The Mosaic of Christian Belief: Twenty Centuries of Unity and DiversityIn The Mosaic of Christian Belief Roger E. Olson thematically traces the contours of Christian belief down through the ages, revealing a pattern of both unity and diversity. He finds a consensus of teaching that is both unitive and able to incorporate a faithful diversity when not forced into the molds of false either-or alternatives. The mosaic that emerges from Olson's work, now updated throughout and with a new chapter on the Holy Spirit, displays a mediating evangelical theology that is irenic in spirit and tone. Olson, writing with nonspecialists in mind, has masterfully sketched out the contours of the Great Tradition of the Christian faith with simplicity while avoiding oversimplification. |
Contents
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The Need for a BothAnd Theology | 11 |
Unity and Diversity | 29 |
One and Many | 50 |
Universal and Particular | 71 |
Divine Word and Human Words | 90 |
Great and Good | 112 |
Objective and Subjective | 272 |
Gift and Task | 294 |
Visible and Invisible | 317 |
Continuity and Discontinuity | 337 |
Already and Not Yet | 362 |
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Praise for the First Edition of The Mosaic of Christian Belief | 397 |
Three and One | 134 |
Good and Fallen | 157 |
Limited and Detailed | 179 |
Essentially Good and Existentially Estranged | 201 |
God and Man | 226 |
Divine Person and Power | 247 |
About the Author | 398 |
Other Books by Roger E Olson | 399 |
More Titles from InterVarsity Press | 400 |
IVP Academic Textbook Selector | 401 |
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The Mosaic of Christian Belief: Twenty Centuries of Unity & Diversity Roger E. Olson Limited preview - 2002 |
The Mosaic of Christian Belief: Twenty Centuries of Unity and Diversity Roger E. Olson Limited preview - 2016 |
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