Proceedings of the Fifth Los Angeles Theology Conference (LATC) in January 2017

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Analytics, poetics, and the mission of dogmatic discourse / Kevin J. Vanhoozer -- Dogmatics as systematic theology / Scott R. Swain -- Christian doctrine as ontological commitment to a narrative / Sameer Yadav -- Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up: the apostle Paul and the task of dogmatics / Chris Tilling -- Permanent validity and contextual relativity of doctrinal statements / Henri Blocher -- Holy scripture as sacred ground / Katherine Sonderegger -- Christocentrism and the immanent trinity: identifying theology's pattern and norm / Darren Sumner -- Word of God as truthmaker for church proclamation: an analytic Barthian approach to the dogmatic task / James M. Arcadi -- Divine perfections, theological reasoning, and the shape of dogmatics / Brannon Ellis and Josh Malone -- Dogmatics as ascetics / Michael Allen -- Why should Protestants retrieve patristic and medieval theology? / Gavin Ortlund.

"The Task of Dogmatics represents the proceedings of the fifth annual Los Angeles Theology Conference, which sought to provide constructive accounts of the nature of the dogmatic task that is self-consciously nourished by biblical reasoning, resourced by tradition, joined up with ecclesial practice, and alert to spiritual dynamics"-- Provided by publisher.