Reading Plan: Armchair Theologian Series

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Heretics for Armchair Theologians

Preface | Heretics for Armchair Theologians
Chapter One: Why Heretics? | Heretics for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Two: The Ebionites | Heretics for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Three: Gnosticism | Heretics for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Four: Marcion | Heretics for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Five: The Montanists | Heretics for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Six: The Trinity | Heretics for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Seven: The Donatists | Heretics for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Eight: Pelagius | Heretics for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Nine: Christology | Heretics for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Ten: What Now? | Heretics for Armchair Theologians

Augustine for Armchair Theologians

Introduction: Who Is Augustine Anyway? | Augustine for Armchair Theologians
Chapter One: Faint Beginnings | Augustine for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Two: Teenager in Love | Augustine for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Three: A Young Man on His Own | Augustine for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Four: A Professional Teacher | Augustine for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Five: Leaving Behind | Augustine for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Six: Treading Water: Worldly Goals of a Suffering Soul | Augustine for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Seven: Light Upon Light: Encounter with the Books of the Platonists | Augustine for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Eight: Converting Conversions | Augustine for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Nine: Deaths and a New Life | Augustine for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Ten: Confessions without End | Augustine for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Eleven: Career of the Bishop | Augustine for Armchair Theologians
Conclusion | Augustine for Armchair Theologians

Aquinas for Armchair Theologians

Chapter One: Beginnings: Thomas Aquinas’s Life and Times | Aquinas for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Two: Humans, Angels, and God | Aquinas for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Three: Why Is There Evil? Do Humans Have Free Will? (and Other Questions You’re Better Off Not Asking) | Aquinas for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Four: Metaphysics 101 (or Why We Are What We Are) | Aquinas for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Five: Law and Morality | Aquinas for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Six: The Ins and Outs of Sex | Aquinas for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Seven: “Just War” and Double Effect | Aquinas for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Eight: Abortion, the Role of Women, and Other Noncontroversial Issues | Aquinas for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Nine: Politics | Aquinas for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Ten: Reading Aquinas | Aquinas for Armchair Theologians

The Reformation for Armchair Theologians

Note that this volume has study questions.

Chapter One: On the Eve of the Reformation | The Reformation for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Two: Martin Luther and the Break with Rome | The Reformation for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Three: Reform of Word and Sacrament | The Reformation for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Four: Divisions | The Reformation for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Five: The Sacramentarian Controversy and the Spread of Zwinglianism | The Reformation for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Six: Catholic Reform or Counter-Reform? | The Reformation for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Seven: The Empire Strikes Back | The Reformation for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Eight: John Calvin: Biography | The Reformation for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Nine: “The Most Perfect School of Christ” | The Reformation for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Ten: Spain and the Dutch Revolt | The Reformation for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Eleven: The Reformation in England and Scotland | The Reformation for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Twelve: The Reformation in France | The Reformation for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Thirteen: The Thirty Years’ War and the End of an Era | The Reformation for Armchair Theologians

Luther for Armchair Theologians

Introduction | Luther for Armchair Theologians
Chapter One: In the Beginning ... a Preacher: What Is Proclamation? | Luther for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Two: Law and Gospel: God’s Two Words | Luther for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Three: Justification by Faith Alone | Luther for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Four: The Simple Sense of Scripture: Letter and Spirit | Luther for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Five: For God, to Speak Is to Do: Pastoral Care of Souls | Luther for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Six: What Theology Is About: I, the Siner;God the Justifier | Luther for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Seven: Bound and Accused: Human Will and the Law | Luther for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Eight: God, Who Forgives Sin: The Gospel | Luther for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Nine: At Great Cost: How Christ’s Cross Saves Sinners | Luther for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Ten: This Is My Body: God’s Means of Grace | Luther for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Eleven: Freedom of a Christian | Luther for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Twelve: Fame and the Cross | Luther for Armchair Theologians

Calvin for Armchair Theologians

Introduction | Calvin for Armchair Theologians
Chapter One: Forming a Reformer | Calvin for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Two: Struggle for the Light | Calvin for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Three: Orienting Theology | Calvin for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Four: Trials and Travail | Calvin for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Five: Calvin’s Children | Calvin for Armchair Theologians

John Knox for Armchair Theologians

(Re)introducing John Knox | John Knox for Armchair Theologians
Chapter One: From Roman Catholic Priest to Protestant Galley Slave | John Knox for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Two: From England to Exile | John Knox for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Three: A Turbulent Exile | John Knox for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Four: Returning to a Revolution | John Knox for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Five: A Roman Catholic Queen and a Protestant Realm | John Knox for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Six: More than Marys: The Other Women in Knox’s Life | John Knox for Armchair Theologians
Conclusion | John Knox for Armchair Theologians

