning of history -- The presence of community in and beyond history -- the climax of history -- [23.] The consumation of God's cosmic program -- The transition from creation to new creation -- The dark side of the judgment -- The new creation -- [24.] The significance of eschatology -- Eschatology as insight into the present -- Eschatology as God's call in the present -- Eschatology as insight for living.
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Originally published: Nashville : Broadman & Holman, 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction --
The nature and task of theology --
The theological task --
[Part I.] Theology: the doctrine of God --
[1.] The God who is --
The reality of God in an era of atheism --
Knowledge of God in an era of agnosticism --
[2.] The triune God --
Trinitarian doctrine in theological history --
The formulation of trinitarian doctrine --
The theological implications of trinitarian doctrine --
Trinitarian doctrine and Christian life --
[3.] The relational God --
The nature of the relational God --
The divine attributes --
[4.] The creator God --
God as the creator of the world --
God as the providential administrator of the world --
[Part II.] Anthropology: the doctrine of humanity --
[5.] The human identity and our origin in God --
Our place in creation --
"Openness to the world" and general revelation --
God as our origin --
Our temporal origin --
[6.] Our nature as persons destined for community --
Our ontological nature --
Humans as the image of God --
[7.] Sin: the destruction of community --
The nature of sin --
Original sin --
The results of sin: our human situation --
[8.] Our spiritual co-creatures --
The nature of the spiritual realities --
Angelology and structures of existence --
The demonic and superstition. [Part III.] Christology: the doctrine of Christ --
[9.] The fellowship of Jesus the Christ with God --
Implications: Jesus as one with God --
[10.] The fellowship of Jesus the Christ with humankind --
Jesus as a human --
Jesus as the true human --
Jesus as the universal human --
[11.] The fellowship of deity and humanity in Jesus --
Jesus as divine and human --
The incarnation --
The virgin birth --
[12.] The mission of Jesus --
The vocation of the earthly Jesus --
The atonement and the mission of Jesus --
The ongoing work of Christ --
[Part IV.] Pneumatology: the doctrine of the Holy Spirit --
[13.] The identity of the Holy Spirit --
The Spirit in salvation history --
The Spirit in the trinitarian life --
[14.] The Spirit and the scriptures --
The Spirit as the foundation of scripture --
The task of the Spirit speaking through scripture --
The Bible and revelation --
Biblical authority --
[15.] The dynamic of conversion --
The divine aspect of conversion --
The community aspect of conversion --
[16.] Individual salvation: the wider perspective --
The process of salvation --
The eternal context of salvation. [Part V.] Ecclesiology: the doctrine of the church --
[17.] The church --
the eschatalogical covenant community --
The church as a covenant people --
The church as the sign of the kingdom --
The church as community --
[18.] The ministry of the community --
The purpose of the church --
The mandate of the church --
[19.] Community acts of commitment --
Acts of commitment and the church --
Baptism: the seal of our identity --
The Lord's supper: reaffirming our identity --
[20.] The organization for community life --
Membership in the community --
Community structure --
Leadership for the community --
Ordination by the community --
[Part VI.] Eschatology: the doctrine of last things [21.] The consummation of personal existence --
The significance of death --
Overcoming death in the resurrection --
Hope in the face of death --
[22.] The consummation of history --
The meaning of history --
The presence of community in and beyond history --
the climax of history --
[23.] The consumation of God's cosmic program --
The transition from creation to new creation --
The dark side of the judgment --
The new creation --
[24.] The significance of eschatology --
Eschatology as insight into the present --
Eschatology as God's call in the present --
Eschatology as insight for living.