Taking the Long View
Christian Theology in Historical Perspective
1st Edition
Published on 3. November 2011
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-0-19-976893-6 (ISBN)
Description
Taking the Long View argues in a series of engagingly written essays that remembering the past is essential for men and women who want to function effectively in the present. Without some knowledge of their own past neither individuals nor institutions know where they have been or where they are going. The book illustrates its thesis with tough-minded examples from the Church's life and thought, ranging from more abstract problems like the theoretical role of historical criticism to such painfully concrete issues as the commandment of Jesus to forgive unforgivable wrongs.
Reviews / Votes
David Steinmetz is one of our most distinguished Reformation historians, with an enviable track record of explaining the complexities of the period with elegant clarity. ... This colelction of essays, mostly light-footnoted, is directed to an American Protestant churchgoing audience, but will much profit many beyond that constituency, including undergraduates beginning to study the period. * Diarmaid MacCulloch, Journal of Ecclesiastical History *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Religious history scholars; readers interested in popular church history
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
467 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-976893-6 (9780199768936)
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Person
David Steinmetz is Amos Ragan Kearns Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity at Duke Divinity School. He is editor of the Oxford Studies in Historical Theology series.
Content
01 - The Superiority of Pre-critical Exegesis
02 - Miss Marple Reads the Bible
03 - Inclusive Language and the Trinity
04 - Creator God
05 - Mary Reconsidered
06 - The Catholic Luther
07 - Starting Over: Reformation and Conversion
08 - Forgiving the Unforgivable Wrong
09 - The Domestication of Prophecy
10 - The Learned Ministry Revisited
11 - Marriage, Celibacy, and Ordination
12 - Christ and the Eucharist
13 - World Christianity under New Management
14 - Religion in the Public Square
15 - The Necessity of the Past
16 - Taking the Long View
17 - Concluding Notes for a Pilgrim People
18 - Appendix - Footnotes to an Old Complaint
02 - Miss Marple Reads the Bible
03 - Inclusive Language and the Trinity
04 - Creator God
05 - Mary Reconsidered
06 - The Catholic Luther
07 - Starting Over: Reformation and Conversion
08 - Forgiving the Unforgivable Wrong
09 - The Domestication of Prophecy
10 - The Learned Ministry Revisited
11 - Marriage, Celibacy, and Ordination
12 - Christ and the Eucharist
13 - World Christianity under New Management
14 - Religion in the Public Square
15 - The Necessity of the Past
16 - Taking the Long View
17 - Concluding Notes for a Pilgrim People
18 - Appendix - Footnotes to an Old Complaint