Christian Doctrine and Modern Culture (since 1700) [The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Vol. 5]
This fifth and final installment of Pelikan's masterful, elegant history of Christian doctrine traces its formation from the Enlightenment through the Second Vatican Council. In it Pelikan explores the emergence of Christian doctrine from the polemics among Protestants, Roman Catholics, and the Eastern Orthodox over the problems of orthodoxy and from the debate with the secular world regarding the objectivity of revelation or the reality of God in light of reason, science, and historical contingency. This exploration provides the intellectual context for the modern search for a Christian world view in relation to the non-Christian religions of the world. A fitting conclusion to a project begun in 1976.- T.L. Cooksey, Armstrong State Coll., Savannah, Ga.Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.