The Christian Theological Tradition

✍ Scribed by Mark McInroy (editor), Michael J. Hollerich (editor)

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 711
• Edition: 4
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The fourth edition of The Christian Theological Tradition provides students with essential theological knowledge of key persons and events of the Bible and the Christian faith, and of Christianity's multifaceted encounter with Western culture. Historically arranged, the textbook addresses major theological themes such as revelation, God, Jesus Christ, Creation, salvation, and the church. The textbook deals with the entire Christian tradition from an orientation that is both Catholic and ecumenical, with the fourth edition including expanded coverage of modern Protestant Christianity.

✦ Table of Contents

Dedication
Contents
List of Figures and Maps
Textboxes
Notes on Contributors
Preface
1 Introduction: Approaching the Christian Theological Tradition • Mark McInroy
Part I: The Old Testament
2 Israel’s Story of the Creation of the World • Corrine Carvalho
3 The Pentateuch • Corrine Carvalho
4 Israel in the Land: Settlement, Exile, Return • David Penchansky
After the Babylonian Exile • Paul Niskanen
5 Second Temple Judaism (520 B.C.E. to 70 C.E.) • David T. Landry and John W. Martens
Part II: The New Testament
6 Jesus and the Gospels • David T. Landry
7 Paul • John W. Martens
Part III: The History of Christianity
8 Christianity after the Apostles • Michael J. Hollerich
9 The Age of the Imperial Church • Mark DelCogliano and Michael J. Hollerich
10 Augustine of Hippo • David G. Hunter
11 Eastern Christianity • Paul L. Gavrilyuk
Other Eastern Christianities • Michael J. Hollerich
12 Islam as Seen in the Christian Tradition • F. Dominic Longo
13 Christianity in the Early Medieval Period • Fr. (Jan) Michael Joncas
14 Christianity in the High Middle Ages • Michael J. Hollerich
15 Thomas Aquinas • Robert St. Hilaire
16 Christianity in the Late Medieval Period • Anne H. King
Part IV: The Modern Period
17 The Renaissance • William Junker
18 Martin Luther • Sherry E. Jordon
19 Other Protestant Reformers
The Swiss Reformation • Sherry E. Jordon
The Radical Reformation • Ry O. Siggelkow and David S. Cunningham
Pietism • Sherry E. Jordon
The English Reformation • Mark McInroy
20 The Catholic Reformation • Anne H. King
21 The Coming of Global Christianity: Mission, Empire, and Post-Colonialism
Christianity in the Age of Global Exploration: Conversion, Conquest, and Colonialism • Michael J. Hollerich
The Christian Globe Tilts South • Gerald W. Schlabach
22 Christianity in the Modern Period • Mark McInroy
23 Christianity in the United States • Michael J. Hollerich
24 The Second Vatican Council in Context
From the French Revolution to Vatican I • Michael J. Hollerich
Theological Trends between Vatican I and Vatican II • Robert C. Koerpel
The Second Vatican Council • Elaine Catherine MacMillan
The Reception of Vatican II • Massimo Faggioli
25 Christianity and Science • Philip Rolnick
26 Christianity in the Contemporary Situation • Mark McInroy
The “New Atheism” • Anne H. King
27 Theologies of Liberation
Latin AmericanLiberation Theology • Gerald W. Schlabach
Contextual Theology in South Africa • Kimberly Vrudny and Richard Cogill
Black Theology • Ry O. Siggelkow
Feminist Theology • Sherry E. Jordon
Christianity and Environmental Sustainability • Cara Anthony
28 Christianity and Interreligious Dialogue • Edward Ulrich
Glossary
Index