ABSTRACT

How do we learn about God? In an age of competing world-views, what is the basis of the Christian claim to offer the truth about God, the world and ourselves? David Heywood charts a path through the study of human knowledge, showing how the insights of theology, philosophy and psychology complement and amplify one another, and bringing the experience of revelation within the scope of the study of human learning. He shows the relationship between human psychology and the work of the Holy Spirit and demonstrates the credibility of the Christian claim to a transforming knowledge of God in Jesus Christ. Offering a new model for the relationship of theology to the natural and social sciences, David Heywood shows how the claim of Christian theology to deal in issues of universal truth can be upheld. For Christian education, this book provides a theological rationale for the use of methods of teaching and learning of educationally proven effectiveness.

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|18 pages

Knowing the World

chapter 2|24 pages

The Big Picture

chapter 3|16 pages

Thinking and Feeling

chapter 4|24 pages

Knowing the Self

chapter 5|22 pages

Theology Among the Sciences

chapter 6|26 pages

The Image of God

chapter 7|20 pages

The Jesus of Faith and History

chapter |14 pages

Conclusion