TY  - BOOK
AU  - Okholm,Dennis L.
TI  - Learning theology through the church's worship: an introduction to Christian belief 
SN  - 9781540960016
U1  - 230 OKHL 
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Grand Rapids, MI
PB  - Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group
KW  - Theology, Doctrinal
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Worship
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Liturgical ophthalmology, or why Christian theology and ethics begin and end with worship : we enter by "gathering" -- What is Christian theology? : we pray the "collect" of the day -- What are the sources for and the results of doing theology? : we hear scripture and respond in the "liturgy of the Word" -- Who is God? The doctrine of the Trinity : we recite the "creed" in response to hearing the Word -- Who Is Jesus Christ? Christology : we ponder the creed's meaning for our belief in Jesus Christ -- How did the world come into existence, and what keeps it going? Creation and providence : we join in the "prayers of the people": thanksgiving and intercession for the world and the church -- What is a human being? Theological anthropology : we kneel in the "confession" of our sins -- What did Christ do for humans? Soteriology : we hear that we are forgiven in the "absolution" -- Who is the Holy Spirit, and what does the Holy Spirit do? Pneumatology : we pray the "epiclesis" that invokes the Holy Spirit's active presence in communion -- What is the Church? Ecclesiology : we continue the "liturgy of the table" with the "passing of the peace of Christ" -- The Sacraments : we practice "baptism" and celebrate "eucharist" -- What is the future of God, humans, and the world? Eschatology : the "dismissal" that sends us out into the world from which we gathered
N2  - "Introduces students to Christian theology with sustained attention to the relationship between the church's doctrine and its worship, both historically and in practice"--
ER  -