THEOLOGY

Theology

Theology

Introduction

The book “Christian Theology by Alister McGrath” is an introduction to one of the most fascinating subjects that can be studied at all; The Christian theology. Even if a reader do not have any ancient languages ??and theological expressions are familiar, the reader will get after reading a summary of the historical development of theology and its most important teachings and theological discussions can effortlessly follow. The book is both a comprehensive reference to particular periods or topics of theology, which treats each chapter as self-evident unit and includes glossary and index, as well as information on further reading the necessary cross-references and to stimulate further study.

Discussion

Historically, theology is considered the "queen of the sciences." Though the use of this adjective might sound dramatic today, pastors in training agree that the primary basis of Christian theology is essential. Whatever is a pastor-pray, counsel, preach, lead worship sessions - and can, in a meaning, must be understood in terms of theology (Keating, 2005). Whether acknowledged or not, the theological implications are felt in all aspects of pastoral duties. In regard to pastors, it would be an exaggeration to say that theology is the only important, yet nothing else would matter without a theological consciousness.

The first part of the book gives an outline of the eras, themes and people of Christian theology, a second, at about the same extent of information on "sources and methods," while the page is actually the strongest third part of a complete descriptive dogma. From God's teaching on the Trinity, Christology, from anthropology and soteriology, the doctrine of predestination, and from there to the ecclesiology and sacramental theology haste, roams the author and the current topic "Christianity and World Religions" and dismisses his readership finally with eschatology in the existential and collective terminal (McGrath, 2010). ...