Just when we thought Christian theology had settled into systematic sameness, along comes Robert Sheard to shake us out of our com- placency. An Introduction to Christian Belief reminds us that theolo- gy is an exciting field of study, one that can stimulate believers to new and exciting paths of reflection.

That's just the beginning. Sheard also believes that a revolution is taking place in Christian theology-not unlike the Copernican revolution of the sixteenth century. Just as Copernicus shocked his contemporaries (assert- ing that planet Earth moved around the sun), so Sheard hopes to shock his readers into examining anew their traditional attitudes and ways of under- standing reality and faith.