English for Theology: A Resource for Teachers and Students Book

Foreword, Gustavo Gutierrez Acknowledgments Introduction: About this book How to use this book: Notes to Teachers and Students SECTION 1 DEVELOPING ACADEMIC READING SKILLS IN ENGLISH FOR THEOLOGY

Unit 1 Introduction to Reading Theology Unit 2 Types of Publications: Theological Texts in English Unit 3 Meaning in Text: Modes of Discourse Unit 4 Meaning in Text: Genre and Organization of Ideas Unit 5 Prediction as an Aid to Comprehension Unit 6 Reading for Specific Information: Scanning Unit 7 Reading for the General Idea: Skimming Unit 8 Paragraph Structure and Comprehension Unit 9 Sentence and Clause Structure and Comprehension Unit 10 Cohesive Devices and Comprehension Unit 11 Levels of Meaning and Authorial Voice

SECTION 2 APPLYING READING SKILLS AND DEVELOPING SPEAKING, LISTENING AND WRITING SKILLS Unit 12 Focus on Asia and the Pacific; grammar focus-present simple, present continuous tense Unit 13 Theology and Spirituality; grammar focus-passive voice, present and continuous tense Unit 14 Theology and Language; grammar focus articles Unit 15 Religion and Culture; grammar focus-simple past, past continuous tense Unit 16 Revelation and Theologizing; grammar focus-prepositions Unit 17 Christology; grammar focus relative clauses Unit 18 The Problem of Suffering; grammar focus nominal or noun clauses Unit 19 Grace: grammar focus-modal verbs and present perfect tense Unit 20 Justice, Development and Good News; grammar focus-adverbial clauses Unit 21 Understanding Scripture: grammar focus-gerunds and gerund phrases Unit 22 Ecological Theology; grammar focus-conditional clauses Unit 23 Genes, Ethics and Theology; grammar focus-participlesand participial phrases Unit 24 Christianity and Religious Pluralism; grammar focus-apposition Linguistic Glossary Theological Glossary Appendices A Listening Texts B Answers to Exercises C List of Sources of Theological Texts used Evaluation Form.