Includes bibliographical references and indexes

pt. 1: Foundations: 'Maker of heaven and earth' -- Establishing: the doctrine of creation -- Providence -- Man and woman -- pt. 2: 'His only Son, our Lord' -- 'Suffered under Pontius Pilate': a theology of salvation -- The identity of Jesus Christ -- 'And was made man': the incarnation and humanity of Christ -- pt. 3: The perfecting cause: 'and in the Holy Spirit' -- Christian community and human society -- The shape of the Christian life -- The last enemy -- Conclusion -- The Triune God of Christian confession

"This wide-ranging volume is a condensation of the author's lifetime of study and thought about the Christian faith. Broad in scope, the book deliberately follows the pattern of Schleiermacher's great nineteenth-century work, Dogmatics. Professor Gunton, however, uses a different method and approach and ends with a far more robust treatment of the objective existence of the eternally triune God." "This concise statement of the contents of Christian teaching will prove invaluable to students of introductory theology, as well as anyone interested in the central claim of the Christian faith to be true."--Jacket