Outline of Christian Doctrine An Evangelical Dogmatics

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Dogmatics in the whole context of Theology as science .....3 To clarify the term science .........4 The self-understanding of Theology .......9 Theology and science ...........13 The place and Function of Dogmatics within the whole Corpus of Theology ..22 The Structure of Dogmatics ..............31 I. The essence of the christian Faith 2. The question of the Essence of the Christian Faith ........37 3. God`s Revelation in Jesus Christ as the Basis of the Christian Faith ..........63 The concept of Revelation ..........63 Jesus christ as God`s Revelation ................69 God`s Revelation outside of Jesus Christ ?.............75 Christianity`s So-called Claim Absoluteness...........80 4. The bible as Source and Norm of the Christian Faith ....88 5. The church`s Confession of Faith as the Decisive interpretation of the Christian Faith ...........113 The present lifeworld as the Context of the christian faith ........139 II. Explication of the Christian Understanding of Reality 7. Knowledge of God and of the World......165 Part A: The Christian Understanding of God 8. The being of God ........195 9. God`s Self-Disclosure in Jesus Christ ........254 10. The presence of God as Holy Spirit.......303 11. The triune Essence of God ..........322 Part B: The Christian faith`s Understanding of the World 12. The created world ..........345 13. The Fallen world ........388 14. The reconciled World .....419 15. The completed world ........486