The Survivor's Guide to Theology

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Acknowledgements 15

1. Who needs Theology Anyway? 17

PART I: ON BEING A THEOLOGIAN

2. The Theologian’s Contradictory Job Description 25

3. How do We Know? Epistemology, History, and Truth 71

4. Sources and Authority in Theology 109

5. Doctrinal Taxonomy: Are All Doctrines of Equal Importance? 143

6. Hardening of the Categories: Why Theologians Have Opposed

“New Knowledge” 177

7. The Divisions of Theological Study 203

PART II: Theological Systems

8. O rthodoxy ` 239

9. Roman Catholicism 257

10. Lutheranism 285

11. Reformed Theology (Calvinism) 305

12. Wesleyan-Arminian Theology 345

13. Dispensationalism 373

14. Liberalism 397

15. Neoorthodoxy 419

16. Liberation Theology 449

PART III: SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE AND TERMS

17. Biographical Sketches of Major Theologians and Philosophers 473

18. A Brief Dictionary of Theological and Philosophical Terms 543

Appendix: A Suggested Approach to Finding Answers 581

Bibliographic Resources for the Study of Theology 587

Names Index 629

Subject Index v 631