Christian thought: a historical introduction

by Meister, Chad V.

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Full title :Christian thought : a historical introduction / Chad Meister and J.B. Stump.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017.
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 567 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781138910607, 1138910600, 9781138910614, 1138910619, 1315693356, 9781315693354
oclc:ocn954038045
LC Classification:BR145.3
Dewey Decimal:230.09

Introduction -- Incubations and origins : the ancient period, 500 BCE-70 CE. The pre-history of Christian thought -- Jesus of Nazareth -- The Apostle Paul : his thought and context -- The break from Judaism -- Definition and resistance : the Patristic period, 70-451. Persecution of Christians -- Spirituality and asceticism : the desert fathers and mothers -- The Christian apologists : interacting with gnosticism and other "heresies" -- The early church councils : Christological controversy and definition -- Trinitarian debate -- Formation of the New Testament canon -- Augustine : philosopher, theologian, and church father -- Establishment and diversification : the medieval period, 500-1500. Monasticism of the early Middle Ages -- Eastern Christianity splits from the West -- Anselm, Abelard, and Bernard -- Islam and Judaism in the Middle Ages -- Women and theology in the Middle Ages -- Thomas Aquinas -- Preparation for reform -- Protest and revolution : the Reformation period, 1500-1700. Martin Luther -- The Reformed tradition -- Protesting against the Protestants : Anabaptism and the Radical Reformation -- Reformation continues : the English and the Catholics -- Enlightenment and …