| Author | : Maurice Wiles |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 1975 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780521099158 |
Extracts from the writings of the Early Christian fathers, covering the main areas of Christian thought.
Documents in Early Christian Thought
| Author | : Maurice Wiles |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 1975 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780521099158 |
Extracts from the writings of the Early Christian fathers, covering the main areas of Christian thought.
Biblical Interpretation in the Early Church
| Author | : Karlfried Froehlich |
| Publisher | : Fortress Press |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 1984 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780800614140 |
Covers the emergence of hermeneutical questions in the patristic period.
Historical Theology
| Author | : Alister E. McGrath |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2012-07-23 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0470672862 |
Freshly updated for this second edition with considerable new material, this authoritative introduction to the history of Christian theology covers its development from the beginnings of the Patristic period just decades after Jesus's ministry, through to contemporary theological trends. A substantially updated new edition of this popular textbook exploring the entire history of Christian thought, written by the bestselling author and internationally-renowned theologian Features additional coverage of orthodox theology, the Holy Spirit, and medieval mysticism, alongside new sections on liberation, feminist, and Latino theologies, and on the global spread of Christianity Accessibly structured into four sections covering the Patristic period, the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the reformation and post-reformation eras, and the modern period spanning 1750 to the present day, addressing the key issues and people in each Includes case studies and primary readings at the end of each section, alongside comprehensive glossaries of key theologians, developments, and terminology Supported by additional resources available on publication at www.wiley.com/go/mcgrath
The Spirit of Early Christian Thought
| Author | : Robert Louis Wilken |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 211 |
| Release | : 2003-01-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0300127561 |
Many of the problems afflicting American education are the result of a critical shortage of qualified teachers in the classrooms. The teacher crisis is surprisingly resistant to reforms and is getting worse. This analysis of the causes underlying the crisis seeks to offer concrete, affordable proposals for effective reform. Vivian Troen and Katherine Boles, two experienced classroom teachers and education consultants, argue that because teachers are recruited from a pool of underqualified candidates, given inadequate preparation, and dropped into a culture of isolation without mentoring, support, or incentives for excellence, they are programmed to fail. Half quit within their first five years. Troen and Boles offer an alternative, a model of reform they call the Millennium School, which changes the way teachers work and improves the quality of their teaching. When teaching becomes a real profession, they contend, more academically able people will be drawn into it, colleges will be forced to improve the quality of their education, and better-prepared teachers will enter the classroom and improve the profession.
Baptismal Imagery in Early Christianity
| Author | : Robin M. Jensen |
| Publisher | : Baker Books |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2012-06-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1441236279 |
What can we learn from early Christian imagery about the theological meaning of baptism? Robin Jensen, a leading scholar of early Christian art and worship, examines multiple dimensions of the early Christian baptismal rite. She explores five models for understanding baptism--as cleansing from sin, sickness, and Satan; as incorporation into the community; as sanctifying and illuminative; as death and regeneration; and as the beginning of the new creation--showing how visual images, poetic language, architectural space, and symbolic actions signify and convey the theological meaning of this ritual practice. Considering image and action together, Jensen offers a holistic and integrated understanding of the power of baptism. The book is illustrated with photos.
A Concise History of Christian Thought
| Author | : Tony Lane |
| Publisher | : Baker Academic |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 2006-06 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : |
A succinct, readable survey of key Christian thinkers and significant theological developments from the church's inception to the present.
Early Christian Writings
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 286 |
| Release | : 1987-04-30 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0141915307 |
The writings in this volume cast a glimmer of light upon the emerging traditions and organization of the infant church, during an otherwise little-known period of its development. A selection of letters and small-scale theological treatises from a group known as the Apostolic Fathers, several of whom were probably disciples of the Apostles, they provide a first-hand account of the early Church and outline a form of early Christianity still drawing on the theology and traditions of its parent religion, Judaism. Included here are the first Epistle of Bishop Clement of Rome, an impassioned plea for harmony; The Epistle of Polycarp; The Epistle of Barnabas; The Didache; and the Seven Epistles written by Ignatius of Antioch - among them his moving appeal to the Romans that they grant him a martyr's death.
Early Christian Fathers
| Author | : Cyril Richardson |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 418 |
| Release | : 1995-12 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 0684829517 |
This selection of writings from early church leaders includes work by Clement of Rome, Ignatius, Polycarp, Irenaeus, Athenagoras, and Justin Martyr.Long recognized for the quality of its translations, introductions, explanatory notes, and indexes, the Library of Christian Classics provides scholars and students with modern English translations of some of the most significant Christian theological texts in history. Through these works--each written prior to the end of the sixteenth century--contemporary readers are able to engage the ideas that have shaped Christian theology and the church through the centuries.
