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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... nature of Christianity itself. I believe it is evidence of the patriarchal nature of Western culture in general (of which Christianity is an integral part) and of cultural accommodation by the Christian church and its institutions ...
... nature.9 There was the challenge Celsus presented. And thus the heart of Celsus's “contribution” to Christianity was this challenge to think through and somehow make coherent two seemingly conflicting claims. Christians claimed to be ...
... nature. But to expect the later doctrine (or dogma) of the two natures and one person of Christ or of the Trinity to be spelled out or even understood so early is probably expecting far too much from a second-century church father ...
... nature and its orderly course. In any case, Greek philosophy was monotheistic rather than polytheistic and contended strongly for the ultimately spiritual nature of the reality behind and beneath the visible things. It also affirmed the ...
... nature. The apologists were Christian writers of the second century who were trying to influence relatively humane Roman emperors such as Marcus Aurelius and Antoninus Pius to take Christianity seriously if not as true. Most of them ...
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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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The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition Reform Roger E. Olson Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1999 |