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.

"Introduces students to Christian theology with sustained attention to the relationship between the church's doctrine and its worship, both historically and in practice"--