On Giants' Shoulders: Introducing Great Theologians - from Luther to Barth - Softcover

Reeves, Michael

 
9781844744954: On Giants' Shoulders: Introducing Great Theologians - from Luther to Barth
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1844744957 ISBN 13: 9781844744954
Verlag: Inter-Varsity Press, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Is 'newer' really 'better'?
We often assume so, but if we do treat the past as inferior we will ignore the legacy of history, and thus will find ourselves stranded on the tiny desert island of our own moment in time.
In particular, this applies to Christian theology, which should be thought, and lived, corporately by the church down through the ages.
The remedy to 'chronological snobbery' is, as C. S. Lewis put it, 'to keep the clean sea breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds'. Such is the motivation behind Michael Reeves' introduction to a selection of influential or significant Christian theologians. Furthermore, by 'sitting on the shoulders of giants ... our glance can take in more things and reach farther than theirs' (Bernard of Chartres).
This accessible and informative companion volume to The Breeze of the Centuries covers Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Owen, Jonathan Edwards, Friedrich Schleiermacher and Karl Barth.
Each chapter begins with a brief biography and some background, then surveys each theologian's major work or works, gives a timeline for historical context, and ends with guidance for further reading.

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Michael Reeves (PhD, King's College, London) is President and Professor of Theology at Union School of Theology in the UK (www.ust.ac.uk). He is a Senior Fellow of Newton House, Oxford, Director of the European Theologians Network, and speaks and teaches regularly worldwide. Previously he has been Head of Theology for the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship and an associate minister at All Souls Church, Langham Place, London.

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Verlag
Inter-Varsity Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1844744957
ISBN 13 
9781844744954
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
176
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