Christian faith : an introduction to the study of the faith / [print]
Hendrikus Berkhof ; translated by Sierd Woudstra.
- revisedition. edition.
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : W.B. Eerdman's Pub. Company, (c)1986.
- xxii, 572 pages ; 24 cm.
Translation of: Christelijk geloof.
Introduction. Prolegomena ; Religion ; Faith ; Christian faith ; Study of the Christian faith : motives and essence ; Study of the Christian faith : reach and limits -- Revelation. Internal prolegomena ; Revelation : phenomenological and theological ; The earthly character of revelation ; Revelation and experience ; Revelation and hiddenness ; The duality of revelation : word and spirit ; Revelation as history ; The symbolic language of revelation ; Self-revelation or revelation of truths ; General and special revelation ; Fixation and transmission (Scripture and tradition) ; The provisional character of revelation -- God. Revelation and essence ; Essence and attributes ; Holy love ; The defenseless superior power ; The changeable faithfulness -- Creation. God as creator ; The world as createdness ; Man (I) : love and freedom ; Man (II) : guilt and fate ; The preservation of the world -- Israel. Israel in the Christian faith ; The way of Israel in the Old Testament ; The way of Israel in the New Testament -- Jesus the Son. In search of the historical Jesus ; The person ; Life and humanity ; Death and reconciliation ; Resurrection and glorification ; The spirit and the participation ; The covenant as "Tri-(u)nity" -- The new community. The covenant as community ; The church as institute ; The church as the body of Christ ; The people of God as the firstfruits -- The renewal of man. Man the purpose of God ; Judgment and repentance ; Justification and faith ; Guidance and security ; Justification and sanctification ; Freedom and love ; Dying and rising ; Struggle, progress, and perseverance ; The completed renewal ; Prayer -- The renewal of the world. The place of the world in the faith ; The sanctification of the world ; Progress and struggle ; Ambivalence and victory -- All things new. Christ, the Spirit, and the future ; Individuals, mankind, and the future ; Eternal life.