TY - BOOK AU - Berkhof,H. TI - Christian faith: an introduction to the study of the faith SN - 9780802836229 AV - BT75 PY - 1986/// CY - Grand Rapids, Michigan PB - W.B. Eerdman's Pub. Company KW - Theology, Doctrinal N1 - Translation of: Christelijk geloof; 1 and indexes; 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; 2 ER -