Encyclopedic in scope, this book offers wide-ranging coverage of the foundational teachings and practices within the mainstream of the classical Christian tradition. It begins with their roots in the Scriptures, and also branches out into Eastern and Western Christianity, ancient, medieval, and modern, to the present-day.

Part I provides an overview of some of these routes, then presents an historical survey of Christianity's major traditions. Part II unpacks some of the character of that revelation, focusing particularly on epistemological and procedural questions. Finally, Part III looks at Christian theology in a university setting: the possibility and shape of theology as a university discipline, its major subfields, and its relations with humanities and the sciences respectively.

Fundamental Theology: A Protestant Perspective, 2nd edition, includes a wide range of pedagogical features:
- each chapter begins with an outline thesis statement, highlighted in bold
- charts and graphs
- relevant headings and subheadings employed throughout the book
- keywords
- provides a survey of pertinent reference literature
- questions for review and discussion
- annotated suggestions for further reading