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Global Dictionary of Theology: A Resource for the Worldwide Church is unavailable, but you can change that!

Theological dictionaries are foundational to any theological library. But until now there has been no Global Dictionary of Theology, a theological dictionary that presumes the contribution of the Western tradition but moves beyond it to embrace and explore a full range of global expressions of theology. The editorial perspective of the Global Dictionary of Theology is an ecumenical...

with biblical theology. Because of its distinctive literary character, the creation account attested in Genesis 1–3 represents the absolute starting point for articulating an outline of a biblical worldview and for providing a theological framework for a comparative analysis. The creation narrative was designed to provide Israel with a comprehensive worldview that would reflect ultimate reality and offer an alternative to the Egyptian and Mesopotamian worldviews. There are two concepts that deserve
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