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The fourth edition of The Christian Theological Tradition provides
students with essential theological knowledge of key persons and
events of the Bible and the Christian faith, and of Christianity's
multifaceted encounter with Western culture. Historically arranged,
the textbook addresses major theological themes such as revelation,
God, Jesus Christ, Creation, salvation, and the church. The
textbook deals with the entire Christian tradition from an
orientation that is both Catholic and ecumenical, with the fourth
edition including expanded coverage of modern Protestant
Christianity. The Christian Theological Tradition has been
thoroughly revised and updated with nine new or rewritten chapters,
including: A new section on the reception of the Second Vatican
Council, including the pontificate of Pope Francis. A new treatment
of contemporary developments in liberation and environmental
theology. A new examination of the relationship between science and
Christianity. An entirely rewritten treatment of Islam that focuses
on the ways in which the Christian tradition has historically
understood and responded to Islam. A new discussion of the "New
Atheism," with theological responses to this influential movement.
New textboxes on aspects of religious life, such as liturgy,
prayer, art, moral teaching, and social institutions, appropriate
to given chapters. With the assistance of images and maps, key
words, and recommended reading, this textbook outlines the methods
for Christian theology and demonstrates the relevance of the
Christian theological tradition for our contemporary world. This is
an ideal resource for students of theology, biblical studies, or
religious studies, and anyone wanting an accessible and
comprehensive introduction to the Christian theological tradition.
The fourth edition of The Christian Theological Tradition provides
students with essential theological knowledge of key persons and
events of the Bible and the Christian faith, and of Christianity's
multifaceted encounter with Western culture. Historically arranged,
the textbook addresses major theological themes such as revelation,
God, Jesus Christ, Creation, salvation, and the church. The
textbook deals with the entire Christian tradition from an
orientation that is both Catholic and ecumenical, with the fourth
edition including expanded coverage of modern Protestant
Christianity. The Christian Theological Tradition has been
thoroughly revised and updated with nine new or rewritten chapters,
including: A new section on the reception of the Second Vatican
Council, including the pontificate of Pope Francis. A new treatment
of contemporary developments in liberation and environmental
theology. A new examination of the relationship between science and
Christianity. An entirely rewritten treatment of Islam that focuses
on the ways in which the Christian tradition has historically
understood and responded to Islam. A new discussion of the "New
Atheism," with theological responses to this influential movement.
New textboxes on aspects of religious life, such as liturgy,
prayer, art, moral teaching, and social institutions, appropriate
to given chapters. With the assistance of images and maps, key
words, and recommended reading, this textbook outlines the methods
for Christian theology and demonstrates the relevance of the
Christian theological tradition for our contemporary world. This is
an ideal resource for students of theology, biblical studies, or
religious studies, and anyone wanting an accessible and
comprehensive introduction to the Christian theological tradition.
In this study, Mark McInroy argues that the 'spiritual senses' play
a crucial yet previously unappreciated role in the theological
aesthetics of Hans Urs von Balthasar. The doctrine of the spiritual
senses typically claims that human beings can be made capable of
perceiving non-corporeal, 'spiritual' realities. After a lengthy
period of disuse, Balthasar recovers the doctrine in the
mid-twentieth century and articulates it afresh in his theological
aesthetics. At the heart of this project stands the task of
perceiving the absolute beauty of the divine form through which God
is revealed to human beings. Although extensive scholarly attention
has focused on Balthasar's understanding of revelation, beauty, and
form, what remains curiously under-studied is his model of the
perceptual faculties through which one beholds the form that God
reveals. McInroy claims that Balthasar draws upon the tradition of
the spiritual senses in order to develop the means through which
one perceives the 'splendour' of divine revelation. McInroy further
argues that, in playing this role, the spiritual senses function as
an indispensable component of Balthasar's unique, aesthetic
resolution to the high-profile debates in modern Catholic theology
between Neo-Scholastic theologians and their opponents. As a third
option between Neo-Scholastic 'extrinsicism', which arguably
insists on the authority of revelation to the point of disaffecting
the human being, and 'immanentism', which reduces God's revelation
to human categories in the name of relevance, McInroy proposes that
Balthasar's model of spiritual perception allows one to be both
delighted and astounded by the glory of God's revelation.
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