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Angels and Demons
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Humanity and the created universe |
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| Jesus and the salvation he brought |
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| Church government and the church as the fellowship of Christ's disciples. |
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| Consumation or completion of God's program for creation. |
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| The Holy Spirit and his work. |
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God; Systemic reflection on/ articulation of the fundamental beliefs we share as followers of Christ.
"Faith-seeking understanding." |
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| General Areas of Theological Study |
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Anthropology
Christology
Ecclesiology
Eschatology
Pneumatology
Theology
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| Often asks questions of little or no apparent value. Speculative theology primarily aimed at other theologians. The last on the continuum. |
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| Blind faith in a tradition which rejects critical reflection. Theology expressed by bumper stickers. Typically experiential and pragmatic. First on the continuum. |
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| Beginning to analyze courses and hymns used in church for correct belief. Critical reflection designed to eliminate myths and legends. Second on the continuum. |
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| Learning to use concordances, study bibles, and commentaries. Reflective faith practiced by trained leaders in the church. Sunday school teachers. Third on the continuum. |
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| Vocational study to train church leaders in using the tools of critical reflection for faith. Studies the tools of theology to instruct the ministerial theologians. Christian college professor teaching Greek. 4th on the continuum. |
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