Introducing Christian Theologies

Victor I. Ezigbo is Associate Professor of Contextual and Systematic Theology at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of Re-Imagining African Christologies (2010).

• List of TablesAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction1 Preliminary Issues in Christian TheologyDefining Christian TheologyTheology and FaithThe Tasks of TheologyTheology and GodTheology's NatureTheology and the TheologianTheology and MethodTheology and OrthodoxyDisciplines of TheologyDiversity, Unity, and TheologyConcluding ReflectionsKey TermsReview QuestionsSuggestions for Further Reading2 God's RevelationThe Possibility of Knowing GodDescription of God's RevelationThe Nature of God's RevelationThe Accessibility of God's RevelationThe Purpose of God's RevelationConcluding ReflectionsKey TermsReview QuestionsSuggestions for Further Reading3 Christian ScriptureThe Characteristics of the BibleThe Canonicity of the BibleThe Authority of ScriptureConcluding ReflectionsKey TermsReview QuestionsSuggestion for Further Reading4 Trinity: The Christian GodImagining the TrinityThe Trinity and the BibleModels of the Doctrine of the TrinityTheological Implications of the Doctrine of the TrinityConcluding ReflectionsKey TermsReview QuestionsSuggestion for Further Reading5 Jesus ChristDefining ChristologyCentrality of ChristologyChristological ApproachesPortraits of Jesus Christ in the New TestamentThe Doctrine of the IncarnationKey TermsReview QuestionsSuggestions for Further Reading6 Holy SpiritPortraits of the Holy Spirit in the BibleThe Identity of the Holy SpiritThe Holy Spirit's Relationship with Jesus ChristKey TermsReview QuestionsSuggestions for Further Reading7 Divine ProvidenceIdeas of Divine ProvidenceCreation as God's Providential ActGod's Foreknowledge and Human FreedomProvidence and the Problem of EvilKey TermsReview QuestionsSuggestion for Further ReadingBibliographyIndex

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