Rethinking Fundamental Theology

Contents......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 15
1. History, Terms, Identity, and Themes......Page 16
Historical background......Page 17
Apologetics and fundamental theology......Page 19
Terms and boundaries......Page 20
Themes for fundamental theology......Page 30
A coda: the contribution of Bernard Lonergan......Page 31
2. Faith in a Personal God......Page 33
The divine attributes......Page 34
Special divine activity......Page 37
The existence of God......Page 44
Approaches to the God-question......Page 49
Conclusion......Page 50
Four possible visions......Page 52
Homo experiens......Page 57
Religious experience......Page 67
4. General and Special Revelation......Page 71
General revelation......Page 72
General revelation and faith......Page 76
Special revelation......Page 80
Means of revelation......Page 89
Word and event......Page 94
Mediators of special revelation......Page 98
Discerning the prophetic experience......Page 102
True and false prophets......Page 105
Conclusion......Page 107
5. Jesus the Fullness of Revelation......Page 111
The fourfold witness to the historical Jesus......Page 112
The preaching of the kingdom: parables and miracles......Page 121
The kingdom in person......Page 129
The Trinity revealed?......Page 135
Revelation past, present, and future......Page 143
6. The Crucified and Resurrected Revealer......Page 151
Revelation through the cross......Page 153
Revelation through the resurrection......Page 159
A case for the resurrection......Page 161
The meaning of the claim......Page 162
The Easter appearances......Page 164
The discovery of the empty tomb......Page 169
Novelties to explain......Page 171
The resurrection as revealing......Page 174
7. The Faith that Responds to Revelation......Page 181
Three Positions......Page 183
A narrative theology of faith......Page 194
Some conclusions......Page 203
8. Tradition and the Traditions......Page 205
The human reality of tradition......Page 207
Christian tradition......Page 209
Toward an ecumenical convergence?......Page 211
Discerning the tradition within the traditions......Page 222
Revelation, tradition, and Scripture......Page 227
The formation of the Bible......Page 231
The use of the Bible......Page 235
The inspiration of the Bible......Page 238
The function of inspiration......Page 246
The saving truth of the Bible......Page 249
The canon of Scriptures......Page 259
Interpreting the Bible......Page 268
A coda: hearing the word......Page 276
11. The Founding of the Church......Page 280
The founder of the Church......Page 283
The call of the Twelve......Page 290
Any time for the Church?......Page 293
The early Church......Page 294
Early leadership......Page 298
Into the second century......Page 302
The kingdom and the Church......Page 306
12. World Religions and Christ the Revealer and Saviour......Page 307
Two preliminaries......Page 308
The doctrinal background......Page 309
The universal presence of Christ......Page 313
Christ’s universal presence and the religions......Page 318
The transformation of Christ......Page 322
The permanence of Christ’s humanity......Page 323
The universal presence of the Holy Spirit......Page 326
The faith of others and the Church......Page 332
A coda: the omnipresence of the risen Christ......Page 334
13. Theological Styles and Methods......Page 337
Three styles of theology......Page 338
Risks and possibilities......Page 344
Some guidelines......Page 346
Epilogue......Page 357
B......Page 360
D......Page 361
H......Page 362
L......Page 363
M......Page 364
R......Page 365
U......Page 366
Z......Page 367
J......Page 368
V......Page 369
Biblical Index......Page 370