Sweeney, Douglas A <br/><br/>
The Substance of Our Faith: Foundations for the History of Christian Doctrine 

 - Grand Rapids, Michigan  Baker Academic  2023 
 - 189p 
<br/><br/>1. Jesus' Promise of the Spirit <br/>Kerygma, Rules of Faith, Canons of Scripture, and the Spirit<br/>Interpreting the Word by the Spirit with the Church<br/>Listening to the Spirit in an Era of Improvement<br/>The Spirit-Bound Body of Christ as "Pillar" and "Bulwark" of Christian Teaching<br/>2. From Every Tribe and Language <br/>Modern Missions, Western Power, and the Rise of "the Global South"<br/>But the Church Has Always Been Global<br/>The Promise and the Peril of Postcolonial Christian Teaching<br/>Teaching the Christian Faith across Both Time and Space<br/>3. Doctrine as Church Teaching for the Shaping of Faith<br/>and Practice<br/>What Is Christian Doctrine?<br/>How Is Doctrine Devised?<br/>Should Doctrine Ever Be Revised? How So? And by Whom?<br/>Why Does Any of This Matter?<br/>4. Teaching in, with, and under the Christian Church <br/>"Constructive Theology" and Its Liberating Pedagogy<br/>"Retrieval Theology" and Its Classical Instruction<br/>Ressourcement Revisited<br/>"Free Church Theologies" in Search of Deeper Roots<br/>Late-Modern Work on the Concept of Tradition<br/>Thinking in, with, and under the Christian Church 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801048463 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>D54  / SW350