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Christian Doctrine: A Guide for the Perplexed

by Australia) Geoff Thompson (university Of Divinity

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: T&T Clark
  • 13.8 x 21.5 x 1.1 cm

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For those seeking clarity in Christian beliefs.

Christian Doctrine helps you understand complex ideas.

You will feel more confident in your faith journey.

Explore the rich history and contemporary debates of Christian doctrine with Geoff Thompson's engaging guide that helps you understand faith in today's world.

Geoff Thompson addresses multiple questions concerning Christian doctrine in an engaging narrative, beginning with an in-depth discussion of the origins of doctrine in the various catechetical, polemical and apologetic pressures that the church encountered as it sought to articulate and teach its confession of faith in Jesus Christ. In providing an overview of some of the classic and historically influential doctrinal projects, Thompson employs ten case studies that illustrate the overlapping influences of tradition and contexts-both ecclesial and cultural-on doctrinal discourse.

Thompson takes the reader from those historical and paradigmatic case studies into some of the great contemporary debates about doctrine, including those which have been shaped by the critique of doctrine associated with the European Enlightenment as well as the challenges and contributions of theologians of the majority world. He pays particular attention to the influence that these diverse cultural, ecclesial, and academic contexts have had upon the shape and content of particular doctrines. This leads into an engagement with George Lindbeck's seminal The Nature of Doctrine, as well as the more recent proposals of Kevin Vanhoozer and Christine Helmer. This guide concludes by developing the idea of a Christian social imaginary as the framework for holding together doctrine, practice, truth, diversity, and context.

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  • Title

    Christian Doctrine: A Guide for the Perplexed

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    T&T Clark

  • Published

    February 2020

  • Weight

    258g

  • Dimensions

    13.8 x 21.5 x 1.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567673336

  • ISBN-10

    0567673332

  • Eden Code

    5043367