Great Christian Thinkers

Download or read book Great Christian Thinkers written by Hans Küng and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1994-05-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to theologians who greatly affected Christian thought includes portraits of Paul, Origen, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and Karl Barth

Download or read book Great Christian Thinkers written by Pope Benedict XVI and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Clement of Rome to today, the project of understanding the faith has engaged and impelled some of the West's greatest minds. Here Pope Benedict XVI accessibly and sympathetically reflects on the lives and works of Christianity's chief theologians, teachers, ascetics and mystics up to the end of the Middle Ages.

Download or read book Early Christian Thinkers written by Paul Foster and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces twelve key Christians from the second and third centuries, a formative period for the Church. These figures are: Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tatian, Theophilus of Antioch, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Perpetua, Origen, Hippolytus, Cyprian, Gregory Thaumaturgos and Eusebius. Each chapter is self-contained and requires no preliminary knowledge of the figure under discussion, making this an ideal book for laity and for undergraduates studying Christian origins or Patristics.

Download or read book God in Dispute written by Roger E. Olson and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the history of Christian thought by imagining a series of conversations among key figures in church history.

Download or read book A Cloud of Witnesses written by Alister E. McGrath and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2005-07-07 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ÒYou are in a Bible study, with a group of people. You are all studying the same passage. And someone points out something that you hadn't noticed before. New light is suddenly shed on familiar material. And you realize that, left to yourself, you'd have missed that. ÒOther people help us understand both Scripture and our faith more deeply. It helps to study Scripture and think about the gospel in good company -- and this book aims to put you in good company as you think through some key areas of the Christian faith. ÒReading about the great Christian thinkers of the past is like being at a really good Bible study. They can help you think through things you may have been puzzled by. They can cast new light on a familiar scriptural passage. They can inspire with their testimonies. They can stretch your thinking, helping you wrestle with important questions which you ought to think through at some point. What better way to begin, than to be introduced to a classic discussion of such questions?Ó --from the Introduction

Download or read book Fifty Key Christian Thinkers written by Peter McEnhill and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty Key Christian Thinkersprovides both valuable information and stimulating debate on the lives and work of fifty of the most important Christian theologians. This guide provides an overview of Christian theology from the emergence of the faith 2000 years ago to the present day. Among the figures profiled in this accessible guide are: * St Paul * Barth * Aquinas * Boethius * Niebuhr * Calvin * Luther * Feuerbach * Kierkegaard * Origen

Download or read book The Great Tradition of Christian Thinking written by David S. Dockery and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This user-friendly guide will equip Christian students to apply their faith in various academic fields and make the most of their education.