| Reviews |
| - 'It is written in an extremely accesible, interesting and fresh style and this combined with its 'safely' othodox but balanced tone will make it a useful aid to assisting a range of people.' - Ray Gaston, Theology November/December 1999
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| Description | | - Part of relaunch of Very Short Introductions series
- An introduction to the questions raised by and about religion in general, with a focus on Christianity
- Suitable for both the student and the general reader
- Part of a cluster of established religion titles in the series (Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism
), and will be reissued to coincide with publication of two new religion titles: The Bible
and The Koran
| | This Very Short Introduction provides both believers and non-believers with a balanced survey of the central questions of contemporary theology. David Ford's interrogative approach draws the reader into considering the principles underlying religious belief, including the centrality of salvation to most major religions, the concept of God in ancient, modern, and postmodern contexts, the
challenge posed to theology by prayer and worship, and the issue of sin and evil. He also proves the nature of experience, knowledge, and wisdom in theology, and discusses what is involved in interpreting theological texts today. |
Readership: Any student planning to read theology/religious studies at degree level, A-level students, or the interested general reader.
| Contents |
Preface; Part I Describing the Field: 1 Introduction: Theology and the Religions in Transformation; 2 Theology and Religious Studies: How is the Field Shaped?; Part II Theological Explorations: 3 Thinking of God; 4 Living before God: Worship, Ethics and Politics; 5 Facing Evil; 6 Jesus Christ; 7 Imagining Salvation; Part III Skills, Disciplines and Methods: 8 Through the Past to the Present: History and Texts; 9 Experience, Reason and Wisdom; Part IV Conclusion: 10 Theology for the Third Millennium.
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
David F. Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge
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| Links to web resources and related information | More in the same subject area:
Christian theology
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