A Theology of Word and Spirit: Authority Method in Theology

Donald G. Bloesch

InterVarsity Press, Aug 1, 2005 - Religion - 336 pages

Recipient of a Christianity Today Critics Choice Award

In the inaugural volume of his seven-volume systematic theology, Christian Foundations, Donald Bloesch surveys his method. His approach is conversant with up-to-the-minute theological concerns but also vitally grounded in the Reformation emphasis on biblical revelation illumined by the Holy Spirit.

In A Theology of Word Spirit Bloesch draws out the contemporary implications of the biblically founded theology of Augustine, Luther, Calvin and Barth. He also offers fresh and faithful discussions of relativism, the present church conflict over biblical authority, fideism and rationalism, feminine-gender language for God, narrative theology, and the hermeneutical problem.

Harvesting the fruit of a lifetime of devoted scholarship and passionate dialogue, Bloesch offers his assessments and reflections at a time of extraordinary change and challenge. In A Theology of Word Spirit he points the way toward a confessional theology for the 21st century.

Contents

• Introduction: 16
• The Theological Malaise: 25
• Faith and Philosophy: 34
• Theological Language 290: 67
• Toward the Renewal of Theology: 107
• Natural Theology: 143
• Rethinking Theological Authority: 184
• The Communication of the Gospel: 212
• Theology at the Crossroads: 250
• Notes: 273
• Index of Names: 329
• Index of Scripture: 335

About the author

Donald G. Bloesch (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is professor of theology emeritus at Dubuque Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. He has written numerous books, including Essentials of Evangelical Theology, The Future of Evangelical Christianity, The Struggle of Prayer and Freedom for Obedience. He is also a past president of the Midwest Division of the American Theological Society.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Theology of Word and Spirit: Authority Method in Theology; Christian Foundations
• Author: Donald G. Bloesch
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: InterVarsity Press, 2005
• ISBN: 083082751X, 9780830827510
• Length: 336 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christian Theology / Systematic