I Believe In God Thomas Rausch Book Analysis
Name : Jacqueline Kalongosola
Student No: u738202
Course : Fundamental Theology
Course code: U20064 2016-2017
Lecturer: Prof. M. Sarot Mid-Term Exams. 1.General summary of the book, I believe in God by Thomas Rausch.
Thomas P. Rausch in his book, I believe in God, presents an important account of the heart of Christian doctrine from a Catholic perspective.in his book, Rausch takes seriously the disbelief of our age and the new developing of new Gnosticism teachings in contemporary North American culture. He gives the presentation of the creed by carefully considering other popular and competing interpreters of christian doctrines by contemplating them against the biblical and historical sources of the Christian tradition.
In his first chapters, Rausch express that , human beings experience God through logical reason on elements of God’s work. through the sacred scriptures ,tradition and his son jesus christ, God has …show more content…
The way he show how the creed consist of three parts , God, the father, the son and the Holy Spirit is very clearly for the reader to understand. He pays attentive attention to each article, by addressing each article in the creed in its own and systematically analyze its meaning through traditional and contemporary resources in a rich colourful way. Through his explanation the reader is able comprehend each phrases of the creed,for example such phrase like he descended into hell. one is able to understand, that Christianity introduced the world to the idea of a God who suffers, alongside the image of a God who creates and commands and that the emphasis in the Apostles’ Creed on Jesus’ burial is understood in terms of the Creed’s original role in Christian baptism. The christian baptism symbolizes the Christian’s incorporation into the death and resurrection of Jesus, which is the central mystery of the christian faith and christian
Student No: u738202
Course : Fundamental Theology
Course code: U20064 2016-2017
Lecturer: Prof. M. Sarot Mid-Term Exams. 1.General summary of the book, I believe in God by Thomas Rausch.
Thomas P. Rausch in his book, I believe in God, presents an important account of the heart of Christian doctrine from a Catholic perspective.in his book, Rausch takes seriously the disbelief of our age and the new developing of new Gnosticism teachings in contemporary North American culture. He gives the presentation of the creed by carefully considering other popular and competing interpreters of christian doctrines by contemplating them against the biblical and historical sources of the Christian tradition.
In his first chapters, Rausch express that , human beings experience God through logical reason on elements of God’s work. through the sacred scriptures ,tradition and his son jesus christ, God has …show more content…
The way he show how the creed consist of three parts , God, the father, the son and the Holy Spirit is very clearly for the reader to understand. He pays attentive attention to each article, by addressing each article in the creed in its own and systematically analyze its meaning through traditional and contemporary resources in a rich colourful way. Through his explanation the reader is able comprehend each phrases of the creed,for example such phrase like he descended into hell. one is able to understand, that Christianity introduced the world to the idea of a God who suffers, alongside the image of a God who creates and commands and that the emphasis in the Apostles’ Creed on Jesus’ burial is understood in terms of the Creed’s original role in Christian baptism. The christian baptism symbolizes the Christian’s incorporation into the death and resurrection of Jesus, which is the central mystery of the christian faith and christian