McIntosh Divine Teaching

An Introduction to Christian Theology
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-119-46803-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, E-Book

This innovative work is an introduction to Christian theology witha difference. Not only does it interpret, with clarity and energy,fundamental Christian beliefs but it also shows how and why thesebeliefs arose, promoting an understanding of theological reflectionthat encourages readers to think theologically themselves.
From Irenaeus and Aquinas to Girard, from Augustine to Zizioulasand contemporary feminist thought, Divine Teaching exploresthe ways in which major thinkers in the Christian tradition haveshaped theology through the wide variety of their encounters withGod. It makes theological study adventurous and interactive, notnecessarily requiring a faith commitment from all, but allowingreaders a thoughtful involvement in the subject that takesseriously the Christian vision of God as the ultimate teacher oftheology.
Divine Teaching: An Introduction to Christian Theology isan imaginative and lively analysis of the Christian way ofthinking, offering vivid and informing insight into the history andpractice of Christian theology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McIntosh, Mark A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Part I: Becoming a Theologian.
1. How God makes Theologians.
Astonishment and Theological Virtue.
Resurrection to Pentecost: Where Christian Theology Begins.
But Can You Study Theology without Having to Believe?.
2. Strange Calling: Theologians as Adventurers, Pirates,Mystics, and Sages.
Adventure: Continuing Conversion of the Theologian.
Piracy: Thinking Analogically.
Mystical Life: Interpreting Reality in Terms of God.
Wisdom: Thinking by Means of God's Thoughts.
3. Divine Teaching and Christian Beliefs.
Theology's Weakness and Wisdom's Parting Gift.
Sacred Teaching: The Nature and Function of ChristianBeliefs.
Visions of the Whole: Origen, Aquinas, and Barth.
How Not to Believe: The Dangers of Fantasy and Fanaticism.
Part II: Theology's Search for Understanding.
4. Salvation: The Foundation of Christian Theology.
ORIENTATION.
Why Start with Salvation?.
Salvation as the Basis for Christian Theology.
Identifying Different Approaches to the Mystery ofSalvation.
5. Salvation: Meeting Heaven Face to Face.
LANDMARKS.
Irenaeus: Salvation and New Creation.
Brief Interlude: A Crucial Difficulty in Soteriology.
Augustine and God's Justice.
Anselm and the Divine Order.
PATHFINDING.
On the Death of Christ: Orthodox, Feminist, and GirardianConcerns.
Salvation and the Paschal Mystery.
6. Divine Life: Trinity, Incarnation, and the Breathing of theSpirit.
ORIENTATION.
Sheer Bliss: Why God Reveals Divine Life to be the Trinity.
Forgiveness and Abundance: Origins of Trinitarian Awareness.
The Life of the Incarnate Word and the Power of the Spirit.
The Developing Principles of Trinitarian Theology.
LANDMARKS.
Augustine on the Mysterious Attraction of the Trinity: How toRead The Trinity.
Karl Barth on the God Who Loves in Freedom.
PATHFINDING.
Questions in Trinitarian Theology Today.
The Trinity and Mystical Participation in God.
7. Creaturely Life: A Journey towards Beatitude.
ORIENTATION.
Death No Longer Has Dominion: Creation's Path in the Lightof Easter.
Creation - Revelation - Sacrament.
Human Life - Ecclesial Life - Beatitude.
LANDMARKS.
Thomas Aquinas on Creation: "A Representation of theDivine Wisdom".
Blaise Pascal on Human Existence.
PATHFINDING.
Two Disputed Questions.
The Human Calling in Creation.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mark A. McIntosh is Professor of Systematic Theology and Spirituality at Loyola University, Chicago, where he has taught undergraduates and doctoral students for fifteen years. His publications include Christology from Within: Spirituality and the Incarnation in Hans Urs von Balthasar (1996), Mystical Theology: The Integrity of Spirituality and Theology (Blackwell, 1998), Mysteries of Faith (2000), and Discernment and Truth (2004). A priest in the Episcopal Church, he has served as canon theologian to the Presiding Bishop and Primate.