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Ausgabe:

Mai/2021

Spalte:

463–464

Kategorie:

Systematische Theologie: Dogmatik

Autor/Hrsg.:

Thompson, Geoff

Titel/Untertitel:

Christian Doctrine. A Guide for the Per-plexed.

Verlag:

London u. a.: Bloomsbury T & T Clark 2020. 188 S. = Guides for the Perplexed. Kart. US$ £ 19,99. ISBN 9780567673336.

Rezensent:

Risto Saarinen

Geoff Thompson teaches systematic theology at Pilgrim Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. His book is published in Bloomsbury Guides for the Perplexed, a series of basic textbooks targeted for undergraduates. The most extensive chapter 2 (27–81) deals with Origen, Augustine, Peter Lombard, Thomas Aquinas, Catherine of Siena, John Calvin, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Karl Barth, Karl Rahner, and Sarah Coakley. Other chapters treat the origin, forms, and functions of Christian doctrine, its relationship to Bible and truth, as well as the renewal of doctrine and its social imaginary. The entire textbook consists of 150 pages, not counting the notes and bibliography. Therefore, each topic is discussed very briefly and Greek, Latin, and German linguistic background is for the most part ...


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