1. An Introduction to the History of Christian Thought
Alister E. McGrath
Historical Theology:
An Introduction to the History of Christian Thought

2. The concept of “theology”
Theology = theos (God) + logos (word, discourse)
Early period
Apologetics
Middle Ages
Systematic analysis of the nature and purposes of God
Shift into universities
Enlightenment: justification for academic study of theology
F. D. E. Schleiermacher
Edward Farley

3. The architecture of theology
Biblical studies
Systematic theology
Peter Lombard, Four Books of the Sentences
Philosophical theology
Pastoral theology
Latin American liberation theology
Puritan theologians
Church history
The church within culture

4. Historical theology
Study of the historical development of Christian doctrines
Relationship to:
Church history
Systematic theology
The development of historical theology
Adolf von Harnack, History of Dogma

5. Historical theology as a pedagogic tool
“state of the question” report
strengths and weaknesses of existing approaches
landmarks in the development of Christian thinking
Historical theology as a critical tool
The suffering of God
Patristic writers
change = imperfection; suffering = change
After World War I
Protest Atheism
ideas about love
A resource for systematic theology