Life Together in the Way of Jesus Christ: An Introduction to Christian Theology

by Dan R. Stiver

Overview

Dan Stiver has crafted an engaging one-volume introduction to Christian beliefs, based on his experience teaching introductory theology courses. While describing how traditional theology came to be, he explains for both undergraduates and graduate students how theology is already a part of their life of faith.

As he examines traditional theological issues and such current topics as globalization and ecology, Stiver treats theology as a living, dynamic activity. Employing useful case studies, his groundbreaking approach helps students understand what theology is—and shows them that they are participants in creating an ongoing, vigorous theology that will remain at the center of their faith for the rest of their lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481314756
Publisher:	Baylor University Press
Publication date:	12/15/2020
Pages:	628
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.46(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Dan R. Stiver (Ph.D. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the Cook-Derrick Professor of Theology at Logsdon School of Theology, Hardin-Simmons University. Stiver is the author of: The Philosophy of Religious Language: Sign, Symbol, and Story (1996) and Theology After Ricoeur: New Directions in Hermeneutical Theology (2001).

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter

1. Introduction: Beginning the Journey

2. Prolegomena: Mapping the Journey

3. The Doctrine of Revelation: Lighting the Way

4. The Doctrine of God: The Beginning and the End

5. The Doctrine of Creation: The Beginning

6. The Doctrines of Humanity and Sin: Rising and Falling

7. The Doctrine of Christ: The Light of the Way

8. The Doctrine of Salvation: The Way

9. The Doctrine of the Church: Walking Together

10. The Doctrine of the Last Things: The End

Bibliography

What People are Saying About This

This is an up-to-date introduction to theology fully aware of recent developments in hermeneutics and postmodernity, which is to say: language, meaning, knowledge, truth. Stiver not only provides a survey of the tradition but responds to present concerns, striking a good balance between communicating the heart of the classic tradition and addressing contemporary problems.

Charles J. Scalise

Stiver's work is worthy to weigh down the bookshelves, backpacks, and hard drives of the emerging generation of theological students.

Beth Newman

Stiver’s overarching image of theology as a journey is provocative and insightful.

Kevin Vanhoozer

This is an up-to-date introduction to theology fully aware of recent developments in hermeneutics and postmodernity, which is to say: language, meaning, knowledge, truth. Stiver not only provides a survey of the tradition but responds to present concerns, striking a good balance between communicating the heart of the classic tradition and addressing contemporary problems.

Editorial Reviews

This fine collection of original essays completely shatters the myth promulgated only a few years ago that the "next Christendom" was flourishing in the global South completely on its own...The connections between U.S. and African Christianity remain strong and are far more complex than either demographic projections or postcolonial rhetoric would lead us to believe.

--Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University

Stiver's work is worthy to weigh down the bookshelves, backpacks, and hard drives of the emerging generation of theological students.

-Charles J. Scalise, Professor of Church History, Fuller Theological Seminary

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