| 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 |