TY - BOOK AU - Ezigbo,Victor I. TI - Introducing Christian theologies: voices from global Christian communities SN - 9780718844752 AV - BT765 .E95 2016eb U1 - 230 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Cambridge PB - The Lutterworth Press KW - Theology, Doctrinal KW - Textbooks KW - Globalization KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - RELIGION / Christian Theology / Systematic KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION / Christianity / General KW - Electronic books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; Front cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Preliminary Issues in Christian Theology; Defining Christian Theology; Theology and Faith; Tasks of Theology; Theology and God; Theology's Nature; Theology and the Theologian; Theology and Method; Theology and Orthodoxy; Disciplines of Theology; Diversity, Unity, and Theology; Concluding Reflections; Key Terms; Review Questions; Suggestions for Further Reading; 2. God's Revelation; Possibility of Knowing God; Description of God's Revelation; Nature of God's Revelation; Accessibility of God's RevelationPurpose of God's Revelation; Concluding Reflections; Key Terms; Review Questions; Suggestions for Further Reading; 3. Christian Scripture; Characteristics of the Bible; Canonicity of the Bible; Authority of Scripture; Concluding Reflections; Key Terms; Review Questions; Suggestions for Further Reading; 4. Trinity: The Christian God; Imagining the Trinity; Trinity and the Bible; Models of the Doctrine of the Trinity; Theological Implications of the Doctrine of the Trinity; Concluding Reflections; Key Terms; Review Questions; Suggestions for Further Reading; 5. Jesus ChristDefining Christology; Centrality of Christology; Christological Approaches; Portraits of Jesus Christ in the New Testament; Doctrine of the Incarnation; Key Terms; Review Questions; Suggestions for Further Reading; 6. Holy Spirit; Portraits of the Holy Spirit in the Bible; Identity of the Holy Spirit; Holy Spirit's Relationship with Jesus Christ; Key Terms; Review Questions; Suggestions for Further Reading; 7. Divine Providence; Ideas of Divine Providence; Creation as God's Providential Act; God's Foreknowledge and Human Freedom; Providence and the Problem of Evil; Key Terms; Review QuestionsSuggestions for Further Reading; Bibliography; Back cover N2 - The first part of a two volume textbook that seeks to broaden the study of Christian theology in the West by opening it up to the contributions of the theologians of Africa, Asia and Latin America UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1351994 ER -