Ebook: Christian Theology: an Introduction

Christian Theology: An Introduction -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- To the Student: How to Use This Book -- To the Teacher: How to Use This Book -- The Structure of the Book: The Fifth and Sixth Editions Compared -- Video and Audio Resources -- Part I: Landmarks: Periods, Themes, and Personalities of Christian Theology -- Introduction -- 1: The Patristic Period, c.100-c.700 -- The Early Centers of Theological Activity -- An Overview of the Patristic Period -- A clarification of terms -- The theological agenda of the period -- Key Theologians -- Justin Martyr (c.100-c.165) -- Irenaeus of Lyons (c.130-c.202) -- Tertullian (c.160-c.220) -- Origen (c.185-c.254) -- Cyprian of Carthage (died 258) -- Athanasius (c.293-373) -- The Cappadocian fathers -- Augustine of Hippo (354-430) -- Key Theological Debates and Developments -- The extent of the New Testament canon -- The role of tradition: the Gnostic controversies -- The fixing of the ecumenical creeds -- The two natures of Jesus Christ: the Arian controversy -- The doctrine of the Trinity -- The doctrine of the church: the Donatist controversy -- The doctrine of grace: the Pelagian controversy -- Key Names, Words, and Phrases -- Questions for Chapter 1 -- 2: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance, c.700-c.1500 -- On Defining the "Middle Ages" -- Theological Landmarks in Western Europe -- The rise of medieval schools of theology -- The founding of the universities -- A theological textbook: the Four Books of the Sentences -- "Cathedrals of the Mind": scholasticism -- The Italian Renaissance and the rise of humanism -- Byzantine Theology: Major Themes -- Key Theologians -- John of Damascus (c.676-749) -- Simeon the New Theologian (949-1022) -- Anselm of Canterbury (c.1033-1109) -- Thomas Aquinas (c.1225-74) -- Duns Scotus (c.1266-1308) -- William of Ockham (c.1285-1347).