What Is Theology?

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"What is Christian theology? Is it, as some might claim, based on faith in such a way that it has no proper place alongside other academic disciplines? Or is it, as others might complain, about certain forms of it, so open an enquiry that it is liable to undermine the living reality of faith? The status of theology is what lies behind this book. It is not an outline of Christian theology or a handbook of Christian belief--but an account of the issues involved in its study. In the first half of the book these issues are approached from then inside, by looking at the way in which the various aspects of theology are studied--the Bible, Church history, doctrine, the philosophy of religion. The second half describes their relationship with other disciplines and shows how developments in the natural sciences, psychology, sociology, and history modify and inform the work of the theologian." - Publisher