The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition and ReformInterVarsity Press, 20.08.2009 - 652 Seiten Christianity Today Book of the Year Award History is made up of stories--narratives that recount the events, movements, ideas and lives that have shaped religions and nations. Theologian Roger Olson believes that the history of Christian theology should be told as such a story, one replete with thick plots, exciting twists, interesting people and fascinating ideas. In this panoramic work of historical theology Olson vividly recounts the deeds and words of the cultists and apostolic fathers of the second century, the clash between the theological schools of Alexandria and Antioch, the epochal division between East and West, the revolutionary advent of the Reformation and much more, right on up to the dazzling, sometimes dismaying fallout that has continued to shake Christians through the twentieth century. Through it all Olson detects and traces a common thread: a concern for salvation--God's redemptive activity in forgiving and transforming sinful human beings. Evenhanded, refreshingly readable, impressive in its breadth and depth, The Story of Christian Theology is poised to become a standard historical theology text. |
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... Tertullian asked rhetorically, “What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?” He meant to protest the growing use of Greek philosophy (Athens) by Christian thinkers who ought to have been relying solely on Scripture and Christian sources ...
... Tertullian wrote that “the blood of the martyrs is the seed [of the church].” In other words, the more the Romans persecuted and killed Christians, the more the church grew. Ignatius must have felt the same way. Ignatius dealt with all ...
... Tertullian asked in rhetorical indignation, “What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What concord is there ... Tertullian represents the latter approach. The apologists were Christian writers of the second century who attempted to ...
... Tertullian thought. While this idea was scandalous to Tertullian and some other early Christian thinkers, it was widely accepted in portions of Christianity, especially Alexandria and Rome, the two most important centers of culture in ...
... Tertullian) and because of their massive literary productions, they are often categorized more as “teachers of the church” than as apologists. Each one did, however, write apologies (defenses of Christian faith). Origen and Tertullian ...
Inhalt
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Another Crisis Shakes the Church The Conflict over the Person of Christ | 197 |
A Tale of Two Churches The Great Tradition Divides Between East West | 251 |
The Overall Plot Divides Liberals Conservatives Respond to Modernity | 533 |
The Unfinished Story Its Future | 610 |
Notes | 615 |
Name index | 643 |
Subject index | 648 |
Praise for The Story of Christian Theology | 653 |
About the Author | 654 |
More Titles from InterVarsity Press | 655 |
The Saga of the Queen of Sciences Scholastics Revive Enthrone Theology | 311 |
A New Twist in the Narrative The Western Church Reforms Divides | 369 |
The Center of the Story Falls Apart Protestants Follow Diverse Paths | 451 |
Academic Textbook Selector | 656 |
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