That all may believe
Subtitle: theology of the Gospel and the mission of the church
By: Carl E. Braaten.
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.; Eerdmans
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780802862396
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Doctrines; Catholic Church -- Relations -- Lutheran Church; Theology, Doctrinal; Mission of the church; Lutheran Church -- Doctrines; Lutheran Church -- Relations -- Catholic Church
Description: "That all may believe brings an evangelical catholic theological perspective to bear on controversial issues having to do with the truth of the gospel, the ecumenical quest for church unity, and the encounter of Christianity with other world religions. Here Carl Braaten argues and demonstrates that a theology may be evangelical without being Protestant, catholic without being Roman, and orthodox without being Eastern. In sharp contrast to the older style of doing theology to bolster a particular denominational tradition or the newer style that revises the Christian faith to conform to modern culture, the ecumenical orthodoxy that emerges here does theology out of the common biblical and creedal mainstream of the Christian tradition. Braaten focuses on the core of Christianity--faith in Jesus Christ according to the Scriptures. He applies the criterion of Christ to many questions of Christian theology, pointing the way to a more complete and foundational theology for today"--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Doing theology Pro Ecclesia; title: Evangelical and Catholic theology; title: Christ the center of ecumenical orthodoxy; title: Revelation through creation and the Gospel; title: The unity of Scripture; title: Theology; title: The interpretation of the Bible in the church; title: Sola scriptura versus partim-partim; title: The authority of the Bible reconsidered; title: An open question; title: The role of dogma in church and theology; title: Theology without dogma and dogmatics; title: Reclaiming dogma for the church; title: Catholics and Lutherans : being and becoming church together; title: The question of Lutheran identity; title: Catholic-Lutheran relations since Vatican II; title: The joint declaration on the Doctrine of Justification; title: Paul Tillich on the "Protestant principle and Catholic substance"; title: Paul Tillich's self-understanding; title: The meaning of "Protestant principle"; title: The meaning of "Catholic substance"; title: Gospel; title: The Gospel proviso : paradigms of theology in conflict; title: Paradigm #1:  Albert Schweitzer and the quest of the historical Jesus; title: Paradigm #2: Adolf von Harnack and the essence of Christianity; title: Paradigm #3: Karl Barth on the otherness of God and his unique revelation; title: Paradigm #4: Rudolf Bultmann a nd the hermeneutical question; title: Paradigm #5: Wolfhart Pannenberg and the historicity of the Resurrection; title: Paradigm #6:  The Holocaust and the canonicity of the Old Testament; title: Paradigm #7:  Liberation theology and the freedom of the Gospel; title: Paradigm #8: The Second Vatican Council and the ecumenical movement; title: The resurrection debate revisited; title: The irony of the scholarly consensus; title: The place of the resurrection in the history of Christian thought; title: Misinterpretations of the resurrection; title: The current shape of the resurrection debate; title: Elements of a theology of the resurrection; title: Powers in conflict : Christ and the devil; title: Does the devil really exist?; title: The devil in the Bible and the Christian tradition; title: Current manifestations of the demonic; title: Discerning the spirits; title: Nullus diabolus,  nullus redemptor; title: The recovery of apocalyptic imagination; title: The apocalyptic Jesus; title: Cross and resurrection : the fulcrum of history; title: The good news of the apocalypse mission; title: Reclaiming the missionary nature of the church; title: The legacy of christendom; title: Re-evangelizing in the post-modern situation; title: Toward an ecumenical missiology; title: Hearing the other : the problem and promise of pluralism; title: Models : exclusivism, inclusivism, pluralism; title: The exclusivity of Christ; title: The inclusiveness of the Gospel; title: The Christian mission among Muslims; title: Old Testament perspectives on mission; title: The historical Jesus and mission; title: The missionary proclamation of the Apostles; title: The hope of salvation.