Heresy
Subtitle: a history of defending the truth
By: Alister McGrath.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780060822149
Subjects: Heresies, Christian; Apologetics
Description: In Heresy, McGrath explains why no heresy has ever been eradicated. Rival beliefs only go underground and resurface in different forms. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Rick Warren; title: Introduction : Our love affair with heresy; title: Part one : What is heresy?; title: Faith, creeds, and the Christian Gospel; title: The origins of the idea of heresy; title: Part two : The roots of heresy.; title: Diversity : the background of early heresy; title: The early development of heresy; title: Is there an "essence" of heresy?; title: Part three : The classic heresies of Christianity.; title: Early classic heresies : Ebionitism, Docetism, Valentinism; title: Later classic heresies : Arianism, Donatism, Pelagianism; title: Part four : The enduring impact of heresy.; title: Cultural and intellectual motivations for heresy; title: Orthodoxy, heresy, and power; title: Heresy and the Islamic view of Christianity; title: Conclusion : The future of heresy