Elements of Christian Thought
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Elements of Christian Thought

A Basic Course in Christianese

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Elements of Christian Thought

A Basic Course in Christianese

About this book

In the spring of 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted classrooms around the world, teachers scrambled to convert their lectures and presentations into a format more conducive to online and distance learning.

For Eugene Rogers, this meant transcribing as closely as possible the spoken lectures that have made his Introduction to Christian Thought course at UNC Greensboro, a course he has taught some forty times, justly famous.

The result is this book: an insightful, winsome, and engaging introduction to the history of Christian thought by a teacher at the height of his craft.

For Rogers, the history of Christian thought is the story of a language--it's "Christianese, " if you will--that participants use to frame their agreements and their disagreements alike. From Anselm to Wyschogrod, Rogers introduces us to the most interesting speakers of Christianese and their importance, enabling us to both listen in on and take part in the living conversation about God's activity in and for our world.

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Information

Publisher
Fortress Press
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781506473833
eBook ISBN
9781506473840
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Theology

General Index

Abailard. See Abelard, Peter
Abel, 39
Abelard, Peter, 61, 65–85, 149, 157, 206
Abraham, 19, 20, 21, 99, 114, 168, 175, 188–189, 201
Adam, 21, 38, 59, 69, 87, 90, 92, 97–99, 143
agency. See freedom/free will
anastasis. See resurrection (of Jesus)
Anglicanism, 156, 167
Annunciation, 93, 96–97
Anselm/Anselmian, xviii, 11–13, 57
Anthony, 62, 183
anthropology, 3, 79, 83, 90, 195–201, 203
apologetics, 9, 12–13
Apostles’ Creed, 95–96, 182, 188, 189
Aquinas. See Thomas Aquinas
Arius/Arians, 35–36, 45–46
assurance, problem of, 28–29
Athanasian Creed, 110
Athanasius, 4, 5, 6, 35–36, 45–51, 57–63, 68, 72, 81, 183
atonement, xviii, 13, 37–38, 55–105, 156–157, 164, 173, 175, 181
Augustine, 40, 111, 113–114, 117, 127–139, 143–145, 175–177
Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 36, 53, 93, 95–105, 114
banks, 64
baptism, 20, 50, 1...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Why You Should Read This Book
  7. Why You Should Not Read This Book
  8. What Theologians Talk About
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Christianity Is a Language in Which to Disagree
  12. Christians Talk about Election, or How God Chooses
  13. Christians Talk about Incarnation, or God Chooses Humanity
  14. Christians Talk about Atonement, or God Chooses the Lost
  15. Christians Talk about the Trinity, or Love Stronger Than Death
  16. Christians Talk about God Enabling Difference in Creation and Freedom
  17. Christians Talk about God’s Body Absorbing Evil
  18. Christians Talk about God’s Body in Resurrection and Eucharist
  19. Christians Talk about Human Bodies in Sex and Slavery
  20. Christians Talk about Salvation in Many Ways
  21. Appendix: Objections to the Cultural-Linguistic Approach
  22. A Syllabus in Theses with Readings
  23. General Index
  24. Scripture Index