Integrative Theology, Volume 1: Knowing Ultimate Reality: The Living God
Overview
Historical, biblical, systematic, and practical—Integrative Theology helps students in a pluralistic world utilize a standard method of fruitful research. Originally a three volume set, this resource combines all three volumes, unabridged, into one. Each chapter covers a major doctrine, stating a classic issue of ultimate concern, surveying alternative past and present answers, and testing those proposals against the Bible. From here, each chapter formulates a doctrinal conclusion that consistently fits the many lines of biblical data, defends that conviction, and explores the conclusion’s relevance to spiritual growth and service to others. In short, Integrative Theology weaves together the disciplines of historical, biblical, systematic, apologetic, and practical theology—all for the glory of God.
Top Highlights
“The approach we call integrative theology involves six successive stages. The first involves identification of the problem under consideration.” (Page 7)
“3. The meaning of a sentence is the one most coherent with the writer’s own context.” (Page 30)
“Question: Should the problem addressed in the first section of each chapter focus more directly on the urgent cultural problems of our times?” (Page 9)
“6. Extensive passages on a subject take priority for theological purposes over brief allusions.” (Page 31)
“Integrative theology seeks to be human, not humanistic; person-related, not merely relational; situation-related, not situation-bound; biblical, not biblicistic; subjective, not subjectivistic; historically related, not culture-bound or historicistic; verifiable, not positivistic; experience-related, not experience-bound; critically realistic, not naïvely realistic; rational, not rationalistic; classically relevant, not relativistic; normative, not merely descriptive; presuppositionally conscious, not uncritical; scientific, not scientistic; assertive, not arbitrary; systematic, not omniscient; coherent, not fully comprehended; substantially viable, not liveable to perfection in this life.” (Page 40)
- Title: Integrative Theology, Volume 1: Knowing Ultimate Reality: The Living God
- Authors: Gordon Lewis, Bruce A. Demarest
- Series: Integrative Theology
- Volume: 1
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Print Publication Date: 1987
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Theology, doctrinal; Theology › Methodology
- ISBNs: 9780310515586, 9780310521075, 0310392306, 0310515580, 0310521076, 9780310392309
- Resource ID: LLS:NTGRTVTH3VLMST1
- Resource Type: Systematic Theology
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:55:42Z