The Christian doctrine of creation and redemption

Contents: Preface PART 2 THE HISTORICAL REALIZATION OF THE DIVINE SELF-COMMUNICATION 1. THE CREATOR AND HIS CREATION 1. The Origin of Creation 2. The Knowledge of Creation 3. Creation: not a theory of the way in which the world came into existence 4. Creation Ex Nihilo 5. The Purpose of Creation 6. Creation: the Beginning of Time 7. Is this world that which God has created? 8. The Independence of the Creation 9. Analogia Entis? 10. The Order of Creation 11. Natural Knowledge of the Created World 12. Natural Knowledge and Revealed Knowledge 13. The Biblical View of the World and Science 14. Creatio Continua APPENDIX (A). On the History of the Doctrine of Creation APPENDIX (B). The Belief in Creation and the Scientific Theory of Evolution APPENDIX (C). On the Doctrine of the Analogia Entis 2. MAN AND CREATION 1. The Significance of Anthropology 2. The Doctrine of the Primitive State 3. The Starting-Point 4. Man as Creature 5. The Image of God and Creation 6. Man as Embodied Spirit 7. The Polarity of Sex 8. Individuality 9. Man's Dominion over Nature 10. The Immortality of the Soul 11. Natural Self-Knowledge in the Light of Revelation 12. Man, Created by God APPENDIX (A). On the History of the Doctrine of the Imago Dei APPENDIX (B). Christian Anthropology in Relation to Natural Science 3. MAN AS SINNER 1. The Task 2. Sin as Rebellion 3. Sin as Apostasy 4. Sin as a "Total Act" 5. Sin as Universal 6. The Universality of Sin in Time 7. The Limit of Enquiry into the Fall 8. The Gnostic-dualistic Theory of the Fall 9. The Problem of Original Sin 10. Sin and the Demonic Element 11. The Sinfulness of the Sinful Act APPENDIX. On the History of the Doctrine of Sin 4. THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN 1. Existence under the Wrath of God 2. The Law 3. Unfreedom, the Servum arbitrium 4. Man in Revolt 5. Evil and Death 5. ANGELS, SPIRITS AND THE DEVIL 6. OF PROVIDENCE, PRESERVATION, AND GOD'S GOVERNMENT OF THE WORLD 1. The Theme and its Importance 2. Preservation and Creation 3. God's Action and the Established Order of Nature 4. Divine Providence 5. Miracles. 6. Divine Providence and Human Freedom 7. The Problem of Theodicy APPENDIX. Miracles and the Postulate of "De-mythologizing" 7. HISTORY AND SAVING HISTORY APPENDIX. The Typological Exposition of the Old Testament 8. THE LAW 9. THE FULLNESS OF TIME 10. THE FOUNDATION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH APPENDIX (A). The Interpretation of Jesus in "Consistent Eschatology" APPENDIX (B). The Problem of "De-mythologizing" the Message of the New Testament 11. THE SAYING WORK OF GOD IN JESUS CHRIST (A) The Prophetic Office (B) The Priestly Work (C) The Royal Work of Jesus (D) The Threefold Office of Jesus Christ as a Whole APPENDIX (A). The History of the Doctrine of the Three fold Office of Christ APPENDIX (B). The Kingship of Christ and "Christological Social Ethics" 12. THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST (A) The Mystery of the Person of Jesus (B) The Divinity of Christ 1. Non-Christian Interpretations of the Person of Jesus 2. The Son of God: the Messiah 3. Jesus the Lord 4. The Eternal Godhead of the Son (C) The Incarnation of the Eternal Son of God (D) The Doctrine of the Two Natures (E) The Risen and Exalted Lord INDEX OF SUBJECTS INDEX OF NAMES INDEX OF SCRIPTURE REFERENCES