A history of Christian theology : an introduction

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The hope of Israel: Old Testament background -- The mission to the Gentiles: theology in the New Testament -- The beginnings of Orthodoxy: Gnosticism and its opponents -- An alliance with philosophy: Apologists, the School of Alexandria, and Tertullian -- Truly human, truly divine: the Trinitarian and Christological controversies -- Light in the East: Eastern theology after Chalcedon -- Augustine -- The path to salvation: the early Middle Ages -- The fragile synthesis: the high Middle Ages -- The absolute power of God: the late Middle Ages -- Faith alone, scripture alone: Luther and the radical reformers -- The Catholic Reformation: from Trent to Jansenism and Quietism -- God's governance: Calvin and the English Reformation -- Reason and enthusiasm: theology in the Enlightenment -- The City on a Hill: theology in the United States, 1630-1865 -- The claims of history: the nineteenth century -- The end of Western Christendom: the twentieth century.