Great Christian thinkers
Subtitle: from the early church through the Middle Ages
By: Pope Benedict XVI
Edition: 1st Fortress Press ed.
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780800698515
Subjects: Religious thought; Church history
Description: "In brief portraits, Pope Benedict XVI offers engaging, perceptive, and edifying sketches of some of the great thinkers and writers of Christianity. Pope Benedict discusses notable theologians from East and West but also many figures whose primary witness was as ascetics, poets, mystics, and missionaries. His pieces are not only illuminating historical sketches but also often surprisingly personal reflective meditations on the perennial changes of theology, spirituality, devotion, and corporate religious life in short, of thinking about and wrestling daily with the mysteries that envelop all our lives and struggles. Always with an eye to their deepest religious convictions and struggles, the Holy Father presents these great thinkers' importance for the church and for Christian life today. Great Christian Thinkers is an open-minded look at the tradition and is written for Catholics and Protestants alike" -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.