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Saving and Secular Faith

An Invitation to Systematic Theology
  • ISBN-13: 9780800628505
  • Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
    Imprint: AUGSBURG BOOKS
  • By B. A. Gerrish
  • Price: AUD $43.99
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  • Local release date: 09/01/2000
  • Format: Paperback (216.00mm X 140.00mm) 168 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Religion: general [HRA]Christian theology [HRCM]
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What does it mean to live by faith? Answers are more elusive than ever. Beginning with a rich discussion of the Reformation legacy, historian-theologian B.A. Gerrish responds that if we release our thinking from sectarian, partisan lenses, we find that faith denotes a multitude of impulsestrust, doubt, fidelity, and confidenceand is a fundamental human posture. It undergirds not only "saving" faith but also "secular" varieties in other religious traditionsand even outside religions. We all literally live by faith in every phase of our lives. Gerrish's prolegomenon to theology goes on to ask what then is the use of belief? How, in fact, do we come to faith? And how are religious and secular faith related, especially in relation to Jesus Christ?Gerrish opens up the notion of faith to encompass the "discovery of personal meaning in one's existence" and the theological drive to articulate the deepest drives of the human self.
B. A. Gerrish is Distinguished Professor of Theology at union Theological Seminary, Virginia, and John Nuveen Professor of Historical Theology Emeritus at the Divinity School, University of Chicago. Among his many influential publications are A Prince of the Church(1984), and Grace and Gratitude(1993), both from Fortress Press.
Preface Saving Faith "Belief" and "Trust" in the New Testament "Assent" in Thomas Aquinas "Confidence" in Martin Luther "Recognition" in John Calvin Secular Faith Faith and Religion The Search for Meaning Stages of Faith Faith and Inclusive Meaning The Justification of Faith The Lost Virtue of Believing Existential Belief: The World as Order Practical Belief: The World Order as Moral The Confession of Faith Creeds and Confessional Pluralism A Confessing Church A Confessional Theology The Doctrine of Faith The Shape of Christian Dogmatics Dogmatic Theology in the University and the Church Faith and Jesus Christ Christology at the Crossroad The Christ of Faith Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
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