Scm Core Text Christian Doctrine

Author : Mike Higton
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 033404801X
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SCM Core Text Christian Doctrine written by Mike Higton and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2013-01-25 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SCM Core Text: Christian Doctrine offers an up-to-date, accessible introduction to one of the core subjects of theology. Written for second and third-year university students, it shows that Christian Doctrine is not a series of impossible claims to be clung to with blind faith. Mike Higton argues that it is, rather, a set of claims that emerge in the midst of Christian life, as Christian communities try to make enough sense of their lives and of their world to allow them to carry on. Christian communities have made sense of their own life, and the life of the wider world in which they are set, as life created by God to share in God's own life. They have seen themselves and their world as laid hold of God's life in Jesus of Nazareth, and as having the Spirit of God's own life actively at work within them. This book explores these and other central Christian doctrines, and in each case, shows how the doctrine makes sense, and how it is woven into Christian life. It will help readers to see what sense it might make to say the things that Christian doctrine says, and how that doctrine might affect the way that one looks at everything: the natural world, gossip, culture, speaking in tongues, politics, dieting, human freedom, love, High Noon, justice, computers, racism, the novels of Jane Austin, parenthood, death and fashion.

Author : Karen E. Smith
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780334040422
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christian Spirituality written by Karen E. Smith and published by Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd. This book was released on 2007 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook works towards presenting Christian spirituality as an ongoing dialogue between doctrine and experience, and asserts that Christian spirituality must reflect the idea of search. It features a number of pedagogical tools to aid the undergraduate such as questions for reflection, and guides to further reading.

Author : Paul Hedges
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 0334048273
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SCM Core Text Christian Approaches to Other Faiths written by Paul Hedges and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2013-02-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The textbook begins with a chapter on exclusivism, inclusivism, particularity and pluralism, and one on interfaith. Each chapter explains the history, rationale and workings of the various approaches. Moreover, each is divided into sub-sections dealing with various forms of each approach, so that each may be appreciated in its individuality, i.e. the chapter on 'Inclusivism' will include sections on 'fulfilment theology' 'anonymous Christians', etc.The second part of this textbook deals with attitudes towards different faiths, considering the problems and relations that exist with Christian approaches to each. It will deal with the world's major faiths as well as primal religions and new religious movements. The introduction and conclusion will deal with some central themes that run throughout, in particular, the questions of the Trinity and concepts of salvation. In each section reference will be made to the key texts discussed in the Reader which accompanies this(9780334041155), however, the work may be read as a stand alone text.

Author : Astley Jeff
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 0334048001
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SCM Studyguide: Christian Doctrine written by Astley Jeff and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible textbook for all engaging with Christian doctrine for the first time. A valuable resource and suitable for all clergy and all training for ministry.

Author : Alexander Jensen
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 0334029015
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SCM Core Text: Theological Hermeneutics written by Alexander Jensen and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2007-06-28 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces theological hermeneutics by giving a historical account of the development of hermeneutical thinking. It defines hermeneutics as the analysis of the obstacles to understanding. The history of hermeneutical thinking and responses to obstacles is told here, beginning with the allegorical interpretation of myths in Hellenism through to the contemporary view of the hermeneutical problem as universal. Following the opening chapters on the history of hermeneutical thought, the book presents an overview of the various contemporary hermeneutical schools of thought, and shows their rooted-ness in different parts of the hermeneutical tradition. The focus is clearly on biblical interpretation however it does also take account of developments outside the field of theology, as they influence the theological reflection on the hermeneutical problem. The questions raised and the possible answers suggested in this volume will be of interest to students of other disciplines, such as philosophy and literature.

Author : Alexander S. Jensen
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 0334048265
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SCM Core Text Theological Hermeneutics written by Alexander S. Jensen and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2013-02-11 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces theological hermeneutics by giving a historical account of the development of hermeneutical thinking. It defines hermeneutics as the analysis of the obstacles to understanding. The history of hermeneutical thinking and responses to obstacles is told here, beginning with the allegorical interpretation of myths in Hellenism through to the contemporary view of the hermeneutical problem as universal. Following the opening chapters on the history of hermeneutical thought, the book presents an overview of the various contemporary hermeneutical schools of thought, and shows their rooted-ness in different parts of the hermeneutical tradition. The focus is clearly on biblical interpretation however it does also take account of developments outside the field of theology, as they influence the theological reflection on the hermeneutical problem. The questions raised and the possible answers suggested in this volume will be of interest to students of other disciplines, such as philosophy and literature.

Author : Simon Patrick Woodman
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
ISBN 13 : 033404104X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Revelation written by Simon Patrick Woodman and published by Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook identifies the sections of Revelation in a sensible and helpful way, as well as identifying the key theological themes with a view to their context and interpretation

Author : Anthony G. Reddie
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 0334048931
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SCM Core Text Black Theology written by Anthony G. Reddie and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2013-01-26 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible introduction to Black Theology, helping readers understand the inherited legacy of ‘race’, ethnicity, difference and racism, as well as the diversity and vibrancy of this movement.

Author : William K. Kay
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0334041449
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SCM Core Text Pentecostalism written by William K. Kay and published by Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd. This book was released on 2013-01-26 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pentecostal and charismatic movements showed astonishing growth in the twentieth century so as to arrive at a total that is said to include at least 400 million people worldwide. The academic study of the Pentecostal and charismatic movement has been gaining momentum in the last few years, both as an element within contemporary religious studies and as a strand within the subject area of church history, going back to the early church. This student-friendly text is essential reading for students of Theology and Religious Studies, taking second or third year modules in Pentecostal studies. It is also of great relevance to students of sociology of religion, as well as cultural and historical studies of religion and religious movements. In addition to a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the subject, it offers useful resources such as suggestions for further reading, questions for reflection and a glossary of technical terms.

Author : Mark R. Stevenson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498281109
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Doctrines of Grace in an Unexpected Place written by Mark R. Stevenson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-03-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does God sovereignly elect some individuals for salvation while passing others by? Do human beings possess free will to embrace or reject the gospel? Did Christ die equally for all people or only for some? These questions have long been debated in the history of the Christian church. Answers typically fall into one of two main categories, popularly known as Calvinism and Arminianism. The focus of this book is to establish how one nineteenth-century evangelical group, the Brethren, responded to these and other related questions. The Brethren produced a number of colorful leaders whose influence was felt throughout the evangelical world. Although many critics have assumed the movement's theology was Arminian, this book argues that the Brethren, with few exceptions, advocated Calvinistic positions. Yet there were some twists along the way! The movement's radical biblicism, passionate evangelism, and strong aversion to systematic theology and creeds meant they refused to label themselves as Calvinists even though they affirmed Calvinism's soteriological principles--the so-called doctrines of grace.