| Description |
1 online resource (x, 330 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction: Mapping Theologies of Scripture; Part I: Patristic and Medieval; 1 Patristic and Medieval Theologies of Scripture: An Introduction; 2 Origen; 3 St. Augustine; 4 St. Thomas Aquinas; Part II: Reformation and Counter-Reformation; 5 Theologies of Scripture in the Reformation and Counter-Reformation; 6 Martin Luther; 7 John Calvin; 8 Scripture and Theology in Early Modern Catholicism; Part III: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; 10 Friedrich Schleiermacher; 11 Karl Barth; 12 Hans Urs von Balthasar; 13 Hans Frei; Part IV: Contextual Theologies of Scripture |
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14 Tradition and Traditions: Scripture, Christian Praxes, and Politics15 Scripture, Feminism, and Sexuality; 16 Scripture in the African-American Christian Tradition; 17 Postmodern Scripture; About the Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
All religious traditions that ground themselves in texts must grapple with certain questions concerning the texts' authority. Yet there has been much debate within Christianity concerning the nature of scripture and how it should be understood--a debate that has gone on for centuries. Christian Theologies of Scripture traces what the theological giants have said about scripture from the early days of Christianity until today. It incorporates diverse discussions about the nature of scripture, its authority, and its interpretation, providing a guide to the variety of views about the Bible through |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013621
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Bible. fast (OCoLC)fst01356024 |
| Subject |
Theology, Doctrinal -- History.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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Theology, Doctrinal.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Holcomb, Justin S., 1973- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780814790960 |
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0814790968 |
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