History, Theology, and Faith
Subtitle: Dissolving the Modern Problematic
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: October 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781570755682
Subjects: Religious aspects; History; Theology - Academic; Religion; Christian Theology - Systematic; Christianity - Theology - Systematic; Christian Theology - Ethics; Christianity; Modernism (Christian theology)
First sentence: The methods and results of critical historical investigations have undermined religious, theological, and ecclesiastical claims since Nicholas of Cusa and Lorenzo Valla independently showed in the fifteenth century that the "Donation of Constantine" was a fraud.
Description: "Terrence Tilley analyzes current approaches to the relationship between history and theology and then shows how they affect faith. He argues that there is no single pattern of relationships between the two disciplines and that multiple patterns should be recognized. When accurately understood and properly used, historical investigations, so often construed as undermining faith, do no such thing; indeed, they can actually increase or strengthen faith."--Jacket.