Faith seeking understanding : essays theological and critical / [print]
by Robert E. Cushman.
- Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press, (c)1981.
- xv, 373 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Historical studies -- Faith and reason in the thought of St. Augustine -- Greek and Christian views of time -- Humanism secular and Christian -- Theological landmarks of the Wesleyan revival -- Salvation for all, John Wesley and Calvinism -- A study of freedom and grace in response to recent interpretation of the gospel ethic -- Contemporary theology in review -- Barth's attack upon Cartesianism and the future in theology -- Christology or ecclesiology?: a critical examination of the Christology of John Knox -- The Incarnation, a symbol of what?: an inquiry into the Christology of Rudolf Bultman -- The doctrine of God and man in the light of Barth's pneumatology -- Ecumenism and some currents of theology today -- Aspects of Christian doctrine -- Worship as acknowledgment -- Biblical election as sacred history -- Reconciliation, yesterday and today -- A Protestant understanding of the Lord's Supper -- Considerations basic to revised theological method in Protestant theology -- The Ecumenical movement: witness and reflections -- The Lund Conference: the dilemma of ecumenists -- Reflections on Vatican II, the second session -- Ecumenism, a crisis of decision: Vatican II, the third session -- Roman Catholic renewal and Vatican Council II: a Protestant observer's view -- Doctrinal standards and the ecumenical task today -- A case-study in ecumenism: fifty years of theology at Duke.