Divided into three main sections: God and Creation, Christ and Salvation, and Spirit and Church, the "SCM Studyguide to Christian Doctrine" covers such topics as the nature of God-talk, the divine attributes, the doctrine of the Trinity, creation, providence, and eschatology in the first part. Part Two covers such topics as the doctrine of Incarnation, traditional models of salvation, arguments for and against penal substitution, liberation and feminist models of salvation, the question of other religions. And the third part covers the doctrine of the Spirit, the church, charismatic theology, worship, sacraments, and the bible.

Each chapter contains an overview, a list of learning outcomes, and a set of suggested preparatory activities and reading. The chapters also all include careful explanations of various crucial conceptual issues; examples of biblical exegesis, designed to show how exegesis and doctrinal discussion mutually inform and qualify one another; and suggested activities to help the student grasp particular points.

Part 1 Life in God

1 Making sense

2 Knowing and loving

3 Speaking of God

4 The threefold way

5 God’s human life

6 The enlivening spirit

Part 2 Life in the World

7 The good creation

8 Providence and freedom

9 Facing the end

10 Suffering and love

11 Sin and salvation

12 Election and rejection

13 One and Catholic

14 Apostolic and holy

15 Biblical settlements

16 Trinitarian reading

Index of names and subjects

Index of Bible references