The Christian faith : a systematic theology for pilgrims on the way / Michael Horton.

Includes bibliographies and index.

part 1: Knowing God: the presuppositions of theology -- Dissonant dramas: paradigms for knowing God and the world -- The character of theology: a theoretical or a practical science? -- The source of theology: revelation -- Scripture as covenant canon -- The Bible and the church: from Scripture to system -- part 2: God who lives -- God: the incommunicable attributes -- God: the communicable attributes -- The Holy Trinity -- part 3: God who creates -- The decree: Trinity and predestination -- Creation: God's time for us -- Providence: God's care for all he has made -- Being human -- The fall of humanity -- part 4: God who rescues -- The person of Christ -- The state of humiliation: Christ's threefold office -- The state of exaltation: the Servant who is Lord -- part 5: God who reigns in grace -- Called to be saints: Christ's presence in the Spirit -- Union with Christ -- Forensic aspects of union with Christ: justification and adoption -- The way forward in grace: sanctification and perseverance -- The hope of glory: "those whom he justified he also glorified" (Ro 8:30) -- The kingdom of grace and the New Covenant church -- Word and sacrament: the means of grace -- Baptism and the Lord's Supper -- The attributes of the church: unity, catholicity, and holiness -- Apostolicity: a fellowship of receivers and deliverers -- part 6: God who reigns in glory -- A dwelling place -- The return of Christ and the last judgment -- The last battle and life everlasting.

" Michael Horton's highly anticipated The Christian faith represents his magnum opus and will be viewed as one of--if not the--most important systematic theologies since Louis Berkhof wrote his in 1932. Professor Horton, a prolific, award-winning author and theologian, views this volume as a doctrine that can be preached, experienced, and lived, as well as understood, clarified, and articulated.' It is written for a growing cast of pilgrims making their way together and will be especially welcomed by professors, pastors, students, and armchair theologians. Features of this volume include (1) a brief synopsis of biblical passages that inform a particular doctrine; (2) surveys of past and current theologies with contemporary emphasis on exegetical, philosophical, practical, and theological questions; (3) substantial interaction with various Christian movements within the Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodoxy traditions, as well as the hermeneutical issues raised by postmodernity; and (4) charts, sidebars, questions for discussion, and an extensive bibliography, divided into different entry levels and topics"--Publisher description.