A Concise History of Christian Thought
'Moves just fast enough to be interesting and just slow enough to be accurate' — Strait Magazine'This is a book which will prove exceptionally useful, not only to students, but to all those Christians...who know many of the names of the great Christian thinkers of past and present, but, in many cases, have only the vaguest impression of what they actually thought. Here they can find a succinct, accurate, readily intelligible and interesting account of the thought of Cyril of Alexandria, John Wyclif, Jonathan Edwards, Reinhold Niebuhr, Hans Küng, and 113 others, mostly individual theologians, but including also some creeds, confessions and councils. Each period has a brief scene-setting introduction, and each thinker is not only described but also quoted - a valuable feature because even a brief paragraph gives the reader something of the 'flavour' of the man's work'— Richard Bauckham, Professor of New Testament, St Andrews University, Scotland, in Third Way.'This comprehensive survey, completely revised and expanded, offers an ideal introduction to the thinkers and writers who have shaped Christian history and Western culture, as well as providing an insight into their major works.'Publishing News'This is a book which will prove exceptionally useful, not only to students, but to all those Christians...who know many of the names of the great Christian thinkers of past and present, but, in many cases, have only the vaguest impression of what they actually thought. Here they can find a succinct, accurate, readily intelligible and interesting account of the thought of Cyril of Alexandria, John Wyclif, Jonathan Edwards, Reinhold Niebuhr, Hans Küng, and 113 others, mostly individual theologians, but including also some creeds, confessions and councils. Each period has a brief scene-setting introduction, and each thinker is not only described but also quoted - a valuable feature because even a brief paragraph gives the reader something of the 'flavour' of the man's work'— Richard Bauckham, Professor of New Testament, St Andrews University, Scotland, in Third Way.--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.