Outline of Christian Doctrine: An Evangelical Dogmatics
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
In this book -- the most widely used introduction to Christian doctrine in Germany -- Wilfried Harle so distills Protestant Christian teaching as to bring fresh insight both to new students and to experienced readers of systematic theology. Outline of Christian Doctrine, however, is not merely a translation of Harle’s classic German text: Nicholas Sagovsky has entirely adapted the original work to the needs and resources of English-speaking readers.
Biblically rooted, contextually sensitive, alert to philosophical issues, and relevant with respect to debates about the world as we know it today, Harle’s Outline of Christian Doctrine: An Evangelical Dogmatics is an ideal contemporary theology book for both class use and individual study.
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- Distills Protestant Christian teaching.
- Brings fresh insight both to new students and to experienced readers of systematic theology.
- Provides content for class use and individual study.
- Editor’s Introduction
- Preface to the English Edition
- Abbreviations
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. Dogmatics in the Whole Context of Theology as Science
- I. THE ESSENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
- 2. The Question of the Essence of the Christian Faith
- 3. God’s Revelation in Jesus Christ as the Basis of the Christian Faith
- 4. The Bible as Source and Norm of the Christian Faith
- 5. The Church’s Confession of Faith as the Decisive Interpretation of the Christian Faith
- 6. The Present Lifeworld as the Context of the Christian Faith
- II. EXPLICATION OF THE CHRISTIAN UNDERSTANDING OF REALITY
- 7. Knowledge of God and of the World
- Part A: The Christian Understanding of God
- 8. The Being of God (Theo-logy)
- 9. God’s Self-Disclosure in Jesus Christ (Christology)
- 10. The Presence of God as Holy Spirit (Pneumatology)
- 11. The Triune Essence of God (Doctrine of the Trinity)
- Part B: The Christian Faith’s Understanding of the World
- 12. The Created World (Doctrine of Creation)
- 13. The Fallen World (Hamartiology)
- 14. The Reconciled World (Soteriology)
- 15. The Completed World (Eschatology)
- Select Bibliography
- Index of Modern Authors
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Scripture References
This is a work of seasoned and penetrating theological intelligence, and attentive readers will be given much food for thought.
—John Webster in Theology
This English edition of Härle’s Dogmatics, carefully adapted to doing systematic theology in English-speaking contexts, makes the book more widely accessible with all its strengths — commitment to the biblical witnesses, conceptual clarity, and ability to bridge the academy, church, and wider society. . . . Provides an excellent example of what an exposition of Christian doctrine should be in the twenty-first century.
—Christoph Schwöbel, University of Tübingen
The surpassing clarity of the text, its evangelical and intellectual loyalty to the Bible and trinitarian theology, its adherence to the essence of the gospel, and its honest answers to difficult questions all make this inspiring book indispensable for students of theology and mission studies who seek to understand Christian doctrines in a systematic manner.
—Daniel Jeyaraj, Liverpool Hope University
- Title: Outline of Christian Doctrine: An Evangelical Dogmatics
- Author: Wilfried Härle
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2025
- Pages: 603
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subject: Theology, Doctrinal
- ISBNs: 9780802848420, 0802848427
- Resource ID: LLS:TLNCHRSTNDGMTCS
- Resource Type: Systematic Theology
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-10-02T21:54:09Z