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Christianity 101.


Christianity 101

Gregory C. Higgins

Paulist Press

997 Macarthur Boulevard, Mahwah, NJ 07430

0809142082, $24.95 www.paulistpress.com

Christian Brothers Academy Christian Brothers Academy is the name of schools run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, including:
  • Christian Brothers Academy (New Jersey) - Lincroft, New Jersey
  • Christian Brothers Academy (Albany, New York)
 religious studies chair Gregory C. Higgins presents Christianity 101: A Textbook of Catholic Theology, an introductory text especially for college-level courses in Christian theology Noun 1. Christian theology - the teachings of Christian churches
free grace, grace of God, grace - (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God; "God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners"; "there but for the grace of God go
, also useful for self-education among lay readers. Chapters cover the nature of theology, the concept of God in medieval vs. Reformation and modern theology, the sacraments of initiation The Sacraments of Initiation are those rituals by which one comes to be one of Christ's Faithful. Catholics
According to Canon 842 ยง2 there are three Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation and the Eucharist.
, healing, and commitment, moral theology, eschatology eschatology

Theological doctrine of the “last things,” or the end of the world. Mythological eschatologies depict an eternal struggle between order and chaos and celebrate the eternity of order and the repeatability of the origin of the world.
, and much more. A time line and an index round out this succinctly organized, methodological comprehensive text for novice to intermediate students. "Among the more significant developments in the twentieth century thought regarding God were the philosophical discussions about the meaningfulness of religious language, the psychological atheism atheism (ā`thē-ĭz'əm), denial of the existence of God or gods and of any supernatural existence, to be distinguished from agnosticism, which holds that the existence cannot be proved.  of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), and the creative theological syntheses produced by, among others, Paul Tillich (1886-1965) and Karl Rahner (1904-84)."
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