| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Spiritual Theology | This is not one of the branches of theology addressed by Migliore. He does address Historical, Biblical, and Practical theology. |
| Christocentric theology, Method of Correlation, and the Praxis approach | are the three important types of theological method identified by Migliore |
| The approach to theology in this course | Evaluation of the question: "What must one know in order to best understand the faith?" This excludes theologies that ask, "what must someone know in order to come to faith?" and theologies evaluated in terms of whether or not a non-Christian could understand its claims. |
| Nachdenken | Theology is thinking in the wake of God. It is not "running ahead of God", "acting (praxis) not thinking", or "creative and abstract." |
| Trust/Fiducia | In contrast to Enlightenment doubt (cf. Clifford) Luther and Barth speak of faith in this way. |
| Apologetic Theology | According to Gonzalez and Perez this form of theology is most concerned with defending the faith and building a bridge for nonbelievers. |
| Neglect of Theology | According to Migliore, when this happens, the community of faith risks either drifting aimlessly, or being captured by spirits alien to its own. |
| Systematic Theology | Migliore and our lecture reminds us that this is a discipline that seeks to follow the consistent patterns of God's action revealed in Scripture. |
| He or she deserves to be called a theologian | Luther says this of he or she who comprehends the visible and manifest things of God seen through suffering and the cross. |
| "faith seeking understanding" | According to Gonzalez and Perez, one of the most viable forms of theology as contemplation is connected with the work of Anselm and expressed in this phrase |
| When Migliore argues that theology should be "systematic" | he has in mind the fact that because God is faithful, there are patterns and continuities in the acts of God attested in Scripture that give shape and coherence to theological reflection |
| True or False: Migliore and Husbands believe that Christian theology is a disparate bundle of symbols and doctrines from which one can select at will and organize into any pattern one pleases. | False |
| True or False: James Cone argues that theological claims only have meaning when they reflect the inseparable bond between our trust in God's grace and our call to God's service (i.e., the Church living in the world on the basis of what it proclaims". | True |
| The Latin phrase "Veni Creator Spiritus" means: | Come, Creator Spirit! |
| Christian theology is... | "taking rational trouble over the mystery" |
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