Jonathan Edwards for Armchair Theologians

Introduction | Jonathan Edwards for Armchair Theologians
Chapter One: The Young Edwards: Exploring Divine Beauty (Even in Spiders) | Jonathan Edwards for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Two: An Affection for Revival | Jonathan Edwards for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Three: Exodus from Northampton | Jonathan Edwards for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Four: Freedom of the Will? | Jonathan Edwards for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Five: Original Sin | Jonathan Edwards for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Six: Creation and True Virtue | Jonathan Edwards for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Seven: A Legacy Begun: The Edwards Ethos | Jonathan Edwards for Armchair Theologians

Wesley for Armchair Theologians

Preface | Wesley for Armchair Theologians
Chapter One: On the Road Again | Wesley for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Two: Background Music | Wesley for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Three: Life Is Nearly as Bad as You Thought It Was | Wesley for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Four:Starting All Over Again | Wesley for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Five: With God All Things Are Possible | Wesley for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Six: Help Is in the Works | Wesley for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Seven: Making Moral Sense | Wesley for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Eight: Spiritual Hiccups and Measles | Wesley for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Nine: Providence and Predestination: Double or Nothing | Wesley for Armchair Theologians

Barth for Armchair Theologians

Introdution | Barth for Armchair Theologians
Chapter One: Embracing Liberal Theology | Barth for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Two: Breaking with Liberalsim | Barth for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Three: A New Theology | Barth for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Four: The Impossible Possibility | Barth for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Five: Bearing Christian Witness | Barth for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Six: Church Dogmatics | Barth for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Seven: Barth’s Legacy | Barth for Armchair Theologians

The Niebuhr Brothers for Armchair Theologians

Introduction | The Niebuhr Brothers for Armchair Theologians
Chapter One: Beginnings | The Niebuhr Brothers for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Two: The Church in the World | The Niebuhr Brothers for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Three: Christian Realism | The Niebuhr Brothers for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Four: Theology in a World at War | The Niebuhr Brothers for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Five: Revelation and Responsibility | The Niebuhr Brothers for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Six: To Accept What We Cannot Change | The Niebuhr Brothers for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Seven: The Niebuhr Legacy | The Niebuhr Brothers for Armchair Theologians

Dorothy Day for Armchair Theologians

Introduction | Dorothy Day for Armchair Theologians
Chapter One: Growing to See the World in a New Way | Dorothy Day for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Two: Synergy | Dorothy Day for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Three: A Three-Pronged Program of Action | Dorothy Day for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Four: A Social Mystic | Dorothy Day for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Five: Living by an Ethic of Peace ia Culturnvested in War and Death | Dorothy Day for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Six: Spreadig a Gospel of Peace in the Age of Nuclear War | Dorothy Day for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Seven: Looking at Things as a Woman | Dorothy Day for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Eight: A Personal Postscript: Dorothy Day’s Legacy for Contemporary Christians | Dorothy Day for Armchair Theologians

Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians

Chapter One: Life | Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Two: Christ Existing as Community | Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Three: Costly Grace | Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Four: Stellvertretungand Ethics as Formation | Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Five: Religionless Christianity | Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Six: Legacy | Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians

Liberation Theology for Armchair Theologians

Preface and Acknowledgments | Liberation Theology for Armchair Theologians
Chapter One: Resistance! | Liberation Theology for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Two: Opening the Windows | Liberation Theology for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Three: Liberation Theologies: What Are They? | Liberation Theology for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Four: Early Proponents | Liberation Theology for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Five: Liberation in El Norte | Liberation Theology for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Six: The Faiths of the People | Liberation Theology for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Seven: Moving beyond Liberation Theology | Liberation Theology for Armchair Theologians

Martin Luther King, Jr. for Armchair Theologians

Preface | Martin Luther King Jr. for Armchair Theologians
Chapter One: Our Racist History | Martin Luther King Jr. for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Two: Ideas from Home | Martin Luther King Jr. for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Three: Ideas from the Academy | Martin Luther King Jr. for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Four: Montgomery | Martin Luther King Jr. for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Five: Christian Love and Gandhian Nonviolence | Martin Luther King Jr. for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Six: The Power and Persuasion of Youth | Martin Luther King Jr. for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Seven: Against Racism, Economic Exploitation, and War | Martin Luther King Jr. for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Eight: Women, Capital Punishment, and Homosexuality | Martin Luther King Jr. for Armchair Theologians
Chapter Nine: The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. | Martin Luther King Jr. for Armchair Theologians

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