Practicing Christian Doctrine, Beth Felker Jones
Practicing Christian Doctrine, Beth Felker Jones
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Practicing Christian Doctrine
An Introduction to Thinking and Living Theologically

Author: Beth Felker Jones

Narrator: Nan McNamara

Unabridged: 11 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/11/2023


Synopsis

This introductory theology text helps students articulate basic Christian doctrines, think theologically so they can act Christianly in a diverse world, and connect Christian thought to their everyday life of faith.

Written from a solidly evangelical yet ecumenically aware perspective, this book models a way of doing theology that is generous and charitable. It attends to history and contemporary debates and features voices from the global church. Asides made up of illustrative quotations, key Scripture passages, classic hymn texts, and devotional poetry punctuate the chapters.

The first edition of this book has been well received (over 25,000 copies sold). The second edition has been updated and revised throughout and includes a new section on gender and race as well as new end-of-chapter material connecting each doctrine to a spiritual discipline.

About Beth Felker Jones

Beth Felker Jones is professor of theology at Northern Seminary in Lisle, Illinois. She previously taught at Wheaton College. She is the author of numerous books, including Faithful: A Theology of Sex, God the Spirit: Introducing Pneumatology in Wesleyan and Ecumenical Perspective, Touched by a Vampire: Discovering the Hidden Messages in the Twilight Saga, and Marks of His Wounds: Gender Politics and Bodily Resurrection.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeremy on July 28, 2021

Great introduction to theology! I really appreciated the catholicity of the book, focusing on the things that all believers agree on and using the work of thinkers from many different branches of the church.......more

Goodreads review by Gems on April 08, 2019

Simple in the complexity of Christian doctrine, this is a great book to gain one's theological footing whilst recognizing a call to both understand what Christians believe and live accordingly.......more

Goodreads review by Joshua on August 16, 2024

This was a wonderful read. If youŕe looking for an introductory work into the very broad topic of Theology, or looking to see how to practically apply the various doctrines of the Christian faith, this is a wonderful 1st book. Hence itś place in my seminaries textbooks no doubt. If you´ve studied th......more

Goodreads review by Luke on April 06, 2022

This is a great, introductory theology text, and is more readable than other introductory texts I’ve looked at in the past. I appreciate that it pushes towards the integration of faith and practice.......more

Goodreads review by Molly on November 02, 2023

This was an excellent beginning text for an Introduction to Theology course. For it being an introductory text with a great spread of information and context, Jones still did well to give a decently deep look into many theological subjects. While she sometimes could have used simple, less convoluted......more