1. History, Terms, Identity, and Thems |
1 |
Historical background |
2 |
Apologetics and fundamental theology |
4 |
Terms and boundaries |
5 |
Themes for fundamental theology |
15 |
A coda: the contribution of Bernard Lonergan |
16 |
2. Faith in a Personal God |
18 |
The divine attributes |
19 |
Special divine activity |
22 |
The existence of God |
29 |
Apparoaches to the God-question |
34 |
Conclusion |
35 |
3. The Human Condition |
37 |
Four possible visions |
37 |
Homo experience |
42 |
Religious experience |
52 |
4. General and Special Revelation |
56 |
General revelation |
57 |
General revelation and faith |
61 |
Special revelation |
65 |
Means of revelation |
74 |
Word and revelation |
79 |
Mediators of special verelation |
83 |
Discerning the prophetic experience |
87 |
True and false prophets |
90 |
Conclusion |
92 |
5. Jesus the fullness of Revelation |
96 |
The fourfold witness to the historical Jesus |
97 |
The preaching of the kingdom: parables and miracles |
106 |
The kingdom in person |
114 |
The Trinity revealed? |
120 |
Revelation past, present, and future |
128 |
6. The Crucified and Resurrected Revealer |
136 |
Revelation through the cross |
138 |
Revelation through the resurrection |
144 |
A case for the resurrection |
146 |
The meaning of the claim |
147 |
The Easter appearances |
149 |
The discovery of the empty tomb |
154 |
Novelties to explain |
156 |
The resurrection as revealing |
159 |
7. The Faith that Responds to Revelation |
166 |
Three Positions |
168 |
A narrative theology of faith |
179 |
Some conclusions |
188 |
8. Tradition and the Traditions |
190 |
The human reality of tradition |
192 |
Christian tradition |
194 |
Toward an ecumenical convergence? |
196 |
Discerning the tradition within the traditions |
207 |
Revelation, tradition, and Scripture |
212 |
9. Revelation, the Bible, and Inspiration |
216 |
The formation of the Bible |
216 |
The use of the Bible |
220 |
The inspiration of the Bible |
223 |
The function of inspiration |
231 |
10. The Truth, Canon, and Interpretation of the Bible |
234 |
The saving truth of the Bible |
234 |
The canon of Scriptures |
244 |
Interpreting the Bible |
253 |
A coda: hearing the word |
261 |
11. The Founding of the Church |
265 |
The Founding of the Church |
268 |
The founder of the Church |
275 |
The call of the Twelve |
278 |
Any time for the Church? |
279 |
The early Church |
283 |
Early leadership |
287 |
Into the second century |
291 |
The kingdom and the Church |
292 |
12. World Religions and Christ the Revealer and Saviour |
293 |
Two preliminaries |
294 |
The doctrinal background |
298 |
The universal presence of Christ |
303 |
Christ's universal presence and the religious |
307 |
The transformation of Christ |
308 |
The permanence of Christ's humanity |
311 |
The universal presence of the Holy Spirit |
317 |
The faith of others and the Church |
319 |
A coda: the omnipresence of the risen Christ |
322 |
13. Theological Styles and Methods |
323 |
Three styles of theology |
329 |
Risks and possibilities |
331 |
Some guidelines Epilogue |
342 |
Index of Names |
345 |
Subject Index |
353 |
Bibilical Index |
355 |