A theology in outline : can these bones live?

153 Pages·2016·1.06 MB·English

by  ed.), Robert W. Jenson, Adam Eitel (trans.

A T H E O L O G Y I N  O U T L I N E
A THEOLOGY IN OUTLINE
Can Tese Bones Live?
Robert W. Jenson
Transcribed, edited, and introduced
by Adam Eitel
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Names: Jenson, Robert W.
Title: A theology in outline : can these bones live? / Robert W. Jenson ;
transcribed, edited, and introduced by Adam Eitel.
Description: New York : Oxford University Press, 2016. | Includes
bibliographical references.
Identifers: LCCN 2015035941 | ISBN 978–0–19–021459–3 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Teology, Doctrinal.
Classifcation: LCC BT80 .J46 2016 | DDC 230—dc23 LC record available at
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C O N T E N T S
Preface vii
Introduction 1
1. What Is Teology? 6
2. Israel 13
3. Jesus and Resurrection 26
4. Te Triune God 40
5. Creation 52
6. Te Image of God 63
7. Sin and Salvation 72
8. Church 88
9. Can Tese Bones Live? 103
Comprehensive Bibliography of Works
by Robert Jenson 117
Index 135
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P R E F A C E
Robert W. Jenson
Adam Eitel’s Introduction leaves aside two things he could not
do and that I must do now. One is to thank him. Te idea for
this book was his, the impetus was his, and he did almost all
the labor. I am very grateful. Indeed I am honored that someone
with such theological talent should have devoted so much of his
time and his energy to my work.
Te second thing I must do is to refect on what I was trying
to do in the lectures on which this book is based. Te title of
the book— A Teology in Outline—d oes not quite capture what
I was trying to give the undergraduates who attended those lec-
tures. I  think the best word for what I wanted to give them is
“taste”: I wanted them to taste a bit of Christian theology, that
unaccustomed food, in hopes that they might fnd it savory.
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