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100 _aSweeney, Douglas A
245 _aThe Substance of Our Faith: Foundations for the History of Christian Doctrine
260 _aGrand Rapids, Michigan
_bBaker Academic
_c2023
300 _a189p
505 _a1. Jesus' Promise of the Spirit Kerygma, Rules of Faith, Canons of Scripture, and the Spirit Interpreting the Word by the Spirit with the Church Listening to the Spirit in an Era of Improvement The Spirit-Bound Body of Christ as "Pillar" and "Bulwark" of Christian Teaching 2. From Every Tribe and Language Modern Missions, Western Power, and the Rise of "the Global South" But the Church Has Always Been Global The Promise and the Peril of Postcolonial Christian Teaching Teaching the Christian Faith across Both Time and Space 3. Doctrine as Church Teaching for the Shaping of Faith and Practice What Is Christian Doctrine? How Is Doctrine Devised? Should Doctrine Ever Be Revised? How So? And by Whom? Why Does Any of This Matter? 4. Teaching in, with, and under the Christian Church "Constructive Theology" and Its Liberating Pedagogy "Retrieval Theology" and Its Classical Instruction Ressourcement Revisited "Free Church Theologies" in Search of Deeper Roots Late-Modern Work on the Concept of Tradition Thinking in, with, and under the Christian Church
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