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Christian Thought And Practice By Natalie Kertes Weaver

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The first chapter of Christian Thought and Practice, by Natalie Kertes Weaver introduced theology of Christianity. This was broken up into five major topics. The topics are: terms used in the study of religion, a functional understanding of Christian theology, facets of Christian theology, types of theology, and audiences and practitioners of Christian thought. The author explains the importance in detail of all of the above points. The first point of Christian thought and practice is to understand the terms: religion, belief, faith, and spirituality. Religion, refers to the collector value experience practices and beliefs of the community. The reading describes belief as a mindset that something is true especially something that could never …show more content…

Theology translates to “God-Talk.” Weafer explains that if Christian theology is meant to assist in the understanding of modern day and past interpretations. Therefore, Christian thought will explore many aspects of Christian belief. There are four sources for Christian thought. They are the Bible, tradition, reason and experience. The Bible refers to specific writings that are inspire by God and believed to be holy. When God reveals himself it is called a revolution. When Christian study the bible they try to understand God and what God is saying. Tradition refers to the collected writing, practices, artifacts, and wisdom handed down from one generation to the next. Reason is the rational thought , inquiry, and intellectual thought process of a human being. Experience comes from within. Theology of Christianity appears in many forms. It is a concentration of the study of both the old and new testaments, as well as Christian traditions. Such theologies discussed by the author are: biblical criticism, systematic theology, historical theology, moral theology, pastoral theology, liberation theology, natural theology, liturgical studies and sacramenta theology, and mystical

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