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Essential Theological Terms

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What I love about Justo Gonzalez is the clarity of his explanations. Even the difficult and esoteric theological and doctrinal matters are made more understandable, which is helpful to the layperson who is eager to deepen his or her knowledge, or the pastor who is trying to explain it to laypeople.

In this book, the author, a renowned church historian, provides students with accessible discussions of over 300 theological terms. Each entry in this two-column work gives more detail than those typical of a dictionary, introducing the meaning of the term, its importance, and ways it has been understood in both historical and contemporary theology. These reliable discussions of the most common ideas and concepts encountered in theological studies will make this book indispensable for students in all stages of their education.

Gonzalez writes well anyway, but this is the best book of theological definitions that I have ever read. He uses appropriate illustrations. I recommend this for any seminary student or theologian who wants an excellent and useful reference book of theological terms.