I am looking for a book that discusses the various perspectives within the church. As some examples
classic apologetics or presuppositional apologetics
original sin or pelagianism
covenant theology or dispensationalism etc.
This book is not available in Logos, but I appreciate Roger Olson's fair handling of major themes in historic Christian Faith. Each chapter addresses where unity, diversity and heterodoxy have manifest in several areas.
http://www.amazon.com/Mosaic-Christian-Belief-Centuries-Diversity/dp/0830826955
Across the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology addresses many such issues.
Contents
Acknowledgments Preface to the Second Edition Introduction
1 The Inerrancy Debate Without Error of Any Kind (The Inerrantist View) Infallible in Matters of Faith and Practice (The Infallibilist View)
2 The Providence Debate All Things Happen according to God’s Sovereign Will (The Calvinist View) God Limits His Control by Granting Freedom (The Arminian View)
3 The Foreknowledge Debate God Foreknows Future Free Actions (The Arminian View) God Foreknows by Sovereignly Ordaining the Future (The Calvinist View) God Foreknows All That Shall Be and All That May Be (The Open View)
4 The Genesis Debate Created in the Recent Past (The Young Earth View) A Very Old Work of Art (The Day-Age View) Restoring a Destroyed Creation (The Restoration View) Literary Theme over Literal Chronology (The Literary Framework View)
5 The Divine Image Debate The Image of God Is the Soul (The Substantival View) The Image of God Is Our God-Given Authority (The Functional View) The Image of God Is Our Relationality (The Relational View)
6 The Christology Debate The Unavoidable Paradox of the God-man (The Classical View) Christ Relinquished His Divine Prerogatives (The Kenotic View)
7 The Atonement Debate Christ Died in Our Place (The Penal Substitution View) Christ Destroyed Satan and His Works (The Christus Victor View) Christ Displayed God’s Wrath against Sin (The Moral Government View)
8 The Salvation Debate TULIP (The Calvinist View) God Wants All to Be Saved (The Arminian View)
9 The Sanctification Debate Sanctification as a Declaration by God (The Lutheran View) Sanctification as Holiness in Christ and in Personal Conduct (The Reformed [Calvinist] View) Sanctification as Resting-Faith in the Sufficiency of Christ (The Keswick “Deeper Life” View) Entire Sanctification as Perfect Love (The Wesleyan View)
10 The Eternal Security Debate Secure in the Power of God (The Eternal Security View) The Need to Persist in Faith (The Conditional Security View)
11 The Destiny of the Unevangelized Debate No Other Name (The Restrictivist View) God Does All He Can Do (The Universal Opportunity View) Hope beyond the Grave (The Postmortem Evangelism View) He Has Not Left Himself without a Witness (The Inclusivist View)
12 The Baptism Debate Baptism and Christian Discipleship (The Believer’s Baptism View) Covenanting with the Community of God (The Infant Baptism View)
13 The Lord’s Supper Debate “This Is My Body” (The Spiritual Presence View) “In Remembrance of Me” (The Memorial View)
14 The Charismatic Gifts Debate The Gifts Are for Today (The Continuationist View) “Tongues Shall Cease” (The Cessationist View)
15 The Women in Ministry Debate Created Equal, with Complementary Roles (The Complementarian View) The Irrelevance of Gender for Spiritual Authority (The Egalitarian View)
16 The Millennium Debate The Return before the Reign (The Premillennial View) Working toward and Waiting for a Coming Reign of Peace (The Postmillennial View) The Symbolic Thousand-Year Conquest of Satan (The Amillennial View)
17 The Hell Debate The Unending Torment of the Wicked (The Classical View) The Wicked Shall Be No More (The Annihilationist View)
Appendix Glossary Scripture Index
There is also the Zondervan Counterpoints Collection and the Upgrade to it.
And B&H's Perspectives Series
Another great resource is the Zondervan Counterpoints Collection (14 vols.). The series is also broken up so you can purchase individual volumes.
Here's a list of the debates it covers:
Another great resource is the Zondervan Counterpoints Collection (14 vols.).
I already mentioned that as well as the B&H Perspectives Series (4 volumes). Perhaps they didn't stand out well enough because they were at the end of my post after the long Table of Contents. Sorry about that. So I'm pulling that one out into its own post as well, so it's more noticeable.
My bad Rosie, missed that at the end!
