In this volume, Donald McKim traces the historical and systematic development of eight major Christian doctrines from early centuries to the present. Clearly written and amply documented, this introductory handbook features primary sources and extensive endnotes. It covers: the Trinity, Christology, Ecclesiology, Anthropology, Soteriology, Authority, the Sacraments, and Eschatology, concentrating on the decisive points in the development of the Church's theology. This book is well structured for use as a basic text.
This new edition includes a new preface; updates throughout the book; revised "further readings" for each chapter; and two new chapters, including one spotlighting Vatican II and Lausanne as turning points of the recent past.
Each chapter in this book has been written by one of the world's top experts in American religious history, and together they form a single narrative of evangelicalism's remarkable development.
It also became the occasion for John Clarke's Ill Newes from New England . Civil authorities brusquely interrupted the Baptist worship service in old man Witter's house that day . Then they arrested Clarke , Crandall , and Holmes ...
Now organized around 14 key moments in church history, this well-received text provides contemporary Christians with a fuller understanding of God as He has revealed his purpose through the centuries...
Paik, L. George. The History of Protestant Missions in Korea, 1832–1910. Seoul: Yonsei University Press, 1970. Palmer, James T. Anglo-Saxons in a Frankish World, 690–900. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2009. ———. “Defining Paganism in the ...
This fourth edition has been improved in thoughtful ways and brought thoroughly up-to-date.
The anti-creationist Michael Roberts asserted, without documentation, that some time after Bugg's last dismissal (1812) he became a unitarian.10 This was most definitely not the case, however, as noted by his close lifelong friendship ...
Cardinal Ratzinger addresses the challenges and responsibilities that both the Church and society in Europe face after the collapse of Marxism.
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This is a helpful and inspiring book, written with powerful stories and testimonies that chronicle the many steps of faith and events in Perry's journey and the ups and downs of the church since it started in 1981.