A Book Review: The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible

TRS 201: FAITH SEEKING UNDERSTANDING

GUIDELINES FOR BOOK REVIEWS

Stylistic and Other Requirements

1)Bibliographical information should head the first page of the review according to the following format:

SHARING IN CHRIST’S VIRTUES: FOR A RENEWAL OF MORAL THEOLOGY IN LIGHT OF VERITATIS SPLENDOR.By Livio Melina. Trans. William E. May. Washington, DC: CUA Press, 2001.Pp x + 211.

2)The body of the review should not exceed 525 words.

3)Reviewers should give their name and location (institution and/or city) at the end of the review.

4) Please indicate the total word count for the body of the review (i.e., everything except bibliographical information, name and institution).

5)When running off book reviews make one copy for the instructor and post an electronic copy on the course Bb site (in the Discussion Board section) for access by other members of the course.

Additional Guidelines/Suggestions

1)Page numbers may be cited in parentheses if you use direct quotations from the text.

2) Typical format:

First paragraph: give the context.Who is the author debating with?What studies have preceded it?What are the theological or other issues which the book seeks to address?Does the book serve to advance scholarship?

Second paragraph:Describe the thesis of the book–in the light of the preceding paragraph.

Third paragraph:Describe briefly the structure or contents of the book–i.e. try to show the logical development of the thesis in the structure of the text.If the book does not have a thesis or does not hang together this is a point for criticism.

3)What kinds of sources are used?What is the principle which guides their selection?

4)Look for pertinent ideas or themes which run throughout the text.

5)Identify the strengths of the text.Identify its weaknesses.

6)Do you recommend it or not?and if you recommend it, for whom? for what purpose? at what level (introductory or research)?

7)Does it have an index?(i.e., can it be easily used as a resource–librarians in particular like to know this).

8)Examples of proper style and format may be found by consulting the reviews in Theological Studies.

The instructor will provide a list of books from which students may choose.Titles not on the list are welcome but should be approved by the instructor before work begins.It is recommended but not required that students choose a book pertaining to the topic on which they intend to write their paper.The book could then be one of the three required theological sources.

Due date: March 16

Completion of this assignment is intended to result in the following Student Learning Outcomes:

Interpret theological texts of different eras and genres with care and precision
Express theological ideas and arguments clearly in writing.
Utilize scholarly tools effectively for continued learning in the discipline of theology.

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REQUIREMENTS

writing Theology

here is suggest books to pike one and write review on it

and please simple words

Possible Books to Review for TRS 201

Does God exist?
What is the proper relationship between faith and reason?
Is the Bible true?
Did Jesus really rise from the dead?
On what basis can God justify a sinner?
Why did God become man in the person of Jesus?
What does it mean to say Jesus is really present in the Eucharist?

Plantinga, Alvin. God and Other Minds.

_____ (ed.). The Ontological Argument: From St. Anselm to Contemporary Philosophers.

Feser, Edward. Five Proofs of the Existence of God.

Kenny, Anthony J. P. The Five Ways: Saint Thomas Aquinas’ Proofs of God’s Existence.

John Paul II. Fides et Ratio.

Wilkins, Stephen (ed.). Faith and Reason: Three Views.

Kitchen, Kenneth. On the Reliability of the Old Testament.

Oswalt, John N. The Bible Among the Myths.

Pontifical Biblical Commission. The Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture: The Word that Comes from God and Speaks of God for the Salvation of the World.

Warfield, B.B. The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible.

Craig, William Lane. Assessing the New Testament Evidence for the Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus.

Habermas, Gary, and Anthony Flew. Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? The Resurrection Debate.

Wenham, John. Easter Enigma: Are the Resurrection Accounts in Conflict?

Wright, N.T. The Resurrection of the Son of God

Castaldo, Chris. Justified in Christ: The Doctrines of Peter Martyr Vermigli and John Henry Newman and Their Ecumenical Implications.

Lutheran-Roman catholic Joint Commission. Church and Justification: Understanding the Church in Light of the Doctrine of Justification.

Tavard, George H. Justification: An Ecumenical Study.

Cole, Graham. The God Who Became Human: A Biblical Theology of Incarnation.

Monahan, William B. St. Thomas Aquinas on the Incarnation.

Abbot Vonier. A Key to the Doctrine of the Eucharist.

Journet, Charles. The Mass: The Presence of the Sacrifice of the Cross

Müller, Michael. The Blessed Eucharist: Our Greatest Treasure.

Answer preview………..

The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible is a collection of several articles written by Benjamin Warfield and were meant to address the issues surrounding biblical inerrancy. The passionate debate that the author engaged with his intended audience was to illustrate how Christianity is a religion that is based on revelations that were inspired by God. As a historical review of the several revelation stories in the Bible, Warfield (1970) used the content of the book to advance the theological scholarship required to differentiate Christianity from religious practices that are “products from the art and device of man” (p.72). He further noted that theophany, prophecy, and inspiration are the three overlapping phases of God’s revelation in the Bible, which are further reasons of how revelations contained in the Scripture are interpretations of the various acts of God. ………….

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