The Gospel of Jesus Christ / Walter Kasper ; translated by Sr. Katherine Wolff, nds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kasper, Walter, 1933- author.

Contributor:

Wolff, Katherine, translator.

Series:

The Collected Works of Walter Kasper

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Faith.

Church.

Evangelistic work--Catholic Church.

Evangelistic work.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Mahwah, New Jersey : Paulist Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The two works in The Gospel of Jesus Christ include "An Introduction to the Christian Faith" and "What Exceeds All Knowledge," followed by an original essay on evangelization.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; I. INTRODUCTION TO THE FAITH; 1. The Situation of Faith; 1. Crisis or Turning Point of Faith?; 2. The Foundations of the Modern Age; 3. A Second Enlightenment; 2. The Location of Faith; 1. The Relevance of Natural Theology; 2. The Question of Meaning as the Question of God; 3. The God Question Today; 3. Jesus Christ: The Witness to Faith; 1. The Failure of the Quest for the Historical Jesus; 2. The New Quest for the Historical Jesus; 3. The Message of the Kingdom of God; 4. The Christological Question; 4. The Truth of Faith

1. Easter as the Ground of Faith2. The Traditional Ways of Justifying Faith; 3. Giving an Account of Faith Today; 5. The Act of Faith; 1. Faith as a Universal Phenomenon; 2. The Biblical Understanding of Faith; 3. Prayer as the Emergency of Faith; 6. The Content of Faith; 1. The Confession of Faith in the Conflict of Opinions; 2. Faith in the History of Salvation; 3. Concentration Rather than Reduction; 4. Structural Analysis of the Confession of Faith; 5. The One Theme: Correct Speaking about God and Man; 7. Faith and Salvation; 1. Salvation in and/or beyond the World

2. The Advance of Political Theology3. Grace as the Freedom to Love; 4. Christian Humor; 8. The Ecclesiality of Faith; 1. The Church: An Obstacle or an Aid to Faith?; 2. The Church as an Institution and Event; 3. The Collective Search for Truth "from Below"; 4. Three Criteria; 5. Authority in the Church; 6. A New Form of Ecclesiality: Orthodoxy through Dialogue; 9. The Historical Nature of Faith; 1. History: Our Biggest Problem; 2. Christian Faith under the Law and Promise of History; 3. The Permanent Element in Christianity; 4. What Does Infallibility Mean?; 10. The Future of Faith

1. Future of Faith: Future of the World2. The New Discovery of the Eschatological Message; 3. The Future Form of Faith; II. SURPASSING ALL KNOWLEDGE: A REFLECTION ON THE CHRISTIAN FAITH; 11. Faith Challenged; 1. A Fateful Question; 2. Faith Itself Is Questioned; 3. So: What Does It Mean to Believe?; 4. Blurring of Contours; 12. Questioning Faith; 1. Loss of Faith's Purpose; 2. Faith Critically Questioned and Outdated; 3. Eclipse of God; 13. Paths Leading to Faith; 1. A Situation That Stimulates New Reflection; 2. The Rationality of Faith; 3. The Reality That Cannot First Be Thought

4. Faith Means Accepting Something on the Testimony of Another5. Transcendental Faith; 6. Anterooms of Faith; 14. The Praxis and Way of Faith; 1. The Testimony of Scripture; 2. Unity of the Act of Faith and the Content of Faith; 3. Fundamental Attitudes of Faith; 4. The Way of Faith; 15. The Truth of Faith; 1. God's Revealed Truth as the Foundation of Faith; 2. The Eyes of Faith; 3. An Analysis of Faith?; 4. The Person Who Believes Sees More; 5. Only Love Is Believable; 16. The Power of Faith That Opens Up and Changes Reality; 1. The World as Creation; 2. The Problem of Evil

3. The Message of Redemption

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-58768-496-9