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Title: Charts of Christian Theology & Doctrine by H. Wayne House ISBN: 0-310-41661-2 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 10 August, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.18 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A help for understanding competing theological views.
Comment: This is an extremely useful book for anyone who has questions about Christian theological issues. The book is layed out using tables, charts, and diagrams -- that is, outlines. It is not written in normal paragraph format.
For example, if you have a question about the Trinity, you will be treated with a brief history of the doctrine showing what doctrines were debated at the Council of Nicea; an ancient diagram of the Trinity that nicely shows the orthodox view of the doctrine, a chart of a Biblical Presentation of the Trinity, and a two-page chart showing five major views of the Trinity including the source of each, adherents, criticisms, and more.
I find this book incredibly useful and use it all the time.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great reference material
Comment: I am looking at some of the other reviews, and 4 of the 5 people who have responded have criticisms of this book because they apparently felt that House did not accurately portray their pet doctrine or church. I'm guessing that in a chart book like this, the author will never be able to please every single reader. What I like about this is that the material is simple to understand, and in just a few pages, House adequately summarizes a doctrine and the views Christians have on it. For instance, if you wanted to better understand the issue of Calvinism vs. Arminianism, House gives views from both camps. He doesn't tell you what to believe. Certainly if you rest on one side, you might feel like he "missed" important points that could have been made. But this chart book was not meant to be an exhaustive resource that would relieve you of further research on your own. The author merely meant this to be a starting place, to better understand the various views. Maybe this will help a person better sort through an issue and to come to a conclusion about which view is the most biblical and therefore accurate. I have used these charts in explaining different doctrines (i.e. the Trinity). It's worthy of the investment.
Rating: 4
Summary: Helpful and handy
Comment: I use this book alot to help get the big picture and basic cases for various theological views. The author does a good job of presenting the views of various systems. Most of the charts have the well known related scriptures and short arguments for and against the view.
I think it could be a little better if it had a detailed subject index in the back, but the table of contents is sufficient. It helps if the reader is familiar with the structure and topics of a systematic theology (prolegomena through eschatology). However, this is not the book for an depth study of any particular doctrine. It just helps you get the overall structure quickly. This is a good reference for the intermediate or early theology student. It's probably too terse for a true newcomer to theological studies but could be helpful soon after a little systematic study. This is not a criticism just something to be aware of before you purchase. It's a book of charts not detailed explanations.
For more meat get the Moody Handbook of Theology, by Pentecost, it's an excellent theology summary/introduction. It originated and explains some of the best charts in this chart book. One other thing - this chart book does not describe various church denominational teachings/differences at all. For that see Handbook of Denominations in the United States, by Mead.
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Title: Chronological and Background Charts of Church History by Robert C. Walton, Earle E. Cairns ISBN: 0310362814 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 06 April, 1986 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Chronological and Background Charts of the Old Testament by John H. Walton ISBN: 0310481619 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 30 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament by H. Wayne House ISBN: 0310416418 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 09 December, 1981 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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Title: Handbook of Denominations in the United States (Handbook of Denominations in the United States, 11th Ed) by Frank Spencer Mead, Samuel S. Hill, Craig D. Atwood ISBN: 0687069831 Publisher: Abingdon Press Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Taxonomic Charts of Theology and Biblical Studies by M. James Sawyer ISBN: 0310219930 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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