TH200 Christian Thought: Orthodoxy and Heresy
Overview
In her approachable and relatable teaching style, Dr. Beth Felker Jones explains major doctrines and heresies of the Christian faith. She describes the concepts of divine revelation, the Trinity, the fall, salvation, grace and free will, and the differences between Calvinism and Arminianism. You’ll gain a basic understanding of pneumatology (the study of the Holy Spirit), ecclesiology (the study of the Church), eschatology (the study of end times), and the many related heresies. Additionally, you’ll learn to harmonize Scripture, tradition, experience, and reason in understanding and forming your own theology.
Top Highlights
“The traditional language of the marks of the Church describes the way the Church should be in the world.” (source)
“The word ‘theology’ just comes from a pair of Greek words: theos (meaning ‘God’) and logos, which we’re usually taught to translate ‘study of,’ but in the Greek is something like ‘word’ or ‘speech’ or ‘reason.’” (source)
“Special revelation is revelation that is only available if you have access to that special place where God has made it known. And the most important locus there for us, as Christians, is Scripture. Special revelation refers to God’s self revelation in particulars—in the history of Israel, in the incarnation of Jesus Christ, and then in the Scriptures as testimony to God’s work in Israel and in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.” (source)
“‘Know your disease!’ he says. ‘Know your cure! You were born in sin: therefore, ‘you must be born again,’ born of God. By nature you are wholly corrupted. By grace you shall be wholly renewed.’” (source)
“The rule of faith refers to early creed-like summaries of the faith, which were circulating among Christians at about the same time that the nt texts were written and circulating.” (source)
- Title: TH200 Christian Thought: Orthodoxy and Heresy
- Author: Beth Felker Jones
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Theology, doctrinal; Heresies, Christian › History--Early church; Education › Theology, doctrinal; Education › Heresies, Christian--History--Early church
- Resource ID: LLS:TH200JONES
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T06:15:59Z
Beth Felker Jones (PhD, Duke University) is associate professor of theology at Wheaton College and former assistant professor of Bible and Religion at Huntington University. She is the author of The Marks of His Wounds: Gender Politics and Bodily Resurrection and Practicing Christian Doctrine: An Introduction to Thinking and Living Theologically. Jones is a columnist for the Christian Century and has written articles for publications such as Duke Divinity School's Faith and Leadership and Christianity Today's Her.meneutics blog. She lives in Wheaton, Illinois, with her husband Brian, a United Methodist pastor, and their four children.