I. Faith. 1. Faith as a dimension of the human
2. Faith and the community of beliefs
II. Revelation. 3. The structure of revelation
4. Revelation and theology
III. Scripture. 5. The status of scripture in the church
6. Scripture and theology
IV. Religious symbols. 7. The symbolic structure of religion
8. Symbolic religious communication
V. Method. 9. The structure of interpretation
10. Method in theology
Conclusion. 11. Dynamics of thelogy
This new collection of essays by West Germany's most distinguished Roman Catholic theologian covers the two broad areas indicated in the title.