Description
Is 'newer' really 'better'? We often assume so, but if we do treat the past as inferior, we will ignore the legacy of history, and thus will find ourselves stranded on the tiny desert island of our own moment in time. In particular, this applies to Christian theology, which should be thought, and lived, corporately by the church down through the ages.
The remedy to 'chronological snobbery' is, as C. S. Lewis put it, 'to keep the clean sea breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds'. Such is the motivation behind Michael Reeves' introduction to a selection of influential or significant Christian theologians.
This accessible and informative volume covers the Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr and Irenaeus, Athanasius, Augustine, Anselm, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, Owen, Edwards, Schleiermacher, Barth and Packer.
Each chapter begins with a brief biography and some background, and then surveys each theologian's major work or works, gives a timeline for historical context, and ends with guidance for further reading.
This book was previously available as two separate volumes (The Breeze of the Centuries and On Giants' Shoulders), but now repackaged together with a new chapter on J I Packer.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: snobs, bumpkins and dinosaurs
1 Only let me reach Jesus Christ!
2 To arms
3 Against the world
4 Loving wisdom
5 Faith seeking understanding
6 The dumb ox
Intermezzo
7 The word did everything
8 Knowing a loving God
9 Let us seek heaven
10 America's theologian
11 The father of modern theology
12 The bombshell in the playground of the theologians
13 The Puritan theologizer
Back to the sources!
Product Details
Title: Introducing Major Theologians: From The Apostolic Fathers To The Twentieth Century
Author: Michael Reeves
Publisher: Intervarsity Press
Pages: 336
Binding: Paperback
Size: 21.6 x 13.7 x 2.5 cm
ISBN: 9781783592722