Rethinking Fundamental Theology Toward a New Fundamental Theology

includes index and biblioraphy

Apologetics and fundamental theology Terms and boundaries Themes for fundamental theology A coda: the contribution of Bernard Lonergan 2. Faith in a Personal God The divine attributes Special divine activity The existence of God Approaches to the God-question Conclusion 3. The Human Condition Four possible visions Homo experiens Religious experience 4. General and Special Revelation General revelation General revelation and faith Special revelation Means of revelation Word and event Mediators of special revelation Discerning the prophetic experience True and false prophets Conclusion 5. Jesus the Fullness of Revelation 96 The fourfold witness to the historical Jesus 97 The preaching of the kingdom: parables and miracles 106 The kingdom in person 114 The Trinity revealed? 120 Revelation past, present, and future 128 6. The Crucified and Resurrected Revealer 136 Revelation through the cross 138 Revelation through the resurrection 144 A case for the resurrection 146 The meaning of the claim 147 The Easter appearances 149 The discovery of the empty tomb 154 Novelties to explain 156 The resurrection as revealing 159 7. The Faith that Responds to Revelation 166 Three Positions 168 A narrative theology of faith 179 Some conclusions 188 8. Tradition and the Traditions 190 The human reality of tradition 192 Christian tradition 194 Toward an ecumenical convergence? 196 Discerning the tradition within the traditions 207 Revelation, tradition, and Scripture 212 9. Revelation, the Bible, and Inspiration 216 The formation of the Bible 216 The use of the Bible 220 The inspiration of the Bible 223 The function of inspiration 231 10. The Truth, Canon, and Interpretation of the Bible 234 The saving truth of the Bible 234 The canon of Scriptures 244 Interpreting the Bible 253 A coda: hearing the word 261 11. The Founding of the Church 265 The founder of the Church 268 The call of the Twelve 275 Any time for the Church? 278 The early Church 279 Early leadership 283 Into the second century 287 The kingdom and the Church 291 12. World Religions and Christ the Revealer and Saviour 292 Two preliminaries 293 The doctrinal background 294 The universal presence of Christ 298 Christ`s universal presence and the religious 303 The transformation of Christ 307 The permanence of Christ`s humanity 308 The universal presence of the Holy Spirit 311 The faith of others and the Church 317 A coda: the omnipresence of the risen Christ 319 13. Theological Styles and Methods 322 Three styles of theology 323 Risks and possibilities 329 Some guidelines 331