TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grenz,Stanley J.
TI  - Theology for the community of God
SN  - 9780802847553
AV  - BT75.G828.T446 2000 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - W.B. Eerdmans
KW  - Theology, Doctrinal
KW  - Evangelicalism
N1  - Originally published: Nashville : Broadman and Holman, 1994; 1 and indexes; Introduction --; The nature and task of theology --; The theological task -- [Part I. Theology: the doctrine of God -- 1. The God who is --; The reality of God in an era of atheism --; Knowledge of God in an era of agnosticism -- 2. The triune God --; Trinitarian doctrine in theological history --; The formulation of trinitarian doctrine --; The theological implications of trinitarian doctrine --; Trinitarian doctrine and Christian life -- 3. The relational God --; The nature of the relational God --; The divine attributes -- 4. The creator God --; God as the creator of the world --; God as the providential administrator of the world -- [Part II. Anthropology: the doctrine of humanity -- 5. The human identity and our origin in God --; Our place in creation -- "Openness to the world" and general revelation --; God as our origin --; Our temporal origin -- 6. Our nature as persons destined for community --; Our ontological nature --; Humans as the image of God -- 7. Sin: the destruction of community --; The nature of sin --; Original sin --; The results of sin: our human situation -- 8. Our spiritual co-creatures --; The nature of the spiritual realities --; Angelology and structures of existence --; The demonic and superstition --; [Part III. Christology: the doctrine of Christ -- 9. The fellowship of Jesus the Christ with God --; Implications: Jesus as one with God -- 10. The fellowship of Jesus the Christ with humankind --; Jesus as a human --; Jesus as the true human --; Jesus as the universal human -- 11. The fellowship of deity and humanity in Jesus --; Jesus as divine and human --; The incarnation --; The virgin birth -- 12. The mission of Jesus --; The vocation of the earthly Jesus --; The atonement and the mission of Jesus --; The ongoing work of Christ -- [Part IV. Pneumatology: the doctrine of the Holy Spirit -- 13. The identity of the Holy Spirit --; The Spirit in salvation history --; The Spirit in the trinitarian life -- 14. The Spirit and the scriptures --; The Spirit as the foundation of scripture --; The task of the Spirit speaking through scripture --; The Bible and revelation --; Biblical authority -- 15. The dynamic of conversion --; The divine aspect of conversion --; The community aspect of conversion -- 16. Individual salvation: the wider perspective --; The process of salvation --; The eternal context of salvation --; [Part V. Ecclesiology: the doctrine of the church -- 17. The church - the eschatalogical covenant community --; The church as a covenant people --; The church as the sign of the kingdom --; The church as community -- 18. The ministry of the community --; The purpose of the church --; The mandate of the church -- (c)19. Community acts of commitment --; Acts of commitment and the church --; Baptism: the seal of our identity --; The Lord's supper: reaffirming our identity -- (c)20. The organization for community life --; Membership in the community --; Community structure --; Leadership for the community --; Ordination by the community -- [Part Virgin Islands] Eschatology: the doctrine of last things 21. The consummation of personal existence --; The significance of death --; Overcoming death in the resurrection --; Hope in the face of death -- 22. The consummation of history --; The meaning of history --; The presence of community in and beyond history --; the climax of history -- 23. The consumation of God's cosmic program --; The transition from creation to new creation --; The dark side of the judgment --; The new creation -- 24. The significance of eschatology --; Eschatology as insight into the present --; Eschatology as God's call in the present --; Eschatology as insight for living; 2
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