Rethinking fundamental theology : toward a new fundamental theology /
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| Author / Creator: | O'Collins, Gerald. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. |
| Description: | xiii, 365 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8439454 |
Table of Contents:
- Abbreviations
- 1. History, Terms, Identity, and Themes
- Historical background
- Apologetics and fundamental theology
- Terms and boundaries
- Themes for fundamental theology
- A coda: the contribution of Bernard Lonergan
- 2. Faith in a Personal God
- The divine attributes
- Special divine activity
- The existence of God
- Approaches to the God-question
- Conclusion
- 3. The Human Condition
- Four possible visions
- Homo experiens
- Religious experience
- 4. General and Special Revelation
- General revelation
- General revelation and faith
- Special revelation
- Means of revelation
- Word and event
- Mediators of special revelation
- Discerning the prophetic experience
- True and false prophets
- Conclusion
- 5. Jesus the Fullness of Revelation
- The fourfold witness to the historical Jesus
- The preaching of the kingdom: parables and miracles
- The kingdom in person
- The Trinity revealed?
- Revelation past, present, and future
- 6. The Crucified and Resurrected Revealer
- Revelation through the cross
- Revelation through the resurrection
- A case for the resurrection
- The meaning of the claim
- The Easter appearances
- The discovery of the empty tomb
- Novelties to explain
- The resurrection as revealing
- 7. The Faith that Responds to Revelation
- Three Positions
- A narrative theology of faith
- Some conclusions
- 8. Tradition and the Traditions
- The human reality of tradition
- Christian tradition
- Toward an ecumenical convergence?
- Discerning the tradition within the traditions
- Revelation, tradition, and Scripture
- 9. Revelation, the Bible, and Inspiration
- The formation of the Bible
- The use of the Bible
- The inspiration of the Bible
- The function of inspiration
- 10. The Truth, Canon, and Interpretation of the Bible
- The saving truth of the Bible
- The canon of Scriptures
- Interpreting the Bible
- A coda: hearing the word
- 11. The Founding of the Church
- The founder of the Church
- The call of the Twelve
- Any time for the Church?
- The early Church
- Early leadership
- Into the second century
- The kingdom and the Church
- 12. World Religions and Christ the Revealer and Saviour
- Two preliminaries
- The doctrinal background
- The universal presence of Christ
- Christ's universal presence and the religious
- The transformation of Christ
- The permanence of Christ's humanity
- The universal presence of the Holy Spirit
- The faith of others and the Church
- A coda: the omnipresence of the risen Christ
- 13. Theological Styles and Methods
- Three styles of theology
- Risks and possibilities
- Some guidelines
- Epilogue
- Index of Names
- Subject Index
- Biblical Index