Substance of Our Faith

Foundations for the History of Christian Doctrine

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

AvDouglas A. Sweeney

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Christianity Today 2024 Award of Merit (Academic Theology)Doctrine is central to Christian discipleship and maturity. Unfortunately, it is often sidelined in churches' teaching ministry as irrelevant or impractical. Countering this, leading church historian Douglas Sweeney defines doctrine as church teaching intended for the shaping of daily faith and practice. The Substance of Our Faith addresses introductory issues in the study and application of historical doctrine, incorporating a unique global and catholic perspective. It addresses the Spirit's role in the rise of doctrine in the early church, the authority of Scripture and tradition in the development of doctrine, the challenges of doing global historical theology, the nature and purpose of doctrine, and implications for teaching the faith today. Specifically, Sweeney advocates that those who teach the Christian faith in all churches do so in communion with the saints who have come before.A future volume by the author will narrate the actual history of doctrinal teaching around the world.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-12-19
Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt302 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor208
FörlagBaker Publishing Group
ISBN9780801048463

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1. Jesus' Promise of the SpiritKerygma, Rules of Faith, Canons of Scripture, and the SpiritInterpreting the Word by the Spirit with the ChurchListening to the Spirit in an Era of ImprovementThe Spirit-BoundBody of Christ as "Pillar" and "Bulwark" of Christian Teaching2. From Every Tribe and LanguageModern Missions, Western Power, and the Rise of "the Global South"But the Church Has Always Been GlobalThe Promise and the Peril of Postcolonial Christian TeachingTeaching the Christian Faith across Both Time and Space3. Doctrine as Church Teaching for the Shaping of Faith and PracticeWhat Is Christian Doctrine?How Is Doctrine Devised?Should Doctrine Ever Be Revised? How So? And by Whom?Why Does Any of This Matter?4. Teaching in, with, and under the Christian Church"Constructive Theology" and Its Liberating Pedagogy"Retrieval Theology" and Its Classical InstructionRessourcement Revisited"Free Church Theologies" in Search of Deeper RootsLate-Modern Work on the Concept of TraditionThinking in, with, and under the Christian ChurchConclusionIndex