Intro -- Praise for previous editions of The Christian Theology Reader -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Approaching the Readings -- To the Student: How to Use This Book -- To the Teacher: How to Use This Book -- Video Resources for This Textbook -- The Development of Christian Theology: An Historical Overview -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Getting Started: Preliminaries -- Introduction -- 1.1 Justin Martyr on Philosophy and Theology -- 1.2 Clement of Alexandria on Philosophy and Theology -- 1.3 Tertullian on the Relationship between Philosophy and Heresy
1.4 Augustine of Hippo on Philosophy and Theology -- 1.5 The Nicene Creed -- 1.6 The Apostles' Creed -- 1.7 Anselm of Canterbury's Proof for the Existence of God -- 1.8 Gaunilo's Reply to Anselm's Argument -- 1.9 Thomas Aquinas on Proofs for the Existence of God -- 1.10 Thomas Aquinas on the Principle of Analogy -- 1.11 William of Ockham on Proofs for the Existence of God -- 1.12 Martin Luther on the Theology of the Cross -- 1.13 John Calvin on the Nature of Faith -- 1.14 The Heidelberg Catechism on Images of God -- 1.15 John Locke on the Formation of the Concept of God
1.16 René Descartes on the Existence of God -- 1.17 Blaise Pascal on Proofs for the Existence of God -- 1.18 Blaise Pascal on the Hiddenness of God -- 1.19 Immanuel Kant on Anselm's Ontological Argument -- 1.20 Søren Kierkegaard on the Subjectivity of Truth -- 1.21 The First Vatican Council on Faith and Reason -- 1.22 John Henry Newman on the Grounds of Faith -- 1.23 Adolf Von Harnack on the Origins of Dogma -- 1.24 Karl Barth on the Nature and Task of Theology -- 1.25 Ludwig Wittgenstein on Analogy -- 1.26 Ludwig Wittgenstein on Proofs for the Existence of God
1.27 Vladimir Lossky on Apophatic Approaches to Theology -- 1.28 Dietrich Bonhoeffer on God in a Secular World -- 1.29 Paul Tillich on the Method of Correlation -- 1.30 Ian T. Ramsey on the Language of Christian Doctrine -- 1.31 Sallie McFague on Metaphor in Theology -- 1.32 Gustavo Gutiérrez on Theology as Critical Reflection -- 1.33 Brian A. Gerrish on Accommodation in Calvin's Theology -- 1.34 George Lindbeck on Postliberal Approaches to Doctrine -- 1.35 Dumitru Stăniloae on the Nature of Dogma -- 1.36 Kevin Vanhoozer on the Challenge of Postmodernity for Theology
1.37 John Polkinghorne on Motivated Belief in Theology -- 1.38 Pope Francis on Faith and Truth in Theology and the Church -- For Further Reading -- Chapter 2: The Sources of Theology -- Introduction -- 2.1 Melito of Sardis on Typology and Old Testament Interpretation -- 2.2 Irenaeus of Lyons on the Role of Tradition -- 2.3 Hippolytus on Typological Interpretation of Scripture -- 2.4 Clement of Alexandria on the Fourfold Interpretation of Scripture -- 2.5 Tertullian on Tradition and Apostolic Succession -- 2.6 Origen on the Three Ways of Reading Scripture
