Studying God

Jeff Astley is the former Director of the North East Institute of Christian Education and author of several books introducing theology to a wider readership.

• 1. Beginning Where We Are? You and Your Theology2. The Variety of Theology: Its Form, Audience and Source3. Doing Theology and Studying Theology4. Locating Theology at the Centre: Experience, Belief, Faith and Practice5. Theology's Main Sources: Bible and Tradition6. Theological Subjects, Skills and Methods7. Human Language and the Mystery of God8. Modelling Theology: Classic and Contemporary Examples9. Where to Next? Theology and the Future

Jeff Astley's project is to break down the barrier he sees between "academic theology" and "the rest of the Church". 'Studying God: Doing Theology' is a primer in theological sources and methods, and significant (Western) theological voices