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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... death are shown in parentheses immediately after the first mention of his or her name and not again. The years shown in parentheses after the names of rulers and popes indicate their reigns rather than their lifetimes. Technical ...
... death—by church fathers and Reformers. This is a story few Christians know about, and telling it is one of the purposes of this book. Were it not for dear Athanasius—the fourth-century “saint of stubbornness”—the dogmas of Christ's full ...
... death marked an important turning point. So far was we know, no recognized or widely acknowledged apostle survived John. With his death Christianity entered into a new era for which it was not entirely prepared. No longer would it be ...
... death in our death-ridden culture. The body may be destroyed, but the soul/spirit in each of us is deathless and immortal.2 Like second-century Gnostics, Trevelyan did not found a denomination or church but settled for being a teacher ...
... death. Another point of disagreement among Gnostics was Christology—belief about Christ. All agreed that Christ is a heavenly, spiritual redeemer who neither became flesh and blood nor rose bodily from death. Some taught that this ...
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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