What Is Theology?: An Orthodox Methodology (Paperback)

ForewordINTRODUCTIONChapter I. THEOLOGY: ORIGINAL NATURE, SUBSEQUENT EVOLUTIONS AND SHAPESTheology in its most elevated sense: mystical theologyThe practice of theology in the Church: catechetical, apologetic and doxological theologyThe birth and development of speculative theologyThe conditions for practicing theology in an Orthodox settingThe birth and development of academic theologyChapter II. THE USEFULNESS OF SCIENTIFIC METHODS IN THEOLOGYBibliographic researchThe critical editions of texts and their useHistorical criticismThe use of references (precise and exact)Rational argumentationChapter III. DOGMATIC THEOLOGY Chapter IV. SACRED SCRIPTURE AND ITS EXEGESISThe status of Sacred Scripture in the Orthodox traditionThe deleterious character of modern Protestant exegesis and Catholic exegesisPrinciples of Orthodox exegesisChapter V. PATROLOGYThe essential place of patrology in the teaching of Orthodox theologyThe importance of knowledge of the Fathers in theological knowledge and understandingThe need for reference to the Fathers in the practice of theologyOn the proper use of the Fathers in the practice of theologyThinking in the spirit of the FathersThe continuing relevance of the Fathers todayStudying the Fathers in their works and not in the commentaries on themMethodology of patristic studies in the field of research Chapter VI. CHURCH HISTORYChapter VII. MORAL THEOLOGY AND BIOETHICSMoral theologyBioethicsChapter VIII. HAGIOLOGYChapter IX. ICONOLOGYChapter X. STUDY OF THE CANONSChapter XI. PASTORAL THEOLOGY AND HOMILETICSConclusionNotesIndexDescription for sales people