Title: Theology : a very short introduction /
Authors: Ford, David F., 1948-
Year: 2013
Subjects: Theology; Theologie; Theology
Abstract: This is an introduction to the subject of academic theology. Its basic approach is interrogative, raising key questions so as to lead into a range of selected topics such as knowledge community, salvation, God, prayer and evil.
Contents: Introduction : theology and the religions in transformation -- Theology and religious studies : how is the field shaped? -- Thinking of God -- Living before God : worship and ethics -- Facing evil -- Jesus Christ -- Salvation : scope, intensity, and dialogues -- Through the past to the present : texts and history -- Experience, knowledge, and wisdom -- Theology for the third millennium.