Great Christian Thinkers


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An introduction to theologians who greatly affected Christian thought includes portraits of Paul, Origen, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and Karl Barth




Great Christian Thinkers


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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.




A Cloud of Witnesses


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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




God in Dispute


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Explores the history of Christian thought by imagining a series of conversations among key figures in church history.




The Great Tradition of Christian Thinking


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This user-friendly guide will equip Christian students to apply their faith in various academic fields and make the most of their education.




Fifty Key Christian Thinkers


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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




Exploring Heaven


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Portrays heaven as a world similar to ours without evil and suffering, drawing on the beliefs of top Christian minds to contend that people will continue to work, learn, and inhabit bodies after death.




Why I Am a Christian


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Now with a new chapter on "Why I Am Not a Muslim" by an ex-Muslim, Why I Am a Christian is an even more helpful resource in our global times.




God's Advocates


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Religion journalist Rupert Shortt's lively interviews introduce readers to eighteen respected Christian thinkers who have contributed to the recent renaissance in theology.




Early Christian Thinkers


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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.