Introduction
to Christian Doctrine
- I. What Is Theology?
Grenz: "systematic
reflection on, and articulation of, the fundamental beliefs we
share as followers of Jesus Christ"
II. What Is Basketball?
Webster: "a usually indoor court game between two teams
of usually five players each, who score by tossing an inflated
ball through a raised goal"
- Who plays?
- How do we learn it?
- What's the point?
- What if you're not
a fan?
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- III. What Is Music?
- Webster: "the
science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in
combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition
having unity and continuity"
- How do we articulate
it?
- We introduce it, train
in it, show it
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- III. The Game of
Christian Faith
Not bloodless
definitions and analyses, but practices, resources, participants,
goals
- (see "What
Do You Do, Anyway?")
- Ludwig Wittgenstein:
- "Would it be
correct to say our concepts reflect our life?
- They stand in the
middle of it." (Remarks on Colour, 302)