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2. African American Preaching

   This essay is a theological analysis of African American preaching as a genre of Christian discourse. After first recognizing the particular influences of African culture, American slavery, other religious traditions, and the role its practitioners have played in defining its traditions and...

   ​Author

   Kenyatta R. Gilbert, Chelsea Brooke Yarborough, and Larrin Robertson

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Spiritual life and practices

3. Heresy: Early Development of the Concept

   After tracing the evolution in meaning of the Greek word hairesis from ‘choice’ to ‘false belief’, this entry examines the criteria according to which a belief was judged to be heretical, either by particular controversialists or by bodies which purported to legislate on behalf of the Chris...

   ​Author

   Mark Edwards

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Law, Theological movements

4. Christian Theology of Religions

   This entry examines the way Christian theology has responded to the challenge of non-Christian religions in the last century. Key topics central to this response have been ecclesiology, the use of scripture, Christology and trinitarian theology, revelation, mission, and dialogue. It is the ...

   ​Author

   Gavin D’Costa

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Theology of religions

5. Anglican Theology

   This article provides an account of Anglican theology as it emerged as a distinct tradition and ecclesial movement from within Western Catholicism, in the context of the theological and political shifts of sixteenth-century Europe. The pragmatic needs of a succession of English monarchs, al...

   ​Author

   Stephen Spencer and Joseph Galgalo

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Theological movements

6. Law in the New Testament

   This article explores the theme of law in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Law is almost ubiquitous in the twenty-seven books comprising the New Testament, being a main theme in the letters of Paul and several Gospels, as well as parts of Acts and the Catholic letters. In these sou...

   ​Author

   Matthew V. Novenson

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Law, Sacred texts

7. René Girard and Mimetic Theory

   René Girard is not a theologian; he is best described as fundamental anthropologist and culture theorist. His versatile system of hermeneutical and heuristic thinking is known to its author as ‘the Mimetic Theory’. Girardian ‘mimesis’ denotes, in a myriad of particular forms, a stru...

   ​Author

   Paul Gifford

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Philosophy and science

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