Includes bibliographical references and index.

Faith seeking understanding : the nature of theology. Mystery and revelation -- Faith and theology -- Faith seeking understanding in a global church -- Faith seeking together : the ecclesial nature of theology. The community as source of theology : doing theology in community -- Community as source and parameter of theology : theology and tradition -- Community as the parameter of theology : theology and the magisterium -- The way faith seeks : theological methods. Historical investigation and theological reflection : classical and contemporary methods -- Contextual methods -- Catholic method -- Faith seeking through the ages : theology, history, and culture. Christian theology from the beginnings to 1000 -- Christian theology from 1000 to 1700 -- Christian theology in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Christian theology from the twentieth century to the present.