making sense of Christian doctrine Brümmer, Vincent. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. enk Aldershot, England Burlington, VT Ashgate c2005 2005 monographic eng

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vii, 125 p. ; 24 cm. The intelligibility of Christian doctrine -- Mysteries and puzzles -- The limits of metaphorical thinking -- The puzzles of metaphorical thinking -- Theology and the puzzles of doctrine -- Fellowship with God : the matrix of faith -- Ultimate happiness and fellowship with God -- Rich and famous -- Human love -- Divine love -- Unhappiness as estrangement from God -- Estrangement and reconciliation -- Estrangement -- Reconciliation -- The price of reconciliation -- Divine forgiveness -- Change of heart -- The matrix of faith -- Christian doctrine : interpreting the matrix -- The doctrine of atonement -- A point of departure -- Patristic ideas on atonement -- The universal and the particular -- Penal substitution -- Atonement as reconciliation -- The doctrine of Christology -- Atonement and Christology -- Natures or functions? -- Reconciliation and the divinity of Christ -- Reconciliation and the humanity of Christ -- The doctrine of the Trinity -- Atonement and the Trinity -- Social trinitarianism -- Latin trinitarianism -- Dialogue and the matrix of faith -- The children of Abraham -- Dialogue and Christian doctrine -- Exclusivism. Vincent Brümmer. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Jesus Christ Person and offices Atonement Trinity BT265.3 .B78 2005eb 230 11.61 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10211203 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10211203 CaPaEBR 040615 20260707181819.0 ebr10211203